Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-02-03
Signs at the North.

There are indications that considerable portion
Of the Northern people, as well of the army, are
most anxious for peace. The people, especially in
the Northwestern States, are speaking out with
much more freedom and holiness than heretofore.
The Providence (R l. Post whose Editor was a
devoted friend of the Constitutional rights of the
South up to the dissolution of the Union, publishes
extracts from several letters written by soldiers in
the Northern army, which very significant
. One writer, who has been connected with the army
almost from the first aud who has never uttered a
word of complaint until now, writes as follows:
"DEAR C-:-I am sick of this war-so sick that do
not upon what terms it is settled have thou
battle elds-a for nothing Wives sisters mothers and
children losing their husbands brothers. and fathers
all for nothug For here have been fighting for over
year and half and have not gained one point We
have lived, and now living nine ten crackers,
piece of raw pork and some miserable copperss water,
thieves WHO trying to make they out of the
pie and the government The soldiers all discouraged
ana they will not fight they would the PENN
sua All we hear from Washington is the Niger, the
ngger the black, filthy niger. One niger thought
more OF than twenty white men who have lett home and
all that Is worth living for, to and lay down their
lives need be- to their country, while the leaders
are doing their utmost to ruin it, 1t not because we
can't beat the rebels that the is not by this time
for we can beat them But it because the government
Is too busy thinking of the niger that the men
ought 10 De when they are wanted lou
not set me down a grower. have good reason for
my growing Almost every in the army thinks as
do IT Job had served in the army of the Potomac, he
Would have snued and most fearfulIy too"
The following extract is from aletter written near
Falmouth, by member of one of the regiments
raised in 1862. The writer has been known for
several years in the village of Woonsocket Massa-
chusetts as an active Republican politician, and
vote distributor at the polls at the last townmeet
ing which he attended:
"Had known much of the management of things six
months ago as know now fifty Ike Of could not
have drawn out here 1t is all id political hum
bag. and got TO make offices for lazy oce-seekers-
wish the leaders far the other side of purgatory
they this side. 1t has turned out ITO be abolition
war, and nneynne soldiers out Of hundred say that it
the abotionists going to carry the war; they will
have to get army. They say they out here to
fight for the Union, and not for pack of id myers
These nggers lazy and dirty they will lie and steal;
and they where they dare to be- If soldier touch
es an officer niger, he will get courtmartaed and lose
months pay niger is thought more of by the govern
meut than the soldiers They get puch to
eat get as much pay and don't have to fight any
on such things! Hope something will turn up before to-
morrow night that will settle this We got whipped
at Fredericksburg, and shall get whipped every time
we light in Virginia! don't think the North is right any
more than the South"