Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-03-06
and Wait.

g .lstyaq .nf 4 that motto now, gentlemen!
The j.. ,.e ken and you must watch and
wait Mr.. Cn.. telegraphed to his brother dis
unonists that the State must secede" or be par
ty tohe subugation of the seeded States; but the
people have not ooeyed Mr. Clingman. They have
said in reply to that most consistent and disinterest
ed patriot--watch and wait They have said the
same thing to Gov. Ellis, and Mr.. Branch, and Mr..
" e. Barringer and MI. Meares and Mr.. Folk, and
Mr.. Thomas, and Mr. Person. (who endeavored to
deprive them of the right to approve or reject the
action of the Convention at the polls,) and to all
others of the preciptators, who either despair of
settlement or who would rush the State out of the
Union after Yancey and his coconspirators; and
they have said it in voice Of thunder rolling from
the seaboard to the mountains, proclaiming their
own deliberate judgment in this important crisis,
and consigning the agitators to that private life
which they so much dislike.
We originated the above motto in November last,
soon after the election Of Mr.. Lincoln. Our friends
Of the Fayetteville Observer responded to it and it
soon become stump, newspaper, and "household
word" We were ridicpled, we were jeered we
were denounced on account of it. We were told
that it was cowardly, submission motto. But we
adhered to it inaexibly. We went before the peo-
pie on it. We explained it and tried to enforce it.
| Hundreds of true men-the followers of Washing
ton, and Jackson, and Clay-united with us in COM
/ mending 1t to the people the only safe rallying
cry in the existing crsis and the people, by immense
majorities, have approved the motto Wake and
Granville two of the largest saveholding Coun-
ties in the State. They are watching and waiting.
Orange, and Chatham, and Caswell, and Person, and
Johnston, and Cumberland, and Harnett, and Chow
an, and Forsyth, and Stokes, and Rowan, and Car
teret, and many other Counties that might be
named, are watching and waiting. Are the people
of those Counties submssionsts? Are they false to
NorthCarolna or to the South! No. they are true
to themselves to their State to their section and at
the same time to the Union They are not to be
moved by orders from Washington, by "sensation"
dispatches, or nflammatory dsunion harangues.
Those who have opposed the policy indicated in
this motto, and who have striven, whether openly
or coverty, to commit this State to d;sunion, will
have to watch and wait long while before they
can begin to obtain the peoples confidence. They
have already abused that confidence That was
their fault; but if they shouh be allowed to Oh
tain and abuse it again, the falt will be the peoples
Yes, ,oatch and wait The pill may be bite,
one, but the disunionists will have to take it.
Yes, ,catch and Gait The PEOPLE have said it
and who will dare object to ths peoples verdict
We believed they would say it AID they have sale
it We rejoice because they haze We stand be
hind the people, who have comes our rescue, an,
still exclam Watch and Waitl Henceforth to de
nounce this motto is to denounce the people VIII
! have adopted It as their own.
For the Standard.
A. NJ LEWIS AND HON. L. OBJ. BRANCH
Mr. Editor At Green Level, in his speech
3 Mr. Lewis read portions of letter to him by tn
8 Hon. L. OBJ Branch. for the purpose Of showing, q
# l thought that he (Mr Branch,) not only symps
. thzed with the secession ticket and wished it su,
cess in this County, but that he regarded the NOV
e merits and purposes of the Union party as tendn
It directly to unconditional submission. This latte
o lnsinuaton you, yourself very properly branded
d q caumny and SANDER.
The public, and more especially Mr.. Branch
constituents are entitled to know the contents
o that letter. 1t relates to the issues and question
upon which the recent canvass turned, and res
IS for the purpose Of influencing votes and it is b.
due to Mr.. Branch himself, we'll right for tho
;" who heretofore supported him, to have his tr,
position in regard to the present crisis made know
', Let the public have the letter! 1 hope, N
n Editor, you will continue to call for it until it
u brought to light.