Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1865-01-12
67s WINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY JANUARY 70

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now have. Already the government i.
notifying every farmer in the land not to
sell his surplus. What does this mean
Will it take all our surplus to feed the
present army 1t 80, where is bread to
come from to feed the negroes and onr
| white soldiers, when they are taken from
the fedsl We challenge true answe,
to this question: But agaia the Sentinel
says:
! LET Government determine what it
needs, aud what can use !: and if it be our
lands, our houses, our negroes, our horses,
our money, ourselves, it must have them.
Strange that we should cling most tena-
ciously to what il OF least III orneut F.
! Strange that we should give ourselves and
grndge our property2 Our patriotism
must lay aside such se!fishness. 1t must
be generous as Well as brave"
Well, this Is no time for selfehness, that
Is true. But when our lands, our houses,
our slaves, our horses, our niorey, or our
selves are gone. us they are likely to tie
under the management which prevails,
what then! What will be left-who will
care for til. balance! What is: to become
Of the government, our wives and our
children! Will these sacrifices avail ~
What can they secure? The Sentinel evt
Ell doubts that they will secure anything
tor in another breath it says: /
''Our constitution was made as the de-
velopnen OF oilr national life. 1t may
not provide for al the various exlgencies
OF war. Questions of state may arse II
our experience as they have arrlssen M
the expcriencc of almost every other NJ
ton. when our best welfare will requir13
of our rulers the exercise Of Il bold respOn !
.ibility." VA -..s. H. 1....I..se -. -.
+. It calls upon the people to give up lands
houses, negroes, horses, money and them
selves to the government if it demands 1t,
and then if that don't answer, let the con
stitution he torn in tiinders---yes, let the
government gotco What does this moan |!
Does it mean that our whole people must
sacrifice everything and the government
itself, to save our rutey$p - .aF>. a"3 ~
Let the people polidcr these out goirtgss
of the Richnond press, They are ab.o-
lutely ready for anything and every thing
but civil liberty. We. are, not ready to
give this. up, if everything else goes. But
we are not reduced to the extremity Whieh
the vaporipgs of the Richmond press
would Indicate Our case is not as hope
less as, they would have us believe. We
are able yet to cope with the enemy, un-
der the constitution as it is. Let the gov
crnment come back to the true. intent an
spirit OF the constitution. Let our people
and the negroes who can be spared at
home t1ake bread ard meat, and let those
who calf do service in the field rush t'
our standards and resolve to conquer or
die. IT we are overrun anu nbdued,# let
it be after we have used all tile strength {
and means God has given us II we fall,
let it 81, under the, banner Of right and
instice, and, with annndying purposes to
maintain the government Of our choice
! GOVERNOR VAkcE's ADDREss.----We like
the tone .of the. following, which is the
closing paragraph Of Governor Vance's
address, ON the occasion of his inaugura-
ton for his second term, on the 22d ult.-l
II such sentiments as these were carried
ont by all, it would be much better for
the canse, and for the people individually
as we'll as collectively
There is one great, danger against which
T earnestly pray our people to be warned.
Disunion, distraction, division Of sentiment
and aim, Ieadingto 70 civil feude, domestic
violence and political death. H crushed !
by overwhelming numbers on the field Of
battle, We are g,li.tless 81, the unavoidable
result. But we can surely avoid, it we
will, internal violence and seIf>tlestruction.
There is no greater enemy OF his country
and his race than him who would toment
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