Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-05-05
wINsroN NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MAY s. 1864

nounce all masters, they in a moment of
excitement or confusion, by mistake. get
mixed up with their speeches on Southern
affairs, a passage or two formerly prepared
for a philippe against Lincoln and the
Yankee Government. Either this, or the
being betrayed into laundering sentence,
asserting personal Independence, IN which
they have no idea of sacrificing sound and
fury to such contemptible things as sense
and reason, can only account Tor these out
bursts from some Southern men.
1t is difficult to imagine what these peo
nile mean. unless it be merely to cut ca
ner. and sbv contrast prove their indepen-4
dence by side Of other peoples passlve~
ness The country is beset on every side
bv the most powerful as well as the most
heartless enemy that could be arrayed
against it. = The triumph Of that enemy
would be the death knell Of every vestige
of liberty in the South-the Southern peo-
pie would be degraded beneath their very
slaves-and 70 one of the catalogue OF
miseriess and nortifcat but would be
meted out to them The entire strength
of the country--in men and means-ls de-
manded to avert these indescribable ca
lamities. And yet when the representa-
tives OF the States, after patient dellbera-
ton, decide upon the measures indlspens-
able to the national defence, not one OF
them meets the approval OF these gentle
men. All of them are pronounced un-
constitutional They affect to feel the
chains gradually winding about their
limbs and they kick &c.
Now let us ask, in the name OF all that
is rational and patriotic. what would these
men do for their country's defence IN this
| hour of imminent peril How would
they raise up men How munitions of
war How money 2 How many and how
much would they givea Do they dream
that volunteering in any way would be
! ADEQUATE either in men Or means to the
public defence against the millions Of men
that are hurled against the country Do
they. believe that By quietly and passively
sending forward the olive branch OF peace
at the head of few feeble brigades of
volunteers, the enemy will grant us peace
and i,adepeaadenee They cannot labor
under any such vain delusion It is I'M.
possible! There is not man out OF Bed
lam SO insane az to imagine any such thing
Then what do they mean and what do they
want2 @-. ~s ~
But the country, after all, need care
very little about these ,unaccountable dem
! onstrations. They have their temporary
aud limited effects, and there is an end O
them. Let us not impugn too far the pat
riotisrn of these citizens. The most O
them are very sound some of them would
, be consoled in their dark apprehensions foi
: liberty by Major (or some other) Gen
f eralship, or foreign commission or secre
retaryship-some are on false scent
RI thinking they are running with the people
: when they are taking the very opposit
course-and some are unworthy of being
!, associated with even the worst of these
) they are uninfuenced by single motiv
4 entitled to respect or charity but ar
: Justly object Of both distrust and con
: tempt. It IS upon these last that rests th
+ lblood of many an honest and we'll mean
: ing Confederate soldier, who permitte'
!, himself to be .misled by them, and VIII
. repented of his error when. too late.
The country is united as never countr.
was in such war. The feeble sounds !
: discord are drowned by the concordan
Z voice Of the entire people composing tn
: family Of Confederate States. The sue
= cesses achieved by a noble and ihtrepi
: soldiery are shaming the despondent an
q the. timid into high spirit and courage
: Croaking and .grumbling are. subsidine
4 and when the work is done, the activit
: reached, and the triumph won, there wi
: be none to admit but they too we're tru
J and faithful, and helped to achieve. til
i tgrand result! !sa4ass @g a+ss oust i s4sSs 81.