The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-26

North Caroiina Moving Again-Dangsrs
1hickentng Around Jen. Davis.
North Carolina is upon the verge OF revolt
against the so-called Confederate States gov
eminent" On the 10th instant there was
significant vote in her Legislature on the revo-
lutionary issue Of State rights. Mr.. Sharpe, in
the House of Commons, introduced certain re-
solutions declaring 'tbst State sovereignty is
the principle on which North Carolina and
other States withdrew from the United States
government, and therefore the States compris-
ing the Southern confederacy are sovereign,
and the Confederate government is only the
agent of the States and subject to their con-
troll" and declaring "fnrther that the States.
in their sovereign capacity, have the right to
take up the question OF peace or war, aud set
tie it without consultation with the President
OF the Southern or OF the socalled United
States"
These resolutions, which, 1t adopted as the
voice of the North Carolina Legislature, would
have been equivalent st this juncture to tie
secession of North Carolina from JEFF. DAVIS,
and the immediate collapse of the whole con-
Germ, were laid on the table by the close vote Of
fifty-two to fifty Within the next ten days, from
the convincing arguments of Grant, Sherman,
Thomas, and Butler and Porter, those re-
solutions may be taken up again and
passed by both houses OF said Legs
ature, with amendments declaring that
the time has arrived for the exercise BY
North Carolina of her sovereign" powers OF
peace or war, and that body Of commission
ers be accordingly appointed to confer with
the other Sovereign" States Of the "confedc
| racy"in behalf of some arrangements for peace
| regardless of the so-called Confederate govern
ment at Richmond 1t will be seen that the
main point of the resolutions, which lacked
| only two votes Of success ten days ago, was
the reputation of JEFF. Davis in taking up this
| question Of peace or war.
| JEFF is in imminent danger Of being over
thrown, superseded and set aside as the great
stumbling block to the rebellious States in the
matter of an early restoration of peace. The
| complaints and the combinations against him
in Richmond and throughout his dilapidsted
and shaky "confederacy" are increasing and
becoming stronger aud holder from day to
day. North Carolina is no longer limited In
her rebellious manifestations to the support of
Governor Brown, of Georgia, and Mr.. Boyce,
of South Carolina. The disastrous conse-
quences to the cause Of Southern indie
pendence" Of the removal Of Joe Johnston aud
the appointment Of Hood to the command OF
the rebel army of Georgia, upon which the
safety of all the cotton States and OF
Richmond itself depended, are consequences
which are beginning to recoil upon Davis
with terrible effect. His confidential organ.
the Richmond Sentinel, sounds the alarm,
and says that 1.-THE factious spirit that prevails
to so great an extent is the greatest peril that
besets the Confederate cause;' that I'VE deem
1t our duty to warn the people that the danger
| from this source is worthy their most serious
attention, for it is great and seems to be grow
employ is to make fatal attempt oa + the pgbs
President Davis and his administration - that
"it is only necessary to open certain newspa-
pers of our country and read 1t is only neces-
sary to sit under the oratory Of certain gentle
men and listen, to realize that their talents and
influence are daily and diligently exerted to
strike down the confidence Of the people in the
President !" that these misguided men care
diligently assuring the people that President
Davis is incompetent, tyrannical, usurping and
vindctive that he squauders our resources,
mismanages our affairs, and is intont only on
overturning our liberties and securing to him
self despotic power. They declare also
that Congress is weak obsequious and corrupt,
and that II is bent on such treacherous aud
fatal designs against our Liberties as are not to
be publicly discussed"
This is indeed painful confession that King
Jeh. is in deplorable situation, and sur
rounded with hostile combinations in his own
household not less alarming than the destructive
combinations Of General Grant. All these
intestine discords and elements of mischief are
levelled at Davis, and they all have in view the
common object OF the overthrow of his corrupt,
| oppressive and remorseless, but impotent and
laundering, despotism. The elements forming
to ills end within his military lines OF jurisdic.
ton must, from all present appearances, soon
eliminate ia his downfall and in the substtu-
ton of the more amiable and less ambitious
Gen. Lee as the military dictator of new provi-
sional Confederate" government at Richmond.
| A Southern revolution of this sort seems to be
impending from the existing and increasing dis
affections among the rebels-leaders and fol-
lowers-against Davis Within a few weeks,
or few days, this revolution may become q
chapter Of history, and then we may anticipate
an easy settlement in Rebellion Of the question
Of constitutional jurisdiction over the import
ant subject Of treaty of peace.
State rights and slavery, upon which this
sinking Southern oonfcderacy was founded
having combined against it, the rickety estab-
lishment must speedily come to the ground
and JEFF, the naughty and imperious despot