Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-12-22
Our New York Corr esponde ace
To the Editor Of the STANDARD:

To the Editor Of the STANDARD:
DEAR SIR: In the Old North State, what think
We Of people living among US who ignore all that
is glorious in the past history of our country?
Who strike out from the list of their holidays the
birthday Of American Independence dav which
gave the first dawn to our libcrtieS-which deem
that people, as well the rest of us, on. of the
mire OF Seryiude worse than the bondage of their
own slaves?
What think We of people who call the American
Eagle, that noble emblem of country, "the Tur-
kew Buzzari of the North" -blasphemouSy ridi-
culing that noble bird, the tapping of whose wings
has, in the day of battle, cheered our egiOnS on to
victory-whose wings, in the time of peace have
been spread shelter nation and its cti-
zenS at home and abroad wherever they may have
been roaming upon the face Of the earth whose
beak and taOns have been ready to wound all who
have dared to asSal those under her protection
What think We of people who desire to forget
their national songs and anthems, and turn to the
melodies of imperial France and royal England p
France and England, who despSe them because they
are the masters of slaves Who are but waiting
until the protection of the whole country is with
drawn from them, to pounce down upon their pecu-
liar institution and annhate it. See the autograph
letter of the French Emperor to the Commander of
our feet, congratuating him upon his success in
capturing SlaverS. See the address TO the French
Court Of Cessation, denouncing slavery an evil
which ought to cease to exist everywhere Con-
slider the insult which our Minister to the Court OF
St James received, in the presence of the Queen,
from distinguished nobeman, because slavery cx-
listed in the country which he represented. Read
the articles in the English papers and see how Eng
land rcjoiccs in the prospect Of secession, when
slavery, being no longer protected by the strong
arm OF powerful nation, may soon pass away
The governments of England and France
looking about for material which may
supplant cotton, and which shall not be the pro-
duct of slave labor. France thinks that she has
found it in species of coarse silk lately introduced
into that country and worked up into material for
the dress of the poorer classes England is looking
to her possessions in the East to supply her with
cotton. The fact is If the Southern States cannot
find sympathy in the North, they can find it
where. Millions in the North are ready to stand
up in their defence both in the physical and moral
arena. See some 5000 votes given in the State
of New York against Lincoln. 1t said in the
Senate Gambler, few days since, that the North
and South hated one another. There is no truth in
such statement. There ambitious and un-
princpcd politicians, and vile dcmagogues, who are
using all their energies. and invoking the aid of the
devil in their efforts to stir up hatred between the
two sections Of beloved country, in orler that
they themselves, like pck-pocHets at a fair, may
appropriate something in the confusion. But their
efforts will be unavang. The people will be found
true TO themselves and to one another and will con-
tnue to live together in the bonds Of brotherhood
worshippinS one God, singing one national anthem
waving flag, and moving on 10 greatness, keep
ing step to the music of the Cniou." n.