The daily confederate. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1864-1865, 1864-02-26
For the Confederate

MEsSRs. EDITORS = In times like tine nres.
| cut, when our whole resources and epern;o,
are Taxed In The maintenance of our Ebertios
IL Is well enough to advert to the past-t,, 49,
RODS wherein other people have been snb;s.tad
10 a Ike ordeal. The lessons from histo-v
are OF the utmost importance to tbos. VIII
heeo 'he'n, as Illustrating in what has c,,sis-
~ .ie SAFETY OF State OF what has imneIleJ
~. oo"h'al. In all ages of the world in ,;mes
" se"' uaoSef, there has existed a Moses or
",;, m;,,on 70 whom the multitude have in
D ' turned Tor guidance and dciverance
But even in the days of these Great a,'a 'uoe;
men, under the very shadows Of M me- So So
ana while the voice of the E ernal was Lo;.,,
neard, the dlscordant notes of fac,;on re
.ih'oueh the !Sraelltish camp, and there were
'no'e VINO ram would have turned their b,cLs
"po'i tue promised land which was hold 49,,
~ mem In p 'ospective, for the flesh nnts ID
bondage OF Egypt Thus hath it alwavs WI 49, anu
1he historic page, however bright 5owevar
sco.'ous' is out too often marked by {, . se,,r,
VI reason OF faction and Of human nerverS:
~. ue'S. inc same immortal pen that rccordsd
ane r nero'c deeds OF the three hundred Snart,ns
r. ~ iL!nermopyi@. recorded also the perfIv IF
Of c. i'e stern virtues OF Cato and
.;.la 10 are handed dowa to us, side bv |
C,,.,;s '"e oa,K ana damning character of
nf
I ne" era down to our own DAYS. the ann.,s "a
the times a'e but The ann Ms in mart or h.' OF
"eaNness and human depravity. Bur 7 vii
oo''e more directly to tie burmese I h,ro
view. have sail that i'm time, IS ..
: Tue multitude insiinctively turn -
!, ,i great anu good man for Guidance 81
aoGe. Ii the dark days of the Old p
''i"' mao was George Wasbinot,,
Ian !" "hom the public VOICE has been ma
III at,riputln2 all those Qualities of III.
~n'i heart that enobie and exalt on.
,% Il was TO be presumed that sucb .
esnsc. ~, "'ulo nave commanded the universal
me- ,.a s.a support OF his countrymen. Bat
,..s,,.a 'os 'hr iact. line wise and iudicious
measures inaugurated by GEM W,sh;na.
or thc public safety, were often th.-ar,.,s
.aue VI no elect by the dssensions and Ia
ouo 'emper OF the times. In letter %
mr VI me Continental Congress. he saw
am, that unless Congress speok.
- lo oeC'sive tone, unless they are vested
, '.a Po"elS oy the several States. comneten,
nc sieae purposes Of the war or assuma
. .e,ns a. Eater OF right, and they and tho
la"s respectively act with more energv ,h .no =
~ - n, W, nave done, that our cans. = T
30 De eau can no longer drudge on in the old al
, ;. :. ny ll'.ihing the adoption of measures v.
III me execution Of them. or bv nm. z.
,a. Jeaiousies, we incur enormon. .
peH,es' ana derive no benefit from them :
- oaa'e VIII comply with a requisition c,or,
a as,ess' another neslects to dot: th; r =
' vouseS IL oy halves, and ali differ in -. :.
, - the matter, or SO much 10 min, ns an
lie snch We are always working up hill. and co
her wsn, system as the present one. or 10 10
,hIe 80 " one prevails, we ever shall be- an
advor.ppy our strength or resources tn
4
nber Of Co ueal oir' is plain language to q i
~. .hi ana friendship. 1t is the result 81 Y
thinking, cIoss application. and str;c. -, % 7
'a''0n' l sss one head gradually chsoc;n, or,