Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-10-15
Prepare for the Worst. .

we cannot turn our minds eye to the approach
ing winter, without adverting to the exposed co1d
non OF our Eastern Counties to the ravages Of the
Yankees. The splendid grain-growing region be-
yond the Chowan river and Abemarle sound, al
though liable to immense damage from the moment
Roanoke Island fell, was hopelessly ruined upon the
evacuation Of Norfolk. fAlmoa all prospect Of Of:
fordlng help to our sue ring people in that region
was cut of by that un fortunate and, as still be-
heVe' liljudged evacu alton. They already near
~ stripped of their Ilegroes while their grain and
bacon with which the country abounds are entirely
at the mercy of the rapacious enemy To our
osepiy afhlcted iellowcitzens in that region there
is really left no alternative but an gnominous SUBJ
mission, or ar escape at the hazard of their lives
and the certain loss Of their entire property They
will bear us witness that we we have labored faith
fully to prevent this dire calamity.
Besides those Northeastern Counties, Craven,
Carteret, Hyde, Beaufort Washington and Tyrrell
are in the hands Of the enemy but not heplessly
as in the of the first named since the evacua
ton of Norfolk. They may be redeemed and dis
enthralled by strong and earnest effort
Added to these, there BERTHE, Hertford, Hall
fax, Northampton, Martin, Pitt Edgecombe, Lenoir,
Greene Wayne, Jones and Onslow, which are liabeat
any moment to be under the fire of the enemys gun
boats, or to such easy by other means as to
render their condition deeply hazardous. All this
region we have heretofore styled "t the granary of
the South" an appellation which no similar area
in the Southern States so rightly merits The corn
crop in this section, the present year, is immense,
and so is the stock Of hogs and cattle
Now, the simple question is and it is one of i'm
mensc importance, not only to the people Of that
section, but to the State and the Confederacy at
large if not vital one to the very existence o.
the government-shall these Counties be overrur
by the Yankees, their negroes stolen, their corn
bacon and cattle made subservent to the uses Of h
enemy, and our people hopelessly ruined? Peopl
of the South-people Of North Carolina, shall it b.
permitted? Wei hope not. 1t must not be.
We are not ignorant Of the claims of other State
and sections. We are in favor of North -Carolin
doing her utmost as she has already done, for tn
common cause Our army under Gen. Lee must b
sustained amply, fully, as we'll others havin
claims upon the government. But is it not ma
ter of the first importance to our interests in vi
, ginia that the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
preserved intact and that the rich crops of thos
Counties be placed beyond the reach of danger ?
il Let President Davis and Gov. Vance, and the pc
S pie ponder the question.
It The President doubtless is not unmindful
], North Carolina. He surely must feel the cai
o which our noble old State has upon him and Il
d Confederacy. Her blood has been freely splle
N her treasury has been open to the common caus
IS and shall our whole East be neglected? One-st
u enth of her wealth is now in the hands of the eI
e, my-delay may soon place onethird of it beyo
u hope.
in We are sure no one feels more deeply the imp
ly tance of this matter than Gov. Vance. His eho
re have already been directed to the proper means
We ways for meeting this responsibility The intere
as involved certainly demand prompt action. {
ty Of the Legislature at any early day, under the
cumstances, might possibly lead to action VIII
ice could not 50 easily be accomplished otherwise