Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-05-21
A CARD.

For the Standard.
A CARD.
published in the Standard of the 7th inst a
communication signed IA Conscript" in which
took occasiont to call public attention to the ct and
ingenuity, with which certain individuals of the
blood and thunder stripe" can eyade rendering
the service to the cause Of the South, which isnow
demanded at the hands of patriots. took occa-
sion to hold up in that communication to public
reprobation, the scheme adopted by some to save
their Scarcasses from the ills of camp life and the
effects Of Yankee bullets, by representing to the
General Commanding, the number of slaves in GER
tain localities and the danger to be apPrehended,
and petitionng him to have four in each Captains
District to guard the inhabitants, and recommend
ing persons for those appointments their patriotic
such was the secret programme in Johnston County,
and that the Colonel Lieutenant Colonel, and Ad-
jntant succeeded in being recommended IS home
guard.
This publication, intended to warn the public
against the injustice and impolicy of such machna.
tons, seems to have aroused the impotent ire and
offended dignity Of certain military Sancho Panzo.
who. presume, from the bombastic tone of the fol-
lowing manifesto, which was posted up in the town
Of Smithield, magnes that it would be high trea-
son to m nton the exploits of Wellington and Bo.
napaste the same breath with his grand and mel
liauous title of Colonel Commanding tho 4lst
Regiment Of North Carolina Militia" will give
it at length for would be cruel and barbarous to
mar the beautiful symmetry Of this most classic
| production:
"MAY 10, 1852
| noticed an article in the Standard, Of the 7th
inst under the signature of A COnScrpt" Of 4lst
| Regiment n. e. Militia, which denounce q fabri-
cation Of lies from beginning to end and the author
| as coward
In justice to myself and the other Geld officers,
will state the facts. Being solicited to recommend
Military Patrol for this regiment nasmuch as the
| Colonies in the counties East of this had done,
promptly refused stating that would consult with
the most influential citizens lover the age of thirty
fve) and If they deemed it necessary aud expedent
! l would as Colonel of the regiment, make applica
ton for them, but for prudential reasons did not
recommend IL to the Commanding General; and had
| have done it. l woald have done nothing more
than my duty as an officer-should have done the
| same had been past the age Of q conscript The
author dared not sign his NAME for fear Of Rebel
bullets" for know he never expects to see Yam
| kee bullet'-his conduct in the draft shows that
l have always regarded him as an enemy, but o
gentleman and never would have entertained the
idea that he would have stopped 70 SO debase and
lsw-lifs measure. ADAM j. HEATH.
Col. CONG 4lst Reg. N. G. NJ
Now, in the teeth Of this grandoquent pronun
ciamento so full of that sound and fury which have
illustrated the character Of every braggart from the
days of the earliest Bombastes Furoso to those Of
the Colonel Commanding" I venture to assert
upon reliable authority that the Colonel Com
handing devised the plan himself and sent out a
rccommea latlol through the county of Johnston,
to number of persons for their signatures some of
whom refused to endorse it-yet he. has the temeri
ty, to use no harsher term, to assert that he was
"solcited" and promptly refused"
,.kha hiatus q Groo
military paragon-I mean the "Colonel Command
ing'-failed in his favorite plan to escape the dan
gers of the battle field, he went through the county
searching most diligently and appealing most lpgu-
briously for substitute! A beautiful commentary
this on the warlike character Of his windy nantes
to! The courage Of such man, like that OF Boo
Acres, would soon "ooze out at his fingers ends. "
Again, l refer to the letter Of A. G.. PoweM Esq,
herewith appended to 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 II seems . !,
from this letter that he, the "Colonel Commanding,
was the very individual man who actually suggested
the pan-he participated in the meeting to carry II
out, and was one Of the very persons recommenoea
to be put on the "home guard, and he PROMISED
to take the recommendation to the commanding
officers and then requested 1t 90 sept Taoat e
What must every honest fair-minded man IN tne
county of Johnston, think now OF the 1rutnluiness
/ I
beautiful specimenof chivalry he is to be blaoong
out the epithet Of co,oara against others.and II
there be>a lower deep" than the one to which bis
conduct and publication have assigned him, can
, MT believe that any man besides the "Colonel Com
handing himself would desire to explore i, even
to escape either Yankee or Rrbes bullets" car
procure other proofs if they were necessary to fl
, the charges on this gallant, immaculate Colonel o
the 4}st regiment of North Carolina militia! They
shall be hiias tight ever theshrt of Nessu
tted--and he will not be able to tear off that shir
, without bringing the skin with It'll Heaven deve
M If the achievement Of our independence restet
upon the exploits Of such braggadoco specimen Q
.. the mock heroic military! rsx 5ssis:
He says the author Of "a Conscript = $ dayet
not sign his name" The Colonel Commanding
knev vhsre e oct t. If not he knows ,,9s sh'
z it isa G. B. SANDERS.
Il May 18th, 1862. s 80. 81. .ssss.5..
p s. Since writing the above, discover car
Of Col Hexfhs Ia the Standard, somewhat differen
. from the one above, but which think il unneces
/, May ISL, 1907. $50 8, ].
8 i subjoin the statement from my friend A. 6
PewnL, Esq - 'sa
: Al Hox1 May 11th 1884,
u a. b Sanders, Esq. sj y. ~ q.
facts in regard to the proceedings OF lev person
= in Smith6eldon Saturday the Sd inst, in regard t
d the appointment Of . milIy patrol, will stat
:, that on said day Iwss ia ithaeld md was ealis
Y on By Col Heath, who suggested . plan 70 me
9 which he thought we nigh sxecurAa comisny.,
Y men betwesn the Sges Of Is Apd. 85years for fai
al Pefr9l1r9ish ~ the plep was e bs resonmaa
Ut ~ psss0hs o'f 81 yssa dsss 0htit y - ssteau
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