Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-28
TERRIBLE THREATS.

OF all the States which, by the acts of their
Conventions, seeded and formed the So
called Confederacv, the Old North State has
been from the commencement the most luke
warm in her attachment to the rebel cause.
MANY causes have combined to render her in
different TO the success of i war for the az
grandizement of the slave power. and the
building up of a nation of caste, in which 4
limited aristocracy would be the ruling power.
The productions of her soil are not Of n
character peculiarly adapted to slave labor,
and 4 vast proportion of her population OF
that class who are contemptuouSly termed by
the chivalry, "poor white folks" They have
little sentiment in common with that of their
aristocratic neighbours on the North and on
the South, who scornfully Stigmatise them as
"divt eaters anu Southern Yankees.
They entered into the unholy compact with
but little zeal, and large proportion have
stoutly stood firm to their allegiance 10 the
Union. This faltering allegiance brought
upon the North Carolinans at the outset Of
the rebellion the GiStrust Of their more
Jealous neighborS. The consequence was
that, as they justly complained, the
North Carolinans were ever placed in the
'front.' in an attack, and were ever the rear
guard in the retreat, as 4 bulwark for troops
from other States" This fact, so oft repeated
that its design was evident, caused muCmurs
which, more than once, broke out in open
mutiny, and aggravated the discomfort OF
that people, both at home and in the army
The partial occupation OF the State BY Fede-
raj troops, and the establishment Of mill
tarv government, gave encouragement 70 the
truly loval, swayed the waveriag 20 the loyal
side, and loosed the tongue and pen and press
from the letters OF rebel deSpotiSm. The
bonds that bound the State TO the cause OF
rebellion have been Strandins from that day.
The Proclamation Of Amnesty has nearly
burst those bonds asunder, and North Caro-
lima is to-day 4 member OF the Southern
Confederacy only upon paper and at the poiu'
of the bayonet. She is surrounded, however,
and cut OF, except By way OF the sea, from all
aid from the Federal forces; and in those
portions Of the State not actually occupied
by the National forces, the loyal portion OF
her citizens are in most disagrceable and
even perilous position. Their openly avowed
patriotism has brought upon them the ire Of
their neighbo.s and the rebel government,
and they are threatened with vengeance dire.
The following extract from the Daily Con-
federGte shows the vengefui hatred enter
| tanned towards these faithful Union men:
These difficulties. however will not be long
OF settlement and opinion is, that the arm
that has for 50 long been stayed in iUrbenruacc ID
about to fail When it does tall. IL hand WILL
grasp the leaders in iron clinch tighter than
vice: no matter whether they be found WITHIN!
the bar presiding on the bench. or sitting among
the audience IN the SanheLrim Of agitation IL
martial law be established i'll North Caroinl--.I
the habeas corpus be Susprndcd-a military force
is placed in our midst the leading a-ltators are
arrested and punished-sone by death, Others ny
punishment, others BY forced enlistment; into the
front of our SeTvice-t the necessary Iac0IN e
nieucv of this kind Of rule BE- obliged to br SUD.
slituteI for re mild OF civil law the resnnu.
shitY vii, be On ihr head Of the ugltat"r> WI"
teach that our Government is drSpotisin t" be
resistcj-that forbearance j. no longer virtue
that North Carolina is the keystone 10 cwIth.
drawn from its arch, that the arch may tumble
the responsibility will be On those officials who
are suspected Of undue sympathy with sku.krrs
and desrrters. aud who place impcdnents in the
way ofthe service by imposing unnecessary re-
straints upon its officers.
The Raleigh STANDARD, commenting upon
the foregoing, sounds note OF alarm, arous-
ing the Conservatives to 4 sense of the ter
rible results which will ensue if such counSels
be listened to and acted upon by the Rich
mond government. The danger which over
hangs the patriotic people of North Carolina,
from the vindictive demons of rebeldom, who
see their internal fabric crumbling into ruins,
should rouse the people OF the loyal States TO
speed the blow which shall bio; out the re-
hellion NJ once and forever