Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-17
Remember the Soldiers.

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volunteer, they we're promised monthly wages and
that their families should be supported in their ab-
sence They did not ask for pay. The pittance
allowed private and the pledge to provide for their
families, was not pay. But they took their lives in
their hands, and went forth to repel the invader
For whom are they ightinga Is it for themselves,
alone? Surely not but for us and the South |
Now, what will our readers think if we tell them
that the soldiers have not been paid? Some Of !
them, perhaps most of them, have received their |
bounty money, but all have not A few officers,
perhaps, especially those who are at home with
writsng commissions, and their clerks, &C., have
received their monthly wages but the poor soldiers
have not received a dollar of their pay. Many of
them, both officers and soldiers, are needy-their
families are needy, and yet they have received no
pay. The Counties promised to take care Of their
families but zoe learn in many instances 1t has not
been DONE Shame on u.s. Some individuals, who
were SO patriotic and liberal at first have done moth
ing, scarcely, but talk. Their benevolence evapora-
ted at the end of their tongues. Oh! for shame,
shame The soldiers must be paid, regularly and
promptly. Their families must be provided for
We demand it of the State and of their Counties for
them. We call upon our patriotic Governor to look
into the matter. The State is able, and must pay
promptly. Her Treasury has been assisted by the
Banks. Provision has been made-ample provision
for loans and Treasury notes. and why have not the
soldiers been padF
We learn that the military department Of the
State refuses to pay up promptly and fully, because
the Convention transferred the troops to the Con-
federate States, and that the Confederate States
must foot the bill. Is it possible? Can this be
true? We hope not The Military Board and the
officers whose duty it is to pay off the bills of the
war, know well that they cannot justly enter this
plea They know that President Davis told our
Commissioners that the Confederate States would
pay nothing until the men and the muster-rols, and
the FORTS &C., were transferred by the State. They
know that all the war debt created by the State up
to the time of the transfer, must be paid by tho
State and that she must wait 70 be reimbursed by
the Confederate States after tie war is over. They
know that the transfer has not been made. They
know it must be formally done by the Governor.
They know, too that Gov Clark will attend to this
matter promptly as soon as he can.
Why have they not been paid? Do the officers
aforesaid wish to snub the Convention, because the
Convention, true to their constituents, wished to
rid the State of useless expenses and unnecessary
officers? We hope not. We insist upon it that
the soldiers be paid that the creditors of the gov
eminent be paid promptly by the State. Our sea-
board defences must not be stopped-no interest of
the State must suffer for the want of money. Let
the war be carried promptly, vigorously, eff
GENTLY And let our public officers see to it. that it
be done with due regard to the public economy.
The War-What Now?
Months ago, we labored honestly to impress it on
the minds of the people of North Carolina, that il
the old Constitution wercvioated and the old Union
dissolved, it would be at the cost of bloody and
terribly desolatng war; The Constitution has been
violated and t-ampled in che dust-the Union has
been dissolved beyond restoration and forever
and the war is upon us.
Recently, we have tried to impress it upon oul
readers that there were no signs Of peace-no pros
pect of speedy termination of the war. We knew
too much about the stubborn, uncompromising and
anatical spirit Of Lincoln and his party, to expect
any thing but blind and logged persistence il
their wicked designs. Some hoped something from
Lincolns Congress--others, from the delay of tn
traitor, Winfield Scott, to press rapidly the work
, invasion-others from the reaction against tn
war in the North-others, from England and France
These ideas have produced lull in public anxiety
and we fear laggard and dilatory spirit in prose
cutting the war. We have tried to prevent this
Our conclusions from the same facts have been jus
the reverse of all this We hoped nothing from tn
t. Congress- We knew its material-that it woul
- do what Lincoln asked for; the result shows, o
) will show, that we were not mistaken. Winfield
SCOTS delays are always aarming-he is ever slow
If he would rush forward, his foot might slip-bu
his delays are always dangerous to his enemies
The reaction in the North We considered wort
nothing-,t is good at "Yapkee tricks" A thin
BILE would contain all the convervatsm of the North
She is too selfish to do anything that would enure
Southern benefit If the South ever listens
Northern conservatism, hers Is whipped people
If we get justice and right and peace from her, tn
sword and bayonet and ball and grape and caniste
must get it, and it must be our terms, not hers
As to England and France, it will be time enoug
. to rely upon them, when they do something-ne
BEFORE
From the day we read Lincoln's Proclamatio:
and knew it to be genuine we gave up the old Unto
as lost forever, and we were in for the war. W
Il have never dreamed Of any thing else since, but
conquer peace. The South cannot be eonquere
If she aoiU do her duty. She must end this wa
as soon as possible. Let her go into it with migf
. and main North Carolina must meet it. if it take
every dollar and every drop of patriotic blood sb
' has. Conquer we must in order to be a free an
Independent peope-if conquered, we arc serfs an
y slaves Of the North We therefore repeat organis
= and arm!
" 18th Regiment N. C. Volunteers.
We learn that this regiment last week electe
Col. ]. Johnston Pettigrew, now Of South Caroln'