Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-07-28
The Animus of the North.

ty and vindictive spirit against the South a
than ever, and give utterance to the most d
malignant and hellish purposes to s~ubjugate 4
our people, no matter how base and heaven s
defying the means they may have to employ Q
in the accomplishment of this design. They
have proclaimed their determination to ex- t
terminate us, if they cannot whip US into a
submission to a state of degradation and
slavery, and they are now, by authority of
their Congress, putting arms in the hands of
our servile population about Newborn in our
own State, and Beaufort, S.. c., to kill their
masters and with instructions neither to re.
spect female virtue or spare the lives of wo-
men or children.
Who can contemplate these enormities for
a moment and not see that the time for
fierce and bloody fighting, such as even this
bloody contest has not yet revealed, is upon
us and that instead of relaxing a muscle or
r~esigning a single gun, every arm must be
nerved, and ten muskets take the place of
one heretofore, until the God-forsaken vii
lains be driven from or buried beneath our
soil. We can, we must, we aoiU conquer!
But to accomplish it, all must rush to the
conflict, whenever and wherever our country
needs their services. Quick, vigorous and
powerful blows noao, may save us years of
toll and blood in the future.
AS a specimen of the northern virus, we
quote the following resolutions adopted by a
mass meeting in New York:
ResoZoed, That the territorial limits of the
United States, as they existed when this in
famous rebellion began, and the Constitution
which guarantees their existence, should for
ever remain one, entire, united and indivisi-
BILE.
That the division of the former and the
overthrow of the latter would constitute a
damning crime to all eternity.
That as the blood Of our slaughtered citi-
zen soldiers, fallen in defence of constitu-
tional liberty, cries to Heaven for redress,
we declare that, to suppress this rebellion
and save the national life, the government
should call into exercise every agency en-
ployed by the rebels themselves to make the
war effective, conclusive, and of short dura-
ton.
That, steadily pursuing the wise policy of
our fathers, we never mean to interfere in
the internal conflicts Of foreign States; but
here, beneath this outstretched sky, in the
presence of Almighty God, and Of one anoth-
err, we pledge our lives, our fortunes and our
!, sacred honor, never to abandon the struggle
while there remains a traitor in the land, anc
that an armed Intervention by any foreign
prove the signal for the spirit ofTberty = to Com
mence its triumphant march through Europe
, The Northern papers publish several gen.
eral orders of Major General Pope, who ha.
/. assumed command in the Western Valley in
i. dicating the manner in which he intends t,
conduct the campaign in the country thro
which his army moves. The army is to b
subsisted on the people, they receiving TO
, their goods vouchers of indebtedness, to b
!. paid at the conclusion of the war, on tn
condition Of the loyalty of the holders! W
have no room to publish these orders il
full, but they are the best expositions W
have yet seen of the penalties and horrors W
/, are to expect from the continued invasion @
: our soil by the enemy. Legarized plunde,
forced contributions, slavery of white mer
Il famine, devouring fire, are henceforth t
. mark the track of the Northern armies i
u Virginia.
O Indeed the entire impression given fror
v the enemy's papers is, that the North is d.
termined to prosecute the war with tn
: most vigorous and INSCRIPTIONS measure:
The supposed appointment of Halleck t
. take precedence Of Mcclellan, and to assum
N command of the armies OF the North, indi
d cate vigour and determination. Gener;
' Halleck is an able commander: a quiet, oh
,e sequious man, but INSCRIPTIONS, acute, SC
IS we're and despotic.
at We have no doubt that another con
al Richmond" march is in CONTEMPLATION
Immense numbers as we'll as means are TO
he relied on. 1t will fail, as have the other a
%, %vances; but we must be prepared with ecu
n; numbers and means, and this time give the
~ an overwhelming, decisice defeat. This don
is we may then listen for cries for peace comir
Die from the north.
" The effect on the Yankee soldiery of General Pom,
rscenL orders 70 the :" army of the Rappshanncck''
tn already being felt by the citizens of Culpeper. Tn
~ are not only seizing and destroying the crops a
IL stores IN that country, but are robbing the dwelliT
n houses, and even stripping the ladies of their level
NJ The party which burnt the bridge over the Rsnid
!, on the 18th, took breakfast that morning at the hon
OF Alexander g.. Ta~liaferro, colonel of the Tween
u. nrst virginia regiment. On their approach the colo,
- was at home, and was very near being captur,
" put, by good management, contrived to escape. Ar
nd they nad nreakfasted, the Yankee rufians search
mr. the mouse, took possession of the family silver. bro
, up the tableware, knives and forks. &c. and actin
ny, ~ wrenened from Mrs. Taliaferro's finger a splent