Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-01
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We polished the other day q dispatch from
Newbern, N. C., giving the substance of a remark
sbls editorial which appeared In the Raleigh Pro-
gress of January 2ist We make room to-day for
the entire article:
'sshermRnis Is in motion, and according 70 refugees
froni Savannah, has a force 81 1000 men. Nor Is
his army loose mob, prsNIing on the eouatry 10
oppress friend as we'll as foeit is an army Of dis
cipline, yigor, sction. With Savannah and Beau-
fort, g c. as a base be moves north with the sun
and already Charleston and Columbia begin TO feel
the oppression. But viii he come to Columbia
vita those $4,000 men 7 Yea If be wants TO do so
he win, and even further into The bowels Of Ebe
land
Terry is or cur owR eoass has Fort Fisher. at
the mouth Of Csps Fear, and viii socn we think,
have Wilmington. He probably has 10000 20 4o,.
900 men. Sapposs they combine their forces, Terry
aud Sherman: we must SCI them down at not less
than about $4,000 men. And they viii move on
with the sun. and before ahe orb that lights the
world shsH sand erect in the heavens il i more
than probable that the Federal Gag will az over
ChArIeston, Wilmington, Columbia and Raleigh
Ys Raleigh, too, Granl viii stay where be i, and
thus keep Gen Lcas army in the vice that has held
Il for the Last Cen months and Sherman and Terry
win move on. We zee nothing TO stop them or pre-.
vent their getting 10 Raleigh where they can open
communication with Newbern by rail- distance
ward Green3borough or Dauvilie at pleasure. New
bern would be the water base, Raleigh the inland
base; and with Grant on the james and sherman
At Raleigh, both ia command Of large armies, all
transp0rtatiou cut OF aud supplies exhausted Gen.
Lees army would be in tight place. And unless
sherman can be met and whipped, he viii probably
come il not with the April showers, certainly with
the buds and blossoms of May, He travels rapidly
We had an army that might have checked Sherman.
but since the President took t commander from il
and put IL under second rate brigadier and sent
on that wild gooss chase 10 the blue banks Of the
Ohio, II Is well nigh done for. Hood marched into
Tennessee and marched out again, but his army Is
gcne. That Is the morale Of the great army Of the
vest rs il existed under Albert Sidney Johnston,
Beauregara and j. T. johnson, Is gone and Hood
l. crouehed down in North Alsbama with nothing
but 4 small nlaD Of demoraliEed fragments. There
Is bat little more fght in that army--what there
was In IL for good has been frttered sway where no
coed could be accomplished; and the people Of that
section have no dkpostion TO al It's ranks they
think the war has lasted about long enough espe-
cally If they 10 be called to deal with things
as they sFe.
sherman will press forward none can give US
good reason for believing he will be hurled back,
and empty braggAdocio Is 40 longer correct.
What then sherman viii, In all probability,
be here with the spring, and TO stay. The Govern
or, nov placid and calm, full Of fun and cuRFse
iests win have 10 fly 10 some obscure village
refugees willis the LegislatuFs, the Poopies chosen
Representatives, are now assembled here, no doubt
EoF The last time during the continuance Of the pres
ent war. From bic obscure "heaaquarters,p in some
waysids inn, bis Exeellency may call them 70 meet
at Baneofnbe on the top OF table Rock, oT al some
point in that neutral territory beyond the Chowhn,
but we have not the shadow eF doubt but that the
present body has met la Raleigh for the last time,
and IL lgs members desire 10 do anything 10 save
the people Of tho State from the ruin that Is to fol-
low the events that We have foFcshadowed. they
must act now. Has the Governor no farewell Ward
for his dear pe0plaGP The Legislature no parting
blessing for suffering constituents Are We 10 look
on these august dignitaries to-day, knowing that
they depart to-Inorr0wf The people VIII stay where
then are and If Sherman comes here and through
olit the State generally they viii do IS they have
done in Savannah, mako the best Of condition Of
things they could not help,
But il wa have no armies TO maet armies, Why
continue the unequal contest II there be those
m our legislature who believe thers is no salyatidn
tJF the people Gf North Carolina b.si 10 al appeal
fr their rights under the old Constitution iet tbea
sneak out Ior the time has como 20 discus these
auastions. And II there bs those who believe thet
tba only way 10 ave us from abolition, negro eqaal
fty ssryiIe inssirructi5ns, and general uPbsavihg
~ socetv hut the restoration OF the old GoFefh-
useri, under the Constitution o. Ca iathsfs W
them present their pans-tha people wiii Aes 2.
aeft ana take such netion ~ they may think bsst
f.,y theu and poststity. II We are aah5ugatet o.
50 near il thai pro,ractisn Of The uneial enntest
can end in nothing else Why continue tne war r.
Tbis L question oF car governor and legislature 70
al,swey b tbe peopIc of Nerth Carolina. The Pser
pe of the coitry rs,t enly here 10 North csrellna
bus throughout tie whole South, begin 70 see the
state and condition 30 which the war has hranght
them, IN h tue light sna 20 speak out itAstiles
stafhanbsfs. and Inqusitlons have iost thalF pow
er 10 avs The people aud the great patde hestl es
gins 10 throb aleta, and The pepalAf fotea = lonA
and CONSTANT for psaeei
We say eAndidiy 70 our friends Ii The Legislature
that We bslisye tlsis 10 BE- their last chance, 10
somsthins now, or you may never have Asinshas
opportunity. And iaks The bali bg Che hofuA aud