Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-12
f5r every BODY kaows that with all shis ex
penditsrueur army hnsno ornanized reserve,
inssflitieat materisl. bgTsss and staR


! for eensesiPs'Hs ali the people Of the South
2 between the aaes of cishtsss aad ifty- I've
/ years, and also rsyoking the exemptions Of
those who have furnished substitates. and
which bin has pae-ed the House Of Repre-
sentasiyes and at the last accounts wMsbefore
the Senate, has pfoduced much excitement
/ in the FcbcIlieu4 states, and especially in
1 NORTH Carolina. The popular feeling in the
latter State sEds voice in the Raleigh
Progress psblished n sss. ssase capital,
! late number Of which contains the Hliowing
fFsnaYRaBfe EDITORIAL article which has
special Significance from its confident refer
! encc tethe HorerB0r and Legislature and
other State officers:
! The present Congress Is brnt on fastsH-
/ ing military deSpotism on the people of
/ these Confederate States, and shc people
must either submit gaietly to receive the
'ycls.s, or resist the tyraBRy. Resistance to
tyrahRS is obedience to God and the people
I of North CaFgIlna will not hesitate a. to the
course. they should pursue. Pass the tiil to
enroll the whole population reported in tho
Honee by the Military Cosmittse on yes
7 tcrday, and spontaneous cry viii come up
from every nook and corner Of North Car
oliaa f6r Convention. aBsl aFsless the mill
! tary shall gag the last man ia the State. in
I Guiding tho Governor, the Legislature, and
other State ofiiceF<, they viii have IT,
! '.MF. Davis has the reputation Of q pa
/ triot and statesman. and as such we imploro
Z him 30 use bis influence to arrest the mad
ne=s Of Congress Pass the tyraRnical bill
reported by the Military Committee and the
collision so long taIked Of between North
:. Carolina and the Confederate States j. upon
u.s. We nay hc imprisoned for this seeia-
ration, bot believing before GOd and man
that we arc doing our duty. We appeal t0
the President and his Congress 20 paHses and
reflect before IL is too hate, North Carolina
cannnt and ~ill not submit to have every
able-bodicd man eoHserihed. aud the whole
State turned iRtd military canp. We want
to achieve an independence over the evfn-
mon enCmy, hut We are not willing TO be-
conc the vassafs Of usurpeFs at home t1
achieve that or AIRY stherDiject. We speak
the words oi truth anil sniRrhess. because
we knox the sentiments of the srra. mass
OF :hc people in North Csroli;,l II; state
= will never willingly sGbsniG % u dc iso.s~uI
with JeiTersoa Davis OF any osie Clse at its
head"
Nor Is the Progress alone In its exPrcs-
sioa ef Intense Dissatisfaction. Another
paper, the Press published at Salcm. in For
. syth county, one hundred and tweRiy miles
west of Raleigh. eustsins the following
Artiele apon the exodus of its citizens to
avoid the operation Of the new military
blu and the wide spread anxiety for peace.
Ii says:
Every DAT confines ~ more aHd more
+ that we are upon the eve of events which
) are preg,Iant with the fate Of the ConiedC
racy True, all seems qaiet, but il y but
tho luii that prrec'les y storm. Every pa
: per we open contains remarks upon the ex
! etlus Of our citizens from their homes to
avoid the recent law placing the rrineiPals
Of substitutes into the array. Even men who
were devoted to the eause Of Southern La,fs-
pehdsacf feel their coHragc grow less AMI
less ~ the pTrlSpect for placing them into
the ARMY becomes moro and more certain.
MEN cry Eor peace peace. who former
" crie,i as Justify for war to the bitter end,
aud who seemed ready TO take their lives in
their hands and she'd the last drop Of blood
in the rGslIsc Of their beloved South. Is
this calculated To- strengthen or eaeouPagc
the lakeWarm--those who honestly doubted
the ability Of the Soath u eaHqReF her indie
pcndenee? Is this esleulated to cause the
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