Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-10-07
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TO THE SOLDIERS OF NORTH CAROLYN

10 THE SOLDIERS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Some of you have no doubt seen, ere this, a COM
muncation in the Bulletin, of the 7th ult, signed
The Young Ladies Of Rutherfordton." Now. this
gentleman, flor we believe it to be one,) thought,
by getting behind the young ladies, no one would
shoot at him, but we intend to show him that we
ladies' have not lost the spirit conceded to us from
all time. This piece is full of Misrepresentation
and falsehoods, which we will try to show LIZ the
first place, he says, "the meeting was held by
portion of the citizens of Rutherford county," in
sinuating that the meeting was small The meet
ing numbered between four and five hundred, if
you call that small, when so many of our men are
already in service. Next, he says I" blush" (see,
boys, how he traps himself; he says l. and yet the
dies y ITO say composed of conscripss," &C.
What conscripts? Those from forty to forty five?
Have they not promptly responded to the call of
the enrolling master, and now awaiting orders
to march into the field? In proof Of which we will
state here that these conscrpts leave for the army
next Monday, with Col. Harris. They are not re-
qured to 60 before they are called Will this gen.
tleman please inform US when, how, and where,
these conscripts have used every means to evade
the call of their oppressed country? Besides the
conscripts, there were I" tsu timid Union men"
in the meeting If he means to say they are Union
men now, his lips give the lie to his heart, if he
supposes them to retain the name given them before
this war commenced. He speaks falsely again,
when he calls them timid. Did you not come in
contact with little of their spunk Oh the day of
the meeting, Mr.. -? Did not the ,sons, broth
ers, and younger husbands and fathers among these
men respond 10 their countrys first cali ten to one
to the secessionists And these men Of whom you
speak SO contemptuously have remained at home un-
til now, because their services have been more
needed here-ald now tina. they are called, they
are ready 10 go. Honored Sir, are none of your
family conscripts? ."Some of these timd-hearted
Union men were Of some respectablity." Please
inform us who they were. We think if one dis
loyal man is odioas, all are equally SO. He next
speaks of Col Harris, and is very particular to tell
the soldiers that he is militia Colonel The hon
est inference is that this gentleman thinks militia
officers are but small sdfairs. We ask, do not some
of his kin bear mill tia titles-titles, too, which
were given in less troub lous times? Col. Harris
duties for some time have been scarcely less than
an army officers, and even his enemies must admit
that he has ever faithfully discharged them, often
at the risk Of his own Inc. Where is secession
Colonel who has done more? As to the resolutions
drafted and adopted, we refer you to the Standard
in which the proceedings of the meeting may be
found
( Next, Maj. II. D. Lee was called upon to speak,
&c. Let me say here, this was IL up to catch the
Conservatives. The Destructives ha said that the
meeting should not be held, and oie OF their lead
ers went so far as to send messenger to the coun.
try to urge his friends to be ana come, for,
he added "if they do not fear the Conservatives
will be too strong for u.s." His fears ere con-
frmed. Failing in their object to suppi ess the
meeting, Maj. Lee was chosen to occupy tn time
by speaking, exciting the people, creating a dis
turbance and thereby thwartng the purposes OF the
opposite party. Knowing this, the Conserva.i, es
refused to let him speak, unless he would endors
their platform. As a soldier, we commend and
honor Maj. Lee; he preached secession, and he
practiced it. He has redeemed his principles, and
that is what few others of the party have done.
There is another error in this gentlemans piece
just here. When Maj. Lee refused to be interroga-
ted as to his Conservative principles, Mr.. A. r.
Bryan asked him "if he endorsed the resolutions
of the last legislature ~ TO which he replied in
the affirmative "Then," Mr.. Bryan said, "you
are as good Conservative as am, not as any in
the house" as he has it. He took the second
thought here, and didn't say /. just as well have
told the whole truth, Mr.. B.. you are cotchea, any
how.
The writer also says, this meeting was ingeni-
ously planned and carried out to perfection by the
leader of this union party, Gen. G. W. Logan, whilst
he remained in bis office holding levee with his
followers, seemingly not at all connected with it."
Quite compliment, General to have ascribed to
you the leadership Of such majority of the peoplel
As to bis holding levee, &C., it is utterly false.
he knew nothlnS OF what was to be, or was done,
before the meeting, except that Conservative
meeting was to be held. ''He is an aspirant," &c.
We don't think so, but if he is, and if that is
crime the member to the Legislature is equally
guilty, on mailer scale. This much we do know,
that if the General does run for Congress, he will
support the Conservative platform before, and if be
should be elected after his election. He is not the
man to run on the "big side ?" simply 20 be cleo
ted, and then desert bis constituents. Mr.. B. also
says the Conservatives refused to define what they
termed an honorable peace. Mr. Bate Carpenter
answered the question: we think IT, Mr.. B. directly
He also informs us " that this meet ing was directly
opposed to the cause of freedom and liberty for
which we are contending." This rs not true The
men who composed that meeting u, warm advo-
Gates as liberty has; but they wis to strike with
the weapons of Mars in one hand lille they grasp
the olive branch in the other. III. y can't see the
justice Of paying men eleven dollar per month to