Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-06-24
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IhAtisix nions oi people shut in from the world
and with very limited resources, should be- able to
dos4 against twenty millioas possessing immense
wealth and strengthened. BY the contributions Of
tas world they ssay, e simply absurd Il they
shall never be. They begi, q, llook en- = rspabli-
can government As net desirable. It isnot strong
enough. They srse nadly bent on their fuin, if
that benecsssary u effect ours The debt how ac-
curanlating they look on as great blessing; fos,
g it is due to themselves, it will attach the people
TO the government hateusr form that It i to hape.
when the war is over. Should It 90 repudiated,
which they do not much edresd, this reputation
Will involve them IN no troubles with foreign pow
erait will only be an individual and domestic loss.
With gold enough to manage their foreign indebted.
ness unbonnded cenadence.is given to government
money and securities. In no instance are bonds
below par; any fuctuation that occurs is always
above that figure, aud the government currency,
the demand note or Green Back, sells readily at
from 7tos9 per cent premium in exchange for State
bank notes. No nation has yet failed to prosecute
war for the want of money, and they will not be
ing presses can Manufacture the. article, Congress
attach an exchangeable value to it. and the people
will receive it gladly. s>4f.'',s ,lsss
=. Another point TAsy have now discovered that
the "rebellion" is serious thitg-one not to be
strifed with; but they have not yet exerted their
strength. to suppress it They confess that they
nave been hitherto unprepared to meet il success:
f1lly But the time is coming. Their people are
SLOW to move-much slower than we-but now they
are r0nsing; and when they do take hold it will
!. Dc with bulldog obstinacy When.the time comes
to execute the " emancipation proclamation" they
will have fifteen new war vessels of the most formi
dable Character completed and on our waters, ID
addition to their present navy they will have
nailtion Of disciplined, we'll armed troops in the
field and if the rebellion then hold out, they are
to enact such scene in these rebelious States
as the world never saw. No age nor sex is to be
spared from death or dishonor. Meanwhile they
are keeping us off their territory; defending their
capital and gradually cutting up the best army we
can ever put in the ield, while forcing US, in this
condition, to exhaust our resources. But their real
strength is yet to be put FORTH and the time for the
exertion of it is drawing near. Their best fighting
material is yet to take the field and to it men are
aockng by thousands from.city, town and country.
Neither the government nor the people have been
in the least dsheartened by recent reverses. They
do not regard the battle Of Sharpsburg defeat to
their arms. They have kept our army out Of their
capital made it necessary for us to fall back on our
own territory, and this is all they expect to dotor
thepresent A drawn battle in front of Richmond,
leaving it still in our possession, would be claimed
as victory by u.s. and very justly 50. This is pre-
cisely the light in which the Northern mind views
the battle of Antietam. The menaced Washington
is theirs still. But even if that last battle were ad
United by them to be defeat, they have received
it. as they would just now mohe ones, with stoical
composure. Defeats they do expect, and many Of
them; but meanwhile preparations are going on
that will render defeat in their opinion impossible
For the present we may outnumber them but Eu-
rope is swelling their ranks by the ship loads the
30 fort, hor f6oncandc and
these are only forwarded in sufficient numbers to
defend the capital hold strong positions and menace
Us at vulnerable points, and keep us pent up within
our own limits. Meanwhile the ship yards are all
astir the camps Of instruction in every Northern
State are crowding; the dread artillery of death
preparing, and men in training for its use. The
6runt of this soar get to come and the spring will
probably bring it to our doors. 1t will not come
before, for the Northern army will not be ready
sooner When Lincoln's proclamation goes into
effect, or very soon after, when an army can move
by land, we may expect an opportunity to be given
for exeting greater strength than we have yet put
FORTH. 4:
Shall we be able to make successful resistance
What man, true to the South, doubts this? This
granted, the war will not end in few months, nor
in few years. A defeat to the Northern army,
even in the great proportions it is to assume, will
not cause people to desist from this war who are
madly bent on their own overthrow, if it be necessa
nv to effect our ruin. The resources which God
has entrusted to US, and the spirit which animates
our people, will not allow them tamely to submit
and give up all for lost even if we should be worst
ed in the terrible conflict to which the opening
spring will call our army.
walton and information derived from leading men
at the North. I have credibly stated how the peo-
pie, as whole, think and talk, and how they in
tend to act am confident it will be for our in
terest, as people determined to be Free to shape
our conduct in view of what have written above,
for therein is expressed though disconnectedly, the
sentiments which the whole Northern people cher
lsh, and their purposes against u.s. Permit me to
add few woIds of earnest warning to our people.
Do not listen to second hand reports narrating the
words of some aspiring but disappointed Federal
officer and underling, who says that this war must
soon terminate, because he is tired of it.
Do not think that the Northern government or
people is becoming more amiable towards US, be-
cause the "regulars" who fight only for pay, are
not abusive of the South.
Give no heed to what hungry, shivering picket
calls out across the Potomac, when he says, Nc
Clellan's army will fight no inoreW The fellow has
ouly lost his nerve. and needs warm meal or .
drink Of liquor to change his opinion.
Do not look for financial. break down at the
North when the government is manufacturing its
own money, and it sells at premium over the
money Of other corporatons-when government Be-
curities are greedy bought up by bankers and bro
kers at figure much above par.
Surely this is not Withholding confidence from the
government s.. .f-=.n
Do not fancy that our Independence is to be Sc
cured as result of the Of political parties at
the North There is no strife SO hot, no. difference
so great between them, as to keep them from har-
mony in action to effect our subjugation. Let us
frankly own that the worst is preparing for us and
resolutely prepare to meet it In. the iull Of the
storm that now exists and may continue for months
to come If sos permit it let US not fancy that the
Northern army is idle and lstless, OF that prepara
tons for our ruin have come to perpetual end
They are surely going on in silence and though not
much to be dreaded on this account yet our duty is
to make the best preparation we can to ward off the
destruction that is preparing for US.
mcclellan does not march on Richmond with
his present army, one is in training that must sure
ly be met moving in that direction from some quar-
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