Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-15
POLITICS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

POLITICS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
While oil the best men of North Carolina
are in the field, defending their country from
subju;..lyn and universal plumber there arc
some Of tue people they have lett behinu 'i'N"
at home who express the opinion that 'no''
soldiers have defended their country 'o"9
enough, and ought now to stop III .ni' oi'iN'
ion those people concur precisely Will AURA
ham Lincoln. lie also thinks that our SOL
diers have fought long enough
At some sort Of meeting, held IN Granville
county, the other day, amongst other res"i"-
tons adopted was this one:
Resolved, That the present bloody, wicked
and lnhuman war has ragged tong e"c"J"'
without any profit Or advantage u ei'net
North or South; we, therefore, call upon Jul
representatives in the next Congress 70 use
th.,r utmost endeavorS to obtain 4 cessa'ion VI
h1s,;';ties and termination VI our PIeseh'
.frus-les in Just, honorable anu laStinS
peace.
,rbose folks in Granville hold it to be
cickei and inhuman action in the soldiers 10
resis: the idsaders Of their country; SO they
,,osjJo an honorable peace.
rhs deserters also appear to have formed
lust The same opinion. Their consciences re-
nrossh them for having borne firms in such
biooiy, wicked and inhuman war, and they
hsstsn home to enjoy an honorable peace IN
he bosom of their families.
Neither is this kind of language confined
"a little meetings surreptitiously got together
!, some county court house. A man has &C
oaIly proposed himself as candidate tor
Congress on this very ground. J.'T. Leach
i lis name. His address to the people OF the
Sd Congressional district Of North Carolina
'!afnes his position" thus:
We have tried poaceablc secession, IAN
ke. cowardice, King Cotton and foreign IN
.rryention, and they have all signally failed,
o was predicted by those who calmly viewed
the then impending troubles from proper
standpoint; and surely there IS now no one
so devoid of reason Us to desire to travel over
the same road again, with its trighttul conSe'
uuences so fresh in their memories.
What, then, is to be done? Why lay down oul
arms, Of course, and beg for mercy. There Is
no other way, according to Mr.. Leach. lie
calmly viewed the impending troubles" al
the first from this standpoint, denied tho
right and the power to secede: and now ne
feels that he was right all the time-we have
signally failed! Accordingly he thus under
takes to give effect to his ideas in Congress:
1--WE NAV most naturally suppose that du
ring its next session, Congress will he almos
wholly occupied in lesislating upon the pres
ont unhappy condition Of our country, anC
the bloody civil war now raging between th'
North and South. In these matters 1 shall
deem it my duty to shape my course IN refer
ence to the most successful and satisfactory
mode of securing an honorable and speed,
peace"
And this in the Congress of the Confederate
States! We cannot imagine why the gentle
man desires seat in that body. lie is no
a Confederate. lie calls this country not tn
Confederacy, but the South; which means
we presume, the Southern section OF tn
Union. lie calls the war "civil war'-tha
is. q war waged between fellow.citizens. 0
course the people of the Third Congresslona
District of North Carolina have constltu
tional right to elect Mr.. Leach; but in tina
case it is to Washington they ought to sen'
him. not to Richmond he has no buslnessn
O Confederate Congress.
This audacious treason against the Stat
of North Carolina is a matter which must b
met and dealt with by the true and gallan
people of that State. Those craven erea
lures are inviting descrtion from on
ranks; making the arms drop Iron
our hands; delivering us over to the enemy
While so many Of the defenders of their Stat
are absent at the post of duty and honor, the!
are indicating to the public enemy to wha
noint he should direct his forces, and virtual
" promising him sympathy and support: VIZ
tually saying to him: Here is a, weak point
here we are defenccless for North Carolln;
bas sent more soldiers TO the war than an.
other State-enter here and take possession
the Undetermined msn are far of, wagin!
their wicked and inh uman war, but here ar
their houses to be plundered, their sisters Il
be ravished
And these beings may succeed so far as t
induce the enemy to send large force int
North Carolina, and make it the chief battl
ground of the war. We can assure the pee
ME of that State that they would not relish II
Let them ask the inhabitants Of Wincheste
and of Fredericksburg how they enjoy them
selves these last two years.
1t is earnestly to be hoped that.Mr. tcac
NAV not make his appearance in the mex
Congress- with his "North and South" hi
"ciyil war" and his honorable peace" Ever
man not IN idiot, knows-anda as MIR. Leach
mt IN idiot, he must know-that the Conted'
rates cannot take one single step toward
peace, except by ceasing to. be Confederate
and going back into the Union; and the onl
ust q ] Confederate Congress, in his estim'
.ion, must be simply to repeal all its. law
send hcme its armies, deliver up its ringleat
-. and dissolve itself. The enep,y's govern
has no terms for us but unconditiont
SION and payment of the cost Of tn
Of the property of the ''rebels,"
J, IL, ,sIe not quite come to this point yet.
-. S-p--
AyONFEDERACY AND EUROPE
= se have to rely upon ourselves alon
,sssson we have been long in learning
:, leorned at last. If we are able I