Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1861-05-21
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 1861.
All YIay serve the state.

All May Serve tile State.
The 30, 900 men called for in North Carolina
will be raised with the greatest ease and that
too without drafting single man. The coun-
ty of Craven alone will furnish several compa-
MES The Elm City Rifemsn now encamped
at the Fair Grounds have between 20 and so
men; the Beauregard Riflemen we learn have
over the required number, and hence these two
companies now at the disposal of the Gov
ernor. Besides, at meeting on Monday night
the Newbern Light Infantry rendered their
services to the Governor and committee ap-
pointed for the purpose are now engaged in
swelling the ranks to the required number
We suppose that not less than from 800 to 500
men will volunteer from this county, and We
are glad to know that the same enthusiasm ex-
lists all over the State
Because the thirty thousand volunteer, how
ever, and go forth to battle for Southern indie
.pendence, those who remain behind must not
conclude that they can do nothing. They can
do much, they are expected to do much and
they must do much. These sc, 900 volunteers
are to be fed and clothed while in the service
of their country, and paid besides. Their fami-
lies too, those of them who leave families be-
hind, must be taken care Of and those who re-
main behind must do it. Hence he who can
save from his earnings few hundred dollars
year, in money or provisions, for the use OF the
troops, serves his State as efficiently, though
possibly not as conspcuously, as those who
are in the camp or on the battlefield
!, op6 r,eoDla ara
totally unacquainted with its untried realities
nevertheless it must be encountered ard all its
hardshps and privations endured. We feel
that We are engaged in a just cause, having
drawn the sword in defence of our homes and
families, and relying upon the God of Battles
we must press on determined to conquer or to
die. We would urge upon all whose situations
are such on account of business or family that
they cannot volunteer, that they realize at once
that those of our people who do shoulder the
lnusket must be the last to suffer. They must
be fed and clothed first, and if there is to be
any suffering from want it must be borne by
those who remain behind. BY industry, encon-
omy and the blessings of Providence, upon
whom our main reliance must be placed after
all, We are confident however that our people
will be able to defend the South from aggres-
sion and supply themselves abundantly with all
the necessaries of life. We urge economy,
then: especially in provisions. Ours are
wastefnl people any way, and there is scarcely
family in the State among that class of people
who are accustomed always to an abundance
of everything but waste enough to support,
comfortably, one or two more families. We
must not only raise all we can but we must
use it sparlngly, for large number of the pro-
ducers are not only taken away but they are
t. be fed by the labor of those who remain.
This war may end in thirty days, and it may
continue ten years. No one can tell Our
impression is however that it will not end speed
ily Both sections are enraged ana nothing
but blood-letting can bring peace. lie who
thinks of reconstruction or submission is either
mad or traitor; and SO we must either achieve
our independence or be annihilated. Our enc
mics must either crush us or let US alone
there can b; no middle ground no compromise.
We must accept then this view of our troubles
| and determine to conquer, and he who goes not
forth to the field of carnage must reco,lcct that
though he stays behind he has a duty to per
form only second in Importance to that to be
performed by those who do go. We all car
serve the State in some way to the extent o
our ability, and we all must serve the State
! The poor must give their labor and lives II neec
be- and the rich must give literally from then
| abundance. they must give their labor too anc
hold their lives as worth nothing when com
pared to Cishonor or vassalage. There can bt
no neutrality ; those who are not unqualified
" for US, with all they have if needed will BE-
set down as enemies and be treated as such
We all can and We all must serve the State.