, 1865-03-01
Frantic Appeals from the Ricb-
mond Press to Arnstke
Negroes.
"KO TIME FOR MAWKIaH DEL.
1CACY,"
"The Life Of The Confederacy Is II
Danger.O
GOV. VANCE's APPEAL. &c.

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citizens are desh ous Of profierjng their se,
vnnts, with the consent OF thelatter, to assie
In the public defense. The Gcncra1-in- ChIt
Of cur armies warmly advises the policy {
securing ,h,s aid, and pleads that it would b
great md essential value. Tho Presiden
and House Of Representatives unite In hi
veiWs. The Governor Of Virginia warmly ad
Eocates the policy. The Legislature Of Ii
State concur. The Confederate Senate alon
and tie Senate BY only one majorit,
fling aud disappointing the verdict Of all th
rcst-o1 Fetoing the universal wiEl-of plo
htoitinE 70 the people and tho army an ac
which the highest professional and the mos
universal popular opinion pronounces to bt
Of extreme consequence. Senators decide
INIT however important their countrYmeu
their Geu' rails and their soldiers mar deem
this measure it shall not be conceded. Thl'
aid which either We or the cuemy are to Layc
they say shall not be received on our side
All this the Senate decides, and By one ma,
votes from Senators from the State OF Viz.
Einia, whose capital is In danger, stranger
1iom North Carolina whose capti0t is threat.
cncd, the Senators from south Carolina,
whose capital Las just been sacked. In the
name OF our own immediate people we i'm.
plo1e our own Senators to reconsider their
acaton. That their course threatens to be
injurious We assure them it is the over.
Thelm'ns conviction Of the people. The
fearful responsibility they arc pursuing Is in.
mensely increased BY the certainly that they
Ason to the earnest eonvictions Of those Who
| bestowed them, and who are to suffer terri.
b'y u they are in error. We had hoped that
the Legislature now in session would have de-
e'ared 70 our Senators ere this, its wish aud
u.s. u.s.. w, y tnc name Of the people We trust
dny. r it sh,ll fall-if that. fatal
delay and hesitation, and tlmidity which
have bsoodt d like nightmare over our lceIs.
| latsve bod1es, filing the people with distress
anu alarm, shall still continue there, We urge
people to meet In mass assembly and declare
III Voice That caunot be misunderstood, or
dcsrtsed, their opinion Of the measure under
consideration, and their Judgment on the
course OF their Representatives. This is no
time for mawkish delicacy tho public ltic Is
III danger, and the public must say whether it
shall chose 10 live rather than die in compli-
Dent to tne OF two Of its servants; and let us
have grand meeting In the African church
Tomorrow night TO consider thus question !;
| to lec)a1e at least the sentiments OF cllizens
and sojousncrs here. The people OF some Of
1he counties have spoken our gallant sol.
| her thunders In the heavens to those who
represent us tn State and Confederate coun~
| ellis. 1t does seem wonderful TO the people
| WHO have been nurscd and waited On and
| watched over by neg1o servants, to be told
wet rs,n f. eaan =, " 9eienaee oy mem tncy
The Etoniner says edito. iatiy: Il The en-
cmy's eulire iorce east Of the Mississippi and
on Southern soil is not supposed 10
exceed 10000 men. This is 1he power
Nblsh proposes to subjucats our population.
"Ihe South undertook the enterprise OF &C.
ccssson With clear knowitagc OF the fact
lhat Their success would depend npon their
ability to cope with power four or lye times
aS strong, md the gnEe was gladly taken up
by our chiral1y. It Is nov become question
| whether the small armies Of the enemy, num-
being in the aggregate less than 2oo, ,0W men,
shsll be permitted to roam at will over our
te1ritoiy In he presence Of more than three
tines their number Of arms bearing Southern
| Hen. The enemy arc making this audaciou5
experiment. Apparently regarding with con.
| tempt the pusiltanimity Of our quondam Chi
va]ry, they have thrown aside I'LL caution with
| a teme1isy as insulting AZ it has hitherto been
| successful. If the South do: lot rise up and
punish this lnsolencc, suhjugatiN Is not far
| Of, and It will 20 shamefnlly befall US that
neither sympathy nor honor will attend US 10
our calamity. u the present movements OF
the enemy arc permitted to be successfully
executed, th.n it will hare become manifest
that some inhe1e"t demc:it In the cause itself
or some tne:as ID e fault In the authorities
which dnect public affairs exists to
parAyse our enemies and lay
or og1,n ,soaad.; country open to the = mercy
VI LIZ A4Ea1!S6L AAHA HtAht6t E4tEfQ01 zoe LU1k
may choose to assail 1t, the country he depre-
clats d and eucrvnsed IRON despair In the Co.
Iacity u tts rulers 10 conduct great concerns
which have been conndcd to their unworthy
ha1ds. It's hopes will revive under partially
new auspices by which the old state Of things
has been succeeded. It requires but revival
ofFopnlar confidence IN the discretion Of our
military operations to bring out again the
strength Of the county md to conffout toe
inyaaers on every ncld with the same burning
patriotism and Irresistible courage, which
met and oveIwhelmed in previous stages Of
tie VAT at Manassas, Fredericksburg, CHICK
amauga, WtlliansEort, Kennesaw, did Will
d.rness and Cold Harbor.''
T. The Enquirer eays: ''But few days ago
the whole country WAS clamoring for the ap-
pontment Of a Commander.in-chlef Beyond
the lines Of the Army Of Virginia everything
msnt cndt in disaster, Of at least was pro-
duciive Of pfnegatiye results. Sherman marched
through tht heart OF Georgia, While the army
thai should have confronted him was on a
gigantic 1aId through the vulley Of the Ten.
nessee. While our forces we're scattered
along The seaboard, always Indefensible, the
cneDy concentrated and mobliztd his troops
and went at will through the country, end
ing with the capture Of q fortified city. This
remarkable ttat accomplished, with but
slight opposition, he menaces another State
AAA 4l9lA uCOIEM, ulAhEH
rapid MARCHES towards inland South
Carolina, and still we hear
ofno fo.1nidabIe concentration OF our troops.
Il is not strange then that people should be-
gin to question the wisdom Of such mysterI-
Gus movement, OF that they should ask that
deFastates another S-ate, or marches
through another 200 miles of hostile territory.
Referring to the arfning of negroes, the
same paper pays the following tribute to the
courage OF the Yankee colored troops:
Whether they can be made iuto soldiers
slaves Of Virginia and Mississippi now I'LL !
Grants ranks, and they have been found no
desplcablc antagonists, even to our veteran |
troops.
"ihe Confede'a e Senate still withho1ds ne
grocs from Gen. Lee. That body actually
liberty and people. Senators arc rapidly
hur1ying this leo lle to the crisis Of their fate
More men are needed to save our cause. With |
hold them now and all must be lost. anl yet |
the Senate delbcrates and that Is all it does, |
deiibe5ates, dcliberatcs, Will not the Lcgisla.
Statc and provide BY State Law for~armlng |
large body Of slaves from this State The |
danger to this city and this State is immi- !
nei,t, and yet the Confederate Senate is dell. |
berati9g, discussing, talking. Cannot the
State Legislature act?'
PROCLAMATION OF COY. VANCE TO TIE PEOPLE i
OF EoHTn CAROLINA.
From the Richmond Examiner, Feb. a.,1
We find in the North Carolina papers o I
proclamation Of Gov. Vance, issued on the |
18th INST, relative to the recent "pcace /
negotiations" The following nre some of /
The concluding paragraphs of this patriotic
and stirring paper:
"I trust and believe that there will be lit |
lie difference Of opinion in North Carolina as
to the nrOIrietT Of continued reSfRtaucH |
The great Argument which will be brought |
forwlrd to shake your honor and intended to /
excite you to despair will be that successful |
resistance ID no longer possible. Some will /
tell you that we are already subdued that /
the enemy outnumbers us; that our fighting /
men are all slain; our resources all exhaust
I'd, and we might as well submit now. This,
proceeds from = craven or traitorous,. as
1rnm an honest but mistaken spirit. Great as
our calamities have been, Strengthened as we
are for alt supplies, both Of men and mn
tcrjal, tell you In a1 candor that when
survey our condition BY the light Of hn-
mnn history, ee no danger which threat
the depression Of spirit among the people and
the still more dreadful risk Of internal dlssen-
klon. So long as we remain one and determn-
ID, it, is not in the power Of our enemies to
eubdue us, "But except these abide in the
ship We cannot be saved" all things may be
supplied If We were but possessed OF th1eoold
and manly spirit Of resistance to tyranpMy, ~ OF
which. liberty and, Independence nre born;
That alone can ill The Widow's barrel and
still tie o1pi ans cry, can cast cannons and
build shlps OF War; can raise up armed men
from the dust Of the dragons teeth, can wrest
tangible realities from thu very jaws ct impos-
sibility. Without 1t, numbers but add 10 the
jgpomfuy of certain defeat, eyen as the FER
E{o mil rrhI EnAn0H1