Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-11-12
effect or very soon after, when an army can move
By land, We may expect an opportunity to De gwen
for exerting greater strength than VIC nave yet pu'

effect or very soon after, when an army can move
By land, we may expect an opportunity to be gwen
for exerting greater strength than We have yet put
forth. o
Shall we be able to make successful resistance
Whist man. true to the South, doubts this )? This
granted, the war will not end in few months nor
in few years. defeat to the Northern army,
even in the great proportions it is to assume VIII
nit canse q people to desst from this war VINO are
mav bent on their own overthrow, If it be necessa
nv tn effect our ruin. The resources when Uoa
h,e entrusted to US, and the spirit which animates
orr neople will not allow them tamely to submit
and give up all for lost even if we should be worst
cd in the terrible conflict to which the opening
spring will call our army.
The above is an embodiment of facts from obser-
walton and information derived from leading men
At the North. have credibly stated how the peo-
ple as whole, think and talk, and how they IN
tend to act l am confident it will be for our in
terest as people determined to be free, to shape
our conduct in view of what have written ABOVE,
for therein is expressed though disconnectedly the
sentiments which the whole Northern people cher
ish, and their purposes against us. Permit me TO
add few words of earnest warning to our people.
Do not listen to second hand reports, narratng the
words of some aspiring but disappointed Federal
officer and underng, who says that this war must
+ soon terminate, because he is tired Of it.
Do not think that the Northern government or
people is becoming more amiable towards us, BE-
cause the "regulars," who fight only for pay, are
not abusive Of the South.
Give no heed to what a hungry, shivering picket
calls out across the Potomac, when he says, Nc
Clellan's army will fight no more" The fellow
has only lost his nerve, and needs warm meal or
a drink of liquor to change his opinion.
Do not look for financial break down at the
North when the government is manufacturing its
md n
money of other corporations-whel government Sc
curites are greedly bought up by bankers and bro
kers at figure much above par.
Surely this is not Withholding confidence from
the government
Do not fancy that our independence is to be Sc
cured result of the war of political parties ut
the North. There is no strife so hot, no difference
so great between them, as to keep them from liar-
mony in action to effect our subjugation Let US
frankly own that the worst is preparing for us, and
resoutely prepare to meet it. In the lul OF the
storm that exists and may continue for months
to come, if permit it, let US not fancy that :he
Northern army is idle and listess, that prepare
tons for our ruin have come to a perpetual end
They surely going on in silence, and, though
not much to be dreaded on this account, yet our
duty is to make the best preparation we can to ward
off the destruction that is preparing for u.s.
If Mcclellan does not march on Richmond with
his present army, one is in training that must
ly he met moving in that direction from some quar-
ter | am confident the. Northern people would
rather see Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia
in possession than that they should fail to cap
ture our capital If we be wise, in peace to pre-
pare for war, surely it will be the part of wisdom in
profit by this cessation Of hostili;les in making
efficient preparation for the day when they shall
burst upon us with augmented fury. Every tnan
should now seek to know his duty, and with brave
heart perform it, not waiting for his ncighbor
Thus acting, and in humble dependence on Him
who "breaketh the bow and cutteth the spear in
sunder, and burncth the chariot in the fire, and
ulaketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth
though this war may be a long one, we shall have
cause to praise Him for its ISSUE