Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-31
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MOTHERS. WIVES, DAUGHTERS, SISTERS OF
NORTH CAROLINA.

NORTH CAROLINA.
7 rali upon you in this alarming crisis OF our
.o,,atry to exert your influence 10 behalf OF us wei
far. and to stop II possible thar rising uSeLSu
uuhailowed greed for gold which oias iar W uTius
our land with blood to ill it with starving nun,
Slreds to lay waste our beautiful MONIES anu nultu
6sds and to bring SORROW and desolation to- every
he..tb's tone Strange to say, that to-day, when
our indepehdence is not yet achieved, Wnen lhe en-
emv's foot is still within our borders there are
great MANY who seem possessed Win an uhhaIaiai
desire to arnass wealth at the expense oil our suuer
ing bleeding country. Asprlt oil aVarice mas seizeo
mon them. and yielding to its unchastened power,
I'D frcetfnl of all else they unconscious that
thew are really aiding an implaeable enemy, pro-
longing the war and adding to its distressing char
acter. Hurried on in their mad passion for wealth.,
thew think only of future ease and influence, ana
seem consumed with the desire of having large pos
sessions to bequeath to their children VINO, alas
may be the "hewers of wood and the drawers Oh
water" of the cruel and revengefui Northmen-
Now, you cannot fight or govern, or guard, out
you can be so prudent, so frugal so economical IN
your domestic arrangements, as to aid your hus-
bands and fathers greatly in reducing the expenses
of the family; you can cease to make demands on
their purses for that which is purely ornamental;
YOU can Law aside your silks and your velVets, your
iaces and your ribbons, your fashions and all that IS
calculated merely to attract and adds no csmtort TO
the body no religion to the soul, and which only
tends to draw affections and our thoughts from
Heaven. By patient prudent selfdenial, you can
prevent them from ndulg ;ng in large expenditures
Let your wants be few and simple, and your lie
Industrious and frugal, and they can find in your
requirements no excuse for improper speculation,
or heartless extortion Covet not to live in luxury
and ease to dress in velvet and satin to have your
dresses cut after the latest fashion, to secure the
finest and best of every thing, when our brothers
and sons, the pride and strength of our country
are standing clad in rags and barefooted, 6ulWark
to our homes Remember, when you are sleeping
in your downy beds, they walk and stand, hour al
ter hour, in snow, rain and sleet that you may not
be enslaved-that proud foe may drag you forth
to life OF shame and wretchedness Look back to
the DAYS of the first Revolution-remember what
sacrifices our grand mothers made-then tell me, II
In their glorious spirit of selfabnegaton and conSe-
Grafton to the cause of human liberty, We have not
been greatly blessed. Yea, verify, they did their
duty noby, and when their independence had been
achieved they sat down under their own vines and
fg trees, and worshpped Goa after the dictates OF
their own conscences. Virginia, our sister State,
has been so ,desolated by Northern foes her
lands laid waste and her laborers so carried Oft
that but little has been left to support large army
Some of the most fertile lands of own State, too
are now in the possession of the enemy What
then, should be the action of our farmers? What
does the voice of patriotism and duty demand p
Can the ends of pure patriotism be accomplished,
or the requirements of high civilization be met,
by planting the largest crops of tobacco and cotton
the one an injurious luxury, the other only re-
auired in such quantities shall meet the necesSi-
ties of the times? Is that man true to God, to lib
erty, to his race who, in such igantic struggle
rs this plants such things as will fill his Golfers
with money, but will impoverish and ruin his coun-
tryP No-a thousand times, no! Let the farmer,
then plant corn, peas, potatoes, and sow wheat,
oats and such other things as will sustain life and
furnish comforts for our gallant soldiers. North
Carolina may be and she ought to be the granary
out of which our soldiers may draw supplies
Should the spirit of coVetousneSs blind the eyes
of land owners as to cause them to plant large
crop of cotton and tobacco, and but little of the
necessaries of life the consequence will be, neyta
bic ruin and defeat Remember the iron-clad gun
boats Of our enemy-look at the geography Of our
country, and think what destruction they bring
all along our coast this winter. Hundreds will be
driven from their homes-women and children will
escape in the day and in the night in the rain and
in the snow, in any condition and any how, just to
be free And shall we leave them to perish Will
we not divide with them the blessings which God
has given us But how can we give, when food is
not made How can we keep from suffering our
selves? How can we satisfy the poor who will
daily throng our streets begging for bread? When
the factories are filled to OVERLOOKING with tobacco,
and the gins with cotton, and men reap golden har
vests, will that satisfy the pangs ofhunger, clothe
how shall we support ourselves, or maintain our
armies? Our ports are blockaded so we shall not
be able to obtain them from abroad. Of what avail,
then, will all this money be? A famished and half
clothed army will be compelled to fall back to the
interior of the country, and will seize upon the lux
uries of those by whom they have been betrayed.
1t will be quickly followed BY the boodthirsty foe
who spares neither age nor sex. Amid the SHOWS of
winter, you will see by the blaze of your homes,
the murder of your husbands, sons and fathers,
while the terror-stricEen children will cry for shell
ter and for bread where there will be none to give
and the innocent and the guilty will be alike IN
volved in the common ruin. The homes of the
wealthy will become the headquarters of the Yam
kee Generals-and the factories, instead of proving
the Ell Dorado of the covetous will be filled with
Northern soldiers, who in order to prevent their
own suffering will take the last morsel from the
widow and orphan. The ladies of North Carolina
have done much for the of the great contest
BY encouraging their sons and brothers to take up
arms in defence of the South, and will they not at
this important period of the war, when all that IS
dear to is at stake raise their voices in behalf of
suffering humanity and exert their gentle, but i'm
portant influence in efforts to induce the planters
to pitch large crops of grain, and to abandon the
culture of luxuries until after the war? The mis-
sion of woman is to do good Go, then, my coun-
try-women, and lead poor, errIng, sinful man from
the service of mammon to the service of God in
spire him with those Christian principles which
, will prevent him FROM accumulating earthly riches
at the expense of his soul, in violation of the
claims Of our oppressed country and in defiance of
the wishes of the pure and the patriotic.
A SOUTHERN MOTHER