Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-02-04
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Thsre are indications that = considerable portion
o. the Northern people, 8 we'll as Of the army, are
nosf anzious for peace The people, especially in
che Northwestern States, are speaking ont with
QSch more freedom and boldness than. heretofore.
TAa Providetes R. f. Post, whose Editor was
devoted friend Of the Constitutional rights Of the
South up to the dissolution of the Union publishes
sfhscA fon several letters written BY soldiers in
TIE 1NQrthern army, which. are very significant
One writer, who has been connected with the army
almose from tho Rrst, aud who has never uttered a
word Of complaint until now, writes as follows:
"QxAa C-:-I am sick of this war-so sick that do
moi upon what terms it is settled have seen thou.
men lying manged on fifteen or sixteen different
esss;e nothing Wives sisters, mothers and
children losing their husbands. brSthers and fathers
AN M not6ingl For here have been fighting for over
year and half and we have not gained one point We
nave hxed and are now living on nine or ten crackers
piece raw pork. and miserable copperas water
ced coffee, per day, all to ll the pockets of lot of
thevs Who trying to make al out Of the peo
and they will fight they would on the PENN
sula al! we hear from Washington is the Niger, the
neReS black filthy niger One Niger thought
a .nat Is worth living for to come and lay down tner
vesM need be- to save their country while the leaders
o9ng their utmost to ruin g. 1t is not because we
oe the rebels that the is not over by this times
iof W. can beat them But it is because the government
'oe thinking Of the niger to see that the men are
not SET 4s down Us GROWER. have rood reason for
my g61ling Almost every man in the army thinks As
DO nfab had served in the army of the Potomac, he
Would kaIe snnsd and most !earaliy toO, = a.
The fallSwing extract is from letter written near
Falmouth, by member of one Of the regiments
raised in 1862 The writer has been known for
several years in the village Of Woonsoeket Masss-
chnsetts, as an active Republican politician, andwas
avotedistribster at the polls at the last tpwn-meet
ing which he attended,. .
Had known much Of the management of things six
mouths age as know now, fifty yoke Of could not
have drawn me cut here j is all id political hum
bug and got upsto make offices for lazy Office seekers
wish the leaders far the other side of purgatory
they this side 1t has turned out be an abolition
war and soldiers out Of hundred that
the abotonss going to carry the War, they will
fight for the Unop and not for apact Of did nigera-
and they where hey dare to BE- asolder touch.
es an he will get coumartialed and lose
months ps is thought more Of By the govern,
esf gstes mush pay, and don't have to fight sny
on such thngs hope something will turn up before to-
ss s 5 s ,. ibis ,t ss
We light Virginia! don't think shc North is right any
more than the South"
.AFlx.-Subscribers very often request US to
change their post Offices without telling rs to what
Office their papers are then sent. This is "a hard
dkse, but a friend at Salem Church, Randolph
County, N. c., has put US in worse fix than that
As sends Us 81 and orders the Weekly Standard"
+ without giving US his name. Let US have your
+ name friend, and the paper will be sent
-. ACARD.
Mr. HoLDEN:-Will you do me the favor to pub
lish the following correspondence:
= -, RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 2s, 1ses
j. " Albertson, Esq:--
SIR:-In an article appearing in the State Jour.
nal Of this morning, entitled "The Voice of the
Legislature" find these words: "But we have
lived through forty odd years in very wicked
world and have jostled many fair faced scoundre
look beneath his exterior to watch his actions and
to weigh his words" desire to know if your pur
pose be to apply these words to me. Also, The
PEOPLE Will tsll@4fs 6fiseom th1t he is too late
Thsy 6Ays already pledged their Substance and hei,
hs~erlea since resolved sacs11lcershem
rather than yield the contest in which they are en-
gagged the efforts of traitors and malcontents to thu
contrary Notwithstanding" I desire to know il
you intended to apply the word "tuifor" to ,ne
Your obt serv't, EUGENE GRISSOM.
l. RALEIGH, N. O.. Jan. 90, 1862.
EUGENE GRrssoa ESQ. Il have just received You,
note enquiring Of me whether intended to apply
to you certain terms which appears in an editorial
in the State Journal of the 2Sth inst did moi
write the article to which you refer. have been
confined to my room by illness for the last ten o,
twelve days and to day for the first time since the
7th inst have been in my Office. am informed
by Mr. SpelmaD that he wrote the article, and t.
him refer you for its explanation.
! :. Yours, &c, j. W. ALBERTSON. ).
y addressed my note to Mr.. Albertson for the
reason that he was published in the State Journal
as the prncipa: Editor Of that paper, John Spelman
being styled simply proprietor" 1 therefore sup
posed that Mr. Albertson was responsible for the
offensive Article. It appears, however, from thin
correspondence that Mr.. Albsrtsoa, whom l fecog
nize as gentleman, discsims' its authorship. he
informs me that John Spslman is the author
| Whether John Spelman might have any "expfana
tom to make, neither know nor care. did moi
! purpose to, seek any explanation from him. His
character and position are too well known to render
it at all necessary or ustifable for any gentleman
J. to hold.a correspondence with him. =. -"
Your oh SERVANT EUGENE GRISSOM.
Raleigh, N. G., Jan. %, 1868. -
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