Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-05-05
From the Richmond Dispatch.
The Grumblers. .i@#A

From the Richmond Dispatch.
The Grumblers. :'@%@
Wheel horses are invalua BILE in their
true Office. which is to hold back the wag-
on and prevent it from going down h.u
too rapidly. But, then, wheel horses to-
hold back when the wagon is gosng. up
hsM. and when it is Just at a "pinch,'' re-
curing the whole strength OF the team,
are very Improbable may, troublesome
and vexatious- animals. They fatigue
and weary the team, and retard the move
uent of the wagon, with advantage to-
rome. The grumblers in the Southern
Confederacy are just like these latter kind
of wheel horses. They take the studs as
the heavy burthen is mounting the steep
est part OF the hill, and do every contrarl-
wise thug known to horse kind. even to
marring the good appearance OF the ''swin-
Now. as it is perfectly useless to reason
with 'sbaulky horse, it is idle to reason
with the grurnblers. We can only hope
to see the vain taker to the top OF the hlli
without them, knowing that they will not
be pacifed until the level, hard road IS
reached, aud there they will, in the sun
shire and the shade of the lovely highway,
be as bright and cheerful as the best OF
horses and snort their satisfaction and
pride lust as though they did as much as
the freest puller and gamest horse in the
team
The grumbler is a very much injured
man at one time he is very intrepid
defender of the peoples rights at another :;
he is always very independent fellow,
not afraid to attack tyranny or corruption
wherever they show their hideous fronts
and. we should add, never is anything but
an honest and personally most dlsinter-
ested man He is, beyond question, the
wisest OF the wise, and sees what other
people cannot that nothing is proper OF
polite. and no measure ct the Governmen'
is constitutional The suspension of the
writ OF habe2s corpus, although expressly
authorized by the Constitution, is not done
constitutionally, unless done exactly in the
manner the grumblers approve.--There
must be al, accuser, and proceeding &C
cording to those very legal forms which i
is the purpose of the suspension of the wrl
to ayoid-the extraordinary exigency O
the public service demanding the mos
summary process of military law. So bit
ter are they against the manner of the
suspension, we may infer that were th'
constituted authorities TO avail themseive
of the powers conferred they would TAX
hre at once, ana coInfnuuIcdle tio HdIifS
to the whole nation The dramatic eHec
of their crusade against the monstrous in.
vasion of popular rights would be SO mucl
heightened, by a case, that it may not b
s,uninst to suspect tha. they would be rath
er reioiced. over one mot for any self com
placsnt sentiment of theirs but only t
u stand up. for. the people and the Constitu
eetion! 3 What if President, Davis give
them none 2 They viii likely. abuse b hin p
for not doing so.~se !,
sa3 Whether It be this ha6eas corpus, or th
conscr;pt act, ,eor the anti-snbstitute Law
ID ION this, however, they are rather bdne
since the people and the army are nc
damaged by It, and rather favor IT ll---th g
law for funding the cnrrency-ort the "a
u law--they are all Violations Of the const
= tuition, assaults upon the liberty and tn
most sacred rights Of the citizen- The
declare that they are not TO be fntlmldatee
Sasnot they that lnconstitu onal acts sha
not 60 undenounced, and above At, the
mean not to- oasubmit. to- eanyg master =
might be charifably supposed that. IN + tfs
part Of their speeches ii which they r.