The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1864-186?, 1864-02-10
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lsa ursiay last, y thc poc:sRln,gs of ihtt da'-.
! we as,, f.3r them Il careful }:erusl II. tha
llast,is 81 every man III the State.
MIR Road, Of ,(orth tasrrli..a ..1i.o!nccd :.
oiat resolution of thanks to ccstain NORTH
Carolina troops who had re-enlistcd f..;s Tho
Wax, which i; a. follows:
lhc Congress of the Confederate State,
having leI9cd -5.tro;;..g, the public press os
the ,e-ct!iStme',t cot sh2 War of u Nor,i;
Carolina brigade in the army os scrthe,ii
( ,r.:ai.i serving under General .Robclt u.
.Jch>-ton, d.
4 f9a77.e That the patriotism and Spirit of
tic y C.rplna troops, evntcd by thcir
! ron:;t AZ Voluntary leyet:op of f.lly;asoiy..,
alrrS to-the service of the county &c be
Hond al praise and deserve the nn;ioslllc'}
gratitude q lhc government. 80
In support q the resolution, Mr.. Rpale
sai'.:
sr. President 1t is viii. r.pc. state
pride and personal pleasure thit offer this
: resolution III the consideration oi senator
and ask thei! favorable action.
/ in this rrrcat WAY we need ;ll our strength
+ 1ut what IS strength ia war? 1t is not the
l..ultlttulc of faint hearts and ncvc, lcss arms
which achieve success; these are burdens;
r4ther tha.Shclps It is S,iI:s tina, moves an
/ all;y and makes it Irresistible.
! Hhc.su tzoopS have been in sctv,ge Tor wears
They arc Scared and worn. iiet ,rc away
! from tirir homes, where they have much 70
! love. Bat they tarTy not cor those. They
await not your bidding hnt they s,ring to
~ !ir17,-t siese, f.,,us-,ie, lsi- 4l,ir,
tSenators, is strength in war.
{ Wouli-he proud OF them If these E.or, tho
soldiers Il any other State. Mhcr a few d. =
ago, tho Senator from Tennessee offered re-
soil tions ar0T9ciat8ve OF like conduct on the
Da9: oi troops from his State my affections
! IAN ittcr them. | grcw larger as relEemb.
! cred that Tenncaslo was North Caronu's
daughter, ar.d that North Carolina, like i
Qotner, I'D only allowed hcr qpecnly dau,
I ghttr to be little ia the front.
The conduct of these troops, Scnatcts, is
, in cotiS2"Ance with the spirit of all The troops
from North Caro- ina during this war, and of
! her peoi' lie at home as well. Yet malicious
rEmos has thrown tie stain OF diSloyaltv up-
On her name. 1t matters nothing that not II
! man has staiI at home who was called to I! /.
! field; ii tmlttcr> nothing that they have sweat
I ed cFc'F triumph and staid every revese; it
matters nothing that every Legitimate burdcn
his been ched~tully borne ty her people; it
J matters nothing that hcr youthful executive,
/ called from the field to his RESPONSIBLE pos
ton, has managed her affairs internal and
external, as to have obtained the name, i'modei
I Governor 1t plattcl's L..thing that her Con-
Ycntloa was UNANIMOUS and her Legislature
iIovielcns; nothing matters Malignity says
she Is disloyal, and disOval she must De- I
| viii not make the Senate the arms for bat
Ting with the malignant charge against North
Carolina Her reputation is very dear to me.
/ 1t can scarcely be less so with you, Senators;
bnt that reputation depends net uron any
poor word OF nlne.--She calls upon the hss
tory Of the past as witness of what she is
now and Will be hereafter.
| | do not concea. from Senators that there
dissatisfaction in North Carolina. And tho
question is again and again asked "What
does it mean:" 1t IS easy to tell you what
it does not mean, and quite as easy, but much
more tedious to teH you what it daes mean,
1t does not mean disIoyaltv. 1t means rathet
TN excess og loyalty to the State, without
any abatement towards the Confederacy.
This ought to be satisfactory, at least to all
outside Of the State.
| will only mention few of The annoy
ances which she suffered. Her people are
! sensitive and spirited; easily led as a child.
in the right way, hecaase thcy ere good
stands giant form.
! Very carly i'll this struggle, an order was
sent to North Carolina, which, so far as !
! know, was sent nowhere else, to deprive the
/ people of their arms, good, bad and indffcr-
ent.' believe quote the words; am suro
/ have the substance. This may have been
all innocent; but the impression was made
not unreasonaNs, that the purpose was to
disarm her, because she was suspected. Time
and again her citizens have been arrested,
without warranN and without cause, and
thrown into prison in Richmond and else
where. *'
The decisions OF her judiciary have not
been respected.
Many the offices in this State to which her
itizens have been entitled by courtesy, if not
OF right, We're filled Ly obnoxious strangers.
i IL Al
part Of the authorities. have chafcd her con-
tinually. And Senators haye doubtless heard,
as have, t.at it las been grave4y consider
! ed whether force ought not to be employed to
oTcrawe and silence her people. Uist,pst of
he, has begotten distrust in her toward them,
and now she is alarmed afresh at the danger
o!s powers which it is proposed IN Congress
10 confer.
just now new clamor is raised against
the State. because the prcpricty Of calling :.
Congention is being discussed. i know no
thing cI that Inovement except what LSbeforo
the public. It's enamie8 say it means mis-
chief; its friends say it does not J suppose
It's friends ought to know the best. But how
ever this may be, let me enquire VIXEN w,-s j.
ever before that convention in North Ca
rolina was OCCASION of alarm to her friends.
Was it that first little Convention in Meckler~
burg, or was it her last Convention when she
unanimously assumed the position whc ch she
now holds? speak against ne party, and
for no party: / speak for the State. / say
that ,yncthcr she call Convention or not,
OF wh:tcver else she may 90, will be SO mark
ed with pr1prety, that others in time to
come, as in time past, will evince theif high
, appreciation of it, by claiming that she was
not the first to do it, but that they were.
:. Appreciate North Carolina, Senators, as I
ask you to appreciate the gallant bearing Of
these her soldiers, and her people, whether
at home or in the feid Will be faithful to
every pledge she ever gave you.
The resolution being read the requisite
number Of times, wSs ocnsidered in Com
2 miuee Of the Who,e; and, no amendment be-
ing poposed, was adopted, and ordered to be
t sent to the House Of Representatives.
GEoEGA-A new and fatal disease has
e made his appearance IL and around Rome.