Carolina Watchman

              weekly vol xix salisbury n c aprr1l 28 1862 numbkk 72 j 1 bruner editor ami mtoimtn-.ioti from the fiiviteville observer our next governor at a lime like the present il becomes of the utmost importance that lha gentleman selected should be a man well known to the people of the st.it \\ .• should avoid if possible any healed political controversy and therefore should elect one who lias had uo connection with any of the squabbles which have arisen in regard to the bestowal of public patron age since the commencement of our war lor independence we should select one in whose patriot ism ami sound judgment the people have entile confidence mj who would exert himself to repress the foil spirit of party which h i ready bids lair to l>e of urretrt j a . jury to our glorious cauae v t ui id it nut therefore for lhe sake of unity at the ballot box b better t select sonic gentleman who has not been a mem ber of either lhe convention or legisla ture — who has not been connected wilh the receiving or riving of those ollices which ol late hive caused so much dissat isfaction ami wrangling and who has heretofore receivt-d in some way a mani festation of t confidence of lhe people 1 allow me to suggest the name of john pool cf pasquotank his soumliii'ss upon the great and ab sorbing question of southern indepen dence is undoubted h was run h nd cor dially supported upon each ami all ofthe electoral tickets and received nearly the entile vote of the state he had previously been a candidate un der the old party organisations and re ceived s very large and haltering vote irom ihe people and has thus become gen erally known ol course o parly issues are dot now to be thought of and that they are io noivd upon his name is manifested by the large vote cast for him as elector an i now that it is desirable that such issues should be ignored in the guberna torial election can any other name be sug gested more likely to accomplish that re sult < mr pool is a man of clear comprehen sive intellect great self-command firm ness and courage and would without doubt be hailed at this juncture with ac clamation by the people as their chosen leader the next governor a numb"i of the papers in this state have been engaged for some months in the discussion of the gubernatorial ques tion we have taken but little pari in this discussion for the reason that we had uo favorite to present and had no disposi tion to try to manufacture public opinion in favor of any particular man among the many worthy gentlemen named for the office none in our judgment are bet ber qualified for the discharge of the im portant duties thai will devolve on the in cumbent than the hon wm a graham but in designating him as our first choice there are a number of other gentlemen whose names have been mentioned in this connection who we could cheerfully sup port for governor we are still satisfied lhat there ought not to be a partisan can vass for the oilice this summer and we do not intend to do any thing to bring aboui such a canvass — trreens fat the gubernatorial question some ofthe papers of this state are dis cussing uie question u who shall be our next governor f we have until now been lumb as an oyster on the subject tn looking around we see so many gentle men we would cordially support that w.j feci a delicacy in singling out anv partic ular one there is brown of caswell be would do first rate there are cunning ham and reade of person either of w hom would make a capital governor there is graham of orange hidden of wake morehead and gil r of guilford john ston of mecklenburg and many others we might name any one of whom will suii us but in view of the great crisis through which the old north state is now pnssiog we would prefer the hon wm a ra ham of < on noe over all others we need jusl such a man as mr graham in the executive chair at a time like this and in fact a head ami heart like his would he found advantageous to the confedera cy if employed in president davis'cabi net \\ e need not t.-ll our readers who mr graham is or what he is — suffice it to ray be si a statesman of tbe highest order in the world and the very man for the times but we will support any other man worthy and well qualified without regard to his political iiritecc.l.'iik mil ion chronicle nimlllstlon ordinance an okiiinanci to pit.minit ror a i.imitkii timk thk manikach uk ok sflltltfot s lt com 1 . rett orda tned hy th e delrrjates of the ren /'!'■ ij north cuivlina in f'tinirrnhim mssm bled and il is hereby ordained in the auuiori tif of the same that there tliiill bo ii tax of thirty cents levied on each gallon ol spiritu ous liquors manufactured in tins state out of any corn wheat rye or oats or nuv or either of them from the ratification ol fins iit.liiinin up in tin fifteenth day of april next 1 ri it further ordained that from att.l after tin loth tiny of april next it shall not be lawful lor any p.-i >,,.: m ibis state to dis nl soy buoh spirituous liquors and all persons guilty ol violating this section of thn ufdi nance shall tor each and every act ofdistilla ! tion bo guilty ofa misdemeanor nml on cor i vicik.it thereof ib ill be fined or imprisoned at tin discretion of tiie un the tine not to be loss than on hundred dollars or the uupiia ohiik'tit not loss than thirty days t //. it furl/in ordained trial there shall in levied a t;i ol one dollar on every gallon of spirittions liquors m thisstrtenoi or tnetnan iilaetiirc it ins state arnl said tax shall be piiuj by the stiicr itni sbouiti the seller be a j iioii-irst.b'iit then th lax shall be paid by i the pupr-haser 1 lie it further ordiiitietl tli.it each ami | every person wlicu be oj v ,. s j m (,» list i tax able property shall also give in tt oath to j tho magistrate taking safd list the number of gallons of spirittions lienors on which he is liable io pay taxes under the provision of tins ordinance under the penalties liabilities and forfeitures already provided by law in snob i cases ."). de it further ordained that the tax of i one dollar mentioned in section third of tins ordinance shalf not apply to liquors brought , into this state before tin first ilav of march next 6 be it further ordained that this ordi nance shall be in force bom and after its rat ification and continue in ibrae until the first day ol january l863 and no longer unless re-enacted modified or amended by the gen ' eral assembly conscription extract from lhe junior editor of the mil , ton chronicle dated toon's point va april 4 1862 * * • e « » your opinion and mine touching tbe propos ed conscription act differ somewhat though the law may smack of despotism a little l ! think it an admirable plan for organizing the i truth is i have had observation enough lo know it our army is not disciplined as ii should be twelve months volunteers won't do for tbe officers iu too many cases are subservient to iheir whims and tnstei.d of governing they are governed but suppose you draft how many i thousands ol real first-rate material will skulk the draft by hiring substitutes who right foi | money instead of priuctple und country i protest that hirelings are not the men to fight | our battles the men wh dally not until they are forced to take up arms aud defend their own hearth-stones and who scorn to " wait until they are " hired lo fight these mainly are the men a nation can rely on tor defence true a draft would get inuny a man now at ! home consulting bis own interest iu preference to the welfare of his country who could he be led into lhe field would make a good and rcli ( ble soldier but as i remarked above too many thousands kirk the draft by employing substi j lutes and then what have we ? why an ar my of hirelings a majority of them gibbit birds that know no country who will fight as long as iheir pocksin are fed fat and no longer such an army might do if ve hud even num bers to contend with but while ai each great odds we require men of a different stamp and the only way to get such men is to rlo away with substitutes and in ike all come inlo this field who are young and vigorous this ismy opinion though it differs from a great many raleigh april 11 1hg2 to his excellency iienrv t clark governor of north carolina sir : th inquiry which you made yester day respecting the value of tbe brine which has been employed tor preserving meat is impor tant at tins time old brine will contain a large proportion of tha salt us.-tj and may be recov ered by boiling let ibe brute be poured into au iron kettle nnd stir in while id the whites of several eggs boil the brine and skim off the tbrt from the top as long as it rises now strain the liquid while hot in order to tree it trom a stringy sediment hod again and skim if necessary reduhug the quantity of brine by evaporation until a pelicle of fine salt forms upon the surface it may now be set i by io cool while crystals of nearly pure salt will be formed the brine should never be boiled till i dry mass is formed as in that case it will be impure and dark colored hy repeat i mg the evaporation lhe sidt may be obtained as pure antl while us table suit most truly your servant e emmons state geologist p 8 — if the brill 1 is stirred while cooling fine salt will be formed ; if it is allowed to cool at rest a coarse salt will be deposited l^t henry ledbetter of anson county n c living near wadesboro is worthy of honorable mention for bteadily belling com at 75 cents after the speculators had placed it at 1.15 our duller and our duly tiik ravauks ok l.oius xiv in the beautiful valleys of lne kliiue almui the clone of the 17th oentury may be taken as a specimen of the apps hi n desolation which i likely to overspread the i on federate stales if lhe northern irm should succeed in its schemes of subjugation and plunder europe was then outraged by a l roci lies in flic i.d b < hristian up.ui christians more fierce and cruel than even mahometans could have bad the heart to perpelrute i'r ; vale dwellings were razed lo the ground fields laid waste cities burnt churches demolished , aud the fruits of industry sm mealy aud ruth lessly destroyed hut three day ( f grace were allowed to the wretched inhabitants to flee their country and in a short lime the historian tells un " the muds and fields which then luy deep in snow were blackened by innumerable multi tudes of men women ind children hying from their homes many died ol cold and hunger ; hut enough survived to ill the streets of nil the cities nf europe wnh lean and squalid beggars who had once been thriving f.irm.-rs and shop keepers '' and whal have we lo expect if our enemies prevuil ( our homes loo are to be pil laged our cilies sacked and demolished our pro perly confiscated our true men bunged and those who escape the gibbet t he driven as vag bonds and wanderers in foreign clmiev tins beautiful country is to pass oui of our bands — tbe boundaries which mark our slates are in some instances lu be ellac-d and the stales that remain ure lo be converted into subject provinces governed by northern rulers antl by northern laws our property is lo be ruthless ly seized andiurned over to mercenary strang ers iu order lo pay the enormous debl which our subjugation cert our wivehiu.d daughters ate to become tbe prey of l.tuial lust the slave too will siowlv pass away as the red man did before him under the protection of northern philanthropy ; and lhe whole country now like the garden of eden in beauty mid fertility , will ) first be ti blackened and smoking tbseri and : then lhe iniinsl rof northern cupidity and ava ; rice our history will lie worse than poland and i hungary them is not a single redeeming tea j lure of ruin wbjch stares us in lhe bice if we | permit ourselves to be conquered it is a night i of thick dsrsness that will settle upon ns even sympathy the last solace of tbe tfflict.-d wiil be denied us the civilized world vill look | coldly upon us or even jeer us with lhe launi i lhat we have deservedly lost our own freedom j 111 seeking lo perpetuate the slavery of others we shall perish under a cloud of reproach and of unjust suspicions sedulously propagated by our enemies which will be harder to bear than the loss ot home and of g.sids such a tale never overlook any people before the case is as desperate wiih our enemies as with ourselves i h.-v must succeed or perish tbey must conquer or be destroyed themselves if tbey fail national bankruptcy stares ihem iu lhe face divisions in ibeir own ranks are inev itable and their government will fall to pieces under the we gbt of its own corruption they know that they are a doomed people if they are defeated hence tlieir madness they must have our property lo save them from insolven cy they must show thai ihe union cannot be dissolved to save ihem from future secessions the parties therefore in this conflict can make no compromises it is a matter f life and death with both — a struggle in which iheir all is in volved but the consequences of success on our part will be very different from the consequences of success on the part of the north if they pre vail the whole character of tbe government will be changed and instead of a federal repub lic the common agenl of sovereign and inde | pendent states we shall have a central des|>o i tism with the notion of states forever abolish , ed deriving its powers from ihe will and shap | i g its policy according to lhe wishes of « nu inerteal inajoriiy of the people ; we shall have j iu other words a supreme irresponsible derooc i racy the will of the north will stand for law i the government does not now recognize itself as an ordinance of god and when all the checks i and balances of the constitution are gone we may easily figure to ourselves the career of ihis godless monslerof democratic absolutism the progress of regulated liberty on this continent will be arrested anarchy will soon succeed aud tbe end will be a military despotism which per verts order by lhe sacrifice of lhe last vestige of liberty we an full v petsuaded thut the triumph of the north in lhe present conflict will be is disastrous tu the hopes of ma il ind as to our own fortunes they are now fighting the battle of despotism they have put their constitution under tlieir feet ; ihey have annull ed its most solemn guaranties they are now i engaged in the halls of congress in discussing and maturing bills which make northern notions of necessity ibe paramount laws of the bind — the avowed end ofthe preseut war is to make j the government a government of tone it is to settle the principle thai whatever may be its corruptions and abuses however unjust and ty j rannical us legislation there is no redress ex ' cept in vain petition or empty remonstrance — j it was a protest against tins principle winch sweeps away the last security for liberty that virginia north carolina tennessee and mis souri seceded and if lhe government should be reestablished il must be reestablished with this feature of remorseless despotism firmly and in delibly fixed the future fortunes of our chil dren and of i his continent would then be deter mined by ii tyranny which has no parallel in his tory on the other hand we are struggling for con stitulional freedom we ure upholding the great principles which our fathers bequeathed is aud if we should succeed and become iis we shall the dominant nation of ibis continent we shall perpetuate and diffuse the very liberty for which washington bled and which the heroes of the revolution achieved we are not revolution ise — we are resisting a revolution we are up holding the true doctrines of the federal con stitution we are conservative our success is the triumph of all that has been considered established in the past we can never become aggressive ; we may absorb but we can never invade for conquest any neighboring state — the peace of the world is secured if our arms prevail wf ohhii have a government lhal sc rtlm-wssdgm god that reverence right nnd lhat makes law supreme wr are there fore fighting nol or oursolvea atom bul wben lb struggle in rightly utiderst.k.tl f.,r the sal vation ol ibis noble continent ll if a noble cause in wbicb w are engaged there is ev erv thin in it io rouse the heart and to nerv ibe i.rni ot the freemiiii and ibe patriot ; and though it muv now seem to be under acloud.it is too big with he future of ur race io be suf fered o fail h cannot fail ; it must not fail our people must tot httiok tbe infamy of be traying their sublime trust tils beautiful land wc imit i never staffer lo mh into the lihiids of strangers t)ur fields our homes our fin-miles and sepulchres our cities und temples mr wives ami daughters we must protect at even haz ard the gloiicus inberiinnce wbicb our f ibers lefl us wc must never beiruy the hopes wilh which hey died ami wliich buoyed their spirits iu the btsl conflict oi making their coun try a blessing to the world we musi not permit tn be unrealized we must seize the torch from their iihimis and transmit il with increasing brightness lo distant generation the word failure musi not be pronounced among us it is nol a thing lo be dreamed of we must set lie it i bul we musi succeed wr must sit down and count ibe chances there is too much at slake (.. think of rlisr-iihsiiru probabilities — we t n n sl make success a eeriiitniy and ihul by the blessing oft we can do if we are pre pared to do our duty w have nothing to fear mut whal isourdiiiv this is question which we must gravely consider we shall briefly at tempt to answer il inihe first place we must shake off all up ihy and beconif fufly alive io the magnitude ofthe ctisis we must look tlie danger in lhe f,ice anil comprehend the real grandeur nf the issue we shhll not exert ourselves milil we nr sensible nf the need of effort as long us we cherish a vague hope thiit help may come from abroad or thai there is something in our past history or ihe genius ot our institutions lu protect us irom overthrow we ure hugging a fatal delusion to our bosoms this apathy was the ruin of greece at the time of ihe macedo nian invasion this was the spell which de mostheties labored so earnestly lo break the athenian w.is as lev led its ever to his native city mid the free institutions he inherited from his fathers but somehow be could not believe that his country could be conquered he read its safety in us ancient glofyi he felt lhat it bail a prescriptive right to live the great or ator saw and lamented the error be poured forth bis eloquence lo dissolve lhe charm ; but lhe filial hour had come and lhe spirit hf greere could not be roused there was no more real patriotism al the time of ihe second persian in vasion lhan in the ageof philip ; but then there was uo apathy every man appreciated the dan ger ; be saw the crash bill was coming and prepared himself to resist the blow he knew thai there was no safely except in courage und in desperate eflbrt every man too felt identified with the state ; a part of its weigh rested on his shoulders lt was bis sense of personal responsibility — the profound convic tion that every one bud something to do and that greece expected him to do it — this was the public spirit which turned back the count less hurtles of xerxes and saved grefcfe lubb erly and man this is ihe spirit which we must have if we loo would succeed we musi be brought to see that all under god de pends on ourselves and looking away from all foreign alliances we musi make up our minds io fight desperately and fight long if »■» would save the country from ruin and ourselves from bondage every man should feel that be has an interest in the slate aud thai ihe stale in a measure leans upon him ; and he should rouse himself to efforts as bold and heroic as if all de pended on his single right aim our cour»>ge i should rise higher than tbe danger and whal \ ever may be tbe odds against us we must sol | einnly resolve by god's blessing that we will [ r.ot be conquered when wi;h a full knowl ; edge of the danger we are brought to this point j we are in the way of deliverance but until this | point is reached it is idle to count on success j it is implied in the spirit which the times i demand thut all private inierest are sacrificed ! to tbe public good the state becomes every j thing and lhe individual nothing ll is no nine to be casting about for expedients to enrich i ourselves tbe man who is now intent upon , money wbo turns public necessity and danger into mentis of speculation would if very shame did not rebuke him and he were allowed to follow the no : 11 rn i bent of bis heart go upon ihe field of battle after an engagemeni and strip the lifeless bodies of bis brave country men of the ft-w spoils tbey carried into lhe fight such men unfit for anything generous or nob themselves bke the hyena cub only suck the blood nf tbe lion it ought to be a reproach to any man that be is growing rich while bis conn in is bleeding at very pore if we had a thvmistocles among us be would not scruple to charge ihe miser and extortioner with stealing the gorgon's head he mould search ibeir siutf and it he cnrtld not find that be would find what would answer his country's needs much more effectually the spirit musi be rebuked every man must forget himself and tin nk only of the public good the spirit of fuel ion is even uioi e lo be dread - ed than the spini ot avarice and plunder it is equally selfish and i besides distracting and divisive the man win labors to weskeu the bands of the government ihul he may seize ihe reins of authority or cavils at public measures in d policy ti.al be ma rise to dis tinction ami office has all the selfishness of a miser and all the baseness of a traitor onr rulers are not i nfalhlile : bill their errors are to be reviewed with candor ami their authority sustained with unanimity whatever hat a tendency to destroy public confidence in iheir prudence iheir wisdom iheir energy a-.d their patriotism undermines the security of our cause we must not be divided and distract ed among ourselves our rulers have great responsibilities ; tbey need lhe support uf the whole country ; antl nothing short of a patriot j ism which buries all private differences which is ready for compromises and concessions ■ which make charitable allowances for differ i t enres of opinion and even for errors of judg meat can save us from the consequences of parly and faction we must be united il our views are not cmrrted out let us sacrifice private opinion to public sufety in the great conflict wnh persia athens yielded to sparta and acquiesced in plans she colild nol approve forth sake ofthe public goad nol lung could i more dangerous now than scrambles for office and rower anil collisions among the dif ferent departments of liie government we must present a united front it is furiherimportanl that every man should be ready lo work il ia no time lo play ibe gentleman ; no time for dignified leisure all cannot serve iu the field ; but all can do some thing to help forward the common cause the young and lhe active the stout and vigorous should be prepared at a moment's warning for the ranks the disposition should be one of eagerness to be employed ; there ihonld ire no holding buck no counting the cum the man who stands back from the ranks in these peril ous tunes because be is unwilling lo serve bis country us a private soldier who loves his ess more than liberty bis luxuin-s more than lus honor that man isu dead fl in our piecinus oint ment in seasons of great caluinilv the an cient pagans were accustomed to appease the auger of their gods by human sucrilic s ; aud if tbey had gone upun the principle of selecting ihose whose moral insignificance rendered them alike offensive to heaven and use.lt ss to earth they would always have selected these drones and loufers and exquisites a christian na tion cannot offer them in sacrifice but public contempt should whip then from their lurking holes and compel ihem lo sh»re the common danger the community lhal will cher isb such men without rebuke brings down wrath upon it they must he forced lo be useful to avert the judgments uf bid from the patrons of cow ardu-e aud meunmss public spirit will not have reached the height which the exigency demands until w shall have relinquished all fastidious notions of mili tary eliquelte and buve come to the point of expelling the enemy by any and ever means that god hus put in our power we are not lighting for military glory ; we ure fighting lor a home and for a national existence we arc not aiming to display our skill in tactics and generalship ; we are aiming lo show ourselves a free people worthy to possess and able to de fend ihe iiistt'uiions of our father what sig nifies it lo us how the foe is vanquished provi ded it is done i because we buve hot weapons ofthe most upprnved wotknianship are we lo sit still and see our soil overrun and our wives and children tlfiv.n from their homes whist we have in our bunds oilier weapons thul can equally do lhe work of death ? are we to per ish if we cannot conquer by the techuieal rules of scientific warfare are we lo sacrifice our country to military punctilio i the thought is monstrous we must be prepared lo extem porize expedients we must ceuse to be cha ry either about our weapotisor the means of using them the end is to drive back our foes if we cannot procure the best rifles let us put up with the common guns of the country ; if they cannot be had wiih pikes and axes and tomahawks anything that will do the work of death is an effective instrument in a brave man's hand we should be ready for the reg ular battle or lhe partisan skirmish if we ure too weak to stand an engagement in the open field we can waylay ihe foe and harass and annoy him we must prepare ourselves for a guerrilla war the enemy musi be conquered nd any method by which we can honorably tio il must be resorted le this is the kind of spirit which we want lo see aroused among our people willi ibis spirit they will never be subdued if driven from the plains they will relieal lo the mountains if beaten in tbe field they will hide in swamps and marshes aim when iheir enemies are leusl expecting it ihey will pounce down upon them in the dashing exploits of a sumter a marion and a davie it is only when we have reached this point i bat public spirit is commensurate with lhe danger in the second place we must guard sacred ly against cherishing a temper of presumptu ous confidence the cause is not ours but god's ; and if we measure its importance only by its accidental relation to ourselves we may be suffered to perish for our pride no nation ever yet achieved anything great that did not regard itself as the instrument of fiovidence tbe only lasting inspiration ul lofty pat riot iun and exaked courage is ibe inspiration of reli gion the reeks and unmans never ventur ed upon any important enterprise without con sulting their gods they felt that tbey were safe only as they were persuaded lhat they were in alliance wnh heaven man though limited in space limited iu nine and limited in knowledge is truly great when he is linked lo the infinite as the means of accomplishing last ing ends to la god's servant that is bis high est destiny ins subbmesl calling nations an under the pupilage iif providence ; tbey are in t re i mug themselves lhat tbey may be the in strument uf furthering the progress of tbe hu man race poly bins the historian truces the secret of roman greatness to the profound sen.-c of reli gion which constituted a striking feature of the national character he calls it expressly the firmest pillar ol ibe roman stole ; and he does do i hesitate to denounce as enemies in public older and prosperity ihose of his ow contem poraries who bought to undeuinne the sacred ness of these clrll viclioiis kven napoleon sus tained b.s v oi king ambition by a mysterious coiinet'ltoii with lb invisible world lie wasa man ot destiny it is the relation to god and his providential training of the race that im parls tiue dignity lo our struggle ; and we must recognise ourselves as god's servants working out his glorious ends or we shall infallibly b left 10 stumble upon the datk mountains of er ror our irusl in him must be the real spring of our heroic resolution tt conqueror to die a sentiment of honor a momentary enthusiasm may prompt and sustain spasmodic exertions oi an extraordinary charactei ; but a stead 3 valor t self-denying patriotism protracted patience a readihess lo do and dare , aud suffer through a generation or an age ibis comes only from a sublime faith in god the worst symptom that any peuple can niumfest is that ol pride with carolina watchman