Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-08-06
Words Of encouragement and Truth.

We take the liberty Of making the following ex-
tract from letter recently received from native and
leading citizen Of Eastern Carolina, who, although
never took active part in political affairs. He is
emphatically one Of the people. No earthly tcmpta
ton could sway him from the path of right and du
ty. Highly intelligent and patriotic, compliment
from such source is much priced by us as it would
be by any one; and we trust our readers will par
don us for inserting that part of the letter which
refers particularly to ourself:-
81 have never been, and am not now, either poll
tican or an office seeker, but am patriot ardent
Of right and justice. These feelings and sentiments
together with union of the South for the sake of
the South, should animate us all in these a-perilous
times; AMI am convinced do urge on the South
crn people, with unanimity and zeal never before
witnessed in any revolution. believe you are with
US in this mighty struggle. have always had con-
tidence in your patriotism-in your devotion to
North Carolina and to our glorious, but prosecuted
South l am not among those who join in the hue
and cry against you because see no just grounds
for such extraordinary efforts now being made
to crush you. If l could see any wisdom or justice
in this marvellous opposition to you-any good rea-
sons for doubling your loyalty, surely should not
subscribe to your paper. But because you have
been the architect Of your own fortune-because
you have risen by your own genius and honest per-
severance to a commanding and useful position, it
ought to entitle you, if patriot as believe you
are, to the favorable regard of good men. AS long
as the opposition to you has become so much OF it,
as it seems to me, dishonorablc and malignant
desire to subscribe to your paper, and to assure you
that am not Of those who condemn you on such
insufficient data as are now held forth.
If you who so long held out for the old Union, are
to be prescribed treacherous then ought my head
to be Gu. off too with thousands and tens of thou
sands of the best men in the Southern army. 1t is
but the truth, so often told that those who held out
longest for the old government now constitute the
main buwark Of our armies, while many thousands
OF the original seccssionsts at home in the shade
doing nothing but abusing true patriots for support
ing that talented and noble hearted man. Col Vance
Tie records will prove this.
But thank God the political excitement SO much
to be lamented in our State, will soon end. Col. a.
B. Vance, as honestly believe, will be elected by a
very decided major ty, and We shall find in him
Governor who mas a mind Of his own, and one who
will do justice to all parties He is almost univer-
sally popular with those of the army who know
him, and this will be demonstrated, believe on the
day of election; and this popularity, both with civil
and military men, is based on those sterling traits
of character those superior qualifications OF heart
and head, necessary in those who are entitled to
take the lead both in civil and military life. You
have about Raleigh much abomnable self-sufhcien-
cy, vast amount of obdurate selhshness, and su-
perctousness and greater amount still OF corruP-
ton and Col. Vance is the man to check and SUBJ
due such besetting evils"