Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-02-28
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FROM THE. 'sslOTUTH,..
PROCLAMATION OF Gov. Vance to the
Js-SS- People OF North Caroun
Prom the RichmoDd Er,r,1,o,. o.l a,

Exclamation OF Gov. gVnnce tn IN,
60 People OF North Oar oIIna.
rom the Richmond Examiner, Feb. Il. ..fr
We find iu the North Carolina pauers ,
proclamation of GoveFnor Vance, ISSUED
on tne l4th inst, relative to the recent
\ peace negotiations" The following ART
some some lot the concluqiRgi iPsFegraphs Of this
+" l trust and believe that there iwviit be
little difference Of opinion in North Caro-.
fina as.to the proptiety of continued rfeeis.
tance. Thegreat argument which win be
brought forward to shake your honor and
intended to excite yon to- despair will be
that successful resistance Il no longer pos.
sible. Some will tell yo9 that We are all
ready subdued; that the enemy outnumbers
ns; that cur fighting men are all slain: iouf
i tesouEces all exhausted, and we might as
well sG-Jmit now! This, my c0uhtfymen.
ts4at9e,i and as frequently proceeds from a
craven or a traitorous. as FROM an honest
ibm uiistaken spirit. /. Great az our caIam.
tiles have been, straitened as we are for
tian supplies, both Of men audi material. 4
| tell yoh in all candor that whenI l. survey
tO'E Sohditiou in the light Of human his
tory, see no danger which threatens to
EdE fatal to our cause, except the depression
of spirit among the people and The still
more dreadful iriak of Internal dissensiou.,
So long as We remain one and .de:erminea,
IT. Isl not in the power Of our enc
mics to snbdue us. -"But except these
abide in the ship we cannot be saved 2
All things may be supplied if we were
but possessed of that bold and manly
spirit of resistance to tyranny, of
which liberty and independence are born.
That alone can Eli the WIDOWS barrel and
still thecfphspIs cryYg9n cast 6pousa and.
build ships OF war; can raise up armed
men from the dust of the dragons teeth,
can wrest tangible realities from the iaws
of impossibility. Without it, plumbers but
add to thTignominy of certain defeat, even
as the Persian millions were whipped and
|'shamed by the three hundred in the moun-
tain pass. Are our men all 'sIafn44 Over
four hundred thousand names yet stand
upon the muster rolls of the confederacy.
to say nothing of the many thousands who
shirk, Where are they? Thousands upon
thousands, absent without leave, are lurk-
ing in The woods and.swamps of the South.
Are our provisions all goue3 Hundreds of
thous sands of bushels of, grain now rot at
the various depots of the South for the
want of transportation, aud this TRANSPORT
tatiOn cannot be protected because these
absent soldiers are not at the post of duty.
Oh, my couptrymeD it you would but rise
to entreat, to shame, to drive them back
to their country's Standard Has our ter.
ritory been overrun2 1t has; but how
much of it has been held? The enemy
marched trlpmphantly through the heart of
our sister, Georgia, 7andis she couqueredP
Except for the garrison at Savannah, aud
he ashes of desolatiOn on their track
through the interior, Georgia has neither
enemy nor the sigu of enemy on her soil.
So OF most portions OF the South which
space does not permit me to enumerate.-
For four years their conutless legions hare
gnawed at the Vitals of Virginia, yet, to day
they claim not even all of her territory which
is swept ty their cannOn: The cities they
garrison, the land their armies actually
stand upon, and the waters ridden by their
fleets, are all that they really hold, or ever
can hold except by our ignoble CONSENT
Let the balance of our cities go-Mobile,
Charleston, Wilmington, Richmond, all
and, II we are determined to be free, our
Ilsnbjugation is quite as distant as ever
For, thank God, the conte deracy does not
consist in brick and mortar or particular
spots of ground, however valuable they
may be in military point of view. Our
nationality consists in our people. Liberty
dwell 3 in the hearts of her vOtaries, and the
ragged, barefooted soldiers, standing in
the depths of the forest, or in the shadow
of the mountain, can offer her sacrifices
which will be as sweet Gud as acceptable
as those proffered in gorgeous temples in
the midst of magnificent cities. So if our
country and it's cause, like the Kingdom of
God, be enthroned iu our hearts, then in
deed am persuaded that neither princi-
pRlities nor powers, nor things present nor
things to come, nor height nor depth, nor
life nor death, nor any other creature shall
be able to separate US from that indepen-
dence and honor for which our people have
suffered and our seps have died, There.
fore, my coun:Fymep, having warned you
of this danger ~hida- a-fs-upon US, I-now ap
peal to you, by everything held sacred
among men, to bear yourselves as become
your high lineageland future hopes. inn
plore you to laydoWn all party bitterness,
and to be recouciIed 10 your neighbor for
the sake of yoRr country !; to use every
possible exertion,tofesture absentees to the
army; to divide Of your abundance freely
| with the poor nd thss0ffertng; to strength
en- the arms of your rulers, add to sustain
your soldiers and, theIr generals; and to
give cheerfulIy your aid, physical, mental
and moral, in whatever sphere you may be,
to prevent the degradation of your country
and the ruin of its people.
How tho SOuthernerS Destroy their
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