The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-03-03

at Raleigh, both in command OF large
| armies ali transportation cut off and sup
plies exhausted, Gen. Lees army could be
in tight place. And unless Sherman can
be met and whipped be will probably come
it not with the April showers, certainly
with the buds and blossoms of May. He
travels rapidly. I'VE had an army that
might have checked Sherman; but since
the President took its commander from it
and put it under second rate brigadier,
and sent iton that wild goose chase to the
blue banks of the Ohio, it is well nigh done
for. Hood marched into Tennessee and
marched out again but his army ia gone!
That Is, the morale of the great army of
the West, as it existed under Albert Sid
ney Johnston, under Beauregard and J..
E. Johnston, is gone, and Hood is crouched
down in North Alabama with nothing but
small mass of demoralized fragments
There is but little more fight in that arm Y
what there was in it for good has been
filtered away where no good could be &C
complished; and the people of that sec.
ton have no disposition to fill its ranks !;
they think the war has lasted about long
enough, especially if they are to be called
on to go. These are sad reflections, but
we have to deal with things as they are. >
Sherman will press forward. No one
can give US good reason for believing he
will be hurled back, and empty braggado-
clio is no longer correct. ytsa9a isrgf-G
What then2. Sherman will in all human
probability be here with the spring, and
to stay. The, Governor, now so placid
and calm, so full of fun and coarse tests.
will have to fly to some obscure village as
a refuge; while the, Legislature, the peo--
pies chosen representatives, are now as
sembled here, no doubt, for the last time
during the continuance of thepresent war.
From his obscure headquarters in some
.wayside village inn, bis excellency may
call them to meet in Buncombe, on the
topof Table Rock, or at some point in that
neutral. territory beyond the Chowan !;
but we have, not the shadow of adoubt
but the present body has met in Raleigh
for the last time and if the members de-
sire to do anything to save the people Of
their State from the ruin that is to follow
the events that we have foreshadowed,
they must, act now Has the Governor
no farewell word for bis " dear people p
the Legislature no parting blessing for
suffering constituents Are we to look
J on these august dignitaries to-day, know
ing that Tomorrow they depart to be seen
and known no more, by US, forever! . The
people will stay where they are, andIif
Sherman, comes, here and throughout the
State generally, they will do as they have
done in Savannah, make the best they can
of . condition of things they could not
help. ., ,; ,2ailr,oI D
= But if we have no armies to meet armies
why continue the unequal contest? II
there be those in our Legislature who be
lieve there is no salvation for the people
but In an appeal for their rights under the
old constitution, let them speak out, for
the time has come to discuss these cues
tons. And if there be those who believe
that the only way. to save Us from abolition
negro equality, seryile Instructions and a.
general upbeaving Of society, but q resto-
ration of the old government, under the
constitution of our fathers, let them pre-
sent their plans-the people will listen, re-
fleet and take such action as they msy
think best for them and for posterity.f If
we are subjugated, or. so near it that a
protraction of the unequal cantest can end
in nothing else, why, continue the war?
This is question for our Governor to,
answer to the people of North Caro-
lima. The people of the country, not only
here in North Carolina, but throughout
the whole South, begin to see the state
and condition to which the war has brought.
them in its true light, and to speak out.
Bastiles, star chambers and inquisitions
have lost their power to awe the people,
and the great public heart begins to threb
aloud, and the popular voice is loud and
constant for peace s}:irh 9H'soIgii- '21g
We say candidly to our friends in the
Legislature that we believe this to . be
their last chance. Do something now or
you may never have another opportunity.
And take the bull by the horns and do
something practical" What is to be done
must be done quickly; for it is not thought
that Sherman will give you more than
sixty or ninety days to work in. The
people want peace and protection for per-
son and property, and they care very
little about boundary lines OF who may be
PRESIDENT. IN Gsij dlrAyIIs I9,B91- yl8