The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-04-05
!. HILLsBOROUGH, N G., APRIL 5, .l8l

property and estates of vanqushed .re.
bels' be caufscated. bot they would be al !.
vided and distributed among our African
bandsshen. But why pursue The hideous
picture further? Southern manhood re J
volts At the bare iiea Of The spectacle pre-
scented. Can you think of ii unmosed
Can property--can lifelitself--be SO dear
to you as TO alluw you to weigh them Tor
one moment against degradation 50 ,bject
--sgainst misery 50 profound? We do
not; aud cannot, believe il. If the proud
memories and traditionsof our first great /
revolution do not nerve you TO eternal re /.
sistance to such 'consummation-nor the
example of our forefathers, wha wres,led
Tor the Independence they bequeathed 10
us during seven long yeats OF suffering
greater than we have endured LET not the
precious blood thar has been already she'd
BY our bravest and best in the present
struggle cry out to. Us from our yet reeking
soil IN vain! Fruitlessly. Indeed, have
those sons and brothers--martyrs Of hber-
ty-bled and died, il we faIter nov in the
path which they have ilIamined before US !
In the Reyolution ef '76 our armies and
our people suffered far more than we have
done. Our cities then we're almost All in
the hands of the British, aud we were en-
tirely cut OF from all supplies from sbroad.
while our facilities for producing them
were infinitely less than they nov are.
Greene tells as that the battle of Eutaw
was won BY men who had SCARCELY shoes TO
their feet or shirts to their backs. They
protected their shoulders from being GALL
I'd by the bands of their cross,helts, by
lunches Of moss or tufts Of grass. A de-
tschment marching 10 Greene's assistance
passed ihrodgh region % swept BY both
armies that they we're compelled 10 subsist
on green peaches a. their nnly diet. There
was scarcely any salt for fifteen months,
and when obtained. il had 10 be used SPAR
ingiy, mixed with hickory ashes. We need
but allude IL the terrible winter which
Washington passed at Valley Forge. with
an army unpaid. half-starved and half-na-
ked. and shoeless. to coasince u, that much
a sur brave soldiers are now enduring,
their fathers. lur like cause, endured lar
more. Washington did not then despair.
Lee does not now despair Of The final tri-
unph Of a righteous cause. Why should
we be doublful--much less despondens--
OF our ultimate SUGGEST
The extent Of our territory--the fnod-
producing capacity oil our soil--the amount
and character Of our population--are ele-
mcnis OF strength which. carefully has
banded and wisely employed, are amply
sufficient 10 insure aar tinsl triumph. The
passage ofhos,ile armies through sur coun-
try, though 1,rnductise Of cruel suffering tu
our people and great pecuniary los. gives
thei enemy no permanent advantage or
Iuotheld.
10 subjuga,e a country, IFS cisil govern.
ment must be suppressed BY continuing
Rilitary force. or supplunted by another.
To which he inhabrants yield q voluntary
or enforced obedience. The passage Of hos
tile armies through our territory cannot
produce this result. Permanent garrisons
would have 10 be stationed al q Sufficient
Number Of paints 10 stransle all civil gn-
yefnmeni befare il conld be pretended,
even by the United States government IL.
self. that its authority vas extended over
these States. How many garrisnns would
ii requiref How many hundred thousand
solsiers would suffice 10 suppress The civil
governments OF all the States Of this Con-
lederacy, and to establish over them. sven
in name and Iorm, the authority Of the
United Ststesi la . geographical point
OF view, therefore, il may be asserted that
the conquest Of these Confederate States is
impractlcsble.
IL We consider the food d-producing ca
pacity Of our sell We need feel no spprs-
hensi,ns as to eur ability to feed the peo-
pie and any army We may put into the
field. IL ~ needless 10 90 into detail or
adducs statistics in proof u this. u sob
vious to every weIl.informed mind. AL.
though the occupation BY the enemy, and
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