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Year: 1862

so bitterly complained, and issued his procla-
nation of negro emancipation!


1t Is not month since he announced his pur-
pose to ''save the Union in the shortest way un-
der the Constitution He now announces his
purpose to it by overriding the Constitution.
For he has no constitutional power to issue
this proclamation of emancipation-none what
ever The Constitution forbids 1t by its spirit
from beginning to end. And the President has
no authority not derived from the Constitution
none whatever. He is himself the creature
Of the Constitution.


Nobody need argue with us that he has the
power under the military law. Military law
does not destroy the fundamental civil law
In war, as in peace, the Constitution is 'the su-
preme law of the land"


The Government, then, by the act of the
President, is in rebellion, and the war is reduced
TO contest for subjugation 1t has assumed
the character that Abotionism has designed
from the outset it should assume. When the
war shall be finished, whether the South shall
be subjugated or not, the character Of the Gov
ernment will have to be determined, if indeed
the military power shall not have already de-
termined 1t.


The President has himself furnished some of
the most unanswerable arguments against the
expediency of such proclamation, and this
even so late as at the interview the other day
with the committee of religious fanatics from
this city He has all the while maintained that
until the rebel armies should be dispersed, such
a proclamation would be bratan, ti,ln,en--harm-
less thunder. If he was right in this, what
other ground can the present proclamation be
made to stand upon except that it is an act of
prospective vengeance.


(From the "Wheehng Press" a Union paper of d


Border Sldve ,State.)


We regret to know that one more blazing
faggot has been cast into the fiery furnace of
national discord. and that by the last hands
that should have been engaged in such an act.
The President of the United States has SO far
yielded to that accursed pressure of which
he once lugubricusly complained, as to have be-
come no longer master of his own actions
lie has at length come to such pass as to be
sure, sooner or later, 10 obey the behests of the
insane fanatics he has encouraged around him,
and to close all his circuitous meanderings by a
final enguliment in the bottomless pit of unre-
deemable Abolition


We shall not any longer speak of the Presi-
dents conservatism, or waste any hopes for
satisfactory solution of our tangled affairs in
what pecniiar s'honesty' so often ascrbcd TO him.
nor in any other of his personal qualities, good,
bad or Indifferent. To all ntents and purposes
OF our future history, he has definitely surren-
dered to the most ultra men of the ultra North
ern faction, and turned his back upon every tie
that bound him to constitutionality and moder-
alton. He has taken his last leap and hence
forward in all matters of public policy will be
regarded as but finger of Grcaly, an executive
instrument Of Sumner and Lovejoy.
Year: 1862

How charming is that word heaven?--
where no tear will never fall, no groan be
heard, no sorrow seen, where no sin will
mar the perfect joy, no death bring it to
an end o, weary heart, there is rest for
you. Oh, burdened heart, there is full
pardon and holiness for you. Do sick
ness and pain make life a burden? Sick
ness and pain never never enter there.


Do sinners vex you? None but the
holy are there. Do you wish perfect holl-
ness and bliss ? You will find them there


Blessed Jesus! in thy name, relying on
thy merits, humbly hope for heaven
That which thou hast bought with thy
blood, shall be my eternal possession.


Redeemed, purified, saved, will there
praise thee forever.
Year: 1862

when the tattoo beat would send all to
their quarters, l thought it was about
time for me to be splitting away.


Gas was sauntering over the ground
for this purpose, group of officers left
the marque of general and came right
down before me. They were convcrsihg
freely and carelessly, and my ear being
open SO the slightest sound, learned in
a single moment of time some very i'm
portant facts-namely, that a heavy rein
forcement was near, which would halt
within three miles and be ready for ac-
ion-that feint would be made upon US
by a strong force, which would speedily
appear routed, in order to draw us on to
a terrible ambuscale-an then, by out
hanking US to the right and left, we
should be caught as in a net.


"Ths was all l cared to know and
leaving the camp of the foe, got back to
my horse before midnight, and next morn
ing had made my report to the proper
officer.


"Our general, I am proud to say, acted
upon my information and two detach-
ments of our forces, leaving in opposite
directions, by rapid marches, made each
a detour and fell upon the rear Of the en-
envy, taking him by surprise, and routing
him in earnest We killed and wounded
about fifty, took hundred prisoners!
captured five cannons, five hundred mus
kets, considerable baggage, and struck
terror into the heart of the boasting foe


CAS- a reward for my successful adven
ture, at present hold the commission o.
second lieutenant"
Year: 1862

you should see a man digging in a
snow drift with the expectation of finding
valuable ore, or planting seeds upon the
rolling pillows, you would say at once
that he was beside himself But in what
respect deos this man differ from you,
while you sow the seeds of idleness and
dissipation in your youth, and expect the
fruits of age will be a good constitution,
elevated affections, and holy principles


If you desire a virtuous and happy life,
in youth you must shape your character
by the Word of unerring Wisdom, and
plant in your bosom the seeds of virtue
Year: 1862

We chide the restlessness of youth; and
yet young man had better never existed
than to be satisfied and ontented with al
that he sees around him. To have no as
pirations for the good and noble, no aims
higher than the majority around him; t'
be content to crawl forever on the beaten
highway of conservatism without one gen
erous thrill, one leapiing impulse beyond
the lettering boundaries of the Past.
Year: 1862

When a man becomes a Christian he
will not expect to be exempt from tears,
from loses from sickness, from cares and
death /; but he will bear these things with
a patience that the world has not ; and he
will see overruling these things hand
that the world does not see and he will
learn that great problem which Christian
ity alone solves, that out of evil God is
still deducting good.
Year: 1862

He that sees ever so accurately, ever
so finely into the motives Of other peoples
acting, may possibly be entirely ignorant
as to his own it is by the mental as the
corporeal eye, the object may be placed
too near the sight to be seen truly, as too
far off nay, too near to be seen at all.
Year: 1862

Fame has no necessary conjunction
with praise; it may exist without the
breath of a word, II is a recognition OF
excellance which must be felt, but need
not be spoken. Even the envious must
feel i. and hate it in silence
Year: 1862

"By moving about, listening, noting
and ggessing-~I was soon pretty well
satisfied of their temper and strength,


but had not. as yet, been able to learn
anything of their immediate designs !;
and as the moment was drawing near
Year: 1862

Is IT SAFE ?-The Salisbury Bl.nner inquiries,
dis Fayetteville safe in case Wilmington is taken?"
and very properly says, it is question that should
not escape the attention of the government We
have reason to know that this subject has been
brought to the attentono of the government at Rich
mond aid so was the state of Roanoke Island
But what did it amount to? Mr.. BridseIs no doubt
very correctly says, need not look for much help
from the Confederate government. We must help
ourselves. Very well, why don'twe? If the Low
ernor of the State accompanied by proper officers,
had gone to Roanoke Island to examine into Its
condition, or had paid attention to the represen-
tations made to him by Cen Hill, and had been
disposed to DO any thing, the island could have
been saved What the Confederate government
cannot do to help North Carolina, it expects the
State to do herself Now one would suppose, under
such circumstances, that the Governor would make
some personal examination into defences at the
various ponts-would never rest day nor night,
until he knee p5siticely that every thing had been
done for our defence that coaid possibly be accom-
plished The order to Gen. Martin to so to We'll
don and prepare for its defence is the first and only
Step IN this direction. Gen. Martin is the only mil
itary man Immediately under the direction OF the
Governor; and he might do much to assure the peo-
ple Of the State that nothing is left undune which
can he done to put our State in proper condition
of defence.
Year: 1862

The CHARGE OF DIsLorALTY AGAINST THE OLD
UNION MrN.-We are not in the habit of referring
to anonymous correspondents, but the communica-
ton of Citizen" in the last Register is of charac.
ter to merit notice; and We notice It, not because
we suppose its to be respectable or because
it contains any evidence of mind in its author, but
on account Of the stereotypcd charge it contains
against us OF being untrue to the South.


Ii the Editor OF this paper is untrue to the South,
then are seventy thousand voters i'll the State who
agree with him In his opinions also untrue. The
Standard has the largest circulation of any political
paper in the State; aid ii the Standard is untrue
to the South, then is inidety to our cause quite
common and quite popular in this State But the
old Union men, 1t seems, are not only TO get no
credit for what they do for the cause but they are
to be marked and hunted down. Their good nalues
are to be blasted by insnuationS that they are false
to their native land because and only because they
did not prefer to dissolve the Union, and because
they cannot perceive and realize the truth of the
saying, that secession is peaceful re,ncdy." So
far as We arc concerned, nothing that We could do
would induce OF the original secessionlsts to
do us justice. We might be'tow all we have on the
Confederate cause, and then give our body to De
burned sacrifice to Southern liberty; and still,
after all this, there secession parzans in this
State who would insult our ashes, and say we were
too slow in the work of revolution and civil war-
10 these persons who thus pursue US, our answer
is, zoe detest and defy you. .


But We have confidence in the intelligence Of the
people, and in their discriminating Judgment They
know and will remember those who thus slandcr
thousands of our best and truest men and when
the opportunity is presented the polls, they will
teach them lesson long to be remembered. II we
did not believe the people, III August next, would
put their feet the parlzal,s referred to- we should
despair OF free government itself.
Year: 1862

CoTroN AND ToBACco.-Ata recent Planters Con-
vention, held in Richmond series Of resolutions
were adopted favor of placing at the disposal OF
the government al! the cotton and tobacco in the
South, in order TO their destruction If necessary to
prevent the enemy getting possession of them,-
the owners to be paid for the same Congress has
before it several propositions of a similar import.
The press very generally approve the proposition.
The Yankees very certainly calculate to reap large
harvests of these products by the advance of their
forces, which can only be prevented by their re-
moval into the interior, by their destruction on
the approach Of the enemy.
Year: 1862

The DRAFr.-Ia reply to the letter Or inquiry of
an esteemed friend at Prospect Hill, Caswell, we
state that the present draft for third of the mi


tia is not for two years for the war; but only to
repel INVASION. The Convention expressly refused
to authorize draft for the war 1t is believed that
the bounty offered by the two governments will be
the means, in addition to the patriotic feelings of
our people, of raising sufficient number of men
from this State for the war; 1t is also believed that
the militia who are now being called out will not
remain long in service.
Year: 1862

The delay of the Burnside expedition to advance
upon the Sea board Railroad country, exctes the
fear in some minds that his policy has been changed,
and that he is assembling a force of 40 or 10000
men to march into the interior of this State! The
idea is not improbable. Are we ready for him =
We ought to rendezvous strong force at Colds
boro at Oh ce Telegraphic wires are much needed
from Washington and other points, to this City.
Year: 1862

HYMss FOR THE CAxp.-Mr. Crowder, the inde-
fatigable Tract Agent and publisher, has just laid
upon our table very neat copy of Hymns for
the Camp The selection is admirable, and will
doubtless be received with gladness by our brave
soldiers Many of the hymns will remind them of
home and of other days. Let the camps resound
with these sweet songs of Zion. He will issue an
edition of 10000 in short time


Persons abroad are probably not aware of the
large amount Of tracts, &c, which have been printed
in this city during the war They have been print
ed also as low as they were formerly by the Tract
Society. Mcssrs. Strother & Maroon anSA-<e In
stituton for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind,
have for the most part believe, put up the type,
on very moderate TERMS and while we claim no
credit for it. it has been pleasure to aid in this
good work by printing 100000 of pages at least,
from the Standard press at about one-half of our
usual charge for preSswork.
Year: 1862

The Richmond Examiner of recent date, says:


1.-The only hope we have is in fighting fiercey;
if VIC succeed in beating the foe, all is we'll if We
do not succeed, 1t is still much the better to have
resisted with fearless and sangunary determination
for then we shall be respected and feared in our
defeat"


If qce had admitted as the Examiner has in the
above extract that the result of the contest in which
we are engaged with the North is at all doubtful,
we should have been assailed untrue to the South
But the Examiner is right. During the next three
months the North will assa US at all points with
exceeding ferceness AID rapidity. 1.-The only hope
we have il; in fighting tercely." Our whole power
must be consolidated and directed against our as
sailants. II we succeed our independence will be
established; if we fail, 1--WE shall be respected and
feared in our defeat" If We had " ise and energetic
leaders, and if country preferred, as it should
be- but as it is not to party the result of this great
struggle could not be doubted. But man proposes,
and God disposes. Whatever may be the future con-
dition or the future relations Of these Confederate
States, States they shall remain and not provinces
or territories, though every man who can bear arms
should he struck down in battle, delivered cap
tves to the hands Of our foes. Courage, then,
Southern men Fight fiercely, for the enemy as
sails us on all sides, and the time is short FROM
this nettle DANGER let US pluck the flower, Safety
The darkest hour always precedes the dawn.
Year: 1862

ePLArr CoKsl Every farmer owes it to hisneigh-
bors and to his country 10 plant all the corn he can


and to make as little cotton and tobacco as possible
Tho soldiers must have meat and bread, and their
families at home must be provided for Plant corn!
it is the staff Of life good corn crop this year
will do more for the South than any thing else.
The time for cotton and tobacco will come after .
while; but this is the gear for planting corn.
Year: 1862

An attempt to raise Union fl 'g at Jonesboroush
Tenn, some days ego, resulted in row of course
which terminated in the killing Of three Linconites
Such will doubtless be the fate of all who have the
hardhood to persist IN such disloyal and sensiess
conduct
Year: 1862




WHisKEY.-A,, intelligent western Woman"
gives us amentable account Of the prospective con-
dition of the people, because Of the immense quan.
tity of corn now being distilled into whiskey She
says there said to be l5o distlleries in one Of
our western Counties. or course those who distil
all the corn into whskey, will see to it that the
people do not lack bread. There is, however, one
remarkable fact connected with this matter, that
people do not consider. 1t is said that the COM
plant against whskey dlstillers is general if not
universal But they cannot distil unless'they can
get grain Do people sell their grain to disters at
high price, and then turn about and raise their
hands in holy horror at themf What hypocrisy |
Let the people keep their grain for bread and to
raise pork and distllers will be forced to stop be.
fore the 18th of April
Year: 1862

Coon ADVICE What if people
do speak against youa Let then
feel that you are able TO bear it
What is there gained by stopping to
correct every word that is whispered
to your discrediil Lies will die j.
let alone; but il you repeat them t.
This one and another, because your
enemies have the impndence t.
make them, you keep the fire burn,
ing, and open the way Tor doz n
ISLANDERS. Keep on the way;-go
straight forward; and trouble no'
your head about what is repeated
but feel all the better and wear ,
less irightinl face. SIander nev
killed sterling character and !
never will.
Year: 1862

the sollier and leave him 10 work
TO do but fighting. A voice in the
crowd-"What are you going to do
with the niggers I"


The General singing out the own.
er of the voice, and pointing hi
long finger at him, replied . "Ah
my friend, you are just the man |
have been looking for. will I u
YOU what / anu going to do with
them. lam going to plant th,m on
the soil Of the Gulf coast after We
have got through this war, let them
stay there and cultivate the land ;
have government extend q protec.
ton to them as it does to the Indian
and send superintendents and gov
ernors among them and pay ,h"m
wages for their labor. There conld
be no competition between black
ard white labor. lie believed that
the blacks at no distant dav would
have possession OF that Gulf coun.
try to which they were accli,natcd
and physically cond toned. lie
proposed to establish free state gov
ernments as he went along, AMI he
promised his hearers that either he
or the rebels wonld be cleared out.


After urging the benefit of Wig.
orous prosecution Of the war. the
General closed by again thanking
the crowl for the handsome reccp.
ton, and retired to the parlors amid
most enthusiastic applause. where
he was soon engaged i'll more pre-
sentations.
Year: 1862

s- If We are to have peace, it must be
by bravery in the field, and conservatism in
council.-Louisrille Journal.


Aye, aye, that undoubtedly is the opin.
ion of Union journals at the seat of war,
but up north thousand miles nearly from
you, most papers view it in different light.
They say the way to have peace is by
bravery in the field and radicalism in coun.
Gil. After persistent efforts to convince
them of their error, we are compelled to
abandon them to their error as being both
wilful and opinionated.
Year: 1862

The MEMORY OF MoTHER.-When
temptation appears, and we are almost per-
suadcd to do wrong, how often mother
word Of warning will call to mind VOWS
that are rarely broken. Yes, the memory
of mother has saved many poor wretch,
from going astray. Tall grass may be
grown over the hallowed spot where all her
earthly remains repese the dying leaves OF
autumn may whirl over it, or the white
mantle Of winter may cover it from sight /;
yet the spirit of her, when he walks in the
right path, appears, and gently, softly,
mournfully calls him, when wandering off
into the ways of error"
Year: 1862

The theory has been put forth in some quar-
tors, that owing to the existence of the war
the lines Of political demarcaton are alrcadr
or must hereafter be. oblitrralci and the pco-
pie of the Northern States, become one in Eot.
icaI sentiment, as they ate one in loyal and pat
rotic devotion to the Union. Acting upon this
theory, an attempt wls made previous 10 thC
fall election to induce the Democratic party tC
forego its accustomed policy and to unite with
the Republicans in nominating and sustaining
common tickets, pledged to the support Of tie
Administration and the war 1t vas boldly
proclaimed that hostility to this pretended Un.
ion feeling was to be taken as evidence Of dis
loyalty 20 the Government, and :hc most extra
ordinary measures cf intimidation, cGicu and
otherwise, we're resortcd to- for the purpose Of
crushing out the Democratic organiGation and
compelling It's members TO choose between the
stigma oil disoyally to the Government aud the
abandonment Of political party whose trali
tons aud constant line Of action have establish
ed its character as the party upon which alone,
in this country reliance can be placed for the
maintenance Of the Constitution, vita all its
socrcd guarantees, and the protection and pres
crvGtion Of the rights If the States


Tne situation Of the country, and the attitude
Of political parties. arc without precedent and
in in the patriotic desire to DO what vas best for
the welfare Of the Government in so grave an
emergency, many Democrats, and conservative
men not hitherto attached 10 the Democratic
party ccnsonted to unite with the Republicans
in an ardent support Of the war policy, and to
mogre their political action with that Of their
hitherto most bitter advcrsariqs. We do not
complain Of this action Of Democrats, where
the objects were un,c'i.h and patriotic; where
it did not involve the reversal of former decara-
ticns and professions on these questions Or give
evidence Of personal ambition and personal ami
mosihcs, which could be better indulgcd by op-
posing that supporting the party with which
they had been associated.


But whilo We concado the patriotism which
prompted the SURRENDER, in many instances, of
sound and established political principles and
organization, we nay be permitted to express
our belief that as question Of sound political
polcy-of pure and elevated patriotism, such
sacrifice was not demanded that its effect was
more likely to prove disastrous than beneficial
to the country, by contributing to the success of
sectional party and weakening the power OF
Year: 1862

COUNTERFEIT MONEY IN THE ARaY.-The Wash. ington correspondent of the Journal of Com. nnerce relates the following:

 An army sutler yesterday called at one of our city banks to have twenty seven dollars of Indiana money exchanged for current funds. when twenty-five dollars of the whole amount was thrown out as counterfeit. After express ing his astonlshment, the man declared that he knew of one entire regiment that had received their State bounty in this very spurious money. And from the hapker alluded to, learn that the amount of counterfeit money now in circulation in the army and in his communityis enormous

 THAT great braggart. Gen. Hindman of Ar kansas has fallen into disgrace, and is now in prison at little Rock He is to be sent to Rich mond for trial, Albert Pike charges him with all manner of outrages.
Year: 1862

~,There is information of substantial aid being furnished by England for the construction of a rebel navy. Several immense iron-clad frigates are being constructed at present, calculated to cross the ocean, and of power sufficient tc de. vastate our coasts and annihilate our shipping. Practically, England is now at war with the United States, and a formal declaration could scarcely add to the power for mischief which it exercises.