Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-12-22
REMARKS OF MIR. HENRY,

csIn6rr H. 1883
The resolution to authorize the Governor to turn
to the Confederate ernment certain companies and bat
taons of troops in Eastern North Carona being its
second read Hg r Heury said lie had not expected at
this late hour of the session. to trouble the House with
any remarks on justice 10 on gel and suffering people
IN the East urged HIM Ia ask the indulgence of the House
while he the reIsOuS that would induce him to
Against eHe nsSags of the resolution.
1t will be remembered, Mr. Speaker that this Legis!a-
;uTe IN extra session, July $685. passed bill to raise
troops Tor home and local defence Under that act the
Governor has authorized cerlgn officers go forth and
in certain parts of the State raise troops for home de-
fence. The and of tie Governor once OBJ
Iued those have CuuvasSed sections of the country
making exciting speeches To the people their fears
and drpress their feelings and thereby dragon them into
any scheme however destitute of reason principle
Time and again has my section Of the State been visited
and schemes II decep"n already mAured been pracJSed
upon the fears and ignorance of the people for Che purpose
81 rais ng troops That some men might TedF the 1'H and
nil tt offices. MANY Companies have been organized in
Eastern North Carolina with positive pledge to the peo
PIE that they were for local home State defence, and
der condition w0ud shoId they be taken from
The and districts in which they raised Prom
Uses and pledges have repeatedly been made aud given
she people coming from The Governor of the State.
species Of deception has been pracSed upon the ceduly
i the people that WILL persisted in, dana ans mau pO.
cally aud overthrow the best form of government the
II OF devised do not saw nor do believe
that MS Exceency the Governnr has ever authorized any
make such promises and declarations the people
His friends placing him in false position Def his
cnuntrymen, when they make false promises and fvrty
them with ms Many companies might name and
some Of whEh WILL for illustration havel been organ.
zed IN section OF the State with the express and del
Capt j. B Cherry company BERTHE had that deusive
promise made it. Col Ferpbe-s regiment was raised Inv
such pledges. But ask to-day. where thuse men and
where the scenes ut their hardships? Lave they BEEN
kept home nr State defence promised? Go to the
ba,tle'feids Of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania aud
will find the answer Ia the question. Gro to that field
of bloody strife Getty ind aud the decay
ing bdrs Of many of those good Visit the prison
houses and jars IN the Northern States and there you WA
find many more of these men, who the service Of
their country that they might be permitted throw around
their wives and children the of protection home
return, behind
and infant children live III the deep depths of
erty and i-uoTance. Many other companies in Chowau
uertford PerqunauS BERTHE and other counties
have been organized with similar and more positive pledges
They have the service of their State good faith
ready and willing 10 perform their part of the contract into
which they entered. Should the State tail perform its
part of the agreement breach Of faith the result and
aud loss OF confidence IN their rulers must
follow.
Inow come to notice. in brief manner the reasons as
signed by the member from Beaufort Mr. Carter why the
troops IN the Eastern counties should be turned over to the
Confederate government 1t is said and urged with
dgTee Of za that the passage Of the resolution will
BILE I've Governor To Tree the Slate OF great and exhaust
ing military machinery As to the existence of that
chnery, have not the slightest doubt in the world but it
is PLAIN, pipabe ALL does exist and that it is
fast eating the substance of the State. But ask mem
bers If they surprised to find it so? Did they vote
to make il soy Viii it make the State any better of uan-
caly speaking by shifting the place of payment of those
troops? Will not the Stale finally be taxed pay their
through the Confederate government and that in
gold and silver may be? Sir doubt not but the State
quite able TO her soldiers the Confederate gov
ernnent is will be- War in all ages is exhausng; it
pubics that have existed, and reason
argument to prove that such will not be the with the
State Of North Carolina Expenditures of life and money
! is the inevitable result of war.
The only way to save the is to stop the other.
make the DECLARATION to-day stand That the passage
of the resolution will be ID violation OF good faith existing
between these troops and their commanders and rulers
occurrence which, for the honor and good of State
SHOULD never place No people in any age country
have evnced greater powers of endurance and
mination stand by and uphold the graf principles of
freedom and Justice than the people in Eastern North
ne shock bloody
its and fury upon them From that day the pres
emit they have had to submit to the power of three
ernmenis Their numbers have wasted away like snow
flakes under the of the mid day sun; their property
has been desoated until poverty and starvation must soon
knock their DOORS and yet it their troubles are not
end Sir il that UTbeaance can no onoer he
virtue in their brought to theverge ruin BY neg
ec they to be turned away their homes To-
find misery and death IN some other part of this suffering
cuuhry Turn those troops over 10 the Confederate Gov
and where will you hnd them in 90 days? Is it much
say that they will be marched to some other State to
give and place to soldiers from othb States az is
the case in county? Is it the object of the Stale
gTernment to Cypress IT'S people? If pass the resou
lion aud turn the troops and the first act in the
drama will have been played Confidence and hope in tbe
future gone How long, ask in the name of civil freedom
and the ar of hose people to suffer the scourpes
cruel war? When will their RULERS We them or and
support! God speed the aud the day when thew shall
be released from the shsckles of war and its attendant
| hardShips Death is more inviting 10 them than life
when life is made but lingering state of suffering
Visit that land the home of peace and nentv and
its condition ands aud thousands of its 1eonIe
reduced ruin broad fields and acres that once tenn
ed with plenty and gave ample support 10 beast and man
now deserted and given up; where once grew The
luxurant corn wheat cotton and other agricultural pro-
ducts now shoot forth the wild weed and forest shrub
berry, With no commerce. no freedom, no protection and
cut off from the world how long ask yod Mr. Speaker
even the utmost stretch of human suffering can sucb
people exist? There must be an end TO ali human srf
erng and that end what the Eastern people hoping
looking and waiting for. Will it come speedilyi God
| grant il may.
Another argument offered BY the supporters OF the reso
luton that by turning these troops to the
government they Wllt De more efficiently ofcered and
trained for the field an argument which do not think is
complimentary TO the appointing power m the State
or to those who in command Of these frces That in
competent have been placed in command, no one
du6s such is the weakness of the age in which we live
and while such the in the State government / ash
lift equally true in the Confederate governmentPN
| Incompetency is to be found in high and low places
Sir The argument is Weak one and implies in so mauy
words that Norh-Carnina has military genius in ber
ranks and service and therefore the Governor is unable IN
make efficient appointments The cory battle fields Of the
! CunLsdaracy are annie proofs TO tbs Contrary