Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1862-11-28

rade, Which refuses to be goyerSed by any but
aatural laws. All we can do is to aid thes.
we'll established laws, the skllful physician
/ ,ssists nature in the checking of disease Vic.
lent and forcible measures have long since beer.
cnIdeinned by civilized states men, aud W oulo
only serve to dry up the source Of ou,
/ Industry, and lessen the productions of the coup
~. Ihe same remarks apply to seizures OF
private property tor public use, which ought
/ never TO be resorted to except in extreme cases
and then only as temporary xpedient.
/ 10 provide agains the posi- bic suffering ot
| the wives and en- ildren Of our brave and self
ieleA3 n. soldiers, also respectfully recon-
mend the purcha sing and storing, at some safe
point in the interior, of at least two hundred
thousands pounds of pork, to be sold to the n,
at rates sufficient to cover the cost, transp orta-
ton, &c 1t can now be bought in the Eastern
counties at moderate prices, and is ia Danger OF
destruction Or the enemy ii not removed at an
early day. anticipating the necessity of this
measure, and also thinking it proper in a mill
! tary point OF view to have some surplus on
! hand, have lireaoy ordered the building of
| large cribs on the N. c. r. Road, and M ade
other preliminary arrangements for purchas-
ing on a largescale.
/ deem thlsa matter Of the very highest i'm
/ portance. N9thing would so cheer and en-
courage our soldiers in the discharge Of duty ,as
those at home dearer to them than life and
nothing would so dispirt and demoralzs them
TO know that shose dear ones were suffer
| ing.
| Indeed, the soldier, shivering through the
SHOWS OF the ctlming winter and offering his
| blood day by day for our defense, has a right
TO expect that his country will not permit his
wife and little ones to cry in vain for bread
and while there is morsel in the land it should
De divided with them. beg you, therefore,
Gentlemen, to make such provisions as you
may deem best in reference to the matter, and
at as early day as possible, and let the graft
tying assurance go forth to the camps of our,
armies that the wives and children of our so;>
diers shall not suffer SO long as their State has
! money Or food to give them.
beg lie ave to call your attention to the great
the almost iusurmountable difficulties encoun
tered by the Quartermaster's Department. in
providing cIothng shoes, and blankets for our
troops. During the ADMINISTRATION of my pre-
deeessor, au arrangement was entered into (ac
cordng to resolution of the General Asssm>
bls with the Quartermasuer's Department of
the Confederate States, by which North Carroll, !
ma was to receive the Communication clothing
money of her troops and clothe and shoe them
herself. Aud on our agreeing to sell the Con-
federate authorities all the surplus supplies
that could be procured in the State they agreed
to withdraw their agents from our markets
and leave the State agents the whole field. with
| out competition. This would have enabled the
State to clothe and shoe her troops ,comferta'
bly, and could have furnished to the Confeder- |
ate States all that was 10 be bad anyhow at
reasonab BILE rates. But it was Immediately vio
| lated. The country was soon, aud 10 still
swai ming with agents Of the Confederate Gov
ernraent, stripping bare oar markets and put
ting enormous prices upon our agents This is
especially the case in regard 10 shoes and leath
er. The consequence has been our troops
could get only half supplies from home, and
nothing at all from the Confederate Govern-I
meut, because of our agreement 80 furnish them
ourselves. When large portion OF our army
this fall by the accident of battle and other
causes lost their baggage. it was fonnd impos-
sible at once to replace it, Sorely pressed as
10 the best course to be pursued, published
an appeal 10 our people in behalf of their broth
ers IN the field, and employed the militia offi-
for the collection of articles donated or sold
and though the response has been at once graft.
IS ing and patriotic, yet it Is necessarily slow
and uncertain; and regret to say that the he
roes of Boensboro,' Sharpsburg and other
glorious fields, have suffered and are still suf-
iering greatly for the want of shoes and cloth
ing. Every possible exertipn has been made
for their reiet but while the agents, of the
of the Coofsderacy are allowed to compete
with ours, and spectators are allowed to cars
ry our leather hey ond our borders, it will bel
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