Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-05-15

This rasioned out gives to each head of our entire
population fifteen bushels of corn, and seventy-nVe
pounds of bacon add to the latter hall ration OF
beef and we can subsist for another year ms is,
however, independent of our wheat and rice crops;
these will, though, about meet the deficit taken
from the aggregate of corn for forage and stock &c
But if we the back of these figures torceo 70
draw from these means of supplies for more men TO
go into the field of active service, we shall ial IN
dubtably fail Of an adequate supply Tor the army
and home consumption the coming year. we
should look them at the substance, not the shadoW
and base our views upon supplies as the essential
item to insure a successful issue to our arms. we
may be assured no supplies will come to us through
the ports Of other nations for there is now but III.
tie doubt that a secret alliance with England AZ
least if not with other powers, has been ehected.
Such being the case, our fate is in our own Keep
ing, with no body to succor, as l first believed, IN
our last hour of extremity. We must then look 10
home supplies to feed our soldiers, their wives ana
children, and the women and children Of non-com-
batants, if we would be sure of beating our enemy
in the face of alliances leagues, combinations Tor
the ultimate overthrow Of our country, and come
out of this great and bloody struggle with peace
and independence.
A failure in these means and resources Of defence
will sink us and cause to lose all In ALL after the
hardship, suffering death-the loss of such blood
and so much treasure. We are fighting the most
formidable nation the globe; its navy is lar SUI
perior to any other in strength and gunnery.-
Well may the English and French COVER before 1t,
and seek an alliance The distance from country
to country in consideration of the superior facilities
in the art of war in this age precludes the possb
ity of any collision between it and any other power
now. What could they effect by an attempt to IN
wade the United States Viewing the distance no
army could be supplied, and it would be worse than
folly to attempt such thing at this day; Gut on,
as it would be both by land and sea, 1t would De
left to perish or surrender before any relief If re-
lief could penetrate, to effect an escape. We may
rest then perfectly quiet the grounds OF future
intervention in behalf it is all talk. The Eng
fish statesmen have long since weighed the matter
and counted the cost of a war with the United
States. And it is time we had come to our senses
upon the subject and to begin in earnest to rely
our own arms for our deliverance and indepen-
dence. To-day, that government is calling for o
half million of men to throw forward upon US this
fall and next Spring Shall We be able to recruit
sufficiently? When that half million melts away
and the call is made for another half Million can
we enlist enough to meet them again And will
these calls cease until their entire available force is
brought out? No. Can we then compete with
them and drive them back as we have done hereto
fore? These are the questions for us to solve
They must be solVed-there is no lodging the issue
now. Men may say they are heartily tired of war,
and if they had the road to go over again, they
would say compromise upon terms without war,
&c. That day is past-but one way to peace now,
and that through blood and death, as the Enqui.
rsr has it "re. construction, submission, intdmy"
Must, will this be the ultimatum of "peaceabe Sc
cession?" We hope not We could only submit
now to the former upon such terms as would be
amply satisfactory. How stands the matter with
the great mass of our people9 Do not blink at it
but answer truthfully. 1t is time to begin to think,
speak, and to act candidly, honestly with ourselves
and our country. 5. +.
May 18th, 1868.