The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-02-22


ses all exhausted. and we might 40 well
submit now. This, NY esuntrymea, is
false, and as frequently precseds frsn Z
craven ora. traitorous, az frAn an honest
but mistaken spirit. Greatas ear calani-
ties have been, straiteAed a. we are fer all
supplies both of men and material, tell
you. inal caudor, that when I survey our
condition by the light of human history,I
see no danger which threatens to be fatal to
cur cause, except this depression of spirit
ansng the peole aRd the still nsre fearful
risk Of internal disseAtlon. So long as we
remain one and determined, it is not in the
pswer Ct our enemies to subdae US. ssBst
except these abide in the ship. ye caHnst
be saved" All things may be supplied If
we are bu. possessed Of that bold and nan.
ly spirit of resistance to tyranny. of whicht
liberty and independence are b0rs. That
alsas caa fill the widows barrel and still
the orphans cry; can cast caansas and
build ships of war; can raise sp armed
men froE the dust Of the dragsn's teeth;,
can wrest tangible realities from the very
jaws Of. impsssibility. Withost il, num-
bers bat add 10 the igDominy sfcertain de-
fsat, even as the Persian millions were
whipped and shaned BY The thrse hundred
in the mountain pass. Are our men all
slaini Over four hundred thousand names
yet stand upon the muster rslls Of the Con-
federacy, to say nothing OF the many thou
sands who shirk. Where are theyf Thou
sands.upon thousands. absent without leave,
are lurking in the woods and swamps of the
Seath. Are our provisions all gone Hun
drsds of thousands Of bushels of grain new
rot at the various pepo.s Of the South fer
want Of transportation and this transpor-
tation cannot be pratected because these
absent soldiers ars Rot at the post of duty.
Oh my countrymen. if yen would but
rise to entrsat. to shame. to drive them
back to their eeuatry's standard. Has our
territory been sverruDf Il has, but how
much Of il has been heldi The enemy
marched !riumphantly through the heart of
our sister Georgia, and is she csnquerede
Except for the garrison at Savannah and
the ashes of desolation on their track
thr ough the interior. Georgia has neither
enemy mar the sign Of enemy on her soil.
So Of NEST portions Of the Sosth which
For tour years their countless legisns have
knawed at the yitals Of Virginia, yet to-
day they claim not even all of her terrific
~ which is swept BY their cannon. The
rites they garrison, the land their armies
actually stand upon, and the waters ridden
by their fleets. are all that they really held,
or ever can hold except by our ignobls
| consent.
Let the balancs Of our cities 90; Mo-
bile. Charleston. Wilmington, Richmond.
all, and if we are determined to be free
our subjugation is quite as d,stast as ever.
For thank God, the Confederacy,does not
consist in brick and mortar, or particular
spots Of ground, however valuable they may
De in military point Of view. Our na-
tionality consists in eur people. Liberty
dwells in the heart of her votaries, and the
ragged, barefootsd soldier, standing in the
depths Of the forest, or 10 the shadow Of
the .ountain. can ofer sacrifices, which
will be as sweet AND as acceptable as those
profTered in gorgeous temples in the midst
Of magnificent cities. so if eur country and
its casse, like to the kingdom Of God, be
enthroned in our hearts, thsn, indeed, am
persuaded, that neithsr priucipalities nsr
pswsrs, nsr things present nor things to
come, nor height sor depth. nor life nor
death, nsr any other creature shall be able
70 separate ps from that Independence and
hosor for which our people have suffered
and eur sens have dad.
I Therefore, my countrynen. having warn.
ed you Of this danger which is spon US
now appeal to you by every thing hcld sa-
cred among men, 10 bear ysprselvss as be.
Genes ysur high lineage aud future bapes.
implors ysu TO lay down oil party bitter
ness, aad 10 be reconciled to ysur nslgnp"r
for the sake Of ysur country to use every
nassihIe exsrtiss IN rssfors absrnfess to