The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-08-20
THE PRESENT PHASE OF THE WAR.

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THE PRESENT PHASE OF THE WAR.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of last April twelve
months. calling on the rebels to .iisperse in
sixty days, ar incur the chastiseanrnt OF
the paterHai Government" having failed
TO produce the desired result, he has now is.
sued another. warning them to make their
peace with him in another sixty DAYS, o. else
suffer the spoliation Of all their prope rty.
We suppose this proclamation viii have as
much effect as the other, that is, Just none at
all. The people, when they stsked their
lives. liberty and sacred honor on the hazards
Of this war, thought il far subordinate natter
that they staked their property also. They
kaew that they would be robbed and pIun.
dered wherever the enemy had an opportu.
nity. Lincoln's proclamation CONVEYS no
new information TO them, aud initiates no
new policy; for, practically, what now
threatens has been going on for more than
year. But it's of some value, in historical
point OF view, TO have the Official asowal.
that brigandage is the form Of war that the
Yankees prefer. The sham. that this was a
contest by the United States for the re-pos.
session OF ITS forts and other property, and
the reassertion OF its Jurisdiction, IS now
abandoned, and in its stead the admission is
made that II is war for the demolition Of
the Southern race.
Such war was never before openly avow.
ed by a civilized race, but the Southern
people have no choice but To accept il, and
meet " az u Is rendered. Not doubt can
now rest upon the mind 81 any man a. 10
the tate which awaits him, In case Of their
success. He may have been, a. a con,em.
porary suggests. Union man--nursing 10
the privacy Of his own soul dreams Of recon.
struelion. or, perhaps, ennce.ling about his
premises pr person the evidences ~ his 10y.
atty 10 the United States GDyernm,nt BE
II 80; ne y ~ IN better case than his seces.
SION netgh0nr --:xcspt, u NAV be, II I've il
able To prove bis "ioyalty" some mIserab le
will be due him for hi. pIun.
dered property. Inc eiIct Ut general de.
sa,,atIon his gone forth, aud he must swim
or be swamPed with the community be lives
in.
We see then. what is at stake, aud what
IS before vs.. Unless the Lincoln programme
receives rude interruption--an Interrup.
ton unexpected BY them,--ss NAV loos out
next Fall and Winter for the final trial, liter.
aily, Ol the powers Of mischief and destruc.
hon. lie war Is hencef0rth TO have but The
SINGLE object OF mischief. All the pretences |
about protecting the loyal population, and /
respecting the property Of non combatants,
ire dropped, and the war is 10 be waged 10 /
10 the utlaost dam ,ge, and infiiet the great. /
est amount Of misery.
Surely then, the note of busy preparation /
ought TO 90 up from every town. yiIlsge and 1
fFeslde 10 the south. Every man and eve.
y women should take deep personal in.
crest 10 every movement for the common
ieience. Not soldier should permit him.
'eli 70 be abseut from camp day after ne Is
'ble TO DC there and do duty. Not con.
Crypt should be omitted. Not 4 gun but
hould be IN service. Not a word Of en-.
or note of warning should be
sannng 70 arouse our whole population, as
me man, to meet this grand aud iiIal strug.
le Tor everything we hold dear on earth.
NC should present The spectacle Of ! great
reOple uniting heart and soul. with every
mercy, for seIf.defence. n sufficient men
annot be obtained under the Conservation
'vl as II stands. then, il should Be amended
! once, 50 as 20 embrace older men. We
aalI DC fatally false % ourselves IL, after IL.
We notice We have Of increased Yankee for.
e, we fail ~ get ready in tine 10 NEE
iem.. Nov . the day FOR work and eDer.
Y. Lee nothing be omitted On ouf bart \,
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