Newbern weekly progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1858-1863, 1862-12-06
Union mecains &c shepardsvIIIe.

I teret county, residing III and abcs
Shepardsville, met in the church. i
that place, on Saturday, the Goth nit
o and were addressed by G. II. Fostel
3 Esq, who went down from Newber
z z 10 response To- an iRvitation from then
Mr. Foster referred TO the fraud an
force BY which the honest and loya
!, masses Of North Carolina had becom
involved, they could hardly ten how
lin the rebellion against the Govern
q ment. They were IN the midst of til,
aliseries and terrors Of war--not, how
Eeser.by any fault Of theirs. 3hs.respo,
SO e authors Of tins calamify could
allnost be counted on ones fingers.
| The bold, bad men WHO have plunged
them into this sea of troubles were but
1 q small minority of the citizens Of this
State. This faction of conspirators,
though but too powerful for mischief,
weres as theevent had shown, contemp-
tible in numbers. The people of North
Carolina were never malcontents or
traitors, and are not to-day. Thousands
fof them, even In the rebel army, are
held there by misrepresentation or
lcompnlsion. It is toliberate North Car
Iolina from the Devils despotism that the
National troops are now here.
1t it be asked why the Northern sol
Ediery are fighting on these distant.
fields So far from their own homes, and
why they should seek to enforce the
Constitution and laws of the Union over
remote and reluctant communities, the
answer is because the security of their
own freedom depends upon the vindi-
cation of National unity Tie war
is not for conquest, empire, or snbju=
gation, but for selfprotection. The
safety Of free institutions on this con-
tinent is hazarded by dismember-
lnent of the Republic. federal and
Confederate America cannot co4exist.
Ore or the other must go to the wall |
Both cannotstalld s
"A gain Northern men, with their en-
fFea sEl1ools
rage and free ba.s have fanl.d /
lrl governnaent tie most vital and prac-
ticsai beneEts. They have realized to
the fullest extent what free institutions
are. They will fight to the death to
secure these blessings TO their children.
Southern men have found no such
beneficence in. government. While +
their fathers stood side by side with
The men of Massachusetts and. New
1 ork in the battles of the Revolution,
ind poured ont their blood and treas
IRE as lavishly as they. they have not
the same heritage of benefits.
The free States have attained a mag
llfcent prosperity, and their citizens
enjoy the alnpfest measure of liber.
y possible without anarchy. This
liberty in tie South is the monopoly
y an aristocracy, numbering less than
lalf nilion,- and' tile four million
and half of whites who own no f
slaves are Systematically kept in ig- !,
lorance and subordination. Political !
md social equality of. white men ex-ls
SITS no where ii the sSonih. What VIC !
Vanthereafter is not Southern rights, =
'ut !" Equal rights.''
But a pathway of deliverancc is !
low opened to the South, and all our !
present satferings, and losses will be e
thousand4fold compensated. in the
ich blessings Of future. !
Thanksgiving Day was observed in lu
his city pretty, generally. Hilarity was lo
he order Of the exercises, and d.every- Is
,ody lent his aid towards carrying ontI e
ne full programmes. Cunning fish :
ng, fantasies and theatricals. were Il
4naong the sports But little drunk
zlless was visible in our streets. Every
ne We saw were s'o,s t1eiir Happy.
We are indebted to Capt. Chesney,
f the 9th n. j Reg, for New York
nd baltimore papers Of the 9th nit. s.
nd TO Mr.. BateInan, Of the u. s..
teamer Guide. for a PhiIadelphia
'aper of the same date. Also to w.
Hamilton & Co, and Mr. Janney|
Or similar favors.
ln several recent Instances. of deprezl c
atoms committed BY soldiers upon ls :
ne property of.citizens, Gen. Foster1li
as promptly directed, N case the par par 8 :
Icnlaf Individuals could not be identi-l
ei that an assessment shall BE made is