Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-08-13
THE REACTION IN NORTH CAROLINA.

The Union feeling in North Carolina appears to
be constantly gathering strength, while the desire
| for peace seems to be almost universal. The ia
| leigh Standard of recent date gives expression
TO this feeling in article of great holiness IL
copies an article from the Raleigh Daily Progress,
which expresses great fear that unless the war Is
soon stopped slavery will be obliterated, &c and
then adds
1--WE agree with our contemporary in much OF the
above But we have idea that peace be obtained
| on terms; the most powerful nations seldom
succeed in doing that What the great Of people
desire cessation Of bosites and negotiations II they
could reach that point they would feel that the conflict Of
arms would not be renewed and that some settlement
would be effected which would leave them in the future
the Enjoyment Of life, liberty, and happiness
1T is great crime especially at time like this' 10
conceal the truth We intend to tell the truth as far as
know it, let the be what they may From
the beginning of the until the present time the enemy
slowly but surely gained upon and but for the ex
aOrdnary endurance and courage of troops bis nag
would now be floating at the capital Of every State We
have lost Missouri Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, the
Mississippi Valley Texas Louisiana Arkansas ana con-
SIDE rabe portions of other States Vcksburg has iaen
feared msuy months ago it would. Port hudson
fallen Charleston Mobile and Savannah will probably 60
next. Gen. Lee is attempting to retire from maryland
with his spois but substantial victory has crowned MS
arms We weaker to-day than when ne crossed the
Potomac into Maryland Our recruits in the way OF con-
scripts will scarcely keep our regiments full and we eau
hope to add materially to forces. Our lighting
population is pretty we'll exhausted Every body knows
ths-the North knows this aud does Europe On the
contrary our enemies flushed with triumph have large
army In the field and their President has just called for
| three hundred Thousand more. He will get them.
"The movement on Pennsylvania by Gen. Lee and the
fall of Vcksburg and Port Hudson have hushed all camors
peace the North and have banded the people there
for the prosecution Of the war. We have
nothing to hope for from foreign nations and just as our
s indications that Providence Is about 10
inerpose in behalf The war; then, will 20 on. One
side the other must conquer. Will five millions oi
whites conquer twenty millions of the same race Will
they conquer peace the very soil of hese twenty mil
lions Not any event. if these twenty millions possess
ordinary manhood aud will fight They fought at Sharps
burg and Gettysburg and they wosted US at the latter
place. Northern troops not towards they hight
nearly as we'll as Southern troops We cannot achieve
signal victories them their own SOIL What then?
If the worst destined to overtake would it not be
wise and prudent take less than the worst provided we
could do compatiby with honor7
"The Richmond Enquirer recently declared that there
but two roads before the Southone to invade the
North and conquer peace, and the other to restore or
reconstruct the old Government That paper was either
INDUCING vain speculatons to the future or it will be
prepared to abandon the contest if Gen Lee should fail
in his effort to conquer peace by invading the North
To abandon the attempt subdue the presence
Of Northern armies on SOIL and to resist them only BY
guerrilla warfare is most probably to be conquered 1t
does not follow that nation is not conquered because all
its troops considerable portion of them, are not whip
ped captured Whipped have been and never
Ia hyp uhuot0a
Such the fate of Poland Hungary, and Ireland. 1t
NO disgrace to people to be oyerpowered by mere
brute force if they resist manfuy and desperately No
troops since civilization commenced have fought with
or conaucy ardor than the Southern troops
Their future and the future of the country for which they
contendDg be IN any event otherwise than
respectable and honorable among nations We grope in
the dark looking for the designs and endeavor to inter-
pref the workings of Providence the ars of nations
The birth nation this planet is great event If
it should please Him to build up and perpetuate this
nation of Confederate States, He will do it if not, He
win not do it. This is all we know about it.
"Itis time to consult and common sense and to
discard passion That peace cannot be attained by fight
ing merely now apparent to all In the language of
highly intelligent freud who writes fir, county bor
derng on the South Carolina line, the people tired
of this awful war 1t end at time, and there
must be a sta ting point to end Let next Con-
Rressiona elections turn the propositions that Con-
gress shall appoint commissioners to meet others on the
part of Lincoln to make honest fort to stay the eu
sion of blood, by honorable adjustment. Let what
these commissioners may do be submitted to the people
If they approve peace will be the result if they reject
the war will be renewed aud continued indefinitely IF
an honorable peace rendered by tbs South and
ected by the North desperation would then every
Southern and people would share common fate
and fill grave But This awful result, it seems
to u.s. may be avered 1t may do much good and do
no harm to talk-to negotiate pave the way negois
ting while we fight.
I'VE spoke just of the worst Detailing people
be the condition Of provincial dependence the Federal
Government each State being ruled by military governor
Tennessee and the emancipation of slaves in
midst I hat won be the If the war continues
is it not likely that this will bappen1 Judging the future
by the past (aud have other Of ud 3ng) we
fear it will What them Must rush on TO our doom7
Must the sword still aud the strong Of physical
force still exert ITSELF and effort be made by mental and
moral means to close the war; Why, North American
sayapes sometimes bury the tomahsWk and together
to smoke the pipe Of peace. Are Of the North and
Standardization profess to be-more savage than
the sayages7
'Th,ss sad truths but feel it to be duty to
for entertaining their opinions and have right
10 express ours without rom friend or foe But
censurs ard the grossest abuse feel shall