Newbern weekly progress., 1861-11-12
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. II. 1861.
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| Strange things are happening in these dis
jo;nted times when every body seems 10 lie out
ofhumor and-no one scarcely disposed to ex-
ercise l,ttle charity. Most Of Us are prone to
'ook only at the errors ard sins of our friends
and neighbors forgetting all their good deeds
and loos.n = s1gdt of all the virtues they may
ever have exhibited 1t is human to err. but
divine 70 forgive Let US ali be a little more
charitable; especially now when al our ener-
gies are needed in z common cause.
\ fvw days ago the editor Of this paper
made an allusion to wharf rats" with no ex-
pectaton intention or desire OF wounding the
feelings of human being; ana we have be II
surprised to hear that single individual Of
any claim to intelligence should have been of
fended for such Slight cause. Il is well known
to those who have ever lived il commercial
Fnarts or large SEA ports that there IS a class
/ Of noa-produeing, indolent vagrants IN every
! shipping city who loaf about the docks and
I wharvrs aud who are generally called by &C
tive. Industrious men as well as by newspapers
wharf rats" Ours is Comparatively a small
! place, and not great deal OF shipping even in
f! prospvrnn; times, and hence this class fTero is
! very small still there are some as Al! who fre-
quent our whar7eS must know, and it was 10
! this class and one else that we alluded and
| had the same remark been mat}e by a Norfolk,
Charleston. Savannah or Wilmington paper it
would not have given offence any citizen.
Certain il is we meant 10 offence and regret
! that any one entitled to our respect and cor
! fdence should have felt asrIeved.
| Bu1 the hatred to Us on part OF some few
i; deeper than this. Some Of those who now
abuse aud lib>l Us rs the enemy Of the town
! in which live and in which we expect to
| de, and which contains ali that We o,sn and
hold dear, abused during the Presidential
! campaign because We labnrcd 10 preserve the
! Union as OFT fartheis established, it and to
keep Of this war. We were for the Union
and against the war TIL the election oi Lincoln
and sc shall never regret it but these, our
| tradUecrs then were for secession. war and
! blOod-wantcd TO march right through to B3s-
| ton, killing and Staying as they went; but
somehow since the commencement Of the war
! they have not touud it convenient TO march.
| They abused us then because we were for
peace--tbcy abuse Us now because we are for
Il vigorous prosecution of tie and because
we contend that orTganGI sGcess ;2aists should
ncip G.,ht ;hc battles
! Some say that have shown oursclf an
enemy Of NoWbern by abusing It's citizens and
the town. In, We deny and appeal to the
public here and elsewhere throughout the
State, referring them to the files Of he Deily
! lTcgreSs, to say whether Newbe.n and her
c tizenS have had more jealous or steadiast
friend ior the last three years than We have
been. There are q few Who are attempting to
! get II, combination to deprive poor man
from making bread f7r himself and family by
honest dor, wi:o only lao!, at that IN Us y hcll
they c,ntem0 forgetting al! that "e have done
and ali that We have suffered for honle interests
and in defence of our fellow citizens. These
| lew who abuse rs and who would, by col1b;-
nation, turn 5eggar in the street il they
could, have forgotten, or .crhaps never knew,
that al effort was made on the FAIR Grounds
within the last two months to get u, Z croHd q
70 mob our 0njIe. for no oJtler reason than that
We took the part oi the Gill Authorities Of tie
town and the citizens againSt the military
wien effort was made 10 st mp q mob OF
orr principal street, We made no parade OF
t;liS matter thc: since bat tie facts arc a
Ee have stated. No wee conscious then a.
no" of doing our 0utr and nothing Jut our
d"ty, and detc1n.iac1 On dct"ndug oar posi-
ton at all hazards and 10 The last extremity.
These few, who would now Injnrc t,5 without
Z cause have forgotten tca, how, soon aftc. lhe
surrender Of UattcraS, we e,tfya0td them
against the false ciargts and accusations Of