Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-08-18
&ukmlon0 Enqntrtr.
MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST II, lS6
NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS.
BY TYLER & ALLEGRE

One cannot but feel sincere sympathy with
the soldiers of North Carolina, and warm ad-
miration for them, forced, az they are, to hold
back with one hand the public enemy on the
keen down, away in their own distant homes,
thai poisonous treason which is sown broad
osst amongst the non-combatant population
rhey have left behind them. Tho soldiers Of
no other State have to pass through such an
ordeal IS this. When Georgians or South
Car,in;ans dress their line Of battle to meet
the invading hosts in front, they have not the
bitter feeling that treason to the sacred cause
II workingin their rear, sapping the hope and
confidence Of the people whose homes and
honor they fight for-withering away their
ranks by creating disaffection, doubt and des-
p,ndcmcy--cAnseling base submission
which would give up to that insoent foe all
their State has fought for and make a present
to Mr.. Lincoln Of all the young limbs that
have beon shred off. all the rich blood that has
been freely poured out, all the bright lives that
have been cheerfully offered for the indepen-
deuce Of that State by her best and brarest
sons. Blood freely shed, and lives cheerfully
offered, Cor rhat' Why, for the absolute
soyereign right Of North Carolina to withdraw
from political association with those States
which are now waginga desolating and barba-
rous war upon her. They would not have
shed vue dropof that blood, not have parted
with one Of those limbs, to purchase permits
mon to creep back into the hated Unien they
something ou. of the general wreck-in order
that their masters might, perchance, fling
them some scrap or morsel of that which was
their own. as reward for being the first to
crouch and groyel in the dust before the VIC
toriou, Yankee. We say the dead North Ca
rouians now sleeping on o hundred battle
fields, aye, and the dead Virginians who fell
by their sides, would shriek out from their
bloody graves shame and imprecasion upon
the ahject wretchcs who acted Or counselled
such ~ gnominious desertion.. They knew
how to die, those heroes; but they thought
they knew for what they were dying; they
believed the sacrifice was made to win prize
worth the cost All! if they had. dreamed
that they were to perish in vain-to die as q
fool die,h.
Thank God! there is no danger of this. If
the creatures who live at home at ease in
North Carolina, and who think Of nothing but
10 turn the life and death struggle Of their
State for independence into unworthy contest
Tor party power and emolument, why, the SOL
ders who hold really in their charge the in
,erests and honor Of their State, will at last
rouse themselves and read the traitors such a
stern rcbuke that the ears of him that hear
eth it shall ting!e.
We do not admire, nor encourage political
oTParty contests in the army; but to execute
justice unon the traitor of tho North Carolina
Standard would no more be party move
men: or a political struggle than the string
in- up 0f Il hishwayman. We should advise
The per-on who conducts that concern to 60
Noc:a in time. That is his place-that or g
worse L worse there be-.