Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-28
spIrit of the Morning Press.

The EzaRsr has Tears OF the voting by the N5rth
Carolina troops, which takes place to morrow Says
the EEGmiRSr
Toe soldiers Of North Carolina asked by the
ddase who calls himself Peace man 70 give their voice
Tor the sub mission OF North Carolina aid subugSon Of
all the s: Of the South; 70 declare that Iney them
selves have been in rebellion against their lawful RoY
sresns-that they now repent Of it, and will do 80 no
mOre to brand traitors and criminals those Virginia
0rgades that stood on their right hsnd AID hoSe South
OaroniAns that charged thes LETT upon every field
from Manassas 70 Cod Harbor-nsy, 10 delounce the
dead their orothsrs and sons, who have died for
their tive land-to gibbet them 70 the world bril-
Rsnds and murderers who have met their just doom,
AID Eod them up not "a an example, but as warn
ing N3rth OarOinians yet unborn. This Is precisely
sId accurately, the vote they solicited 10 give to
morrow 70 the candidate who calls himself "Conser-
Vat,ve." "
We observe that the Yankee raiders, coming from
Nswbetn and IRON the East Tennessee mountaIna are
calculated upon by the peaos Een 70 occupy the polls
oy iorco in sucb places they reaoh, drive OF
Vances Votera and pFOtsot the "HeOes Of America IN
their berOiek voting. A. some points this plan may
succeed ana the dsserers may carry the day In one or
tWO couaties; but #iJl solid Confederate vote from
he army that weak csvice can be easily frustrated
The same paper represents the gain 70 the South
cgused By the cessation ofmpors from the North. few
mill on dollars now in place Of $3.50 600 600 befJre the
Sar The calculation Is made that the las cost up
70 this tine about thirteen OrfOurteen hundred mliOns
or Al the rate o. about four i've hundred m lion q
year--in paper-aooui as much peace importatiOas
would have cost in gold The ExamiRSr's conclusion,
and very comfortable conclusion Il is indeed Is that
sin financial point Of view We have lost nothing by
the war; for IT, instead Of fighting, we had been rails
ing cotton tobacco Sugar, rice and naval storea, they
Hould all have been battered for articles of luxury
- e. IL;
ence from all this lie to be that instead Of raising cotton
tobacco, Sc, which people want and in return for
Ehch We can get articles Of luxury well Asnecesly
We ough. raise something that nobody wants. and for
which We could get nothing. On which plan the Gun
Iy would become rich very fact,
As to the debt of the S,uh the Es considers
it perfectly manageable. All we have do for few
years. to forsgo theuso Of imported merchandz, and
we can pay tbs debt" in a. short period as that In
which il was contracted. The following Is the cOnClu
sion:
III the war should nd during the present year, his
tory will afford no example of the facility with which
large public debt as tat of the Oonfederacy viii
have been placed in course OF convenient quidatoui
nor will Il sfforj any instance Of recuperaton 70 com
nara in rapy Nth that which viii be displayed in the
example Of this COnfedsraey."
The Examiner participates in the general assault on
the Y rsina Schedule"
The Enquirer, discussing tie recent attempt peace
negotiations, says:
"The people Of the United States can now judge be-
tween The trsnkness and csndor Of Mr. Davis and the
deception and ekery OF Mr.. Lincoln. War, abolition,
confscaton, oOOdshed and plumber, for the use and
benefit of the negro are the ecls and purposes Of
Mr. Lincoln. The restoration Of the Uaion without
these gained, he viii entertain discuss. II
oy four years more OF war involving sacrifices even
greater than Rave been made during the last three
years. thai people maggie they can accomplish these
object they ought 20 re-sect Mr. Lincoll. He has
exhibited TeeklessHess of the lives and property of
white in the past, that guarantees the iule mea-
sure Of death and misery for the future that the mOst
bcodhisy could desire. Graz. and Sherman and Banks
have sacrificed the lives of who would have peoIlsd
a new Safe, and destroyed property that would have
enriched and educated thousands They are fully ccm-
petent TO continue that work but what has been AZ
oompl she'd By that sacrifice and within the rrge OF
peobsbllny Whit be accomplished By the continu
areo tie war as these generals have conducted IL =
Toe SsHtinsI thinks there abundant recent iadi
cAtOnsp thai "he people Of the North OF all parties
hive become tired and sick Of the war" The most
significant Of these indications we'll as the most PO
tent Of the CAUSES tending to bring about paeicsOn,
the SsAias takes to be the attitude and conduct Of
Horace Greeley. OF him the SsRtihsl says
"He is probably the mos. lrHuents and talented man
at the NORTH; the confessed Napoleon Of their press,
and the leader Of the Republican party. His influences
Gt TIA Ohicago Convention chLused Seward cut OF the
nomination aad gave il 70 Lincoln. The same hhuerce
dictated abolition platfou, and whipped Seward and
Lincoln into purely emancipation, negroequaliiy war.
Yet, strange to say all n while Mr. Gre ley has main-
tanned the doctrine that any considerable section Of
country had the right 70 seeeee and set up new and
Independent government for itself With these opinions
often sVoEed and continually per- isted in, 6nd b N
coming eut g the open advocate OF peace OF peaos,
We iner Withou, emancipation For TO deny to people
the right to determine aud regulate Their Ocal irstu
lions whist he paintsi their GIT TO seg government,
would be the g'osssst Inconsistency.
OF the attempted Messrs. Olay HOicOmbe ard ThOnP-
con to open negotiations the Sentinel Hays presume
adVissdly;