Newbern weekly progress., 1861-11-05


The true character Of the war is beginnin;
to be realized by the Northern people and the.
are beginning to speak out in earnest.
The Abolitionists, have long labored for :;
war upon African slavery and elected Lincolt
for that express purpose; but they nov
begin to End that the object Of their muc!
boasted administration is not to free the nc
groes but to enslave its own people.
It has been intimated to us that the lat
startling letter of Seward to the Governors 0
the States on the sea and lake coasts was nc
dictated by fear, on lis part, tlat foreigl.
nations would Immediately interfere in behalf
Of the Sonth as much as by desire to plac.
the Notifications in condition 70 resist an up
rising Of his own people a2d thus makes th5
despotism complete, and We confess things begir
to look that way. But listen to their own talt
of woe and distress;
THE CONDUCT OF THE wAR-HAvE WE A GOV
ERNMEET 2-sTARyINe SOLDIERS AND COR
RUPr POLITICIANS.
The management of this dreadful war has cast :
halo of glory all the q short -cOnlings' of ri
the military economy of ancient an Inoderato
times. The conduct of some of the managers L;
cur affairs in Western Virginia has disposSessed
the great actors Of former times of chronic me-
nopolis of incurable military iuiquities, and dig
ni6ed by contrast the hitherto inaccessible inches
Of criminal;ty attained by the e Greeks of the
Lower Empire" We sorry 10 speak 80 plain
~ upon this subject; bat we must be permitted
to say that the Federal nrmy Is the especial sic
tim of host Of sscludte0TS such as the earth aeaS
HaaequaiRtcd ,cith for nearly si1 thousand years-
1t does seem az though the devil himself owed
America a debt, and were trying To conceal the
obligation by furnishing paymasters aud various
descriptions of officers to the Federal army.
What is the matter in Western Virginia il
our army to be treated travelling circus p
Where does The responsibility rest? Winter Is
approaching few more weeks "l pass md
the deep shows will cover the '1Huntaius; our
troops in Western Tgimi4 are partsa!y ciothed 0nd
partially fed; they arn without biaobets suited
even to the present season; W hat viii be their
condition by the teginning OF the next winter !
We have need dessly asked who Is to tlame =
The correspondenc6 between Gov Morton OF In
dianna and some of the officers i'll Western Yir
gin!a and in Washington city, throws food OF
light upon the entIe sub jeet. Immense quanti
ties of clothes have been furnished, and these
have not reached the suffering soldiers Why
will not the Government order an imme diate in
vestigation Of the conduct of affairs 2 1t Is g.
burning shame upon civilization that men who
ara known to be currupt from the crowns of their
heads 10 the s0!es of their feet, retained in
office retained III the face Of protest Loud enough
10 secure responses from the u0uideyiug carcass
es of the tomb.
Our soldiers are sick, freezing, starving, dy-
ing in Virginia, while paymasters are boarding
the money which belongs to them, to their
tglfes, and to their orphan children, and while
certain quartermasters-ln whose lives are
unbrokcn records Of venality-nen who OBJ
tanned their situations because they were cor
rupt enough to bug them-men who know
enough about certain members Of the Cabinet
to cause their immediate ejcctment from office,
if they would only turn Estates evidence"-
while such men are dashing along through
towns and cities, at the expense Of the Federal
Government, drawn by Federal horses, and
followed, at every step, by negroes, covered
with more buttons than ever adorned the most
elegantly attlred Marshal Of the first Eapol-
con.
Our sic1 are eperyachere, our Aa!f.naked are
ee6ryoEsre, oar hungry ere ecc'y10here, oar
freezing are GUeryache9s, our dead are every
where, whilst some OF the public disbursing
C) officers are drawing interest on the publo
money. and while some Of the clerks Of these
tiaJurSing (?) officers arc offering to purchase
the claims Of tie poor soldiers IN the field /
Tell it not in Virginia publish it not in tht
Streets Of Richmond lest the Sccessionist>
hear it lest the daughters of Alabama hear it
and rejoice-that We have pecuniary agents il
Western Virginia, who purchase Virgin
bank money (Which is at considerable of a
dscounO and pay it to the men WHO have LETT
their wives and daughters, and sWeetheartS.
and mothers, and fathers, and sisters, and
brothers, and comfortable, beautiful homes IN
Ohio for the purpose Of defending the Star
Spanged Banner" and exposing their bodies,
at the rate Of Sl3 per month, to bursting
bombs, and showers OF powder lead aEd
iron.
''Angels and ministers Of grace defend US ??
What are we to look for next2 Did the ali,
stract demon Of venallty and base ingratitude
purposely skip the awful events of six thous
and years. that it mi 5ht effect an incarnation
in America III the middle Of the nineteentt
century, up, guards and at emF' Nov
is the time to strike, and sweep IN, Wi!
a tempest of lava, the avenues OF politica
vice.
Great God will America sleep forever p
Are the memories Of the dead and the hope
of the living not enough to arouse the slum
bering energies of C. mighty Continent2 l.
the very cradle of American liberty to be EN-
ploved as it's coffin Is there no Hercu,e
that can rise and strangle the dragon that
insiduously coiling around the wasting bod
Of the Great Republic? Are we to be owe
whelmed, ike unhappy Greece, in the putre
waves of domestic corruptlon? Heaven 70
bid that this lniquity shall be consummated
We have not yet eliminated to the merid an
we are not yet manacled for the scaffold I'VE
not vet shrouded for the grave of nations
We have committed dreadful errors :; we hav,
walked in the valley and the shadow of death
but there is a beautiful star, shining like the
tsc1oss in the wilderness, ,'-beckoning Us to
loftier and prouder destiny, There is on,
.'whose pavilion is dark cloud" one, at whoss
voice the universe was summoned to exIstenc'
who is still the guardian Of the land Q
Washington. Let US not despair.
Now is the time for action! The eyes of th
world are upon you; the shades of $50 geners
tions of men are looking down upon you,
it is for you to fight or die. As We hare sal.