Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-06-23


have the men and means, this is one thing that
shall never be. They begin to look on republ-
can government as not desirable. 1t is not strong
enough. They are madly bent on their ruin, If
that be necessary to effect ours The debt now ac-
cumulating they look on as a great blessing; for,
as it is due to themselves it will attach the people
to the government 0ohGterer form that 1T IS to hdUe
when the war is over. Should it be repudiated,
which they do not much dread, this reputation
will involve them IN no troubles with foreign pow
ers-it will only be an individual and domestic loss.
With gold enough to manage their foreign indebted
ness, unbounded confidence is given to government
money and securities In no instance are bonds
below par; any huctuaton that occurs is always
above that figure, and the government currency,
the demand note, Of Green Back" sells readily at
from to 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
the trst to set the example Engravers and print
Ing presses can manufacture the article Congress
attach an exchangeable value to it and the peoples
will receive it gladly.
Another point They have now discovered that
the rebellion" " is q serious thing--one not to be
trihed with; but they have lot yet exerted their
strength to. suppress it. They confess that they
have been hitherto unprepared to meet it success
fully. But the time is coming. Their people are
slow to move-much slower than we-but now they
are ronsing; and when they do take hold, it will
be with bulldog obstinacy. When the time comes
to execute the emancipation proclamation" they
will have fifteen new vessels of the most formi-
dable character completed and on our waters, in
addition to their present navy; they will have a
million of disciplined. well armed troops in the
field, and if the rebellion tnen hold out, they are
to enact such in these "rebellious " 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
exerton of it is drawing near. Their best fighting
material is yet to take the field, and to it
hocking by thousands from city, town and country.
Neither the government nor the people have been
in the least disheartened by recent reverses They
do not regard the battle of Sharpsburg as defeat to
their arms. They have kept our army out of their
capital; made it necessary for US to fall back
own territory, and this is all they expect to door
the present. A drawn battle in front of Richmond,
leaving it still in our possession, would be claimed
as victory by us, and very justly So This is pre-
cisely the light in which the Northern mind views
the battle of Antietam. The menaceG Washington
is theirs still But even if that last battle were ad
mitted by them to be a defeat they have received
it, as they would just now more ones, with stoical
composure. Defeats they do expect, and many of
them; but meanwhile preparations going
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
country is now pouring forth her thousands, and
these are only forwarded in sufficient numbers to
defend the capital hold strong positions and menace
us at vulnerable points, and keep 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
brunt of this is 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 Lincolns proclamation goes into
effect or very soon after, when an army can move
by land, we may expect an opportunity to be given
for exertng greater strength than We have yet put
forth.
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 sent on their overthrow, if it be
ry to effect our ruin. The resources which God
has entrusted to u.s. 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.
The above is an embodiment of facts from obser-
yaton and information derived from leading men
ut the Nortk have credibly stated how the peo-
pie, as whole, think and talk, and how they in
tend to act I 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 dsconnectedly, the
sentiments which the whole Northern people cher
lsh, and their purposes against US. Permit me to
add few woIds of earnest warning to onr people.
Do not listen to second hand reports, narratng 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 d" regulars" who tight 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 morep The fellow has
only lost has nerve, and needs warm meal or a
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 corporations government Sc
curites are greedly bought up by bankers and bro
kers at figure much above par.
Surely this is not withholding confidence from the
government
Do not fancy that our independence is to be Sc
CURED as result of the war 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 Tor US, and
resolutely prepare to meet it In the lull of the
storm that now exists and may continue for months
to come, if zoe permit it let not fancy that the
Northern army is idle and listess, or that prepara
tions for our ruin have come to a perpetual end
They are surely going on in silence, and, though not
much to be dreaded or this account yet our daty
to make the best preparation we can to ward off the
destruction that is preparing for us -,
If Mcclellan does not march on Richmond with
his present army one is in training that must sure
y be met moving in tlIat direction from some quar-,
ter l am confident the Northern people would
rather see washington. Baltimore and Philadelphia
in our nossesson than that they should fail to cap
ture our capital. If we be wise, in peace to pre-
pare for war surely it will be the part of wisdom in
us to profit by this cessation of hostiites in making
efficient preparation for the day, when they shall
burst upon us with augmented fury. Every man
should now seek 10 know his duty, and with brave
heart perform it. not waiting for his neighbor:-
- L L lor,,r dornno