Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-03-10

again stretch her aeic the ID
ig to take the best plan to OBJ sia IBIS
nation so oevout'y wished Which lie the bet plan?
A Convention is proposed by some have no. de un
ciai"a to make Of those who moving this question
They are as sound men, doubt, as am, you
eDy bcdy thty are my friends, bu' think it wrong
sDrPofe ou ca tSnv. ncr without design il sha
ton for peace, aecomp esult in tie dir ctio
B91s b tn the o0 the
You e. your deel Ate', and the st they
lists snppcrt ution cnfederacy Now
having do thst take for granted thai they hon
tuion Why, in article l. section reads foll6vs
No State shall enter into any treaty alliance confeder
dent shall have power by and with The advice and
ot Senate to make treaties, provided two birds of the
delegates have support expressly provide that
the TO declare and make shall be
moment OF you delegates makes proposition PFC
fers treaty of any kind to the enemief hcouny, he is
traitor by the law and hasersworn hmse pplause
That s So not because it, bnt because it is written
~ the ne III we have al ag1eed to support. you
out OF the Confedersc ee from II is aspe the
question Your Ccny n ssnb'ed can do nothing more
ytur Cover nmert eccon ph. 1t can't a wheel
,op 60 s b use 1T d o
racy, because when il is cut s relieved oblRa
pendent Surprising aso that it is not Your design
to JON the Uhed States government again, but only
cu"g peace 10 yourself and Possibly cng the same
desreb be for ell parties Well y,u pase ordinance
OF secessontske another dose of this po,ica hoar
tea, and not hing know Of is bitter an is
boneset decocon Laughter}- up yourselves
and fathers their homes Will that hush tho cry Of
the orphan and dry the widows tears? Will that FIJI our
sure you; my fellow citizens it will involve yo.
" But" may say Mr.. Davis his government will
not dare to make secediT state, because The
Of st coSsoH ia gnzed in the ttutioh Of the
you have thrown off that Conaution. y.u gotten
hing to do with it, DO you expect the Copederacy to
be bound by document refuse to Recognizes Affect
sovereign Independent nation, matter
course ;be Contederacy has the right of decIsipg
against fer sutcle at equally with
DDS OF declaring aeans' England HoIa1 d.
his right is inner in all soVereignties.
eman whose puohrude has been the sut ct OF mech
joAes tLaD U.aughter.) How woud he race We tbe
inegn that North Cal oIRa had from the ON.
federacy up be, self? He would pnt his thumb
up IN ks certain SEPARATIONS and evoudns
with his finger and say Waut, ole North Carona I'm
swow but yer don't go say yer aiu't
IN the Union asn ard under the protecon of he best
10 let you speak out that way Continued Laughter and
Why of if such proceeding on the part of North
Carolina wcnd secure her Independence wo1d ouy be
necessary for one State to secede at time get herself
knowedsed and after all went out, form
such Conederacy as best pleased them. Old Abraham
lighting US not because We part of the Southern
oDtedtTaoy but because we are in rebellion TO tue Old
OnrD and so Iorg swe refuse obeJienco to him he viii
continue to hight u.s. The ide" that Ii coin woui recos
nize Us or abate his claim to allegiance and obedience
pTeposterOus. Well would the Southern ederaGy re.
Iogn ze your ndeendence and make treaty of pc ce
with you This entirely owing 10 contingencies. you
"ent oct Of the Contederoy aid declared yourself nde
sition of neutrality with reference to the other bege
rents or there would be occasion for How could
only railroad communication between the armies of Gen.
Lee and OF Gen. Johnston between Virginia and The re.
You suppose could, as neutral State perm1t
the Goyernmen at Richmond to across Gu.
of his down here, Possession Of the
arteries of the Confederacy-and hogs any
instead OF one There another consideration involved
great portion OF the provisions that feed Gen. Lees
amy are obtained in North Carolina AS neutral State
she could not sell them and he would be forced have
them it is not eult to foresee how speedily NORTH Caro-
would say these fellows have basely abandoned u.s.
TO ste d01 5 our M
longer be neutral and so. if You will pardon the express
sion, we would catch the devil on al sides.
Suppose your state should rrow, secede from the
Conf deracy what would become of your soldiers the
army Some would runaway and come home no douot:
but tie Of them who have followed old basle
flag through smoke and fire into the DEATH and
feds of triumph amid the cheers of victory tat thrill md
applaudng world do you suppose that they would trape
it Under too a crawl upon their bellies dir
that SOFT of style? (Grea appause> Who would
yon have to defend North Carolina? few old men and
militia officers.
Suppose, for obtaining peace vonr
Con7entic should take the state Couf
and nut it into the arms of Lincoln Just so snn
the old Union avore to support t1at
eminent, jast soca would you have imposed On gou
your debt taxes land burlhens Of the states
tax collector coming around TO-
gather the Confederate Currency (of which mutt
onfessed iand) the Federal aeent
ong demanding green backs I'D 20 as
sst in on the Instead getting sons
the of Uncle sam 6sht alongside OF bis
negro troops in exermnatng the men, women and
children OF the South Is there anything very desirable
such peace that Extend your supposons into
the domains of absurdy, and erth Carolina
snce the proclamation your Governor Why sente
men, they would not come bone In peace to YOU They
woad have fight with Their friends and osd ioet
the 1'heInto the Northern side of the Rap.
pahannok aud their rides would be pointed at the hosoms
of brave who fought by their s5t through
tie fierce hle Of thee years Would thet i've Won
peace!
think OF these glorious North Carolina regiments
you them uDanching, though sustained hut hv
aud duty many of them filed with your sonsthess
ments that have followed the Southern cross over
many fields already made classic by their progress aston
ishing world aud raising the on otoe n adm
fatetnze with the miserable scoundres Who have slaugh
tered peepla devastated homes and even i cted
our mothers aid sters shall they asked to Join these
wre ches desoapg the homes the very men by whose
would not think the proposition think can assure
yo1 to-dyy, with all candor and honesty-as dying man
Kind you take will ony involve you in deeper and blood
er war. The Ca!smes of affect our ueople TO a ter
Of poor woman cries for bread from many
sufe ing child. But let trust that the God battles,
by day and pillar of fire by night, will yet lead
ths land whore grows the ultage OF liberty richer than
and honey Of ndep nationality. Applau3e)
heve not fellow citizens, enumerated all the cosse
qaences vhh would follow inconsdera:s action your
abandon kQuthern Confederacy? 1t s bad enough al
ready, every bank in the State filed with and
would be broken and worthless tomorrow, in such an
event widows soldiers families and orphan children have
other kind. Commercial and financial ruin, compared
Of he