Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman wtuhklv number 63 1 1 i;i'\l.i lit i i'oii \ ml i'lioi'm 1.1 uk from tlie not lh ' noliii.t presbytia inn ivrsoh.il k.nphisibili •• kv.o \ man shall bear ins own burden !" such is g«»d h own startling declaration ami lhe connection ol ihu sentence (-.<• • id hi ni ii : 6 shows tl.nl n was intend ed to rebuke th error of those who look more at the sins of others than at their owa and wh t ure conical with n compar i nt of themselves with others rather than w ttll t lie pel i'.-ct i iw ol i mid there 1 t bui.b'u lo lie borne ; sollle ihing which require an cfrirl to lienr something which will task our powers it 1 a burden ihi burden rests 011 my titan ;'' not on an individual here and there ; not on a part of mankind bul on v 1 mtii woman ami child a hur.l n which is every man's own " his own burden vain is tbe cffori in threw oti tin bm but or to sinit it 011 to 1 t hers l i untransferable m"1 lias determined tiiit every man " shall bear ii whether he will or not i herefore reader you are the one whom this subject deeply con cm ns « mi ! c insider it eveiy m in it i bear his own burden f 1 mii.11 \ 1 io s uh i t 1 v whal ihi is i p.'lfet \' expressed by < ui l.ot.l — '• fllou shall love 1 he lord thy trod wil h all tlt heart and son and mind and strength ■ <■. i ibv n.-i^li 1 ",! a thyself this i.s the obii ii mu which rests on ewi \' man which he mn b",ir and no oilier eatt iwar for him fnie unfeigned love to »■ id ami mitt is the duty of each ami ev • 1 \ one o us ; and god v ill hold e ei v 111 1 11 1 for it i he empty senti ment tit hollow profession will uol suf fice 1 must be a living practical ptiu ciple love to tio-i tti.isi be exhibited and attested by submission to llts wiil and a ens m devotion i o his service ; aud love to in m must be shown l a sincere desire antl faithful efforts to serve their best m t tresis and the measure ol this obligation iu each case is determined by out situation ml ciicuiiist iiices in life which are all known to god fie know ihe precise • •< !, htioii aud situation of every man his bodily strength his mental endowments i - n itiual ::"!'-. the ainouul of bis world | v possessions the extent of ins influence ami is the result of all lliese his power to do good lo benefit mankind and glorify god and io will bold bim responsible for a ! the good he could do to himself to ins family lo lha church to liie com muuiii and lo ihe world at larire tli then is very man's burden if men are rich and great and influential thej must accept ihe responsibility impos ed by their loftier ue i mote favorable sit uation tu life nor is ibis burden anv heavier in ibeir case in proportion than iu lhe ease of the poor and utiinlluciilial iu each case tin burden is all that he ran hear lie must do what he can and all that he can to glorify god and bless his fellow men this burden even 1 man shall bear others must not cannot shall not bear it for him each must separately b.ar in own let others do ever so much il can not release bim ; let others do ever so little it does not lessen or increase his burden to suppose otherwise would be as foolish as for an earthly debtor to sup pose lhat because other men paid their debts be need not pay his whereas in fact it makes no man tier of difference whether other men pay their debts or not he iiiu-t pay his or be bankrupt ! ami this suggests the further remark that every man shall bear his own burden of guilt our deficiencies and transgres sions are perfectly known to god and he will hold us responsible lo the precise ex tent of our criminality lie will never in quire how one man's character compares with others bul how it stand in itselfand a eon 1 pate i with the demands of his law he will never excu-e an ungodly son be cause he has su infidel 01 irreligious fa ther ; nor will the short comings of a mo ther > xcuse the vanity and worldliness of a daughter no thoughtless young man will be permitted to plead the thought lessness of ins companions no sabbath breaker profane sweater or debauchee be excused by any example or multitude of evil doers no man shall plead the de mands of society or fashion or the un faithfulness of others in excuse of ins own uavei!e ne and indifference to the calls ot t»od let others do as they may e>ery man mast answer for himself i.od has commanded every man woman and child bi pnial \\ mim i m.liv i.htillb , tu |,-|„ t i ,,,| ' i >■ ■ 1 1 . - v . - : li < i j |,, ,,.| ,,, ,, i j wh l ntlgs hllil hllblllil | tj i i ; klld <\>\\ ill ib ideal at niter ..,, i ,',,,, t ,-,. m . r m ill in ■ l.'iih uutli a though ti v . i • ■ noiimuth or in un ni.ivri a s ihou.li when nli • ili is accepted ( h-i-i nn i ilt.l ih ir duty '"• alone stood ,,,,, j m i,s mit t rebellion ! nor will hi imperfections find shorl coining of on professed christian excuse those of another tit fall f i im nl i ter and i>tb i atni nt s.onl will hevei justify or excuse in ibe icmsi degree lhe back sii lin^s of h in i in now ■ tlie • o|.|ii s if i lilolhei towards \ ott will ne r justify your coi.|ii..ss towards linn ; in cetwufe or slander or inju-iico will nevei excuse a itiinihtr course in ou tin small j ti an i ili-|ito|ioi it ni of bin offerings io ih service ol trod will tin excuse you in like iivotolinrii'rt ||.- n , ii -. t stand or full i ' i ■■)' < i.lt i to in wn spirit ami works and j o itiii.-i ni ueiiieoibei when weiirh 1 ! in ihe balances of god's righteoua pule inetil ttt the li-t .!.«\ , \ on w ill not be per muted lo ihi'ow voui neighbor into ibe o osite m'.il iu balance yourself with hi in .' v..11 hlit he must alike an i in jlt.iii iim weighed againsl lhe imlv ihw of god klid if found wanting each intist he c ilitleiulied ami as with the burden of duty and of | limit so it i with ihe inwdt ii of i'tnlsh mknt " the mini id it sinn-th u shall die ' !>.• nol deceixed wha soever a man soweth t li sit shall he also ii<hif ; he lhal wilt to the flesh siia | of the flesh rt-hji j corruption i !■■ ran i lore shift thin i hurd**n fiotii lt own in another's shonl j th is tji.ni he in throw oft hi inlv or his gollt ll is ii ihnhgllt otnet iim s 1 1 1 1 i u ! ir i ed l llio-e \\ ih ||, r c | |||,. 1 fjllt is ll ll afford d - in comfort —" il if 1 suffer i shall in i suffer alone : 1 hall have n multitude lot eom|ihtiy ; if they can bear il 1 can ■' ' i hit the sufferings of others will nol aiiov tit \,. iii ; ibey cannot suf fer for nt ; i lf-v musi bear their ow n burden while yon bear v mis and us it w re till m alone na truly as if you had uu com paid ti in woe ! sncli l the sci'i|,tnra doctrine of per sonal responsibility a doctrine fully con tinued by every 111111 o\vii reason and i conscience which condemn ns hot for the sins o others but only to oui own - ; t -. i ever s , 1 11 11 iy ujeii steal or com mi t mur der conscience does not condemn us ; and v ", il ever so m my do good which we negleel lo do conscience does not praise "* f«»r it this is a practical illnsfratioii ami proof of h truth too easily an i loo of tetr forgotten viz thai every man shall ! hear in own burden he shall bear that and nothing else ; but that he shall bear { 110 one shall bear it for bim ! if ibis be so what foil in men to take comfort from lite sins of others this i all tin comfort some people have and they are poor enough and foolish enough i to be satisfied they " are sinners indeed but not the only sinners ; many are as bad ami even worse than they ale hit what . ol thai ? they iini-t bear their burden and ou yotns perhaps you can point to some church members and even oilice i bearers in the church no better than yon ate ; but what of thai ? " every titan musi l ; m account ..;' himself to god •• oj himself observe not of hi minister or fellow christian or fellow sinner hut of himself whal folly ih.-n to comfort yourself in view of the sins of others ! equally vain is it to trust in the good works or piety vi others this als w is a great comfort to some people a pious ancestry affords all the religious hope they have ( liilclc mi often rely on the piety of their parents forgetting that god has said " the soul that siniiclli it shall die ; the ; son shall not bear the iniquity of the fath er nor the father the iniquity of the sou : ! the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him and the wickedness of the wick ed shall be upon him 1 so among professors of religion how many act upon the same false principle ! the gospel is to be supported and ihey know they ought to do their part ; but if : they don't others will and the thing will ! be accomplished ! a church is to be built n missionary lo be sent abroad ; a poor and pious youth to be educated ; a heathen to be evangelized : but others are attending to tlm.se matters therefore they may be idle < h ! what a different what a happy world this would be if each would only bear hi own burden or do his own duty without reference to the conduct of others ! lu that case every sinner won i repent every christian do hi lull duty and the world soon be filled with bibles ministers sanctuaries schools and ail the means of grace this is just what might be done would every man bear his own burden < mi ! if god's people would come up eve ry man cheerfully promptly " without de 1 1 ion ** heath own b irden " pi t forming hi c>w n duly ami t,..t h inu t"t me ' - whal '- ;.--! jlie in :,|, i ... ,.,.|,., i ,,|' him wii it a chlinge would soon upt«<hi ! i be days f 1 in el 1 11 reb's moil ruing w»»uh be ended ; till leant « ml >..■ » meil from ill c es ; ami < rod c en our 1 . 1 would blcs us ! 77 a stonk blockade tn europe what is tikil'cir of it i be stone blockade i mi linoolil eon till lies to excite a e-ieal .'; il ill indignation 111 both kuglaud and rrsitee the kny llsll : 1 it 1 i leliell ple-s hot o|i i poll ii as an '* enormity and a '• bin bariiy 1)111 cio upon ill ii gt veinnieli s (,, t,|er i ie ami put aii en i toil we oi ,. some iuipoitaiil d i sl 1011 ou 1 be sin pet from in late foreign files from whieli ti seems lik u lhal oine initiative aelion will soon lollow u ibe part ot r'raiice and england i i m it k.ra 111 1 nt r i'v m the london times i uk amkiiu'.w ld.nt'kahk * * * tbe m«eling of the krerich chambers on the 7 h instant and of the english i 11 liaiin-iil rn he 6th <>'' i'ebiaia iv may be followed by some iiiipor'aul b'clai nt ions on the subject the initiative is 1 houghl liki iv lo be taken h fiance since ! he ell cts of tbe cult 11 ,| mi th ;,|-,. mores vere upon that conmrv than upon real ihi tain when a great compensation is found in 1 be impulse g'l\ell lo lie i the tact t'b al it k i'm lice of any ollu r power should demand the concurrence of eng land in disavowing tin inefheieiil blockade of lhe southern ports b the kederal fleet it would be difficult to find a logical plea for refusal the < vidence seems complete thai if the presenl huviimd blockade is to be respected the ptovisii m of the t real \ of paris lhat a blockade sh dl not be recog ui .'. unless it shall be 1 nl musi be looked upon as cancelled and an impression pre vails lhal t hi r ult won hi be distasteful to all statesmen who recognize lhe claims of commerce and eivilixal ion from lhe lbndon < rlobe th ful nil government ought to c compelled lo char lliem tln sloru vessels i that i the | lain sense ol the m tter u ton plain we leat to be acted oil without further provocation in tutting whole some compulsion on 11 government which in this matter if flying in the face of thi whole civilized icordd the oib r maritime powers would be best terviiig the perma neiit in lores ts of the people tf lhe united states as well as those of foreign traders and mariners the destruction of accessi hie ports where there are so few of them as mi that coast is a greater injury to northern american than to any other comirierca and shipping philip drunk with the spirit of resisted asoendhiicv ma fail to see t his — philip sober doubtless will and perhaps europe by anticipating the 111 .: iim ti t of sobriety and dispelled illusions might earn he future acknowledgments of mr sun 1 iter for having reminded america of her own principles which she had some how forgotten and helped mr seward's statesmanship to a second gival political triumph paris correspondence of the i ml m post the o ia an of m 1 ><■ persia nv alluding to the civil war in america unequivocally condemns the vandalism ufthe north in destroying charleston harbour tbe gisl of the article may be summed up in one of its passages : wbai would be said of a french ruler who iu the event of a rebellion in ibe south would destroy forevei the harbour of marseilles the federal government has done itself bv this species of barbarism an injur which time w'ill never efface americans have always made franco their headquar ters in europe but the majoiiiy lias al ways belonged to the south whose courl esy polished manners and wealth gained a ready access for them to the besi french society the south in spite of slavery is popular in france and the stone fieet alro city has created an impression here wh el no amount of talking alxiut lafayetle and libel ty will do away with from the si i itchman a i'''.'it effect baa been created by lhe news of th last mail n garding the tl tion of the harbour of charleston by the sinking of stone laden hulks besides the ordinary or general objection as to such an act — objections almost universally acknow ledged in practice by the european pow t time at two special objections in the case of america the northern government which re sort to this extreme and almo-l obselete action of war has hitherto shown itself al most impotent in the ordinary operations i war though li n ing in lhe field the -' a m i he world c.er nnw and m lfhin tbe m culinr nbji . t of ihe w nt n n tiers such un ,/,/ peculiarly inst nsatt the object being to initio tack t fellow citi lens uudei a democratic republic the 1 pie o barbarous and uselessly injured aii'l to iv dili e s part f on country the territory thu song hi to be destroyed already a we are informed that act has o ti lb i i iuh kmpcror an opportunity ol again ptes-ma upon our ( al met ins a in ice that bur pe hotim at least to the . xi nl of recognising as a fact lhe con federate i om i'll lie 1,1 o hot hc o h|er «» a litel the ft ih 1 tl blockade ,| u some i thing toward bringing o an end a war whose barbarous acts and \ ry nature ate a discreilil lo ci ilizalion ami humanity it is known thai never moulhi ago i ranee urged the ihiiiah ttoyernmeni t i ati her m recognising tin southern con ledel icj . an i disregarding lhe blockade v a bear i .. m gooi soutci's hit lhe french o\.imtiout ins renewed thai rt quest an i i pushing it with much tager 6s .' and h is con-hlei d that when the i french * iamber meet on the 27th inst i there will be sneh expression of french opinion as will bring the question inlo at i-i i eriiical position and iu all proo e biliiy g1v much oilen-e i th ainerioans j lb re . •:■ isls in loudon an active ami growing party including many members ol parliament having for its object an im ni tale recognition ot th southern con federacy on certain understood lermsi — i ins p o ty i in eommunition wiih tlie v preventatives of the south in lou th iii and gives out t hat it see u way lo a di sir i 1 ., ■ at tangeinent » ur information i that th south acting through its lon ion a<r nt is at leasl willing lo have il understood that in consideration of nn mediate recognition and the disregard of lhe imper i kade it would enffatze for ii ■■-■ p these three things a treaty of free trade ; tbe pi oh th 1 1 on ,,)' il imp ri of slaves ; ami the freedom of all blacks bom hereafter it will c.'l-m be seen lhat if atlv uell terms were offered — but we hesitate to be lieve ihe last oi them a pressure in favor ot tiie south would come upon the british government from more than one tormidu i'l ■ -•■< ' ou of our public the relentless ftiuj destructive spirit in which the north conducts the civil war cannot bm have me lined influence n lhe feelings of our - veritmenl ; but it operate more powerl illy in in indirect form bv givine sliitiulus ami material loth parlies jusl un nti 1 a engaged in employing pies iii •• from without speech nl mu m i.s8by member ol par li a ml nt * ; "' * l'he northern states had established a blockade oi the whole of the southern coast ; hm it had been so done that according t j the law of nations there i ui never been an efficient blockade and ii had only been recognized at all ihrougli the courtesy ami forbearance of lhe mara time slate \\ ,• had submitted to be de , ptiveil ot the staple material of industry ; rather than construe i o strictly the ques 1 tion ol compliance with t he laws of nations ii i'i ourselves ami the french had suffer . !. ami he feared were destined to suffer still t fiom th blockade lb was itiug no state secrets lor he knew none and i was notorious that the french gov uteiil i .. i repeatedly and eai uesi ly re niotist rated v i i i i our government lo join u th them in pull ing ati end to that w hich v ;,- no hloi kade | applause ] 1 nt how much longer was lhat to l.a-t ' was this inefficient and paper blockade lo be eternally respected no no were we to * ul ji n it to be starved i no were nn ■■ to expect our greal neighbour france : t submit to li starred '. o were we in ihis year of 1802 for the sake of favoring a ferocious and frantic e war to ;,', a the greal ports ol commerce to be closed all the operations of the trade to be : n-j , nded credit to he deranged uuof ling persons to be subjected lo unpar led lit i at m ate i many uf our pool ei countrymen absolutely lo be reduced to peimrv and starvation no no three cheers for mi . m asset ." j an ad lit ion had lately been made to t be blockade nn inch matet milt altered i he question ; for i ' had h _ onlj lo kade bul tod troy t ho great nul h t ul commerce there was some doubt whe th"i uharleston harbor bad h.-en really destroyed but commander davis who bad charge of and sunk the stone fleet , ted that in a very short time the port would be destroyed foi ever iius was not a blockade but an attempt to make war upon nature itself to defeat those beneficent provision which nature had made for the safety of mankind if lhe statement of commander davis was true coupled wilh the olher facts that the kade was inefficient and was likely t l«sl loi an indefinite p ti ..| then sneak ing iii lhe interests of peace and desiring the freedom of commerce be 1 clan d that , for the sake of h ii ilia li 1 1 y f ||,,. s ke of : ih interests of lhe eivilited world — for the sake of the people themselves who were involved iu this mad hopeless and aimless , contest that it was ttie duty of the oreat maritime powers to cobs'der whether the time had not come by mediation and by friendly interposition to endeavor to put an end to ibis st 1 t of affairs cheers i i hat was his opinion ami that was tbe 1 policy he meant to support in the house ( of < olllinolis | lou | ( beets | it was not with him a question whether it was j p..-sible b nny maails to preserve the lin ! i'"i of ibe united stat - ; he believed that ' lo be absolutely i in possible ll the eleven < '. tiie.l.i.aie mates were determined lo be itee lio power oil e.atth cotihl jterflill ll'dllcc ill ill to llbjeettoll n0te8 of tub war review 0 tilt war killed and wm n dsd the charleston mirier publishes an interesting tabular statement of the casu alties on both sides since the beginning of the war the federal successes areas follows : i'hihppi moonville rich mountain st george llatteras predericaslowh f l'ort i ro al slid i haitiesville in tb.se the confederates loaf 186 kill ed 278 wounded and i 240 prisoners the federals oi killed and 207 wounded — i he i-t n ( on!'i ihi'ate victories comprises ii beginning at san antonio on the loth february nnd ending ni sacramento on the 28th december lu these engage im nt the confederates lost in killed itnn wounded 8,067 prisoners ih ; the fed eial loss was killed 4,825 wounded 7,014 prisoners h,i 77 recap ii i i , vi ion i lonfederate federal losses losses killed 1,135 1.911 wounded 8,845 7,821 prisoners 1,487 8,177 total 5,067 20,909 that we have says the ournr not overrated the federal loss is proved by the following extinct from the washington correspondence of lhe new yoik times f a late dale ', by returns at the war department up io he 20l h december i learn that the mortality in our army since the war bioke out will reach 22,000 the number kill ed in battle skit tiiishes v;e is about 1 j , into the number wounded 17,000 the number of prisoners in the south and de serters amount to 0.000 1 1 we bail the means of ascertaining the federal losses by the numerous smaller engagements picket skirmishes c du ring the year we might easily carry the i number of killed and wounded up to the ; figures indicated iu the new york touts i iii m klin of our army the richmond correspondent of tho m.tnphis appeal justly classes whiskey as one ,,(' the greatest evils of our tinny and add : i'here is a distillery in richmond the proprietors ef which are making a clear profit n,aioti-l estimated at from two to four thousand dollars a dav ! would you knonv what this whiskey is '. it is acbaio ' lightning blue in i ii liquid fire death in th up well this infernal drench which n\as id before the war at twenty three ueuts a gallon and the like of which may be obtained to day in hogopolit — i mean i incinnati — at thirteen cents is eagerly bought up at 11.60 a gallon and where doc it go i every drop of it to the army ! the amount of public injur of demor alization of crime which is caused bv this immense production of whiskey cannot be computed the seeds of ruin are thus own broadcast over the land and the fa tal crop w ill only too surely be gathered in crowded hospital in bloo.lv street hell in fatal military misfortunes in the uttei debasement of the finest body of sol i the world has ever ecu collected » nn rig be done lo remedy thi fi igbt *■"■ j ~» fid evil '. are we powerless '. shall the dilate states of america be left at the ii.etcy of a few unscrupulous whiskey dealers whom we have more to bar than the ships of burnside u the bavonets of mcclellan ? we establish a censorship of the press we legislate concerning the adulterations of food we protect ourselves against the impurity of drugs and medicines shall we not defend our defenders from the poisou of the distilleries ? salisbury x c february 24 1862 vol xix