The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-02-21
The March Through the Cafolinas.

! u ''''f' WV As'At'ikh iFeNfeth, Jan. ~
Sherman is in motion, and. accord.
ing 70 refugees from savannah. has a
force Of eighty thousand men. Nor
. hls army loose mob, proving on
the country to oppless friend as well
rs Toe. i Is an army Of discipline.
vigor, action. With Savannah and
Beaulart, $ G., as base, he moves
north with The sun, and already Col
pmbia and Charleston begin 10 feel
The oppression But win he come 10
Columbia with these eighty thousand
menS Yes, If he wants 10 do so ho
vii, and even farther INTO the howels
Of the land.
Terry is on our own co5st-has Fl.
Fisher at The mouth of Cape Fear,
and will soon, we think, have vii.
mneton He probably has twenty 10
forty thousand men. SGpoee tley
combine their force Terry and Sher-
man We must set Them down nj not
less one hundred and twenty thousand
men. And they viii move on with
nc sun, and before the orb lhat lights
the world shall stand erect IN the hea.
yens q IS more than probabte hat he
federot flag wiH fly oer Charleston,
Bamingtoa, Coium5ia and RaEegh /
Yes, Raleigh too Grant will stay
whore he is and thus lecp GeaeraI
Lee's armg IN tie gtcc Mm has heM IL
tor oe'faa ten mohthS, and sherman
and Terry will move on. Ne @eao.
Hltng q aop them o. prepent heir get-
t'ng @ Hal'egh. Sherman wH n all
human probability be here u,M he
spring, and q stay. The Governor,
DOW 50 placid and calm, so full of fun
and coarse jests, will have 10 ay TO
some obscure village as refuge the
Legislature, the peoples chosen rep
resentaiiges, are non assemJled here.
no doua, for tie last ame'ourinq he
coqttnuaAce Of me present war. From
his obscure "headqualtersp n come
waysde village inn, his Exeeilgnef
may call them to meet IN RnncMnbe
on the top Of Table Rock, or at sono
poinfin that neutral teroitory beyond
the Chowan; but IRE hare adt tba
shddor Of a doubt bm He pteseut bodV
has met N Roliegh for he last time,
and It the members desire 10 DO
anything to save the people Of their
state from tie ruin thar Is to follow
tie events that We have foreshadwed,
they must act now. Has the Cover
nor no farewell word for bis dear peo.
pie the e.Legislature no parting bIes.
sing for suffering constituents Are
we 70 look on these august dIgnitaries
to-day, knowing that Tomorrow they
depart 10 DC seen and known by usno
more ioreserl Tie peqpie pH stay
rdere Heg aye. and u Sheyn,an comes,
tere ami hroaghom tie .Sote qenerat-
y, thy ~ia do qs hey hae done IN
Saranaah. make he bel Mcy can ofa
'oaditfoa u Hings hy eopidnot help.
mt II re hore M ayBaes ~ mees
1mies whg continue ne we9uqt con.
ca2 lftiefe be those in our Legis-
ature @ho believe 1icre is no saliva.
ION for the people of North Carolina,
ut n an aJYeot for heir rights under
ne oa cqhsttfatton. ict them speaL oat,
f me ilme has come 10 discus these
'nestf6pg And II thele BE- those who
'elieFe that the only wa, 10 ave Us
rom abolition negro equality ssryile
'snrfecilons and general upheaying
: society, but restoration ol The old
'oyefnmeni, under tie constitution Of
M fathers. let them present their
.ians-lhe people viii listen, reject,
Hd take such action as they think
.ei ior them aud for posterity. III
'e ore spJaYated, Or 50 near Il that
7offacttonlf Me ultequat contest can
~ u a1fbing else, ie3y continue Die
'ar Tbs Is 4 question tor our GOV
fpof aud lie Legislature to answer
The people u North CarOlin. The
eople Of the country, noi only here,
Aorih larolina. bit tiraD giioIt The
.hole soaiA begin 10 see tie state
~ condition ~ which ihe war bas
rongbt tbem b H. true pSLi. and to
peak cut baliles, star chambers,
aFe igal their power 70 awe the peo-
le, end tie great public heart begins
lhho0 aloud aad ihe popular voice
loud aad constant for pAaee.