The national Republican., 1862-09-30
An Inside View of Secession,
Letter Of a North Carolina Father TO
a COnsCript son,
Bitter Complaints - Broken Pledges
Threats Of a Counter Rebeliiou--DissRt.
isfaction orth. Conscripts--WN ~ go, but
Won't Fight.

Through the kindness Of Captain Narrower,
Of the Second District regiment, letter, taken
from Tic body of q rebel soldier In ono Of The
late battles in Maryland, has been forwarded
to US for publication. We make the following
extracts from this epistls, which illustrate one
phase OF this wicked rebellion. Wa omit
names and particular localities, go ss not to
involve the writer In difficulty:
-, NORTH CAROLINA, July 4, 1862.
Ny DEAR Son: hope
these lines will ind you doing as we'll As
poor soldier can. have good news to write
you We have examined your age. and find
you was born the 18Th Of July, 1874; conse.
quently the conscript law won't catch you.
Show the enclosed certificate Of your age to
your colonel, and come home, as You have a
right. They say they have pressed all over
and under the conscrpt age for ninety days
longer. When that Is out, come home, tor you
have as good right to come a. any OF the rest
Though, l suppose, they will make some other
law to hold you II they eau, for they have
broken three pledges already: l. To let you
all come home when your twelve months was
out. 2. II you would enlist, they would give
all furloughs to come home. 3. On the 10th
they would let of all under and over age.
They have not and will not fulfil one q these
solemn pledges. They are not goineato do
any ything they say they will, II they can help
It, for they know they are badly whipped
Now they are conscrlpting. The conscripts
here are the maddest men you ever cav. They
say they don't intend to fight They can make
them 60, but they can't make them fight. The
most Of them cay they intend to 60 10 the North
the first chance; aud don't blame them, for
there is no Justice in such war. There never
will be peace till they kill of all te men, or
they all rebel and come home; for IL is given
up by all the smartest men In this country that
the North will whip-and the sooner the better.
don't want you to fire another fun at the
North if you can help it. Do like some Of the
rest-shirk ont Of it, They say it is no dis
grace.
heard this evening that -- started this
morning for the army. He has gone after bis
son D.. He says he is under age, and he will
fetch him home to stay. would rave sent
something to you, by him. if had known Of
900 men at Warm Springs now, in camp. They
are drilling every day.
| can't tell you anything about my feelings.
Nobody knows my troubles but myself. Your
poor father has great deal on him, as your
sisters' families are now on my hands, since
their husbands have gone to the war. There
is great deal Of sickness here. j l.
has not gone yet. He has been trying to get
somebody to go in his place, and failing in that,
he made an effort to get appointed deputy
postmaster and various other ways to get him.
self exempt. He says the Yankees will never
get pop at him. lie and old c. are the
very men that ought to go, but they are the last
who will. Since began this letter have
ascertainel that your colonel has perfect
right to let YOU of, on ascertaining your age,
so, my dear son, have great hopes Of seeing
you in very short time. You will have TO pay
back your bounty money beforeyou can get off.
Your brother and sisters Bend their best love
to you. Write soon, and let us know what
yonr colonel says.
I We still lemsin, as ever, your afsctionats
| father aud mother until death.