Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-05-14
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holds upon our soil, have inspired the F,dcr,l 'oV
brilliant aR'lcpations of the speedy supp,pS "'i
the rebellion and the Subugatiun OF III. Sn''1
lhey nave also caused grave approximations m =,
part OF some amongst us, which the history NJ I p7
past will not Justify. VI TIC
Inere is striking parallel in the causes If a..
wars OF 1916 and 1861. Our fathers were s,;; VIC
totyranncal oppression but amony their ,rr,r! ~
they never complained of the operation Of wron.o
which would OF necessity bring upon then, ut 10
o'S'ah'' gay, the horrors of ServIIe lnSurrpr,io
unless, averted by revolution. They e,nnI,in.Si
oil unjust taHatl0n-but their burdens wpra r.SI
IN comparison with the tribute which the Sou,f h'.
been paying to the North under the opera,Ion 81
proniotory tariffs and fishing bounties and lpg,s,,
i've enactments that built ~ the maDufacturnrr .nd
cohmerclai interests OF one section at the eyneDSo
Of the agricultural pursuits of another Tho naoas
stiles for revolution We're not so great then &c
Yet the American Revolution has an honored n,ns
in history. P'e'
The Colonies had scarcely one eight of the popul,
ton OF the nation arrayed against them Their in.
different arms and scanty military stores were CON.
temptible when compared with the equipments If
the armies they encountered and they were almost
destitute both of manufactures to make them and
ships to bring them from abroad They had no
Navy to meet the Mistress of the Seas Yet, ACTIN.
ated by stern purpose and upheld by firm convc
ton OF the justice of their cause they entered upop
the unequal contest, committing the issue 10 the
decision of u just Providence
Them as now the anaconda" scheme was the
means resOrted to for "suppreSsing the rebellion
NavieS on the water and armies on land sought to
crush it, as between the upper and neither mill.
stones while the royal forces could be rapidly trans
ported in shs, our fathers had not as we have tho
advantage of railroads for the rapid concentration of
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were contracted upon them. The conquerOrs ban
ner was unfurled in every rebel province Defeat
followed defeat Victorious hosts captured or &c
cupied almost every city or town in the whole coun-
try. The royal armies overran New England New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; they took
Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Newport
and New York, Princeton and Philadelphia. Mary.
land and Delaware were under their feet.
Virginia suffered severely from their ravages.-
The British fleet bombarded and captured Ports
mouth, Norfolk and Gosport, with immense quaint,
ties of stores, ammunition and cannon, which were
carried away or destroyed They took Suffolk and
burned it to the ground. Petersburg fell into their
hands. Warwick, on the James river, then town
larger than Richmond, and very important to The
prosecution of the war, was burned with its maya
zines and stores-its warehouses ships stocks
its tan-bouses, and its Touring mills Richmond
was captured by Burnside Expedition under Bene-
dict Arnold, and its cannon foandry and magazine,
and many public and private buildings and ware
houses, were destroyed. Williamsburg, the former
capital of the State was also taken. The Leglsla-
ture of the State fed from Richmond to CharlotteS.
vile, whittier they were pursued by the ferOclOuS
Tarleton and some of its members captured; the
rest escaped to Stanton. Virginia seemed doomed
to the alternative of submission deSolation. In
the meantime North Carolina was devastated bya
victorious British army highly elated by their grand
achievements at Charleston and Savannah, who were
marching through its very heart, committing the
most f1agitious outrages in their course.
South Carolina and Georgia suffered more than
their sister States The sege of Charleston is one
of the saddles. pictures of the war. Provisions in
the city were becoming scarce. The LoyalstS were
busy fomenting Gisatfection among the distressed
inhabitants. A fire from the feet opened upon
the city. Bombs were falling in every part oil IL
killing men, women and children, and setting houses
on fire. The town militia, in utter despair, hsa
thrown down their arms, and at length, alter gai
liant and desperate resistance of forty days, the Guy
was surrendered. The enemy obtained between nSS
and six thousand prisoners and about four hunorea
cannon-an appalling loss to the enteebed COLONIES
The fall Of Charleston and the loss OF the army par
alyzed the Republican strength immense numbers
accepted the offers of pardoa that were prOcI!ueu
and gave in their allegiance to the crown, and even
entered the royal service. The British commanders
confidently believed that the finishing stroke oil I'
war had been given. Garrisons were placed IN 'nS
interior, and the voice of the rebellion was husps~
This was in May, 1881.
But our determined fathers, though eonqVefe1'
were not subjugated. The menaces OF bayOneA
the obligations of extorted oaths and the threaS
tyranny and cruelty could not suppress PeOpls.
determined to be free-and IN the following A4suS'
there was another army TO be met and another Ges'
perate battle to be fought and at Camden we snel-
ed another disastrous rout, and another oil o On.
armies was annjhilated. The victory of CornWalS
on that desperately contested field was cOmPleIs'
and for moment the hopes OF the patriots, parucu,
larly at the South, were crushed their only chance
of success seemed to be thenterventon of European
nations.
Within the space of three months two armies nao
been annihilated and our most active military cory.
scattered to the winds. CORVALLIS considered li'
subjugation of South Carolina accomplished SlI,
confident of future success, moved to the NOls5
State, to establish Royal rule there Then oiloSst
his march to and retreat from Charotte-the Gei. .
of his detachments at Kings Mountain and u ~
COMPENSATE pursuit of Greene-the oatIie .
Guilford-;he retreat of the British to WllninsUtt
their march into Virginia, and the final caPtureO
CORVALLIS army at Yorktown-clos;ng the hrst na
of american independence in blaze OF tIlutnPh,t
glory, only two months after that hour oil ola'A''
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