Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-05-15
- Weekly Family News paper.
Europe and the Southern Confederaey.


and the Southern Confederaey.
We publish in full, in other columns, some
official documents from Wm. H. Stewards
office, Secretary of State to Lincoln's govern
ment, which GO to show, first, the feeling of
the French government TO the Southern Con-
federacy; secondly, what a lying rascal Sew
ard is to talk in an official paper about prop
~osilions of reconciliation being made to the
South by Lincoln thirdly, his anxious fears
that the Confederate States will be recognized
by foreign powers, and fourthlv, the deep
seated malignity and revenge he entertains
10 the Southern States. Let every one read
and understand that we have no child's play
before us in resisting and furnishing the OPP
preston and tyranny marked out to be visited
upon US, in attempting to compel the South
ern States TO return to the Union"
We might also give, had we room, ex-
tracts from English papers, who cry out with
one voice against civil war in America and the
use Of c~ocrcive measures against the South
ern States. The Liverpool Times pronounces
Lincoln's declaration of a more vigorous poll
cy towards the seeded States, as absolutely
"diabolical," and other journals use the
strongest terms ofcondemnation. How much
stronger, then, VIII be their censure when
they hear Of the hellish cry of "booty and
beauty" see Lincoln's call for some tw hun
dred thousand troops to suhjugate the South,
+ and read Stewards monstroas declarations in
his letter of instructions to- nhmerean Min
lister at Paris, and contrast these with the
manly statement of facts contained in Presi.
dent Davis message to Congress. The very
great haste of Lord Lyons, the British Minis
ter to the United States, to deny the state
ment that he had rendered the use Of bis
E government to aid in putting down the revo
partiality for the South. Many Of our wises
: statesmen are of the opinion that Lord Lyon
will be instructed to offer the mediation 0
England, and, if that is not e~ffectual, that, il
the end, the interests of England will requir
a more e~ffectual intervention.
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f - We learn from some of our subscri
bers who live off the line of the Railroads
d that an impression is abroad that the mail
\ 10 the most or all the Post Offices thus situa
u ted, will soon be stopped. We believe sue
fears are groundless. The State will pay tn
Y, expenses of carrying the mails, and at a tim
like the present, we have no idea that an
steps will be taken towards curtailing the ia
%cilities for keeping the people of the interic
as we'll as usually advised of what is trans
piring in the country. 1t would be the vel
nr worst policy to do 50, if the State authoritit
= desire the ardor and enthusiasm now preva
ing, to be kept up among the yeomanry, t
D fighting men Of the country. Besides, in
d few weeks now, North Carolina will be
J. member of the Confederate States COVER
ment, whose postal arrangements are nC
ls perfecting, and will be in operation in a We
~ short time, and Contractors and Postmaste
ne will be continued as now, as officially a
lie p ~otf-etfss su-Ject; rr may
well to remark, that at many of the count
- Post Offices there is as much mail matter
celved, as at many of our towns and viIlag
nk and 1T would be rank injustice to deprj
them of their mail ia cilities. We know at Q
country Post Office in this county, New Fl
there are nearly one hundred papers receive
and the same may be said, doubtless, of ma
others. Our country friends need not,
~ think, entertain fears of being deprived
their mail facilities.