Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-07-17
A Weekly Family News paper.
old Aha,s Congress.

Old Abe.g congress
The Rump Congress of the late United
States met in Washington en- the 18th inst .
The infamous Galusha A. Grow, was elected Il
Speaker, and the traitor Ethfidgc Of Tennes- c
see, was elected clerk of the House of Rep l
resentatircs. Among the Senators present 7
and IN their seats, were Breckenridge @ |
and Powell OF Kentucky. and the deeply dyed {
traitor Andy 5gsAston of Tennessee. Some |
five or six persons were sworn in as mem
bers from Virginia of course, however,
without any legal authority from that State
Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri have rep
reSentatives in beth branches.
The Message of Abraham Lincoln is a It's
sue Of INTERPRETATIONS and Misrepresentation
from beginning to end. lie states a positive
falsehood about the attack on Fort Sumter,
and misrepresents every issue between the
north and the south. He calls for four hun
dred millions of dollars and four hundred
thousand men, to crush the rebellion, and
yet states that in nearly all the Southern
States there is a large number (~perhaps a
majority who are devoted 20 he Union and
are rely to fgnt for is maintenance if pro-
teciion be afforded them fem the SECESSION
lists. What stuff. We presume none of our
readers care to read the miserable twad,lle of
the old tyrant, and shall not therefore cumber
our ~coiunsas With It's publication. A br eff
synopsis vii however be found in another
FAMR
column,
Judging from the proceedings of Congress
We have received, it is apparent that all Lin
coin asks fer will be granted for the '~tsuhju-
CATION" or determination" ofthe South, as
may be necessary ',for the maintenance of
the Union.n
No one on this side of the line seems to
care a straw about what the Runp concern
shall do, or attempt o do. Conscious of the
justice of our cause, the South will go right
on" till victory perches on our banner, which
we ase sure it will do.
Is The Confederate Congress meets in
Richmond on the Goth inst. Speaking OF
the forthcoming Message of President Davis,
the Petersburg Express says-As Lincoln's
manifesto has been laid before me public
there viii be great curiosity and no little
anxiety to see the Message which our Pres
ident will send to the Confederate Congress
on the 20tnH this month. 1t viii Of courst
be a statesmanlike document, and in tina
particular will be precisely the opposite o
-. Nach;nr4op nrolaoaccDr IF will ho inc
: such a MESSAGE as the First Magistrate of
Constitutional Governments should address
: to the representatives of a free and intelli
gent people, who, knowing their rights, WI
!, maintain them at all hazards. The eyes {
the world are now termed to the politica
! civil, and military events which are about
come forth. and which involve the destini
of the Confederate and United States, tV
. powerful governments, but wholly dissimil
6 in their practical character, one Of them b
ing illustrative of the blessings of Liber
i and Law, the twin guardians Of popular i
d stitutions the other Illustrative of the ev
+ and miseries of Despotism and licentio isne!
v the twin curses of a State.
e We have no fear of President Davis I
OF fully and ably meeting his heavy respon
bilities and satisfy ing the most sanguine
pectations of the Southern people in
forthcoming Message. A PLAIN, digniti
~ luminous exposition Of the nature of
at present war aud its operations, so far
ng manly vindication of the Confederate Sta
MS fromsthe slanderous imputatioas which
,a;,, oyo Of AAaCh;pntAr I'D A.
Gu no less vicious organs, have cast upon tn
with a truthful disclosure of the conGit
3ne of aff,irs, and suitable recommendations
~ alive to the proper measures to be adop
for the vigorous prosecution of the wa
these will be, no doubt, the salient poin
ept his message. 1t will be a document VIII
'ol. ST., rounding circumstances will invest "
a peculiar interest 1t will exert an imI
49, tant infiaegre, not only in this bul on
other side Of the Atlantic. We shall
ny, greatly deceived if, when it reaches Euro
the it does not pulyerize the late missile Fl
the White House, which was specially if
solely, designed to ~frIghten every CAB
ira, over there out Of their wits. 1t as 9
as says to England and France-"now
ex. ognize the Confederate States if you q
either or both of you, and you viii soon
how a government which can culI in
oiS' same breath tor 4OU,OOO men and $4,000
ate 600 Will demollsh yon.' President ID
this WIN : ~ ~ Nv au1'e, 9u. ! q perry
an u;lI meat ITO ;cs,o hafora him
tant
Skin. RATIO OF REPREsENTATIvE-Tae rat
y of representation in the Congress of the {
rove Tolerate States, has been liked at $3.50
ing, each representative. The federal popul;
ecu of North Carolina, according to the &c
gret of 1860, is 160,474. This will give
= nine Representatives, and a fraction of
5 so 90 over, which entities us to another.
atch State, therefore, viii be entitled to ter