Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-06-14


N and charge men a. being diIoyaI and traitors to
thsir cDuntrF, bE sadeagoTins to maintain and per-
petu1te hnfact our bod boagm privileges and Lib
critics 20 our pOsteTIty, IS simply ridicufous Let
such men rant and FoaF, and resort to every effort
their eyered brains can prompt to deceive tae peo-
pie and array them against the StazdeF6-they viii
never do Il The people know yoa are right and
knowing they viii stand by you until convinced by
better men, and men with 2urer motives than those
who sc and d. nothing bat abuse the Editor Of the
.SaRlRrd
There are no truer men to the South, and to the
cause OF the South than those very men whom q
tam bdStor wished to have hideoRs mark" placed
upon Yes. these very men are now In the tented
he'd, suffering all the miseries incident to camp
life. ready and willing drive the invading foe from
our SOIL, and without whose help such men are
now persecutIHg them, would have long since been
pulling Yankee hemp, CT else suugIy nestled IN
Abrshams bosom The latter expect
We are now in the midst Of great reyoIutIOu
haught with serious Consequences to rs aIL-and If
II has come TO pass, that the people free to
express their opinions IN regard the conduct Of
then public officers without being branded as trait
orsr then indeed, we have fallen upon evil times
would suggest to those seeming blood thirsty hvp-
Ocrites who talk SO loud about choking the life out
OF some OF their own fellow citizens because for
sooth, they don't choose to initiate their desperate
examples, that the field IS open SDr free fight
There Is place where their services are very much
needed place where they can smell blood to their
hearts content The you 50 much craved has
been raging for sometime The cloud Of battle Is
fast gathering, and threatens to hy waste every
thing before it The rattle Of musketTy and the
crash Of artillery are saIuting your ears The
groans Of the dead AID dying plead to you IN thun
der tones to cone Innocent women and children
it Is said falling prey to the heish passions Of
the brutal sOidieTy. and are being brutality and
humanity murdered In fact, every thing that Is
near and dear to you, calls aloud for your help
and yet you viii not 60 Why IS it, Gone, pFae-
tice what you preach-bucSle on your sruloT and
haste away to help those degraded xretches that
deserved to be branded with s. hideous mark" to
conquer the enemy and achieve our independence.
Will you not go2 Don't put it of any lOnger-de-
lay IS dangerous RecoIIect what you told about
one year ago, and act accordingly You told Us
then you would fight, and fight desperately if your
services Rere needed You also told Us, secession
did not mean war, and If It did you could whip
hundred Yankees each You told US they were
set Of coTariy poltroons, and knew nothing At all
about fighting
But time proves all things. In the first place,
your services are very rnucn needed, and vet you
have not gone Secondly: Secession did mean war,
and yet you have pot whipped the first Yankee--
Thirdly: They have proven themselves to De brave
men, and as much skilled in the art Of warfare as
We are But, If you have proven yourselves to be
false prophets and deceiTers don't be discouraged
a great many of the people knew that before
Therefore, repent and go forth, and attach your
selves to some company that you think will get in
TO fight soonest aad thereby prove your sincerity
FRIEND TO THE SOUTH
J0hBs,0I Co., v e. June Z, 1852