The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-04
THE REBELLION WITHIN REBEEIION
THE DISSsNSIONS IN THE SOUTH
AND BETwENS THE SOUTHERN
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THE DISSHNsIONS IN THE SOUTH
AND BETwEESS THE SOUTHERN
LEADEas--THE BREAKING UP.
From the Hrad
Recent accounts from North Carolina make II
certain that there is now In that State an actual
and powerful insurrectiou against the Rebel
Richmond Governmental rebellion within q
rebellion JEFF Davis statcmeng publicly made
In Macon that twOthlrds of the Southern soldiers
are absent without leave is, of course, uulues.
tioRably true. II appears that these bsentees
have not all gone LOme-home was not a safe
enonk place; but large numbers of them have
TAX ige IN the wild mountain region that
coVen whole western part of the Old North
State.
There they are banded for mutual protection in
such numbers that the Rebel Government after
many attempts, has relinquished the hope OF
bringing them to terms, and leaves them alone
Expeditions sent against them make the matter
worse; for large numbers of the soldiers find the
occasion more favorable one for desertiOn
Thus h're is large and desperate force within
the e1emy5 lines arrtyed in arms against his
power, aud this force becomes u nucleus for all
the disafected and for all runaway negroes and
is likely TO swell 10 the same immense proper
lions as d.d the similar force under Spartacus
that carried on the serYilc war.
Moreover, this force of descrters and runaway
negI, es has Il certain loose organization that has
alIeady made IL formidable to the Rebel supply
see@sr!Te. dI1 IL easy 70 see that it may
become immensely more u~'" '"9eEo"s 'o' me large
party IN North Carolina that is in tayAr OF restOr-
log That Siate 70 the Uncn boldly threaJHnS an
assoc Rion with this force In the mOuntains-an
ASSOCIATION that will certainly give terrible ear
nesiness 10 the hitherto moderate measures OF the
Moth Carolina UniOn men.
II Is certainly true then that there is a prrc'i.
eal ana Yeiy dangerous element of distraction for
the Rebel Government in North ClrOlina; nor Is
that 5 ate aonc ia this respect Glancing over
a Npl nj ~ForrN N.,ENl he =
II IS tue same eve where. Georgia has a peace,
recohsIucuon, or UniOs party that Is so respecta-
ble as 10 be headed by the foremost of ali her
citizens Alexander IL. stephens. Mr. Stephens
desires, with "all the earnestness Of his nature"
20 make peace ION principles OF honor, right, anl
justice 10 all parties"
He believes the Government Of the United
Vl aes 10 be "tho best Government tue world ever
WIZ and is evidently tired of the Richmond
Bo otempt. South Carolina also has peace party
I'd one Of her representatives. denOuuces Davis
5 despct, Rrd urges return TO the old Gov
llrnmeDt solely and simply for the sake of free
NJ ON ana the liberties OF the people Et tn, Brlst
r, Alabama has also peace parry, and that peace
parry is composed Of all tho people OF Alahamq,
ana The exponent OF its wishes is the AlabamI
Legislature.
Here, then, is party in each Of these four
great s. utheru Slates earnestly and violently
opposed 10 the Rebellion and the Davis Govern.
ment. The Virginia men who went into the
Coniederaoy seem to be the only ones who still
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the Rebel Government Will ALLEVIATE even these.
IL is notorious that the people of Virginia were
opposed to secession; they we're In favor of keep
ing their State in the Unioni but Virginia was
carried out by power stronger than the win of
her ?. Ople that power was the slayeoWaing and
IlayebIeeding interest.
Ia The immense capital of this interest carried
~ S 'e Tor the sake Of sg'fpresTyluon, and
86 Davis aims death. blow NO tha. immense
#Bel nj. lie propose 20 FREQ and arm tgee hun,
. doI thousand neerCes-that is, he proposes TO
$"Flt slavery for the armed and trained
Z poeH y viii outnumbCr two 10 one the armed
y nh,ed whites OF the South. Thus Davis
= anu Virginia slyehOldCrs-and, indeed
to'L ana tholders-and shows in q terribly en-.
phatioudent that the slayehOldiug interest is no
lOr ser Ith the Rebellion. lie has made them
the enemies OF his Government and his cause.
MI IS clear that the immense unity of purpose
that once gave snch strength 20 the Rebellion is
gone. Not only is the South divided on this
question OF recommendation only do It's lead
Crs all pull different ways on the great subject at
issne, but 10 Is q scene Of general and universal
distraction. It Is q social and political chaos IL
is even torn with the disintegrating influences of
personal jealousy, and it. leaders pursue one Rno-
thor with such bitter recrimination that at times
It appears as il the existence Of q common enemy
were forgotten
That united South which was for so many
months held up as an example 20 the NOrlhern
Ieople-where Is il IL Is split into a thousand
motions; This Is Just the state of affairs that inn
medlatey preeedes the closing struggle on so
many OF the great pages Of history Ii Is re-
pfodReuon Oh ile last days OF Jerusalem, when
the Remains without were forgotten in the bitter