Newbern weekly progress., 1861-04-23
Speaking Out.

IF all our prominent orators, statesmen and
newspaper editors South would only speak out
as some of the true conservative papers North
do we would have quite different state
OF things. The following extracts and COM
mcnts are from the n. Y. Day Book:
A VOICE FROM THE BRIrsH PREss-WiImer
& Smiths European Times, of March 23d, con-
tains candid article on tho troubles of this
country in which there is manifest a grave dis
trust in the ability of the present admnistra-
tion to cope with the mighty events involved
in the crisis through which are passing 1t
thinks that the ''inauguIal address of the new
President is sensible enough document as
far as it goes" but adds;
'All the professions which Mr~ Lincoln makes
of fairness and impartalty to the seeding States
will not be sufficient to lure them back. and if
his resolve be carried out of re taking the Federal
property and collecting the duties it is c ar that
civil must follow, for it will be impossible to
do either without lighting the torch that leads to
collision"
Our Liverpool cotemporary has hit the nail
precisely on the head. Lincoln and his cabi-
net, and his party, have done nothing but to
''make professions of fairness" while they have
not yet taken the first step towards yielding
equity and constitutional justice to the South.
In the midst of the most extensive preparations
for deeds of slaughter they still, with the
This must strike the people of England, who
are not accustomed to such tWo-faccd dealing
in their ministers, with surprise, if it does not
with disgust The Times thinks that notwith-
standing the peace policy which appears on the
surface of Mr. Lncoln's inaugural, the whole
spirit of it points another way" 1t also eX-
presses the opinion that the new Confederation
is rapidly gaining in the respect and confidence
Of Europe. 1t says:
II fbo of
American continent has weakened the sympathy
that has existed in England for the preservation
of the Union since the policy IF the Sontherners be-
deretoped. and many people, acho first regarded
the secession unmlIed eUlL n01o UetC 1t the
best remedy. We do not share this opinion. We
still cling to the belief at least the hope, that
the Union will be preserved in it's integrity, for
its disruption would, we hold, be calamity to
the world at large"
The REPUBLICANS THROWING OFF ALL Dis
GUIsE.-The Republican party is now throwing
off all disguise, and coming out open, full-fedg-
ed Abolitionists. Even the Daity Iin2ts an
nounces itself in favor of fight for negro free
dom. Here is its bold and tratorous avowal:-
Negro slavery, Mr. Stephens tells us. 1.-The
stone which the builders rejected is now to the
Southern Confederacy the head of th corner "
We still cling TO the traditions IN tarOr Of Freedom.
One of these civilizations must possess h continent.
We can henceforth have no permanent qUiet till it
is decided tchich is to triumph In such a
zoe should promptly accept the issue presented, IN
achaterer form
AS Washington fought and achieved white
mems freedom and established it, and as no one
proposes 10 deprive them Of their freedom, the
Abolitionsts now propose to fight for the free
dom of the negro This is the policy openly
avowed or covertly concealed under devotion
to the Union, by these Abolition traitors and
villains now in possession of the government
at Washington. Great God! What is our
country coming to, when the sacred name of
freedom is polluted by such acknowledging
traitors to their country and their race!