Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1865-02-22

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erful armies, and invite all these fearful
consequences upon our country, we would
live to- haze our children curse cur eFsy
hairs for fastening our dishenor upon them.
I trust and believe thatdtkese willsbA I
little difference Of opinion in North Caro-
Ina ~ TO- the psopriety sefs eentmned sare,sf
sistance. The great argument which will
be brought forward osfake yotrs honor
and int ended TO 10 cite You to despair viii
be that successful resistance is no longer
possible. Some will tell yon that Ks.are
already ssubdued; that the ensmy out
numbers us, that our fighting men are
slain our resources III exhausted and we
might as well submit now. This, my coun-
'trymen, is false, and as frequently pro
ceeds, from q craven or tsalsof "a
from an honest but mistaken spirit. Great
az our calalnities have been, straitened as
we are for al supplies, both Of men and
material, I-tell you, in all .candor, :that
when I survey our condition by the light
of human history, [ see no danger which
.shreatens to be fatal to our cause, except
this depression Of spirit among the people
and the still more fearful risk OF Internal
dissension. So long as we remain one and,
determined, it is not in the power Of our
enemies to subdue ns. But; except these.
abide in the ship, re. cannot be- saved. p
All things may be Supplied if we were but
possessed Of that, bold and mani spirit of
resistance to tyranny, Of which liberty
and independence, are born. That alone
can FIJI the widows. barrel and still the
orphan's-cry, can cast cauHoR and build
shi Ups, Of war can raise MP armed men
from the dust Of the dragons teeth, can
wrest tangible realities from the very jaws
Of impossibility. Without it, numbers but
add to the. ignominy' of certain defeat,
even as the Persian millions were whipped
.and 'shamed by the three hundred in the
mountain pass. Are our men all slain I
Over fonr hundred thousand names yet
stand upon the muster rolls of the, Con-
federacy, to say nothing of the many
thousands who shirk. Where are they I
Thousands upon thousands absent without
leave, are lurking in the woods and swafnps
of the Sohth. Are our provisions all Comet
Hundreds of thousands Of bushels Of grain
now rot at the various: depots of the, South
for want Of transportation; and this trans
sportation cannot be protected because
these absent soldiers are not at the post of
duty, Oh Z! my countrymen you would
but rise to entreat, to shame, to drive them
back to their conntry's standard. Has our
territory been overruni 1t has, but how
much Of it has been held The enemy
marched tfiumphantly through fine heart
of our sister Georgia, and is SHE conquer
ed2 Except for the garrison at Savannah
and the ashes of desolation on their track
tfEoughthc interior, Georgia has neither
enemy nor the sign of enemy on her SOIL
SO Of most portions of the South which,
space does not permit me to enumerate.-
For four years, their countless legions have
gnawed at tho vitais Of Virginia, yet to-
day they claim hot even all Of her terri
tory which is swept by.their cannon. The
cities they garrison, the land their armies
actually stand upon, and the waters ridd en-
by their fleets, are all that they really hold.
or ever can hold except by our ignoble
consent. - ~ .
Let the balance of eur cities-go; Mobile
Oh Weston, Wilmington, Richmond, all
and if we are determined to be free oul
subjugation is quite as distant as eyer.-
For thank God, the Oonfederaey does moi
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
dwells in the heart of her votaries, and
the ragged, barefooted soldier, standing ir
| the depths of the forest, or in the shadow
of the mountain, can offer her sacrifices
which will be rs sweet and as .acceptahl,
as those proffeled in gorgeous temples'ii
the midst of magnificent cities. So if on
country and its cause, like to the kingdom
OF God, be. enthroned in eur hearts, then
indeed am persuaded, that neither prin
cipalities nor powers, nor things presen
nor things to come, nor height nor depth
nor life nor death, nor any other creature
] shall he able to separate us from that indie
! pendehce aid honor for which our paopl
/ have suffered and our sons have died. =.
Therefore, any eouhtrymen, havins
warned you of this danger which is upo1
I us, | now appeal to you by everything
held sacred among men, to bear yourselve
!, as becomes your high lineage and futur
hopes. / implore you to lay down all part.
bitterness, and to be reconciled to you
neighbor for the sake of your country It
use every possible exertion to restore ali
sentees to the: army; to divide of yoh
abundance freely with the poor and til
suffering to strengthen the arms OF you
rulers, and to snstain your soldiers an
their Generals andto give cheerfullyyou
aid physical, mental, and moral, in wha,
ever-sphere you may be; to prevent tn
degradation Of your country, and the rui
of its people.
For. the purpose of determining the bet
means Of accomplishing this, as we'll a. ia