Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-04


ing. Men of all ages and classes may be
seen going from one to another shedding
tears like whipped children, at the gloomy
prospect ahead Of them. Near the town Of
Plymouth they have fixed place for the
people to 20 and take the oath. They
have stretched a huge chain across the
road, where all have to go and swear to
support Abe in his niger proolamstions
or 70 to prison. After they take the oath,
they sre allowed to 60 into town and bar
ter produce for Yankee notions the young |
men and negroes being offered every in |
ducement to volunteer. The regular troops /
are re-enlisting for three years, and going |
home on forty days furlough, in eonse- |
quence OF which the garrison both at this |
place and Washington has been considera- |
bly, reduced.
AGITATION AT RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
The following is the significant editorial
from The Wilmington IN. c Journal re-
ferred to the telsgrsphic dispatches of
Monday;
We have 8 serious prospect bsfore us
this year, not only as regards the Confed-
erscy, but as regards North Carolina. We
need not attempt to fatter ourselves that
the trial will pass away, or that the issue
can be evsded. 1t will have to be met. In
vasion on the one hand, and attempted dis
Indignation on the other, must firmly be
combstted. The cne must be repelled, and
the other exposed and bsfisd. Wesay, and
we say most sincerely, that plans exident-
ly concoeted and movements evidently set
on foot in North Carolina herself, are omi-
nous Of grsyer consequences that even the
advance Of the enemy.
We say, as we have said before, that no
such cause, defended by such people as
those constituting the Confederate States,
ever has been or ever will be lost, unless it
first be abandoned or betrayed by those
who ought to uphold it. We say that, dark
as the days are, they are not dark enough
to ever create doubt Of the final ISSUE if all
will do their duty firmly, and with head,
heart and hand. But can we say this if
we are to have divisions among ourselves,
calls for Conventions te destroy the accord
of the States and district and councils and
rend sssunder the Confederation
From the Richmond Wing, January ISL
, THE FOOD QUKsTIoN-FooD FOR THE ARMY.
General Lee exborts his soldiers to en-
dure patiently the hardships occasioned by
! the reduction Of rstione, which he hopes
/ will only be Temporary" The general
t order containing this exhortation is dated
January p, l864-six days ago. As Gen.
l eral Lee never speaks until tits necessary,
t we may be sure that his soldiers have suf-
fered or are likely TO suffer, unless people
9 and Government do their duty. We put
the people before the Government, because
that in the position which they have al
ways been called on to take in times Of
emergency, and which they must take
2 now.
4 From the Richmond Examiner, Janusry %.
! SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
( The time has passed for offensive mill.
a tary operations on the part of Southern
4 armies. Beyond recovering lost portions
: of territory, the true policy now is to risk
e nothing. At first, before Maryland, Ken.
d lucky and Missouri were lost, we might
e have gained much by taking Washington
d and penetrating to the center Of the enc.
g my's power. But we then threw ourselves
J. on the defensive, allowed cur soil to be in.
q vaded, consented that our own supplies
= should subsist the troops of both bellige.
G rents and suffered the extensive belt be.
1 tween the two hostile nations, which waG
J, desolsted BY the contending forces, to be
e taken from our own territory. Our means
o Of existence have now been too far ex.
y hausted TO admit any other than defensive
l tactics. We must stand behind the wide
n belt Of land which war has devastated, and
h put our enemy to the hazard and the cost
- of crossing that wilderness Of destitution
K We may recover Tennessee and Arkansas
= we may carry our lines to the banks Of the
q Potomac, we may prevent the navigation
= of the Mississippi by the constant pres
It enee at certain points Of movable batteries
l of artillery; but in these, and in all our
e military enterprises and operations, we
a must observe the wsry tactics of Fshius
and win the battle by risking nothing.
!. Hereafter our strength will consist 10
our very poverty. Our country Is toe
spsrsely inhabited, too scarcely supplied
9 with food and forage, TO be successfully
: invaded for an indefinite period. The
war will last as long as the North can
: maintain q muster-roll strength Of three
9 quarters Of million, and support an army
Of four hundred thousand men at g dis
I lance Of several hundred miles from iti
basis Of subsistence.
HoARDIEa.
, The Lynchburg Republican has infor.
J. | luEt4UA l1HI many Va NAI dAANAo VI
e Roanoke County are Unpatriotically hoard
D ing up -four, instead of putting it upon
+ the market to supply the necessities Of The
:, country. 1t is stated that most Of them
I are keeping on hand three years supplies,
q refusing to let either the Government OF
= the people have it.
e From the Richmond EEamlnerl
, THE TAX IN KIND.
Over 100000 Of the tax in kind has
e been collected in Pickens County, Ala,
g one of the poorest counties of the State
1 The tax is being sent in freely over all the
e countryside freely for the poor commits.
saries, as corn and other grain, for want
I Of attention, is going to ruin, and next
l summer our Government which now has
I enough to last a year ar two, will be search
ing cribs, &C., for supplies.
From the Richmond WhigI
MEAT.
. If citizens have to do without meat, oI
the army, there can be no question that
the army ought to have it. 1t should be z
question with persons in the country
l whether in conscience they ought to eat
/ meat three times dsy when there is need
for it in the army. Self fdenial should bt
! practieed by every one.