Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-07-30

net be tolerated for an instant. Reconstruction
} would not end the war, but would produce a
more horrsbe war than that in which we are
now engaged The only terms on which we can
obtain permanent peace is final and complete
separation from the North--rather than sab
INIT to anything snort of tnat let us all resolve
to ole IKE men worthy OF freedom
/ In regard to foreign intervention, Mr.. Steph-
ems ADVISED his hearers to build no hopes on
/ that yet awhile. He did not believe that the
leading foreign powers ever intended that the
North and South should be again unitee-they
| preferred that the separation should be perma.
| nent--hHt they considered both sides too strong
COW, "nd did cot deem it good policy on their
part to interfere and put end to the war
Foreign nations see that the result of the war
will be to establish depotisnl at the Nerth.
and are therefore willing to allow it TO contin.
ae awhile longer.
The whole tohe of Mr.. Stephens speech was
very encouraging and show ed mot the slightest
sign OF dependency. He said many things
and related several acts by way of encourage
Inens to the Southern people, and concluded
by expressing entire confidence in the ability
OF the Con:ederacy to maintain our cause and
achieve our independence.
The Richmond Wing pertinently asks of the
weakened respondents the following cues.
tions which are commended to their serious
consideration
Are We ready to see our mothers cooking
Tor anSee mistresses, our wives washing the
dirty linen of Yankee officers, our daughters
playing chamSermaid to Yankees heiresses 3
Have we made up Our minds to work in the
helds with negro overseers Iashing us on?-
DO we consent to our fathers dragging out the
remnant OF their days in Yankee poor-houses 2
Ian ole
to be led against the French or the English {?
Shall we submit to anna gamation in it's worst
form? Have we forgotten our dead Is the
ocean OF blood that We have split of no value
M ust the flower of our youth and the strength
OF our manhood go down to the grave in vain
nave we PAID so great prloe of life for moth
ing! Are the homes that are left us worth
struggle !? Shall we part from our lands with
only murmur? Our rivers, mountains. plains
forests will Wa make present of them to
the stranger and the enemy Our cities,
towns, villages, hanalets-must we bargain them
off for the poor boon of a life dishonored and
Joyless! Our Univers tiles, Colleges, Military
Schools and Chugches-must they be abandon>
ed to the Yankees and used for the dissemina-
tlon Of infideity and aboltionism ? Our Ii.
braries, public and private, our pictures and
and statues, the portraits and busts of our here
ic sires, ou plate, jewels, heirlooms-can we
make free will Offering of them all to the Van
dals who have burnt our homes i'm bubed their
hands in our brothers blood and darkened an
age of civilization with the crimes ano outrages
of the most 5aebarous epochs of the past q
Are ready to give up our traditions, our
memories, our glories, our heroes newly dead
our victories from Manassas to Chancelors yiIls
our hopes of the future, our very name as a
people, and wander in far lands, Abegeine q
place te hide our shame, to earn our bread in
Menal service, and welcome the pity of pat
rons, whose commseration for the exile is
mingled with contempt for the man? Are we
ready to let the Contederaey become the Po-
land OF North America and Southerns the Jews
and Gipsies Of the New World Will Con.
fed derate notes, Confederate bonds buy lands in
Mexico ? Will boarded cotton and tobacco
be paid for in gold by the Yankee eopqueror
Of what value will be the stocks Of Importing
Companies or any other stock in the midst of
universal conGscation Will the money saved
oy taking the Yankee oath of allegiance save
the perjured soul? In WORD, have we thought
what failure in this high cause means, and are
We ready for the consequences
AN USEFUL REoEIPT.-The following receipt
for making Worcester sauce is said to be most ex-
cellent. Everybody knows how delicious Worces :
ter sauce is and we publish the receip. for making
it, with the hope that OF fair readers will
try it, and let us know the result of the experi-
ment. ~ f@