The daily confederate. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1864-1865, 1864-02-26
OLD SERIES,
VOL. v.

be, on the wEoie. the best for the cour1r',.
good. There can be no general plan tn II will
not operate uneqnally in indvduo'', caxes
That it does so is, therefore. no conclusive
argument against it. Ii nny Shall be made to
feel discomfort and hardship, let me tell them
that, IN war lie this, discomfort and hard
ship must be, 10 greater or less degree, the
lot OF all, He who expects now to repose in
ease and comfort is as unreasonable as the
sailor who, while the storm is raging around,
| and his good ship struggling with the dsshing
pillows. asks to be allowed to 20 down and
take comfortable and quiet snoozc in his
berth below. To complain OF having to give !
up part Of mans property, if necessary
for the good of the cause, is of all things the
most Unreasonable. 1t is given up to save
the remainder. If we achieve our inaepen-
debce, we must have men and money. With |
out both we are undone; and what then will
we save Z? We will not save our soldiers from
the dangers and prvations of the battle field.
For If triuln plant over us, in the insolence Of
their pride, the Government at Washington
VII specify seek to avenge some fancied
wrong against Engiando or France, or both
And az we'll to rid themselves of population
they fear, as to carry out their purposes Of
revenge, they will put our brave boys In the
front Of their battle. And thea, these on the
1
service of hated master, greater privations
and hard>hips than they now feel fighting at
their own doors, in defence Of their homes,
their families and their firesides. Will we
save our property? BY imperial edict it has
already been declared that our labor is no
longer our property, and acts Of confsca'ion
stand on the statute book ready, whenever the
power is given, to clutch our lands and other
property
Doubtt who will, subjugation brings des-
ttution. The doctrine is, that rebels have no
rights, and when did Yankee cupidity ever
consent to rclnquish what Yankee power could
hold ? TIE unprinciplel mcrcenaries Of thei.
army have an appetite for plumber that the
wolf q the desert might behold with envy.
What have they done with the country they
have ovcrruu? Think Of our desolated fields,
our smouldcrin9 houses, the wives and children
Of worthy citizens, ro-ming Eouseess and
homeless through th> land, seeking shelter and
begging subsistence. Think, too, of our no.
BILE boys whose bones are bleaching on
thousand battlefelds or who are now suffering
living death in Northern dungeons. Think
Of all these things and think Of your money.
In view of these dread realities, let all scdi-
ditious complaininss be forever husked in tho
land, nor let any man I've ieluded with the
idea that, by unmanly submission, peace may
be obtained and these evils avoided. He who
has watched with care the progress of this
war will have observed that in proportion as
the chances Of success against the South, by |
whatever means, have increase i, in that same
proportion the strength and violence Of the
abolition and fanscal party have also in
creased. Let tn m get control over US to-
morrow and that party will have acquired
lease Of power that will last for generation.
HI such an event. there might be few who
III yt~,rh To rn1
status and the old Union rc-csablis,ed but
their voices would be lost in the wild whlrl-
wind and tempest of fauatical triumph and
fury. Men want peace-do we not NIL want
peace? Peace how gladly would we hill
its advent! How anxiously do we watch for
its coming Aye, wait for it us one who
waite,h Tor the morning. Our fancy strains
to catch the rustliag sound of its white wings,
as it descends and hovers over us, like mes
senger frcm on High. We lift ourselves up
to meet the soft and sweet accents of its sal
utation-as soft and sweet as the whisperings
of an angels voice! We listen with eager
ears for the iainest echo of its feathery foot
falls on our door ways, as it seeks to re-enter
its accustomed haunts. While the magma
ton labors and agonzes with the thought a
bright scenes opens up around US. The roar
Of the cannon is hushed the claI gor of arms
is heard no more; bonfres blaze every
hilltop, and the notes of congra,ulation and
rejoicing vibrate on every breeze the son is
restored to bis mother; the brother to his fond
sister, and the bridegroom to his long lost
bride. The family circle is reunited, and beams
from 1--we lighted eyes shed hallowed bright
ness through every household. The scene
charms and melts the heart; but bloody hand
| is suddenly stretched forth to mar its beauty.
| 1t vanishes away, and leaves In its stead the
dread realities Of war. Honorable peace we al
| desire but our enemy viii not allow MS this.
There is another sort OF peace that submits
sion would g We us. |; is the peace that
| waits on the footsteps Of the conqueror-the
peace that was proclaimed in that famous
announcement, "Peace rel gns- an Warsac.'-
1t is peace whose mildest attribute is cheer
| less, endless, hopeless slavery. Better any
! thing than this. Aye, there is yet another
sort Of peace which is greatly to be preferred
to 1.-THE peace of The charnel-house; the
silence of grave. Pity is sometimes e1-
I! pressed for those who are marked out in
case Of the success of our enemies, to be
tried and executed for treason. In that
! event, their fate, in my opinion, is not the
most to be deplored. Far better the gallows
the stake anything, rather than slavery to
a nation whose chief and representative men
are Butler, Sckles, Sumner, and the like
What brave aud manly heart is there that
would not, from the height Of the gibbet,
look down with pity and contempt upon those
mean and abject wretches who have turned
from the cause of their own injured South,
because it appeared weak, and, by mean
compliance and sycophantic servility, have
sought to commend themselves TO the tyrant
who wishes 10 enslave US? Washington in
chains would have looked with contempt
upon Arnold in purple. Think of Stonewall
jackson in his bloody shroud, aud then think
of Andrew johnson in his pride of power
But why speak of subjugat:on now7 What
is there in our present condition to make
such an event ia the least degree probable