Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-08-04
Northen Demonism.

AN W. SitIIO ea1 NSAOo
OF its hosts before Richmond, goes to prove
that a ~fiercer, more demoniac spirit has been
aroused among them than hitherto. The
war is henceforth to be prosecuted with
"vigor," as they pronounce it-that is, with
all the w~antonness, brutality and fiendish-
ness their hellish ingenuity can invent and
bring to bear.
Our slaves are to be armed and turned
loose upon US, such of them as can be Sc
duced into their nefarious purposes. Negro
emancipation and negro equality with the
cries.
Old men and private c~itizens, women
and children, who are in those portions of
the South where the enemy has possession,
are to be kidnapped, their property taken
from them and then driven into penniless
exile, in the event of their refusing to take
the oath of allegiance to Lincoln's gov
ment. And if any who shall be forced into
taking the oath, shall hold any colnmunica
ton whatever with a husband, brother, son
Or friend in the Confederate army, she shall
be shot, and his property seized and applied
20 the public ~(yankee) use"
And further, it is declared the purpose of
the northern government to draft men IN
those portions of the Southern States where
they hold possession, and compel them to
fight against their oaon sons and brothers in
the Southern army. Already have steps
been taken to raise troops in this war in
Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri and other
States, and we suppose Eastern North Caro-
lima will be subject to the same fate.
These are facts! And yet there are men
in the South subject to military duty, who are
deserving, Sinking, and eyading the taking
up of arms against a foe who swears to de
spoil them Of every thing, and then compel
them to imbrue their hands in the blood OF
their own countrymen and kinsmen! What
can such men be dreaming of? Do they
prefer being compelled to fight against home
and countrymen, to battling by their side
in their defence? The North has determin
ed there shall be no n~eutrols in the South
in this war. If men are found by the inva
ding army, at home, they will be required t.
fight in Lincoln's army, or else be imprison
ed and their property contscatcd. The tim'
has come, therefore, when it is not only a pa
triotic duty to rally to the army, but the in;
perative and all-powerful motive of persona
NIL -, H.. 4. - - H.. 1--l-
brief delay, and the day of our deliveranc
may be past. "Now's the day, and now
the hour"
As ILLUSTRATING ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
trroni the New York Tribune, July Esd
THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS.
COL John W. Forney, Secretary Of tn
United States Senate, in addressing the Pee
pies State Convention at Harrisburg. las
Thursday, is thus reported:
HE announced that President Lincol,
had told him, before leaving Washington
that Aeacetorm has policy should be as stria
gen. as Me most enthusiastic could DESIRE
Loud applause.] That hereafter there aciz
oe no reStTactaon IN tie employment Of all mel
10 put dosen this Rebellion. Loud and lon,
applause No longer need the Northern
people 6e frightened with the cry of .Neer
hqu4Iity ana Emancipation. [Applause.
-, ne thought 1t proper to put arms j,
tneir hands to save the lives Of the Whites
lApplause.l He thought we might as wei
terminate the war to-day if it was not to b
1ought with the aid of the colored men Q
the South. Applause. Gen. Washingto,
III tne revolutionary War used them. and q
inc oattle OF the Red Bank, 1777, near Phil
aeiphla, a Rhode Island regiment of black
turned the fortunes of the day.
e The manner in which these DEGREES G
murder and rapine are to be enforced. ma,
be inferred from the following which W
take from the Baltimore Sun of tho oath
General Fitch, late Senator from Indiana
now leading a brigade at St: Charles. in ar
KANSAS, mas just hung two guelillas. in Dur
suahce OF pledges to do so in case of the kill
ing OF any OF his men. The first engineer of tb
lexington was shot while sitting at a por1
hole. Gen. Fitch immediately took t,oo y
1e c1t4sens Of st. Charles and hung them i;
GPu6tc place an the topn.
1t thus seems that it is the d0l;hara,
policy of our atrocious enemies. conc,,,ro
IN and carried out from the Potomac 70 \,
Kansas and the Gulf, to prosecute this ",
with barbarities such as civilization h,
long ago pronounced inadmissible. and wb;c
Will shock the sentiment of the bu,oan;ze
world.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-The following or
DER mas been issued by Genera! Pope;
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VIRGINIA.
GENERAL ORDER, No. Is.
Hereafter no r1o,5s lily L