Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-01-08
The Voice of the People.

one of the best Democrats in Chatham County:
mo one could have been more surprised than
was at the strong dsunion sentiments of Gov Els's
message; and if I had known last August that he
entertained such views, for one would not have
voted for him. You have taken the right view of
the matter, and you will be sustained. Yours is q
glorious position to occupy showing frmness not
to be tried with, and devotion to the interests Of
the masses of the citizens of your native State never
before exceed. Postertv will revere your name,
while those who attempting to dissolve this
Union without good cause will be gone and forgot
ten. Some of the scheming politicians are
for dlsunion for the reason there are not offices
enough in one confederacy for all of them, but the
masses of the people, who are the masters are OPP
posed TO disunion. And Sir, make the assertion
that any respectable man take the side of"Watch
and Watt" and beat John W. Ellis or any other dis
unlonist one thousand votes in Chatham County. l
claim for the people of Chatham as much patriotism
as any people under the sun. We are not submis-
sionlsts. Far from it. But we are Union-loving,
law-abiding citizens, ready at a moments warning
to march to the lannon's mouth in defence of our
rights, but not ready under every whim without
cause, to raise storm with the general government
OF which none of us can see the end. In con-
clusion let me say that you should be proud that
you are the first martyr under the new test by which
good Democrats arc beheaded for opinions sake;
and let me say if this is to be the of these
secessionsts that all Union Democrats are to be be-
headed, then they will have to behead large num-
Der of the MuratS and Neys of the old guard, who
were contendng for Democracy long before they
knew what Democracy was. Don't spare them
The party must be purged of all SUCH Pour the
hot grape into them from the old battery, and the
people will sustain YOU"
a native of Wake County, and sterling Demo-
crat, writes follows from Danville Arkansas:
81 congratulate you on your course. Your poll
cy is one that will prevail when demagogues
dead. Up here in Western Arkansas we are Union
men, though little fire-eatng is sometimes seen in
our Legislature. Our crops of corn were
short, but we raised enough to serve u.s. Our lands
are fine and constantly advancing in price"
Another sterling Democratic friend writes US as
follows from Davidson County:
81 bid you God speed. There are two things
do not want to see Fist, do not want to see the
Union dissolved second | do not want to see the
HingtiShndn, who has been set upon you By the
aris:Ocracy, encouraged. You right in
contending that it requires twothrdS of the Legs-
lature to call Convention. Therefore stick to it.
\ friend writing to from Cumberland says:
PAY no attention to what the Gdrolinidn SAYS
about Col. Harrington. As far as Watch and Wait
is concerned he does faithfully represent u.s."
Let the Editor of the Carolinian put that in his
pipe and-get excited over it.
worthy friend who belongs to the Opposition
party, writes follows from Yancey County:
a. bid you God speed in your good course. We
have not agreed heretofore but we agree now in de-
Tending this glorious Union according to the Consti
tuition. large portion of people are for the
Union, whatever designing men may say Raise
your warning voice, and believe the people will
sustain you"
An old-fashoned Reid Democrat writes us as fol-
lows from Johnston County:
81 like your paper better than ever did before
All parties in my neighborhood are with you. We
think it poor policy to dissolve the Union for present
causes. This is the feeling of the men, women and
children about here. Lincoln will not have to make
laws but to execute such laws are made for him;
and if he attempts to break the laws or to inure u.s.
he will be executed himself Watch and Wait is
the motto for me-"
Democratic friend writes US as follows from Elk
vile, Wilkes County:
A large majority of the citizens of this commu-
nifty of both parties, endorse the course you have
taken on the various subjects that agtae the public
mind"
a Democratic friend writes us as follows from
Rutherford County
% think majority Of the people of this County
are in favor of the Union, provided it can be held
together according to the Constitution and with
honor to the South; if not they would 90 for seces
sion. also believe they are in favor of arming the
the arms from being put in the hands of those who
will not take care of them"
An esteemed friend whose Democracy never has
been questioned, and who Democrat when it
required nerve and firmness to be so, writes us as
follows from Chowan County:
"Allow me to add my thanks to the many you
have already received for the bold and manly stand
you have taken for the preservation of the Union.
turn with feeling Of relief from the puzzling mys-
ttcatiOns ofpocianS, to your plain common sense
Voices of the People Ours is a small County,
but, size and population considered is as deeply in
terested in the honor of North Carolina and the
maintenance of the institution of slavery, as any
portion of the State. We not only want our State
to have her rights but to be right in the means she
uses to secure them"
We shall make further extracts as soon as we can
find space for them, from the letter of our Chowan
correspondent
Wake County Democrat, who has been voter
for 81 years, writes follows from Morrisville
- must inform you that am very well pleased
with the course you have taken relating to the
diton of the country. am a Democrat and never
voted any other way. | never regretted but one
vote and that gave for Gov. Ellis. am Baptist
and have six sons who are all Baptists. We are all
for the Union under existing circumstances; and all
the people in this section are, to man. as far as
have been able to ascertain for the Union"
hard-working Democrat-one of the people
writes us as follows from Green Level, Wake Coun-
ty:
al send you few lines which will let you know
the boys are all right in my neighborhood We are
all for the Union, and will rally around and stand
by you in the great battle you fighting against
diSunon. Watch and Wait is the word
We have many other letters in hand, from which
VIC will give extracts hereafter. These letters are
from as brave and patriotic as the State con-
tains-from men who would fight sooner for their
rights than would many who, under panic and
alarm, for running out of the Union leaving the
black Republicans in possession of the government
and the public property.
We believe we know something of public senti-