Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-10-02
The Peace Movement In North Car
ollna.


The Peace Movement In North Car
olIna.
Copies of the Raleigh Standard. sent
North by Col. II c. Lee, give us some in.
sight iutO the real and important charac'
ter OF the conservative or peace movement
in North Carolina. The Standard is full
OF accounts OF peace meetings, generally
county meetings. in all parts of the State
iu which the names of the most iutiuential
citizens appear. The resolutions adopted
go for an honorable peace, and for ar
mistice and negotiation as a means to that
eud. Some of the meetings propose still
to adhere to the Confederate cause, and
hope for its success, but generally they
eVade that point and significantly declare
that there is no prospect Of a successful
| terminatio of the war as At present con-
Quoted. while they all denOunce the Davis
administration and especially its treatment
of North Carolina. One or two meetings
resolved to resist the Confederate IithinG
law. which is considered very unjust and
offensive. The Surry county peace meet.
ing resolved
That In our opinion, under the CirCum.
stances, the best thing the people OF North
Carolina could do would be to go for "the
Constitution AS it is, and The Union rs 1t
was"
The Yadkiu county meeting expressed
itself in this way
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out OF the United States by q minority
unfair and unjust, aud that we are not
bound to pay 1t.
Resolved, That we favor a proposition
of peace to the enemy, upoH such terms as
guarantee TO as our rights upon an equali-
y With the North.
Resolved, That we are opposed to auy
alliance or annexation to Eugland or
France, or auy monarchy whatever. We
are also 10 favor of u free speech and a
tree press.
Guilford county also strongly intimated
its willingness to return to the old Union,
thus:-
"Resolyed, That we are in favor of an
immediate ArmisIice, that this bloody aud
desolaIiuR war, which has already caused
the death of SO many hundreds OF thOus.
ands Of poor. unprepaTed mortals, who
have left behind them so many millions of
mourning widows aud orphans, and which
has brought upon this once happy and
free people iucalculabIe loss and irretriev-
abIe woes, ard degraded US In the estima-
tiou OF all Christian people the world over,
Immediately cease.
Resolved, That in our opinion under
present and prevailing circumstances the
best thing the people Of North Carolina
can do Is to go in for the principles OF
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
Jackson, 6e., aud for tho Constitution as
it is
Resolved, That we call upon the citizens
of the several counties of this State who
are favorable to a speedy peace, and are
unwilling to see their beloved North State
oyerrun and made ruin, in case speedy
negotiations are not set on foot by tue
government to secure peace, TO elect dele:
gates to State convention, who snail
place North Carolina In position where
she can negotiate for herself as sovereign
State. .....
Itis evident that the men who pass res
olu,ious like these are in favor of return
10 the Union, aud will SO declare them
s-Ives at the earliest moment when it is
safe to do SO.
The Raleigh Standard has earnestly ex'
horted those 10 sympathy with it not to
make forcible resistance either TO The con-
scription or the confederate tax, but in
some parts of the state the torbearance OF
the people has evidently reached its utmost
limit The Raleigh Rsgister OF the loth
said the 2lst North Carolina regiment had
inst left for the western part of the state
TO arrest deserters, who in some counties
were defyiDg the authorities. The Char
lott. BuILlfin of the same date contains
call on the vigilance committee, in which
I, this significant announcement :-"There
is work for you TO do. We are in the midst
Of a revolution. We have tories In our
mids, Meet at the town hall tonight at
early gas-Iigbt." The B4iteti" says edi'
toriAlly:- a..
ave most sincerely regret to learn tna' ,1ss
there are q large number Of conset'asIso o =
n. e.) submisSionists 70 Llncolu tuie' 80
PS pa av"t tbeir fathers, with the deserters
u S.".,, ,be army than meeting Yankees on
is0~ iS% ha,,ls .uv seid. now banded together to
the % number Of about two hundred .,,1a ~
tFS,leys.' twenty miles above Statesy1.le Yns
r.sistine the constituted auth critics. res. les,
terday as we have been intoTmea, pnSa.,. 'e VII
battle was fOnght by Lieut. Roberts, ,,oin, %,Iu
Ss.,,, confederate soldiers, at thet Polnt
o..!,,;nsI In he eapiuretpfi four end the
LIiIi"s ~ lwo or. three of The traitors, " e y
h"xs sent 70 Trap Hill for relntorce en-,
%, Sa,e sSarn sS ~ of The list North Caroline mill.
-; Col hovInp S been called on TO sustain The
fossrSss sS authorities, is sending forward r,
sSs roiIt,is 70 the support of Lieut.. Roberts
~o wbo expected pitched battle yesterday