The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-22

the Northern States many Of them Ge.
scended from Northern parents They
have proved themselves brave on many Q
field If blood and carnage. Now they are
fighting under the belief that Q war Of
hatred aud determination il wAged against
them. How long with their resources can
such Q people contend! How long with.
out these resources can they 6ghtS Let
history and our own experience answer.
For ten years . handful Of four or 6ve
hundred Indians in Florida defied all the
power Of great Government, and haffled
the efforts Of able officers and thousands
Uf men to subdue them. Thirty millions
Of dollars is small estimate Of the cost of
that war. What were those Indians in
comparison with millions Of Southern peo.
pie. protected by impossible swamps aud
maintains spread over millions Of acres Of
landt Casting their own cannOna, huiId
ing thrir own railroads fighting with such
desperation against threats of extermina
ton, that though compelled to rob the
cradle and the grave" TO obtain SOldiers,
they will defy the prngreSS Of our most
sklllful generals, and the most gallant ar
my Of the earth.
For more than fifty years the whole
power Of Spain, then the most potent mon.
archy Un the earth, carried on war against
people inhabiting a mere patch Of the
surface Of the globe, and was at last de-
frated by the noble and gallant people of
the Netherlands. That country, with all
its advantages Of defense, cannot be CON-
pared to the Southern States
Without citing other instances, I will
only say, let Richmond I've taken, let Lee :
army be captured, let Charleston be re.
duced to q pile Of ashes, yet under the
guidance Of the men who compelled the
President, under pressure, to issue the
Proclamation OF 1868, the war is but be
gun.
speak chiefly from nv knowledge and
experience IN affairs H. North Carolina,
when Ssy tlst il is impossible to end
this war rs now conducted unlrss we de.
lerrnine Oh exteTminating the whole 60.
pie Of the South. The youngest uan now
living would not he in existence when
that war ended.
While | wsS in North Carolina in 1862,
We had an army II about fifteen thousand
men III Newbern, situated at the junction
Of two rivers
II Was protected BY forts, built under
able engineer officers, aud by Aeveral gun.
hOats. Yet there EaS hardly . day in
which you could not zee rebel picketS and
scouts across the river, Nithin two miles
Vi the town. Our pickrts were frequently
driven in, and We only commanded the
land occupied bV our tIOOps, . few miles
in extent. and defended by our gunbOats.
IN April, 1868. we occupied the town OF
Washington, where We had Q strong fort
and several gunbOsI$, and . large body Oi
troops. Yet the rebel traitor ID. II. HILL
passed by the town, Within less than two
miles Oh Une side Of the river, and less
than three miles Oh the other, with al ar.
my OF seventeen Thousand mtn and block
AIDED tine town by batteries on both sides
Uf the river. The town could have been
destroyed, though ably and vsIiently de.
tended, but lUr the fact that il las Uccu-
pied by the wives, parents aud children
Oi soldiers in Hills army.
What prevented the occupation Of more
c"untrI, Ur the iu' ther extension Oi our
lines! The county Is covered by im
practicable, U"dtHined S~ampS, by lOw
lands aud creeks, with heavy and thick
g'Owth, where roads are nlequrnt aud
easily destroyed. One hundred men in
such count y can defy thousand InvA
drrs What progress can an army make
through such sW amp as that surround
Ihg ASpihWall |! Unul men can walk in
the water, no matter how brave, they can
not conquer an enrIny in possession Ot
such u country, fighting against foe whO
threatens determination.
But ! mu>t hasten 10 another consider.
alton. | would appeal to the reasOn-il il
they have any Ot the aISOcateS Uf the
PrUcla nation " ho are running this race Oi
radicallSm aud barbarisII, and aAk them
II their policy is not cruel aud barbsIOus
10 the ncgIUrS.
Thus far, experience has shown that the
pulley OF emancipation is productive OF
great suffering to the negroes, and out Of
lines at Memphis, nearly four thousand
died in three months trOIn unavoidable ex
pUsure and neglect In many instance
they have been, according to the report Vi
clergyuIen and Others in the service vi the
Unlted States, Shanrfu1Iy deIrAuded Oi
their wages s"d cruelty treated. Let Us
SuppUSe that every STAKEHOLDER in the
S"uIh should cUnSCn. to the Presidents
demands, M decIal Ell in his recent letter
I" 10 wh"n II may cUncern," and say to
him We are ~IllIng that the negroes shall
Ill be made free, but tell US, what " i'll BE-
cOuIc OF them! liow Are they u be pro-
vlded Mry how ciUt.,edy have never
heard this difficulty satisfactorily met. II
they remain in the Southern States, will
their L. giSlature have power TO provIde
Tor their carer Shall they be poems, Or
apprentices, Ur servants Tor life, Or for ,
number Ol IraIsy Shall n standing army
be kept IN zach State to direct itn LcgisH
ture, Or will the nIen Of "preSsure" COIL
troll their action within the halls Of Con
greSA! Who shall furnish thein with
lands. il it be necessary that they wOIk ~
agrrui,urisls An army Of million VI
nIrn wOulh not be sufficient, after . com.
pIrIe hubJugstiUu, to enforce such terms.
But if shareholders, alter the armies have
been destroyed, nSent tO any teruAS,
what will the non. .SlavenOlding people Ot
the South say upon the matlerY they
have aI"ayS been OpP0sed to slavery. but
opposed to It because it degraded lAOOr.-
They would not consent, aud never did,
ttaI themselves and their children should
work Is mrchanlcS With negroes, whether
bond or free
Would the State Legislature have the
right to say that negroes should not be
mechanics! Could they by taxation or by
LICENSES, regulate the cOndilOn
up"n which they should wOrkH
II, then, IS every man Of sense sees
must be the case, the States must here.