Newbern progress. [volume] (Newbern, N.C.) 1863-186?, 1863-01-21
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NEWBERN. n. c.. WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 2l. 1863



The Richmond Dispatch of Saturday last
has an article on :'The City of Charleston, y
which says:-
with all their bla;hering about Richmond,
we believe that the capture of Charleston
would afford even more exquisite delight to the
Northern heart than the downfall of Richmond
Ii is true that the latter is the Confederate capi
tai but Its capture, except in name, would
prove barren victory. II they could take
Richmond, that event would be probably fore
seen by this government in time to remove
from the cspital everything of value. Virgil
mia and the South abound with natural facIli
ties for manufacturing purposes, and the work
shops already in existence in the interior would
be increased and multiplied to an indefinite ex
tent. The government archives could be trans
ferred to another locality without any difficulty,
and, in the language of President Davis, the
war could be carried on in Virginia for twenty
years. After the first Inconveniences of the
loss of Richmond, our national defence would
proceed with fresh energy, and we should still
possess the only means Of transporting sup-
plies We have ever had-the raIlroads-for our
rivers have been, and still are of use only to
the enemy. Moreover, the frequent discount
lures which the Yankees have met in their On
to Richmond, and the increasing probabilities
of accomplishing that object, are beginning to
make the grapes somewhat sour in the estima
ton OF those amiable foxes.
"But the Charleston grapes still hang in
tempting clusters, and the grudge they owe
South Carolina is older and more venomous
than that toward Virginia. Their journalists
never refer to Charleston without styling it that
'adders' nest of treason, breathing forth a
burning desire to measure conclusions between
their fleet and the bite of the 'adders.' South
Carolina committed the objectionable crime of
lighting the flames of this 'unholy rebellion,
and of first causing the United States flag 10
trail in the dust. Moreover, she is an old Of
fender, having for thirty years been chatting in
her chains and loathing with intense and un-
concealed disgust her compulsory companion
ship with Yankee Doodledom. Besides all this,
her proud and pure character is a standing af>
front to inferior natures which can never be
forgiven. How they would delight to humble |
her in the dust, to tread her in the mud, to |
jump, and halloo, and whoop over her PROSTATE
form,
1.-The condition of New Orleans would be an
elysiun, compared to that of Charleston, if it
should fall into Yankee hands, There is no
indign;y its people wonld not be made to suf-
fer, no atrocty its enemies are not capable of
1t would be better that not one |
brick should be left standing upon another in
Charleston better that the whole population
sholld be driven out houseless and homeless
sa the inssrior iAal.s zsafierT the
BeaAt, who might be sent there as the most
efficient agent TO make Charleston drink to the
dress the bitter cup which the Yankees have
for her lips. But we have no fears
of any surrender.
"If Charleston should be destroyed, it will
be only the loss of few acres of Carolina soil,
leaving intact the strength and independence
of the State. We are satisfied, however, that
Charleston will drive back the invaders in ig-
confusion, and come out of the con-
flict with all her banners flying. There is in
of that coveted city an old acquaint
ance of the Yankees; he who made Fort
Sumter bend its proud head, and who first
sent the Yankees to the right about at Manas-
sas with velocity unparalleled in the annals
OF war. He is a man whose heart burns with
an intensity of patriotism more than equal to
the ardor of their fanatical passions, and whose |
genius is equal to any emergency of
the war. With Beauregard at the head of
Cardinals chivalry, there will be such an en-
tertainment ready for the Yankees at Charles |
ton which will satisfy their appetites for inva-
sion for generations to come"