Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1861-04-05

W dONFGSS lIl0 lll0CttIlS.
On motion of Mr.. Faison, a committee
of three was appointed from each Con
gressional District to prepare business for
morrow at 10 o'clock.
In accordance with the motion the fol-
lowing gentlemen were appointed to act
on said committee:
1st District-M. A. Wilcox, J. H
Prince, DIR. w. Il. Hill.
2nd District-Geo. Green, George V.
Strong, J. A. Engelhard.
3rd District=-T D. Mears, Thomas Il
Holmes, Jas. Fulton.
4th Distlict-W. j. Branch, T. J. Green,
Basil @. Manly.
7th District-Burton Craige, j. M.
Long, David Schenck.
Mr. Mears, of Brunswick, presented the
following letter from the Hon. d. M. Bar
ringer, OF Raleigh, which, on motion, was
read:
RALEIGH, March 21, 1861
j. B. WHITAKER, EsQ..-Dear SIR I
greatly regret that sickness prevents my
compl ying with your kind request to at
tend and address the Southern Rights
Meeting to be held in Goldsboro'. But I
shall be with you in sentiment and wish
you every success. Let us have a clear,
unequivocal assertion of our equal Consti-
tutional rights, and maintain them at all
hazards in every Constitutional way
There is no time now for delay. Let there
be light and knowledge. The people will
decide right in The end, and can be deceiv-
ed only for a while by the interested eff
forts of demagogues aud the false cries of
peace when there is no peace, bat only a
pretense designed to cheat US of our rights
and ensnare us to ruin. For the first
time IN the history of our government it is
seriously claimed by the highest author
ity, that force, both military and naval,
may be employed to coerce a sovereign
State of the Confederacy, under pretence
of enforcing the laws and holding the
public property. What Hamilton and
Madison, and Rutledge, aud Pinckney,
and the fathers Of the Constitution said
was never to be thought Of in the admin
stration Of the government, is soon to be
attempted under circumstances of the
most fearful import to the whole country.
But the effort will fail, signally fail, in
the discontinue Of its friends, both North
and South, tor this unholy cause Of coer-
cion has friends here too. though few they
be and under insidious guise and deceptive
professions of love of country. Truth,
Justice, equality and Constitutional liberty
will, in the end be fully vindicated N the
triumph of Southern Rights
But [ cannot go into the grave questions
of the day, now so vital to us all, in a note
which is simply intended to express regret
tor my absence at your meeting, and to
thank the committee OF arrangements for
the com pliment of their invitation and to
add, with how much respect, l am, dear
sir, I our ob't servant,
d. NJ. BARRINGER.
Mr. Craige, from the committee to wait
on the Hon Mr. Moses, OF 5. O., reported
that that gentleman would address the
meeting at once if it be their pleasure.
Being introduced to the meeting, the
Hon. Mr.. Moses delivered an able and
eloquent address, of which the following
is a very imperfect report. He said:
Although not of the same Government,
I think [ can on the present occasion call
you fellow citizens, from your faces, /
Judge that we are one In heart and in
sentiment. / come from the much abused
State OF South Carolina, now q proud
member of the Confederated States of
America. Pail a compliment to Nat.
Macon wished that N. @. was side by
side with her sister States of the South.
That he was appointed commissioner to
the State Convention of N. c., and hoped
that he would yet have the pleasure of at
tending. EPaid compliment to Neck
lenburg--said that her sons would Eever
consent to be degenerate sons OF such no
BILE sires-referred IN complimentary
terms to Edmund Ruffin, formerly Of Va;
upon which three cheers were given for
Mr.. Ruffin)-sa that the report in some
of the newspapers that S. G. desired to
leave the Confederate States was false,
basely false.] You have been told that
there was a tax of sixteen dollars and a
hale upon slaves in S. c., which is also
false-said the people OF S. G. were con-
tented and happy. May the day come
when North and South Carolina will stand
side by side as they cid in the days OF .76
that if it were left to the women OF N.
C.. to vote she would certainly secede--
called attention to the great contrast be-
tween President Davis and lincoln
North Carolinians hate the North and
love the South-the North loves the Ea-
gle, but tits the Eagle on the half-doilars
the Confederate States are waiting tor
vou--S.H @. extends her hand to n. e.
referred to the tariffs of the two govern
ments--tllat Eng and and France were
obliged to recognize the Confederate States
referred to the new Constitution-said It
was better than the old one-he doubted
not but that the sons of Nc. were as pa
trfotic as those Of any other State, but
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