The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1863-09-24
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strikeS M5 WisAsp psoQ1ieAr foses, .A.l assumes
quite an important aspect. For on tie as .
sumption that We w;n achieve our Iudepen-
est anticipailons, in reference to tho. future
hissery Of O. beloved country. we must
choose one Of three things, we must either
fight aud suffer on until final victory shall have
crswn.d our efforts with pcaoc, independence
snu glory. or We must willingly and inglori-
ously submit to the Lincoln despotism, or we
must be subjugated by the brute force of our
wicked enemy. Which OF these three re-
cults arc VIC going TO choose! Arc-we as in
dcc everything if need be. rather than be
slaves? Or have many OF us determined to
make money by. this cruel war, and hoard up
for ourselves fortunes at the risk of plunging
ourselves aud our entire country into inextra-
cable ruin! Indeed, l am surry that so many
Of US have so far gone crazy after the 8" al
mighty DOLLAR" that We have deadened all the
finer and nobler feelings of our nature to that
degree, that We can ask any kind Of price
fpr Our fabric, or products, except n reason.
nble one. Or VIC can do even worse, by clos
ing our barns, or other places Of trade and
absolutely refusing to sell anything for Con-
fedSratc money. Is il possible that any mau
in this country can refuse to let soldiers
family have the Indispensable necessaries of
life for our Government notes Men too, WHO
have been exempt from taking up arms and
going into the trny of our country's safety,
simply for the purpose Of supplying our peo-
pie with the necessary f.brics, at the rate Of
seventy five per centum on the actual cost of
manufacturing. And yet these men can go
before an enrolling officer and swear most
solcmnly that they are setting their goods at
only seventy Eve per ceutum on tie actual
cost OF manufacturing them, when ut the same
time they are selling yarn at fourteen dollars
per bunch, leather at seven dollars per pound,
and ether things equally high. Or another
class of men, dcnominatc cd spcculators, can have
the effronicry to monopolse this or the other
department of trade, and then demand the
| most outrageous an1 extravagaut prices i'm
ag'nable for those'thngs which are absolutely
| necessary for the Subsistence of our people.
U. my fellow citizens, where ars we drifting
to! Have we lost all fellow feeling: Have we
| lost sigh. 81 the dearest aud most sacred il,
tercsts of our beloved country? ''ave.wc for
| gotten that onrs - n common cause, that w..
are mutually and indicidllAy int erestcl in this
great contest for freedom? Have We s,orpel
our ears against the groans Of the sufcrip.
ana dying patriot soldier, the cries for bread
'h"' como un from the poor and destitute, and
'he s'shs ani sobs OF all The Athlete ones o,
our land! Are VIC 'ic crmnei put to tiIr
blush the infnmou- treason of Benedict Ar,
mold, by selling our country, our mothers, ou,
wives, onr sisters; and all that should be dear
/ 20 zen, for 4 little money. that ouly leads ia
bcwildcr an ,lazIlcs TO blind.
| Let Us my fellow citizens wake IN, and ~; :,
in the majesty AMI true dignity OF mans No
bier nature 10 the magnitude of the pres N
| occasion. Are We 'Hen! Let us then show our
selves TO be worthy of this appellate on, by il,,
| exhibition OF virruous, roble and self s,rr,
hcing spirit Of true patriotism and devotion ic
our country. IL We do thus we are safe L
every man, woman aud child thfouchout ou-
country is ready to do aud suffer everything
rather than be subjusated, our cause will in
evitabiy triumph, and whether We live or Ii,
IN this contest, the flag o: truth, of libert,
nnd OF God will ultimately float in e'oriou.
triumph over land baptized in the blood Of he,
patriot sons, and people whose richest Ieya
cy shall be the sacred dust Of their ber,I,
/ sires.
am no alarmist nor am n despondi,,t
croa@er' yet If selfshness and spirit of e4
tortion continue TO reign throughout our coun
| q
Try awfuliy fear that we will be subjugatec
aud brought under the foulest despotism ane
into the most servile state of slavery that hal
ever existed. II We are su3jugated we will d,
IL ourselves. We viii be self murderers, ~,
worse, for We will not only ruin ourselves. bu
ehtaii upon our innocent posieriiy the gallins
ch"'hs oil slavery in its worst form. There !.
no retreat Tor US but in slavery and chains
some fanciml submissionsts may dream Of re
| construction on equitable terms, but this i,
absurd and perfectly impossible according tc
the sworn purposes of our enemies. In fact il
Is d's2racefnl for any southerner to think OF
such thing. Could we be so depraved aud
so far lost TO all feelings Of manly dignity a.
to march over the graves of more than two
hundred and fifty thousands Of our brayest
countrymen, and many of them our dearest
relatives TOO, TO reach forth the dastardIy hand
OF reconstruction to vandai foe No' while
write, imagine that hear four hundred
Thousand voices from the bravest meu that ey.
er trod this land say NoS And more than n
hiillioh Of Ms mir Iadies, as the sun ever shone
on, rise up and say that we will do even more
than to give our much priced hair for bow
things, but we will do and suffer all that our
sex is capable Of rather than to fail in the
achievement Of our independence. If We re-
treat new, we will deserve the excavations If