Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-12
From the Raleigh, n. c., Standard.
Dictator Davis.

We are now rcaping the bitter fruits
of" Peaceable Secession" in forcing from
their once happy and peaceful homes in
to the army all from eighteen to forty
five years of age, to Be driven to the
slaughter like oxen to the shambles.-
And to I'll up the thinned ranks, the
present Congress now has before it the
monstrous proposition to conscript all
from sixteen 10 ffty-ivc years of age,
and make them subject to military law,
which the Richmond Examiner boldly
dcnounccs as nothing less than an at
tempt to make Mr.. DAVIS Dictator Let
us examine aud see what kind oil body
it is that is imposing such burdens Oh the
people of North Carolina. We have a
Congress, the legislation Of which is
controlled 10y members from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana
and other places, who impose odious and
oppressive laws upon US which can no
more be enforced upon the people Of
the States which they profess to represent
than upon the people Of New York or
New England. The chief cause OF the
revolutionary war which sundercd the con-
nection of the colonies from the mother
country was that the English Parliment
imposed oppressive laws on the Colonies,
which did not affect the people Of Eng
land themselves. No conscript law can
be enforced upon the people Of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Louis
lana, nor on large portion of Virginia,
Florida, Mississippi. or Texas. No tax
law, nor tthing, iinprcssment law, can be
enforced on them, while those irresponsi-
bic members may force from their homes
every person Of North Carolina able to
bear arms-regardIess of age or condit.
ion-and place them in the army, as is
now urged by them in Congress, and leave
the helpless women and children to starye.
'rhcy may put US under military des-
potism, and place over US u Dictator,
and impose taxes and burdens on US
which are nsupportablc, and there is no
redress, unless North Carolina will pro-
tcct her children. Is it not an outrage
on every principle Of free government,
for men Of desperate fortunes, protesting
to represent other States on whose soil
they dare not set their foot, to make and
enforce olioas and oppressive laws on
our people : Are we prepared to sub.
init to this , II not, then let every man
arouse himself before it is too late, aud
dcnouace these attempts to betray our
liberties aal place US under a military
dospotism! Let every man that can
speak or write, dcnouncc these outrages
on civil liberty until their denuncia,ons
are heard AMI heelol in Congress. But
il Congress, in a spirit Or desperation,
should act the tyrant, and impose such
crushing buslons on the people Of North
Carolina as are insapportab.e, then they
shoul demand OF the Governor that he
forthwith convene the Legislature in
order to call State Convention of the
sovereign people to take into consilera-
ton what is best to be done to relieve our
people from the gricvous burdens im-
q1sed upon them. II the independence
Of the Confederacy cannot be achieved
by the strength of our population up to
forty.fve years of age, it is clear to any
rejecting mind that it will not be done by
placing in the army the few left, upon
whose labor all are dependent for food
Without food our present army must dis
band, and without food our helpless wo-
men and children must perish Let the
people speak out write TO their repres-
entatiyes in Congress yes, hold meet
ings d demonstrate against those inl-
qutious schemes to ens.ave and starvc
US. If you do not, silence will be con-
strued into submission and approval Of
the chains that Congress are forging for
US. We have too long implicitly trusted
to such architects Of ruin as WigtalI 4
Co., who are now for placing every man
in the army, aud all under the control of
a dictator. Trust them no longer. Re-
member their fair promises. The dwell
Iers in the garden Of Ellen, when they
listened to the tempting promises Of Sat
an, were not worse deceived AMI ruined
than were the people of the fair, happy
and blooming South when they listened to
the fair promises Of taese arch decelvers,
Yancey, Wlgfall 4 Co. y heretofore
contentel, prosperous and happy people,
were told by them that We must with
draw all connection from our Northern
taskmasters, who were making Us pay
one dollar aud fifty cents for shoes, ten
cents per yard for shirting, two dollars
per sack for salt. ten cents per pound tor
sugar, the same for coffee, &c. And
these same reckless men who are now for
putting all into the army, except them
selves and few iavorites,) then tod US
that secession would be pcaccablc, and
there would be no war that We were to
have a nation Of our own, free from cx-
tortiouers perfect paradise with the
tree OF liic--tho cotton plant-in our
midst, before which all nations We're to
bow down and worship, AMI from which
rivers of tree trade were to flow on the
ends of the earth, on the bosom OF which
the rich merchandise from every cline
was to be freighted and poured down in
our laps free Of taxation. How have
they deceived us ? The blood of hun
dreds Of thousands of our poor children,
smoking from the many battle fields, and
the cries of starving women and chill
drcd, tell the tale Wlll oar people be
longer deceived by those false prophets
and arch deeeivers Or will they not
I L -, 4 bar.