The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1862-01-07
OUR CONFLICT WITH THE NORTH
From the Raleigh Standard.

from the North is to the effect that the people o
that region are more intensely excited against thu
South than ever and that their preparations, both
by land and sea, are constantly going forward ane
increasing in magnitude The government of Lin
coin, in its most cruel acts, and in its open viola
ton of every principle of English, American
! human liberty, is but the embodied hate, anc
envy, and malice of the Northern people. They
are determined not only to defeat in battle, but
destroy us, if they can. They regard neutrality
even as crime, as shown by their course towards
Kentucky. Their tender mercies are before us
in the grieyous and inhuman wrongs which they
are heaping Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri
! Even the deluded creatures who are still Union
in those States, not in their persons
and property; while those who are true the land
that gave them birth are visited with the con6sca-
ton of their property, with insults to their wives
and children, with imprisonment, exile, and death
on the battlefield. What, then, is in reserve for
of the seeded States, in the event of our being
overrun by these worse than Hessians !
! We believe that the people of North Carolina
are of all the Confederate States, the most united
in their determination to resist the Northern
government to the last extremity. They counted
the cost before they commenced the work of in
dependence They knew that war would come,
but they did not shrink from it in defence Of their
rights. They have been free for eighty years, and,
die in their tracks. They will make COM
promise with the North-they will never cease to
fight as long a federal soldier is on Confederate
soil-they will agree to no terms which will not
permit Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky DELHI
erately to decide their own destiny; and they will
accept nothing less from the North than the fullest
and most unqualified acknowlcd gment of the indie
pendence Of the Confederate States. We know
what all this involves. 1t involves many battles
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paper currency, the complete loss Of trade with
the rest Of the world, hard times, aud gloomy
times, and the sacrifice Of thousands of lives. 1t
involves, probably, struggle not merely during
this year, but for many years. As John Adams
said-after the declaration OF independence was
made, against an enemy not so uni ust or so cruel
as our present enenly-we say also, s. am not
transported with enthusiasm | am we'll aware Of
the toll the treasure and the blood it will cost,
yet through all the gloom, can see ray OF light
and glory. can see that tie end is fc0rh mare
than all the means" 1t is SO with US now-"the
rnd is ,corth more than all the Means" 1t is this
quality of looking to and providing for the future,
and of suffering to render the future tolerabe, if
not secure and happy for our children, which ele
Yates in the scale of beings, and makes him
worthy of those great gifts Of reason, imagination
and lofty disregard of death in righteous cause,
which Providence has bestowed upon him. Our
brave troops, we know, are enduring inconVe-
niences and privatoGs, and some of them suffer
ing; but let them remember that nearl y all Gen.
Greene's army in 1881, were ''almost naked
that III the celebrated retreat of this General,
which ended with the battle of Guiford, his men
were nearly all destitute Of shoes and clothing,
and many were the gashes inflicted upon the naked
feet of the champions Of liberty while the British
were comfortably clothed and supplied with good
shoes; yet no complaints escaped the lips OF the
Americans who lost not single man by deser-
tion''-that at Valley Forge, i'll crossing the Della
ware, and other places, our forefathers marched
over the frozen ground, marking it with blood
from their naked feet, while FOR the greater part
Of the time they were hungry and cold, without
their wages, and nearly starved. We trust our
brave boys will never be reduced to this extremity,
but it will encourage them. and it will encourage
all of us to bear in mind the sufferings which our
fureta hers under went to achieve liberties.
"The end is worth more than all the means"
We shall certainly triumph. The wicked and
cruel people who would convert four millions of
happy laborers into savages, by bestowing on them
privileges which Providence never intended them
to possess and who would divide our property
among themselves, and reduce us to slavery, will
be focd and driven back The God of battles,
who rules on the earth as in the armies of heaven,
will continue to fight for US if we are only true to
ourselves. Courage, then, all Let us be united
and patient, and firm. and loyal, and selfsacrfc-
ing In emergency. The cray of light" will in
crease until it discloscs its source the sun of vic
tory. Our independence once achieved, North
Carolina will be one Of the most prosperous States
In the world. We shall enjoy ourselves and leave
to our children not only liberty but all the bless
lngs which liberation in religion and the in
dustrial pursuits in field and Workshop and edu-
cation, and the arts and sciences, and peaceful
commerce with other nations can bestow upon us.
The SUPPLY OF HoGs.-From the Bowling
Green Courier, of the 3d. We extract the following:
a large lot of hogs passed through Princeton
the other day route for the pork houses at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. The best of the joke is they
were driven from Illinois.
We learn that several thousand arc now On the
way from jacksonville to the same point Not
hog has been driven North from the neighbor-
hood of jacksonville. This does mt look much
like starving out the Southern Confederacy.
KENTUCKY.-Thc Louisville Courier, Of the
18th ult., says:
We learn that there is considerable trouble
among the Kentucky regiments in the Federal
army, and that much anxiety exists among the
Yankees to what will be the result The mes.
sage of Lincoln and the report of Cameron nave
caused such universal dissatisfaction as to quite
demoralize those companies which are composed of
a fair proportion of men Of ordinary intelligence.
In Col. Curran Pope's regiment, as we are in
formed upon authority that we can vouch for there
has been open mutiny