Newbern weekly progress., 1861-11-05

the earth will be involved in the general ruin.
Such struggle as this is not confined to any
particular region Of the globe and is not limited
to any especial age; the highest interests of hu-
manity are concerned, and the pulse OF the
ord beats with that OF America.
We have not vet approached this tremen-
remote dsgfee, the aWiu. responsibilities resting
alpon us; are attempting TO perform, III Z,
#ew short months, a task which cost Spain
4ight hundred years Of ofipcessant lubour. We
Ieqan wrong upou this subject, and we have
eontinued wrong. We were afraid to take the
.bfgh uninpeach cable ground upon which this
.ar must be settled; we are lingering in tue
low, degraded valley Of c0"pT0nlts6 and EzPE-
.D1EkCY, instead OF declaring in favour OF CO.
Str9ct giQbt. "C0mpromISe" is word which
is not in our dictionary; 1t is an invention OF
covyardicG and crime, and we repudlatelt, with
.conte 1lpt and scorn. No compromise with the
agents of the devil, but a0Gr, stern, unreientng
apa7 10 the knife Close the column and let the
bat Tie rage with Napoleonlc fury while the
earth shall open to receive the bodies, heaven
viii expand to accommodate the spirits OF those
that shall al in defence of the imprescrlpuble
AlId inalenable rights OF man.
e And end TO all compromise! Let US meet
this issue like men. Let Us assert our rights
asSd.d Israel against the Roman Empire, and
let Us bid defiance to the world IN arms. W hat
right has Europe hoary with crime, to dictate
terms of peace TO American What right has
si9R to look down, with a cOndescendlng air,
upbn America
What is the history of Europe but that of
revolution, and blood, and holooausts OF mar
tvfcd men What right have the representa-
tives Of long and illustrious lines ofleprous, ie-
Sherous monarchs to bastardiza their nfany IN
The virgin soil of iAmerca2 What right have
the lascivIous nobility of Europe, emasculated
by the unremitted incest of seven centuries, to
come forward as the heralds ofa refined civil
zltion and the agents OF a millennium we
ask the august embodinents of teudal crime
Giese cold and smothered embers of the pohti-
cal volcano of former ages-to attend to the af-
fans which concern themselves, and let Anlerl-
ca4consider her own destiny and achieve her
oWD glory
Thank Providence we have friends in the Old
World nho are coming forward by thousands
Ind tens of thousands to our support. Germa-
~, France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain
and Italy, are furnishing Us noble men, whose
services viii not soon be forgotten and Russia
-the same Russia under whose auspices the
Morgol Tartars have beer ascending the steep
Of bower for four thousand years-Will be true
as steel to the Government OF the United
States.
Weindulge no fears III regard to foreign ma
tions the civilized world will do us justice
What we have to guard against is rluptlon at
home. We have offered premiums for Tascali-
cSlity.
/ The Cincinnati Comn,erciol has an orticle On
the conduct of the war ofpretty much the same
tone. It says:
a gentleman 1irect from Washington states
that in a conversation with leading Republ
can of that city, and who occupies prominent
position in his party, he put the question to
him: when Will there be big fight over the
Potomac +" The answer was: There will
be no fight. This is a contractors war and
ley don't want the war to end soon.'
I'VE have no definite idea Of the amount of
pressure to the square inch that woald be re-
qulred at present to force the truth into the
honest understanding Of he President Of the
United States Unfortunat -ly, it has come to
lass in these latter days (Which iflcludc an in
definite number Of Admlnlstrations) that the
President is walled in from the people, and on
~ permitted to hear the truth at rare intervals.
HeIs surrounded by atmosphere made up
ofthe exhaation> of the hangers on about the
Japital-the peddling polotictans--the syco-
chants Of power-the beggars OF the crumbs
that fall from official tabIes-aud the rest Of
The Sediment and troth of the usual quadren-
nial5 national boil. This atmosphere, SO often
sfve to good citizens, asphoxiates the President
s1dsrenders him dim OF sight and hard OF hear
ing. The lightnngs Of civil war have not yet
disturbed ana purified this atmosphere. There
aTeAwo great forces encamped at Washington.
Without the city are the circle off forts and en-
shipments Of the soldiers. Within 1t, the
. amp followers; the contractors Of all degrees :;
: ha tribe Of thieves, vast multitude. While
tSg.defenders Of the Government in arms shell
t4rdhe Capital from the bandits Of secession:
the blood suckers are in undlsturbed posses
500
~. ~ ore ~.
lite OF thunderbolts aronnd hnn, the dead
est Of his enemies are sheltered under his
EgiDgs. Now, while We have army Of near
zoo, 600 men at Washington, and when the
season and the time for action have fully come,
,ts contracto talk cfdelay, even Of going in 0
Vin52r quarters, and wearing out the enemy
bysFaitlng and watching learning, as Long
teiioW would have 1t, ito iabOur and to wait.
Ihls will not do. Whatever force is necessary
to5ring the facts into immediate contact with
taesPresidential organs Of sense, will must be
employed to inform the highest authority de-
1inItely, and with all necessary weight and
penttration, that the policy Of rendering the
war subseTvlent to the contractors has been
pursued TO the EXTREMIST verge of public en-
dGran &c. The notion Of fwaitIng until the Con-
isde1atts can't march, because they will have
TnIn out their shoes, aud until they are shaken
to pieces in consequence Of the want of qunine,
aud until their soldiers damage all their good
suns, is probably exploded by the opening of
dHect trade between the South and Europe by
ae ,ine Of steamers established by Yancey
dlCe., the Bermuda being the first arrival and
tnesprobabiity Of regular trips being on the
cards. Wintering the Grand Army on the Po-
tdmac, if undertaken, will end the war in the
overthrow OF the Government in one way or
another.
The Cincinnati zInaes a strong Republican
paper publishes the following letter from the
EYsdarol oan,p in WpCtap1 VirS,nin tr;th bo