cirdiina watchman wrrklv salisbury n c skptkmfjkr 15 1862 vol xx number it 1 1 bruner l.u ii i k inh proprietor from do rau itjh register inauguration of gov vance i colonel z li vance was on mon | day lasl inaugurated governor of north carolina in the presence ofa lar ■ assemblage of citizens both ladies ami gentlemen numbering | home foa f or live thousand the address was delivered friun a plat • ! erected at tin wesi entrance o the capitol the band of tlio 26th llegiment wai present and en livened iln occasion wild some good music a 1 > < * ii r lia past 1 1 < j-over nor vance arrived at the capitol and w,is conducted on yuv platform by 1 ■..•*. gov clark accompanied l»y tho justices of tlu supreme court judges pearson battle and manly und ex.gov morehead hon 1 m ban inger < i'-n martin and "' hers tiif oaths of office were then admin istered hy chief justice pearson at tin conclusion of which gov \ ance delivered the following address bo inn frequently cheered aud applaud : ed during its delivery : inaugural address of gov z b vance delivered in front of the capitol in raleigh september 8th lsb-j fellow citizens called hv the voice of iln people of north carolina with an unanimity unparalleled in the hi>ior of onr state to assume th powers of chief mag istrate in the midst of revolution aud war i can hut feel oppressed hv a s--iise of the greal w light of responsibility which the oaths of office just administered bv our re apected chief justice impose indeed there is much before me and ihe path ot my duty must lead through anything but pleasant fields and beside still waters to hold tiie helm during this great storm — to manageour increasing public liabilities — search out the talent and worth of the country and bring it into tin service ot th state — to clothe equip and organize our troops and to do justice to merit on tin field might well appall the statesman with bair grown white in the public ser vice io confess my inability and to say that 1 enter upon the task with trembling would not be a customary affectation but tiie simple truth lint yon will bear tin witness that i sought not the position 1 preferred that place in our armies which i held as the one in which 1 could pro bably best si rve niv country i could out av however that 1 would in content with the people's will and wouid serve where ver their voice should assign tne — and ler have ! been assigned in return tor this great expression of confidence i can promise only thai i bring a will and letermi nation tothe performance of my duties which no one cau surpass fellow citizens we have but the one great and all absorbing theme the war which we are fighting for our liberties aud independence is indeed tie bea which receives our every stream of thought — how it was produced whether it could safely have been avoided and upon whose shoulders rests the blame it wen worse than idle ?-<>"• to enquire at the proper tune t was discussed and every argument pro aud con was giveu to the people — suffice it to sav that it was forced upon us by a dominant and encroaching majori ty and is evidently but lhe pent up fires f fanatical hatred which have been ac cumulating in the north for forty years lh government uf tin united states was a great confederation of independent com munities held log ier by a written coin called the coustit ution ' f this in strument the very bf atldsoul was the great axiom that all governments derive their just powers from the consent ofthe govei ned to this the aucei tors of those who now are shedding our blood together with your forefathers assented on tiie 4th ot july 1 776 and the instrument in which they t it forth and pledged their lives iheir forlunesand their sacred honors to maintain it has tendered their name im mortal \> hen abraham linooln was elected by the votes of the north only embracing among his supporters all of the fierce and fanatical enemies of slavery on tho con tinent several of these independent states which wore slave-holding refused their t consent to an administration which i ihre ilcned lodestr y ihem we in north i » t tiroliua after fair debate resolved to wait ( ami see and to trust yel awhile longer to t tin safeguards of the constitution in i the meantime we implored the north to * oil t no violence but to allow the people i to resist secession by tho only constitu t tional means given them — discussion and i public opinion many southern states 1 followed our example while thus hull i estly engaged the mask was thrown otf aud our souls were sickened with a procla i matioii from the president calling for ' 75.000 men to slaughter onr southern < i states into n conseiil a proportionate share of these troop «.,> demanded ol north carolina who were thu required m defiance ofthe firsl principles of lib rty to step across the slate line aud hind in hand with the skuinof northern citiesand i the refuse of degradation locul the throats ' of our kindred and friends then ami not till then did controversy cease iu north carolina her sons and her daughters of all shades ol political opinioti from the mountain tops to the everlasting tides of lhe sea shocked by lhe monstrous proposition with a wondrous unanimity name forward lo resist the despotic step the delegates ol her peo | pie iu convention assembled without one j dissenting v ice ordained our seperalion j from a government which had ihus at one | blow subverted lhe chiei ends ol its crea tion ; and even belore ihis thousands ot our citizens had seized iheir anus and wen rusllillg to tiie holder to lliake good the patriotic resolve 1 his is a brief history of our separation , from the government of the 1 idled states ; it was not a whim or su klen freak but iln deliberate judgment tit our people — i anv other course would nave involved i the deepest degradation tin vilest dis , honor and the direct calamity we also ! accepted with the act all of its inevitable consequences a long and bloody war — ' vve were not deceived either by tin idea of '" peaceable secession or by vain and unmanly hopes of foreign protection — we were wide awake to al the results and gallantly gloriously have our people met ihem . for seventeen months has this unequal 1 war progressed the many against the few ih powerful againsi die weak ; and i yel army after army as lhe sands of tii ' - :. iu numbers led by vaunted napoleons j and aineil from the workshops of europe i have been hurled hack from our capitol ; : with slaughter and disgrace bv troops in many cases ragged barefooted and armed with the condemned muskets ofthe old government ! according to their own re ports 600,000 soldiers swarmed into our borders desperate witb fanaticism ami hist i tiled by confiscation laws ; where are ; they now ] how have wo beaten them hank . skillful < i-euer is and brave soldiers | have undoubtedly fought our batth-s but ! can we not recognize too the special favor i of heavi n in our great deliverance the i l,ii-ii ha indeed burned with tire but is i uot consumed because of the presence of the living god north carolina has bent forth near : 50,000 men and ean send many more — i an ihere any among ua who faint or despair ! < hi my countrymen ! have we au in our midst who still look back to tin fieshpots of vasaalage and for thi sake of peace would leave their children a heritage of shame to feed upon the bitter i husks of subjugation . is there vet a man j in the gallant historic state of north carolina so imbeded in political dogmas as to be unmindful of the claims of his country — as not to hear lhe great blows which an shaking the continent for him and his children ? if so let me beg of him to judge of tin fate that awails us if vanquished by lhe manner in which our enemies are waging this war as they say foi the union as it was and the constitu ; tion as it is let him behold the mourn ful processions of gray-haired men women and little children in our sister stati of \ irginia thrust out of their homes because tlu-y would not take the oath of allegiance wandering with weary feet and bleeding li arts into homeless exile l«'t him see the bun ing homes and desolated fields which mark the track of their armies ; the murder of unarmed citizens ami in some instances of little boys ; iho threats against the chastity of our sisters in new < irleans lhe well authenticated murder of prisoners , taken in battle aivl lastly the attempt to i arm brigades of african slaves against us iu whose hands our mothers and sisters would liud murder indeed a messenger of • relief if all this should tail to arouse his ; soul to resistance then indeed is he dead i to every reuse of shame and deaf to his - country's voice j to prosecute this war with success here is quite as much for mir people aa br our soldier to do one of the mosi ital elements of oor success is harmony hi tins greal issue of existence itself let here 1 pray you be no dissenting voice n our borders let the names and watch words which once divided us divide us no non forever let a new order of things ake place and while the contest lasts at east let us see nothing hear nothing snow nothing but our country and its lufferings congress in april last passed an act of on-enptioii whereby all able bodied men wuh certain exceptions between the ages of eighteen aud thirty-five years are en rolled for military duty manv of you thought it harsh and unconstitutional il nuts harsh and may liavi been unconstitu tional though many of our ablest states men thought not to stop nov to argue it could only produce the greatest mischief for the reason that it ha already been ex ei-uti-d upon at least fourfiftha of those subject to it however objectionable in its conception let us at least be just and impartial in its execution but i am sure that if every nan who has his country's good at heart but knew of the uecossity which existed at the tine be would lender it a cheerful obedience " within five weeks of the dale of its passage one linn dred and forty seven of our best trained and victorious regiments would have been disbanded and scattered to their homes and tins during the very darkest days iti the history o the war fort donnelbon and nashville had fallen gen lialleck with au overwhelming and victorious ar my followed by a vast fleet of iron clad boats was passing inio the very heart of the south ; the great and magnificently equipped army of mcclellan was m the act of springing as a tiger upon liichmond and to make his buccess doubly sure wa waiting for this very thing of disbanding our regiments ; lioanoke aland and new bern wilh all their dependencies on our coast were in possession ol the enemy as was much of south-carolina and georgia — jnst imagine the result the confed erate government having failed to provide in lime for this terrible emergency utter ruin was at the door and must i averted ; the law was passed and the country was saved lt fell hardest upon the patriotic soldiers in the field — they had already served twelve months mosi ol llii 111 with out furloughs and they had looked tm - ward and counted the days slowly revolv ing as thev seemed tothe time when thev should see home and all lhat was dear lo them sorely were tbey disappointed but how tlitl they behave 1 resist the law as with amis in their hands and doubting its constitutionality they could bave done ? no indeed they swallowed down iheir bitter sorrow they dismissed all hopes of seeing their homes and fami lies grasped their muskets and set again their resolute face toward the flashing of the guns god bless them for it an exhibition of pure patriotism has not been seen on the continent and our govern ment can never sufficiently appreciate it i 1 remember with a thrill of pride tho conduct ofthe gallant meti 1 so lately was honored by commanding l'hey too were discontented and spoke loudly nntl bit terlv against the harshness ofthe law — 1 railed them together and simply laid be fore tbem the necessities of their country and appealed to their patriotism to sustain it 1 made them no promises held out no hopes 1 even told th.-iii that though they were promised furloughs by the law they would not net them that there was noth ing before them bui fighting and suffering thev quietly dispersed to ih.-ir quartets and in four hours the regiment was re organized for the war ! this will answer for a history of our whole army if they who went out first and have suffered and bled from the beginning could thus siihinit oh i cannol those who have so far reposed in peace in their pro tected homes give the remainder of their time to their country \ { l "" brave regi ments have had their ranks thinned by death and disease will you not all go cheerfully to their help i they have strug gled for you and now you are needed to btruggle with them let tho law be ex ecuted impartially upon all rich and poor high and low any proposition for the further increase of our army shouid and under our present prosperous oiroumatjmcee might sandy be treated with more deliberation and that method bought out which would be most acceptable to the people then let those of us who remain at horn fend every energy to the task of clothing and feeding our defenders in the field and providing for their wives and children they should constitute our lirst care all tiie fruits ot lhe earth should he saved most carefully retrenchment and reform should begiu in our households and extend to everything t public ami private now is the lime fur 1 tm imitatiou of lhat heroic self-denial b • which our mothers of the first revolution i rendered iheir names worthy cf a bright t place in history and i doubt not we shall t lee examples in north carolina that will _ put nin boasted maobood to ihatne fellow-citizens there are alto other dan i nets which besel us besides those which i come from tin foe bloody revolutions i have n ssarilv a chaotic tendency — i \ ielding wtirsi'lve-i up gradually to martial < law accustoming ourselves by biow de irrees to submit lo the exercise of arbitrary power in our military lenders and looking wuh lest ami less concern upon tl die ordered morals which a state ol war ul whvs inii-t produce we may endanger both civil liberty and lhe frame work of bo iety the lime honored principle in the charter four liberties that tin tnili tary should be subordinate to tin civil ; authorities should mill be honored and j maintained it should never be departed from except in cases of most obvious and undeniable public necessity when the safe y ofthe stale would otherwise be imper iled it was wuh through centuries of ■ iiie by our english and rebaptized in in blood of our american ancestors — vnil taut grants of power to any man ir set of men an dangerous hi the c reiue the generations of the earth have eeii imi oue \\ ashinglon and the sun nav pursue his great juiirnev among t he stars for manv centuries before his coun erpart ia seen among the sons of men — iln judge the magistrate and the sheriff ihould travel regularly the path of their tccustomed duties and all respect and i bed ie nee yielded them — a custom for which the good uame of norili carolina nas become proverbial let all the com plicated machinery ofthe law with the numberless auxiliary organizations of socie ty be kept in unremitting action beware of in fringe tne u ta tlierton under the plea of necessity none has o.ir been found so plausible and bpecioua by which to rob lhe people of their liberties lt is the complacent excuse of the despot the world over the people must keep watch at this post their officers are responsible to them and must be held to a strict ac count so far as 1 am concerned next tt lhe preservation ofthe state itself 1 shall regard it my sacred paramount duty tti protect lhe citizen in the enjoyment of all ins nob and liberties most assuredly nothing can be done by our rulers uulesa wc give them a cordial | and hearty bupport i ben it it your j hands fellow-citizens in the great task ' which you have set before me as 1 shall j render it most cheerfully to those by whom il is expeclt ti of me vv uliout it i shall be utterly powerless yet that slavish subservience to those in power which in jures both giver and recipient is to be avoided and despised i shall need true frieuds manly friends who will both warn and censure as well as praise when it is due and with such shad tl ti < 1 111 \ labors lightened and the path of duty less diffi cult we have every reason to believe that tin greht in-ar of the people of north carolina is deeply devoted to this struggle none in ibe confederacy have made great er sacrifices to maintain it and i am con viticed iheir patriotism will not fad our intrepid and heroic soldiers in our sister states though praised with a grudging spirit and often overlooked or quite slan dered have yet borue our standards with undying glory in the front ofevery charge ami death baa spread no feast to winch they have not sat down by hundreds — tbe spirit of our glorious women has ex ceeded if possible lhe gallantry of our soldiers in lhe field gag laws teat oaths and sedition ordinances have thank ood been uncalled for and mob violence that datigerous offspring of revolution ims heen equally repressed by the conservatism ot our people lo continue this happy and commendable state of things let all good citizens exert themselves fellow-citizens the future depends on ourselves the skies an radiant with the inns of promise if we do but hold faithful to the great work we have undertaken — our victorious generals are everywhere driving our enemies before them and the ; vast armies which invaded us at the begin ning of the year have melted away like i frost before the steady valor of our troops uniil six hundred thousand men arc called for to replace them let them come too and fear them not with shot shell bnd bayonet a free people will welcome them tothe bloody giaves of their predecessors the womb of the future i am confident holds for us a bright and glorious destiny the boundaries of our young republic as we hope to see tbem established embrace the fairest and noblest portions of the ' tnperato zone innumerable miles of iti ai.d navigable waters a mighty sweep if tea coast indented with magniocent ay s and harbors ; the unrivalled produc ion of the leading commercial staple of he earth as a basis of public credit a oil adapted to th • successful cultivation of ilmost every article necessary to the com brl and convenience of man embraced in m area ol 960,000 bquare miles ; abound ng with materials for a great navy con nercial and warlike ; inexhaustible mines f lion copper coal and all the valuable metals unbounded facilities for building ip great manufactories ou the streams of nr mountains a brave intelligent nnd drtuous population numbering eight mi iotis with near four million slaves a source if wealth incalculable , these constitute he unmistakable elements ofa great na ion beholding tbem to what splendid visions do thev not give rise when peace ilessed peace and independence shall havo jeen won oh ray countrymen let us resolve this dav that they shall be won ; dial north carolina at least shall not fail in the performance of her part ; that the streams of precious blood with which dtir glorious sous have consecrated tlieir names to immortality shall not be a vain md unaccepted sacrifice but through the valor and determination of those who lurvive they shall be rendered efficacious o the salvation of the nation : and with leartfl strong for the mighty task and mi-poses united we wiil give of our sub tance — give of our blood ; we will toil md struggle we will sutler ami endure brough all the dreary watches of the light until the day star of independence lashing through the darkness in the east hall till the whole earth with his beams the rebel onset — ax awful scene a member v one of the n york artillery companies prominently sngraged in the first day's iiurht in front vi richmond writes as follows our bpherical case shot were aw ful misiles each of them consisting oi a clotted mass td seventy-six mus ket balls with a charge of powder ■ n the centre that is tired with a fuse ■ he same as a shell the missile irst acts as a solid shot plowing its iway through masses of men & then iwplotliug hurling forward a shower 1)1 musket balls that mow duwn tho ■ ue in heaps i our battery throw 24 of these a iminute and as we hail the exact ange of every part of the field ev lery shot told with frightful effect — llhit lhe enemy were not at all daunt id they marched steadily on and hdailed a perfect torrent of balls upon ins why we as well as our horses iwere not shot down will forever re ln;i;ti a mystery to me we did not imind the leaden hail however but bkept pouring our case shot into the bdeiise masses of the toe who came l<n in prodigious and overwhelming bforces and they fought splendidly oo our shut tore their ranks wide b»pen and shattered them asunder in b manner that was frightful to wit biess ; but they closed up again at buice and came on as steadily as en bglish veterans when they got within 400 yards wo closed our case bhot anti opened on them with can ister ; aud such destruction i never llsewheie witnessed at each dis bdiargo great gaps were made in bhcir ranks — indeed whole compa nies went down before that murder bins tire but they closed up with an birder and discipline that was awe ■ iicpiiiug they seemed to he ani bnatod with the courage of despair blending with the hope of a speedy bvictory if they could by an over bwhc-lining rush drive us from our bpusition it was awful to see their h-auks torn and shattered by every hi ise barge of canister that we poured bright into their faces and while their bicad and dying lay in piles closed hip and still kept advancing right in ithe face of the lire at one time bthree lines one behind another were bstealily advancing aud three of btheir flags were brought into range bof our guns shutted with cauister _____! i 1 ire i shouted the gunner and bdowu went those three flags and a bgap was opened through those three blines as if a thunderbolt had torn bthrougli them and the dead lay in iswaths they at once closed up aud