Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-12-01

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Extracts from Gov.1Vance's gMessag go.
Two years ago [ issued my first mes
sage to the General Assembly OF North
Carolina amid the stirring scenes OF war,
fondly trusting that / might greet the next
convocation ofthe peoples representatives
peace aud Independence. That hope, like
most of the short-sig GIFTED desires OF man,
God has not seen proper to cause us to
realize. After two years OF fierce and con-
Stunning war, waged with all our energies,
aud attended with aillits insepArable ca
mlamities, social, political and physical, we
meet to-day, gentlemen, but to continue
those arduous labors which bore SO heavi-
" upon your predecessors and myself
Whatever may be tire result, can but
ha hope that our rco-operatlon may be as SIN,
cere and tempered with as much forbear-
ance. / proceed then at once to give you
a statement of the CONDITION OF our affairs
aid to suggest such remedies for Whatev-
'er may be wrong AS my observation and,
experience may have enabled me to re-
commend. '''-%1' -kt@I ~ls aa 4l
With sincere gratitude to the Giver Of
. all good, / announce that the crops OF the
past season We're cry tar, and III some
localities excellent. notwithstanding par
: lial failures OF the corn crop here and there
lit is estimated that there is an ample sup
ply OF the staff OF life rs prevent not oply
starvation, but even any actual suffering,
If il cai be placed within the reach of
The poor. 4r s@oT e lah -
- Since the adjournment of your prede-
5cessors, the enemy have not encroached
uptn our territory, except by the recap~
ture OF tho Of Plymouth, and the
consequenr evacuation OF Washington,
events greatly to bedeplored. The west
ierfr rberler is however, subject to constant
raids and the situation Of the Inhabitants
is Distressing ia tue extreme. Bands aet
lawless uiet, many of them our7Vwn citi-
"a zens, acting Or pretending to act under
commissions, from the ,enelny swarm in
the mountain frontier, murdering, burns
ing and destroying. Totally regardless of
the laws of civatizedg warfare, they have
a system OF cruelty, at which
II humanity shudders. [ have written to
isGeal. Brecknridge and urged linn to take
), such steps us may be In his power to stop
& such pfoceedings, but eoanot yet know
j. what may be tile result. Nor is The interi-
Or OF the State entirely free from the disor-
ders naturally to be expected from d state
: OF continued war. Des erters representing
!, almost every State iu the Confederacy ifl-
fest the swamps and mountains OF many
counties, stealing, p1undering and in many
instances numbering the inhabitants. II
some places they IA huster in such force as
s to almost amount toa S suspension. of the
- VII authority, aided and projected as
ID thev are By their relatives and friends
AL Of my efforts TO abate the nuisance by
{ offers of pardon having proved fruitless,
~ see no remedy for the evil, but to outlaw
a them and drive them from, the State by
jsthe strong hand. Ii my control over tine
Mhitiat for this pur.pI were nnrestrained,
~ am confident / could easily rid the com
q ndnnnity ofqthis pest NJ also recomrhcnd
q that the law against harboring, aiding and
abetting desertiofn, befamended 50 as to fa-
lcaiitate the making of Of the. proof equuired
to convict, and THAT il be made the duty, Of
all civil, as well as military officers ito as
esistsih their Arrest under such penalties as
2 will enforce sobedien ce. ea,T Too muchl i'm
poftancecannet well be attached to, this
!, su hjecf, since has become not only Of
great MON ent to the we'll being of the ,ar-
1imy ,hnt also to Che security of.society and
the execution Of the laws. - % g3sl
10 feel quite ashamed also to add that ia
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