Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-11-27

cause for alarm, and my last years experience has
encouraged me to believe that all can be fed from
our own resources by proper prudence and econo-
my. respectfully recommend liberal approprl'
alton among the several counties according to pop.
ulation for this purpose, at least double that oil
last year, and that be allowed to buy and store
away corn flour and bacon as heretofore.
The earnings of the steamer Advance" when
has been employed in running the blockade, may
be applied to this purpose as they cannot be mace
to meet our debt abroad They will be amply suf
ficient, without taxing the people dollar Inc
method of distributing these articles OF food, Inc
duties of the sub agents. and the proper reclpentS
should be more definitely set forth; and proVlSlo"
ShOEld be made for those families OF soldiers VIZ,
according to present arrangements, lolieit 80
claim to assistance by removing from one CUM ~
another, which is frequently almost uhaFoiu"o.c
REPORTS are submitted herewith Of the OPeIatloIs
of the Ordnance Subsistence and Quartermasters
Departments, which | trust you VIII linu satlSiac
tory The enterprise of running the oloSkaoo ana
importing army supplies from abroad has proven
most complete success. You VIII see ircm Inc re
mort that large quantities Of clothing, leather and
Shoes lubricatng oils, factory findings, sheet iron
and TIM arms and ammunition, medicines, dye
stuffs blankets, cotton bagging and rope Spirits
coffee, &c, have been safely brought in, besides
considerable freight for the Contederacy. Two
thousand and ten bales of cotton have been sent to
Liverpool, the proceeds of which are deposited to
circuit Vi tie OIale, less the
of the vessel With what we have imported and
the purchases in our home markets. / think l can
safely say that the North Carolina troops wiz be
comfortably clothed to January, 1866, should God
In His Providence so long see fit to aiict US with
continuance OF the war, except as to shoes ana
blankets. Neither the Ordnance nor Quartermas-
ters Departments placed too much reliance on for
elgn importation, but every effort has been made to
stimulate home production. Both the quality and
8 nd manufactured
been improved in the past twelve months.
After the fall of Eicksburg cut us off from the
wool of Texas, every eXerton has been made TO
secure for the State the small lots in the hands Of
our farmers, and with such success as to keep our
mills all running; and here | would beg your as
sistance in the protection and growth OF sheep'6y
such enaCtmentS as will best tend to promote the
object. Certainly there is no branch of farming
industry Of greater Importance now, nor one to
which more beneficial stimulus can be applied by
jndiciOus legislation Our midland and western
hills are admirably adapted to sheep culture and
could get it started under such auspices as
are now presented, it would grow into an impor,
tant element of wealth and national strength.
| am unable at present to furnish you with
statement of our Indebtedness, purchases, &C., in
Europe, not having received as yet the necessary
information from our agent.
| herewith send you communication from a
committee of the Legislature of Virginia in relation
to the currency. This important subject upon
which so greatly depends the successful prcSecu
ton Of the war for our independence, commend
to your wisest deliberations. AlthOugh the remedy
for its great depreciation lies with the Confederate
Congress, rather than with your body, yet there
might be much done by the States in aid of the Ell
forts of Congress. | confess my inability to Sug-
gest any remedy for redundant paper issues, other
than to take them up by loans and taxation, and by
the exhibition of the most rigid good faith in re-
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individuals, this often constitutes capital. The
poor should be especially cautious to preserve it.
have to thank you, gentlemen, for the cordial
and coniiding support which | have heretofore re-
ceved at your hands, and to earnestly ask its con-
tinuance. Surely no Executive can boast OF more
jealous and warmer co operation of a coordinate
branch of government than | have ex Perienced
from your body. shall need your sustaining arm
still more in the future The most dangerous crisis
of the war is upon us-that crisis which is incident
to all revolutions, and which is most difficult for
public officers to Surmount. The novelty cOniu
sion and enthusiasm which filled our armies and
eAhilarated our people having long since passed
away, the winnowing fan of want and privaton and
suffering begins to separate the particles. The
noisy are sent-the faint of heart begin to despair
and the diSloya!, though few, to grow bold in the
presence CT national ills The restless and the dis
contented strive, of course to Undue all others with
their own gloomy for, bodIngs. The great mass,
thank God, continue hopeful and earnest. Let US
all labor With one accord to sustain the nations
hope, and to show that We are worthy Of ndepen
dcEce, Ly being willing to pay for it the price
which every people has had to Iay since liberty
was known among the sors Of U-n-sgDeriRJ and
Sacrlfce. The hope which animated many of our
people, that our enemy was coming to. the sober
second thought, and that many of them were favor
able to Pacific oTertnres has been dashed to the
ground, and the originators Of that hope, at the
North, trampled under the feet of reckless and
olood-thirSty maiOrites. So far from treating with
US on the basis Of our Independence, even of re-
construction, the arrogant people of the North are
taCntlngly prOclaimng OH the hastings, that no
peace caH be made with us-no peace talked Of
till the last rebel has laid down his arms! An in
suited and outraged people will yet make them
greet this naughty language, which wrongs human.
lty and ouTageS civilization. The lion which has
crouched in their path to Southern conquest for
three years, is still there-ana though driven back
little he has grown more Watchful, and will fight
more fercely as he approaches his lair. We know
at last precisely what We would get by submission
and therein has our enemy done US good service
abolition of slavery, confScation Of property, and
territorial vaSSaage! These are the terms to win
US back. Now, when our brothers bleed and moth
ers and little cry for bread we can point them
back to the brick-kilns of EgyPt-thanks to Mr.
Seward plainly, and show them the beautiful
CuSteTS OI fIScOl winch grow IN the lanu OF lnue-
pendence whittier We go to possess them. And we
Can remind them, too how the pillar of fire and
the cloud the vouchsafed guidon of Jehovah, went
ever before the hungering multitude leading away,
with apparent cruelty, from the fullness of servi-
tude. With such prospect before them, our peo-
pie will, as heretofore come firmly up to the full
measure of their duty, if their trusted servants do
not fail them; they will not cruelty afresh their
own sons slain in their behalf or put their gallant
shades to open shame by stopping short of full and
complete national independence w..
z. B. VANCE.
Executive Chamber, Nov. %, 1863.
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