Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-05-17
For the Standard.
A CARD.

A CARD.
published in the Standard of the 7th inst.
Communication signed "A Conscript," in which
took occasion to call public attention to the t1ct and
ingenuity with which certain individuals of the
"hlood and thunder stripe" can evade rendering
the service to the cause Of the South which is
demanded at the hands of patriots. l took occa-
sion to hold up in that communication to public
reprobaton, the scheme adopted by some to save
their from the ills Of camp life and the
effects of Yankee bullets, by representing to the
General Commanding, the number of slaves in
tain localities and the danger to be Appreciated,
and petitioning him to have four in each Captains
District to guard the inhabitants, and recommend
ing persons for those appointments their patriotic
selres first and foremost in the list. charged that
such was the secret programme in Johnston County,
and that the Colonel. Lieutenant Colonel, and Ad-
jutant succeeded in being recommended a home
guard
This publication intended TO warn the public
against the injustice and impolcy of such machna-
tions, seems to have aroused the mpotent ire and
offended dignity of certain military Sancho Panzo,
who, | presume, from the bOmbasc tone of the fol-
lowing manifesto, which was posted up IN the town
of Smithfield magines that it would be high trea-
son TO m nton the exploits Of Wellington and b.
naparte IN the same breath with his grand and mel
lifuous title of Colonel Commanding the Hist
Regiment Of North Carolina Militia" | will give
it at length for it would be cruel and barbarouS to
mar the beautiful symmetry Of this most classic
productions
"MAY 10, 1862
| noticed an article in the StdalIrd, of the 9TH
inst, under the signature of A ConScript" of 4lst
Regiment y. L. Militia, which | denounce fabri-
cation of lies from beginning to end and the author
a coward.
In Justice to myself and the other field officers
will state the facts. Being solicited to recommend
n Military Patrol for this regiment inlSmuch as the
Colonies in the counties East Of this had done, |
promptly refused, sitting that would consult with
the most influential citizens lover the age of thirty
fve) and If they deemed it necessary and expedicnt
| would as Colonel of the regiment, make appca-
ton for them, but for prudential reasons, dm not
recommend IL to the Commanding General; and had
| have done it, | would have done nothing more
than my duty as officer-Should have done the
same had been past the age of a conscript The
author dared not sign his name for fear of " Rebel
bullets" for know he never expects to see Van
kee bullet'-his conduct in the draft shows that
| have always regarded him as an enemy, but a
gentleman, and never would have entertained the
idea that he would have stopped to so dcbaSc and
lowfe measure. ADAM j. HEATH
Col. Cong 4lst Reg. n. c. NJ"
Now, in the teeth Of this grandiloqnent pronun-
camento, SO full of that sound and fury which have
ILLUSTRATED the character Of every bragsart from the
days of the earliest BDmbasteS FurOSo to those Of
upon reliable authority, that the Colonel Com
mandins' deciscd the pLrm himself and sent out
Recommendation through the county Of Johnston,
to a number Of persons for their signatures, of
whom refused to endorse it-yet ne has the temeri-
ty, to use no harsher term, to assert that he was
"SolciteT and promptly refused"
further assert, tina: when this same tire-eatng'
military parayon-I mean the Colonel Command
ing'-faled in his favorite plan to escape the dam
gers OF the battle field he went through the county
searching most diligently and appealing most lugu-
briously for a substitute! a beautiful commentary
this on the warllke character Of his windy manfes-
to! The courage of such man, like that Of Bob
Acres, would soon "ooze out at his fingers ends"
Again. refer to the letter Of H. g. Poueu, Esq,
herewith appended prove the truth of the charges
contained in my communication, and to give the
lie direct to the brazen and reckless assertions put
forth by the Colonel Commanding" 1t seems
from this letter that he the "Colone Commanding"
was the very individual man who actually suggested
the plan-he participated in the meeting to carry it
out, and was one Of the very persons recommended
to be put on the "hOme guard, and he promised
to take the recommendation to the commanding
officers and then requested IL might be kept private!
What must every honest fair-minded man in the
county of Johnston, think now Of the truthfulness
of this Colonel COMMANDING" What most
beautiful specimen Of chvalry he is to be babbing
out the epithet Of co1oard against others-and if
there be Flower deep" than the one to which his
conduct and publication have assigned him. can
not believe that any man besides the "Colonel Com
handing" himself would desire to explore il, even
to escape either Yankee or Rebel bullets" can.
procure other proofs if they were necessary to fix
the charges on this gallant, immaculate Colonel of
the 4lst regiment of North Carolina militia They
shall be fixed him tight as the SHIRT of Nessus
ittedand he will not be able to tear off that shirt
without bringing the skin with it! Heaven deliver
us, if the achievement of our independence rested
upon the exploits of such braggadocio specimen OF
the mock heroic military!
He says the author of "a Conscript" dared
not sign his name" The Colonel Commanding"
kze~ Uhere to get ii. IF not, he knows noD who
it is. C. B. SANDERS.
May 18th, 1852.
P. S. Since writing the above, 1 discover a card
of Col Heath's in the Standard, somewhat different
from the one above, but which think it unneces-
sary to reply to. G. B. S.
May 18th, 1862.
subjoin the statement from my friend A. G.
POWELL, ESQ.,:
Ar HONE May 18th, 1862.
C. B. Sanders ESq:
DEAR SIR As you request of me to know the
facts in regard to the proceedings of few persons
in Smith6eld on Saturday the Sd inst, in regard to
the appointment of military patrol, l will state
that on SAID day was in Smithfeld and was called
on by Col. Heath, VINO suggested n plan to me by
which he thought we might secure company Of
men between the ages of 18 and 35 years for said
patrol-which Tin the pan) was to be recommended
BY persons over S5 years OF age Chose to be RECON-.