Litchfield enquirer., 1863-03-05
WHOLE NO. 1s7s
An Arsicle
An Article
 FRox 4 NORTH OlEoLrxA RsssE osoxE
 WHICH EVERY SEcEssIox1sr anouED READ. 5s5.s asss If E,sarS tt.. N..hxs1f. r,-..-, -fri.

FRox A NORTH OiEoLrxA RsDnk 0noHI WHICH EVERY SEcrssroNlsr saouED READ. [Fronf the Nsshsills Union.l W From . copy of the Richmond (Va.l Es qairer, dated December 18th, 1t appears thns
 controversy has been gaing on for some tinl
 between that journal and the Raleieh, M. o]
 StandaTd, another rebel journal. Tks EL
 9a'rer copies an editorial which appeared a
 the Standard of the l2th, which contain Gs'
 cusations against the Jeff Davis dynssfy. nn1
 some confessions in regard to ne a old 0ov.
 eminent" meaning the Federal Union, vhioh
 every honest Secessionist skenld ponder z.
 seriously. The Stamdard, published as m capital of North Carslina, declares thas tks Union was broken up by the JeR. Davis fho.
 tioR, before good cause was given" becauss
 they saw that they were abont to loss tks
 spells of office, which they had enjoysa c
 many years. Here is the article; sosd ax1
 preserve it.: zs.g5.
 THE Rrczxoxn ENQUIRER,
 The Richmond Enqairsr has recsusly e.
 voted two long articles to us, in which if hss to day to reply at any length to the Esc,'irrr.
 as our space is occupied Sy subiects vhsck rn.
 qulre more immediate attention.
 The Enqusrer labors through two csiuu,nw m reply to our article on the 2eth Noyemher. but 1t by no means meets the points ve mnds m that article. It admits, both by its siience ID regard to our statements on the subject. anA its unfeunded charge that the consersativss of this State are solely influenced bv .the lovo of ofics, the fact that the administration Of l(r. Davis IS strictly partisan in .its character. ani that he is welding for 2 faction Q great Sov. ernment which ought to be. administered hy and for the people. Thea beef Patrick Hsn. ryincidentswhieh. the EnQuirer introduces f6r the purpose of showing that the great mass of the people of North Carolina are influenced by their regard for the spols, is alike stale and inappropriate but it amounts to the admis. sion that tho Enquirer and its faction are in possession of the beef," which they intend te retain at all hazards. 1Ney tabored to brc6k aoscn the old G0oesssn,ent because hlev saso ftes 'cere about to.lose the i" beet;" and Aey gosia .orec6 he ''eso one, betore dey sCoald part wiA ,ne cdrcase upon sctsch tse palsxres hape scfiSk Their motto was dicide aud destrey; and their motto m now IS, consolidate, and rule or suin. Hence they are Deskwctires, and those who sppose them, and who would save the new Government, as they desire to saved the old one, are Conservatives.
 We tell the Ei,qnirer that we still walk the 'oil and breathe the free air of freedom: and that we are not to be influenced in our eoursg {. to the slightest extent by the Embellishments or the frowns of power. We hear great deal on this subject about the importance of avoiding conflict with the confederate Government. This comes for tho most part from gentlemen who were not at all scrupulous about bringing about conflict with the old Government, aud teariao t do,pw before good causes scere giuen .tor doing Co.
 The Richmond EnquirerS makes founder ing but most unsuccessful effort to refute thosa facts. The testimony is overwhelmine that the Southern leaders rebelled not because tks people were wronged, but because they had been defeated in fair constitutional election, md they could not brook the thought thns cotton aristocrats should obey the great De- noeracy of tne United States. Mir. Cobb said hat !" SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN WOULD NOT LrvH UNDER PRESIDENT WHO HAD COME ur rnon THE. RANKS OF THE PEOPLE AS ABE LaNcofx HAD DONE" Oh no they would sooner nlunoe he nation into a horrible war. and slarvhisf the white citizens of the South by thoussnds. that they might organize another Government. W Ill the people of the South be led any lon- ger by these heartless aspirants for office and power, when leading rebel journal tells them hat these aspirants melted rebellion without good reason Are they so blindly devoted to Jeff Davis and Gov. Harris that they win sa- 3rifiee life and liberty, and enslave their chil- iren, to give those corrupt demagogues fat Of. ices? Suppose the Southern Confederacy ,ould be established-as it never can-whet hen? How long would it be before some 1s- sated candidate for the Presidency would sather an army and raise another rebelliea, ind another civil war.7 Win the people ho made mere puppets forever, and allow thsu- elves to be used as the playthings of JudEs 3enjamin and John c. Breckinridge ! Are we to have a rebellion at every election, d hey do in Mexico ? Must onefnndrsd thous. md industrious non-slaveholders leave their lymes, sleep on the cold ground, half clad, al winter, live on scanty food, and be slaughtsred ike sheep, because some Don on . cotton ,lautation, who owns two or three hundred ne- a Eroes. has been beaten for the presidency, Unless the South returns to, the Union, there 3 nothing in the future for her but secesslos, e5ellion and civil war est3' 3ee tt3sss