Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-09-10

4 dence, .here has been too much or Loo Iitt,
!, fa'hf Inat IS the tendency of the Standards dol
tut account or the present relative condition O
j our own aud the enemy's armies. and of wha
\ according to the Standard, we may loose. il
4 three months, and what are not likely 10 re
gam. l. seems to US that this is not the spir,
* tnas should actuate free man, struggling fol
MS fisats, nay for the very existence of himself
ano ms people. N an who despars ia whip
pee already. lie who trusts God and uses his
kowr. strong arms, may be whipped, indeed. but
/ it's qn even chance that he will not be, aad il
he should be. be will have the satisfaction OF
knowing that hs did his duty chat he lost not
his hsuor it The struggle
! La what the Standard saws about the effects
of sudden emancipation we entirely CONCUR
| And for that reason rs we'll many others. we
can tolerate no thought Of any other result of
| this war than that of mpete and fna! sep
araton. Subjugatiou or reconstruction would
alike lead 10 sudden emanc patton, and 20 all
the untold horrors which ould visit alike the
savehodec, the non-sIav eholder, aud the slave.
The Standard fa.ters itself that in some con,
tlngency not yet reached it could secure peace
without sudden emanci patton. Upon what this
strange delusion is based, are unable to CON
celve. Certainly, Lineoin's proclamation, ana
the action under ii OF his officers, civil and mil
tary, have given no ground for such hope
Every thing shows that wherever the United
States secure a footing, emancipation is very
sudden. But could the Standard trust to paper
pied ges, constitutions laws? Did we not
have all these in the old Union? and had they
not proved worthless? How can ans one hope
for any thing stronger, especially as eonces.
sion To after sthe worst stares rs in the 5ace2'
Does the Standard look for something better
than we had before, to be granted when We get
into a condition of hel plessness--when the worst
has come? Has there been solitary sign,
from Lincoln or from his army 4r people, of|
concessions to US, or even of former admitted
rights, except when We had the upper hanoi The |
whole conduct Of the yankees in relation to the
exchange of prisoners showed too plainly what
wi. be tneir policy when 'the worst" comes |
While we had tile advantage in mum Der of prs
oners they treated with US and made terms |
which would have been fair il they had been t
faithfully kept, But now that they have the /
advantage, ssthe worst" having befaen us, wha,
do we see, bat the most insolent and utterly in
admissible pretentions. SO will IL ever be-
Our only safety is 10 fighting them fighting
them as the Standard says, "with desperation
which the world has never Witnessed rr
The Standard considers US as disposed to twit
its Editor for his declaration in May lS6l.-I
Surely we said nothing of the kind. We quot.1
ed that decla, alton TO show that the Standard
"''S HOt3 40 enofANIHVo SiesA@'0af o"V oo
many al home believed, failhless to the Confed-
eracy, but that from the 2Oth of May 1861 to
The present time, the Standard bad continued
to affirm its opposition to q econ struction OF
the old Union. l. sincere qualification
to Us thus to put it right before the public.
But the Standard makes this the occasion for
one OF its despairing statements, calculated to
depress the spirit of the people, and to make
them cry enough witheat waiting to show fight.
We wonder That the Standard did not say that
the State and County debt was equal to all that
the State would sell for in gold and silver
Fhere being no gold or silver comparatively
speaking the one statement would have been T,
about as, correct as the other. But we can fghtti
his war, and whip the yankees without sgolds 1
ind silver; and the debt that We have incurred {
md that yet to be incurred, is the wisest debt
hat ever a couatry made. 1t is made to save |
IS from degradation aud ruin.a Andsit will dol,
t, unless the unfortunate cfoaking of the Stand Il
I'D and its friends shall so far cripple our 4conr
ge and resources as to make US give up With /
ut sufficient struggle. But the debt Of the I
state, large as the Standard would have the
eopIe believe it. is only about third of what s
Jirg,nia, OF Mary land, or Pennsylvania owed &
eiore the war. As to gold and silver; we have
o special need OF either while the war lasts, t
nd when it is over, our cotton and tobacco and t
ice will bring us plenty. 80 It
The Standard says thai ito treat with the /
I f1I asC So