Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-05-10
For The Standard.
CuApEL HUI. N. G., May l, 1862.

q CHAPEL HILL, N. u, May /, 1862.
Mr. STAYDARD There are few of US who have
not read Judge Longstreet's inimitabe Georgia
Scenes" Do you remember among those sketches,
"The Turning Out" wherein he describes school
rebellion The scholars wanted Eastern holiday,
as usual, and the Master, as usual in duty bound,
refused The boys resolve to turn him out of the
academy" by force. The eventful day has
rived The boys have scores of eggs LAID up for
Easter egg peckng. They have fortified the old field
school house and are arrayed inside with sticks
and poles, awaiting the Masters arrival The girls
of the school do engage actively in the struggle
but they stand aside under the trees, and encour-
age the boys with such remarks as 81 wouldn't
turn the Master out-but if did, I'd die before I'd
give up" The boys are full of fire. and breathing
out threatenings and slaughter when the Master
comes up. lie affects great establishment at their
temerity, and summons them to surrender, but is
answered by shouts of defiance. In the course of
the siege, however, the master makes discovery
Of the various atSfull of eggs hid away under
tain logs, in hollow stumps and holes around the
school house. He possesses himself of these con-
trabands of war, and threatens to make general
smash OF the garrisons provisions. The small boys
are struck with secret CONSERVATION, and i'll the mo
mentary dismay, Zeph PettibOne is heard to cry
, out, "Lod o'messy, he's got my ggs!-boys, let's
! give up!"
Mr.. Standard, I wish to inquire if you know of
| any Zeph Pettbones among US in our national
| that cry-"Lod omessy, he's found my eggs
boys, let's give up" In fact, am afraid there are
good many of that family lifting up their voices
in our garrison. How touching! My eggs"
Listen to him. We cart help ouyselves-we have
no chance-we must be whpped-what pity we
ever began 1.-THE enemy have all the men-all the
| money-all the arms-we have nothing-the land
will be drenched in blood and all for no use-we
shall have to surrender at last-we shall be utterly
ruined and extermnateG-Lod o'messy."
am ashamed to say, Mr. Standard, that | hear
good deal of such talk, and | am thankful to say
| that i have never yet heard it from a woman.
They'll all die before they give up; but some of our
prudent lotos eating North Carolina gentlemen like
to air their superior wisdom and foresight and tell
us authoritatively that in pretty tolerable
hopeless and will have to give up. To be sure,
we, being only women, are not to be expected to
know much, and in fact, don't know much.
I, Zeph Pettibone Overwhelm us directly with his
facts. There is the enemy, and there are the eggs
| we do not know what to reply to such arguments,
but we feel that would die sooner than give up;
whereupon, Zeph tells us we talk bosh. We say
we put our trust in God, and believe that He will
help US, and that right early. To which Zeph re-
plies, with smile of pity that if we go to prophecy
ing, he has more to Sayfor his part he looks at
| facts and probabilities.
| Mr.. Standard, the old Union, which we all loved
once will never be reconstructed The South can
never be whipped back into that harness; because,
if the men should yield, the women never will
| never, never, never / have never yet met South
| ern woman who not heart and soul for resis-
lance unto death, dearly as it costs them; and il
! there ten women to be found in the whole Con-
| federacy who have made money by this war, or
! have taken advantage Of the necessities of their
fellow-citizens to enrich themselves then l shall
give up, and not before. If any women can be
found who have bought sugar at II cents and sold
| it at 35-who have trebbled the prices Of old
! goods-who have raised the prices of flour and ba
con the very day that volunteers paid their
| bounty mOney-who have cleared hundreds by re-
peatedly engaging TO 90 substitutes for $780, and
then engaging some poor man in stead for Sl00
| say, when such things 10 be found on the re
cord of the women of the South, then let our Zeph
Pettibones be heard with respect Till then, lei
our loyal women diScountenance the men who
whether high in Office, or low in the social ranks
| dare to preach of possible surrender and subluga
ton. H3U can 10 5es From what corner of an
| honorable mans brain does such an idea crawl out
Shall we, indeed, live to see our President anG
statesmen, and generals, exiles and fugitves-our
! lands parceed out TO Northern men, forts
"garrisoned by soldiers Of African descent" anC
our very name by word of contempt through al
landsY Does any North Carolinian look this calmly
in the face, and say, Yes, it may be?" is Zept
| PettibOne doomed to be instantly overwhelmed
with torrent of righteous adherence and scorn
while vindicate to the world our right to govern
ourselves and our slaves as we please?
Meanwhile, | seem still to hear him-"Lod o
messy, he's found my eggs! boys, let's give up"
| MRS. SMITH.