Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-03-20
Destructive IIenrtlessnesu.


The, Register not Nnly finds fault with the Legis
ature for apprOpriating money for the benefit of our
sick and wounded soldiers and to prevent the spread
of small pox but it objects to the number enteftaIn
cd and cared for at the Wayside Hospital ut this
place, and especially to the fact that this Hospital
affords lodging and shelter occasionally to the wives
and relatives Of soldiers who detained for night
at this place on their way to and from the army.lt
sneers at the tavern hospital" it calls it and is
indignant that Swomen and children" should crowd
the cars to such extent to drive the Editor Of
that journal, when he travels on the Railroads, to
"betake himself to the baggage care Some Of these
same women, it seems, have staid all hight at the
Wayside Hospital with their sick and wounded
friends; and this fact has given special point TO the
indignation of our neighbOr The Progress having
stated that in many instances, ladies without the
means to procure food and lodging at the hotels at
the present exorbtant charges, and compelled to
spend night here waiting for the train, haze been
taken from the depot to this hospital and cared for
the Register contemptuousy at the idea that
"lades thus entertained by inserting the word
ladies in quotation marks and endeavors to leave
the impression that the Surgeon General, who has
the control the Hospital, has gone into the bus
ness of keeping tavern for all sorts of people.
Now, the women and children referred to by
the Register travelling.on the cars, and "coming
between the wind and his nobility" for toe most
part the wives an6 children of sodiers and the 10
dies mentioned by the Progress are the wives and
sisters Of soldiers who travelling errands Of
kindness and mercy to and from camp. Many of
them are not able to pay the enormous hotel bills at
A.: IL. o,I ond tho Ganaral
rather than see them remain out in the rains and
frosts all night at the depot has invited them to &C
cept lodgings at the Hospital near by. Who would
reflect upon the haracter of these women merely
| because they are poor? Who blsmes the Surgeon
General, the Surgeon Immediately in charge, DR..
Roberts, for this act of humanity towards the wives
| and sisters of our brave soldiers? No one will do
it who has the heart of human being in his bosom.
! The pittance which is thus expended will never be
felt by the State and if it should, what Of it? Our
first duty is to the soldiers and their families and
those who able to pay taxes must expect to pay
to the last dollar if necessary for their support
| The Register represents certain class who must
expect 70 pay heavily in this way. They have been
and are doing but little else for the war. If they
will not fight they must at least pay
| Dr. Warren has the power under the law TO es-
tablish other Waysde Hospitals besides.the one at
Raleigh, and we trust he will exercise this power
and establish them wherever necessary. Let the
soldiers be cared for. Let the women and chill
dren" ride the Railroads often and as far as
they choose. Eet the wives and sisters Of our sol
diers WHO may be in the neighborhood of Wayside
Hospitals, and who have no means with which to
lay their hotel bills, be given nights lodging and
thus be shielded from the wind and Gold Many of
them are poor, but they are not dumb beasts Their
poverty, in many cases, has been Occasioned by the
| war. They are doing more for the country than
those who sneer at them and they are better per-
sons in every respect; than the codhearted and ma
licious individual who complains and scoldS because
they treated by the Surgeon General with hui
manity and kindness.