Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-05-05

trust continue to merit public gratitude Oy lesst
ing the tyranny of the destrucuVes VINO maze anu anu
oIeDJor him He will live to regret he ever did
onvtbino TO call forth your praise. Those who know
ro1 bot6 know you not worthy to unlatch his
Sbos strings. He was not indebted to you or to
vour friends for his present position, and, notWith
standing his gallantry, bis breast was exposed 10
al the bullets of your calumny.
You "bite file" viper when you speak OF my
organizing a NEGRO brigade" In this reSpeI''
even from secessionsts, my conduct is unasSt'aoi
But truth demands should declare that II were
compelled to choose between fighting WIN suC'i pc
IN deStrov tho government and with "a negro ori-
gade" to prevent its destruction shoulu prefer
the negro brigade Under no circumstances couiu
submit to the degradation of an association with
men who would serve under such man as u. H.
| Hill.
only reveals the deep mRlignty which you have had
! towards me- Though bound to my native land with
"hooks of STEEL" my adopted home is California.
! NV LOYALTY to her is not impeached. My duty to
| her is undeniabe. Her determination in the pres
ent crisis is not doubted l hardly think even one
| of your mad prejudices against the "inierna Yam
KEGS" in sober moment, would condemn, as tral-
tor, him who faithful in his allegiance TO his
home, whether that home was California, LOUISIANA
| or Vermont
But the height of hypocritical audacity is reached
when you, thoagh rather tanely, endeavor to speak
respectfully ofthc Southern General Washington"
| In your estimation his only title to public honor
was that he was called 4 rebel, and that he was
"honored by the British" and therefore honored
by D. II. Hill, major General Confederate States
| ArmyI"
The monomaniac of secession, D. II. Hill, at last
| speaks respectfully of Washington "1heretorelt
became proverh is Saul also among the prophets!'
Washington's Farewell Address has always been re-
garded BY all of the proud and hOnored house o,
Stanly" as entitled to veneration next to that due
! to Holy Writ. They were taught to treat with
scorn rebel hypocrites like you, whose malignant
efforts for years past have been directed in poison
| ing the minds of your countrynen and encouraging
them to hate their Northern brethren; encouraging
them to smile benignautly upon all efforts to alien
ate one portion Of country from another. Is it
not reaching the pinnacle CT hypocrtica sudacity
for you to damn with faint praise the memory
of Washington
You are not mistaken, sir in one thing. l am
little proud do not claim to be of noble lineage"
That is the cant Of the would be lords of the South
Carolina school thai deSpise. But am descended
of honest patriotic people, whose blood and fortunes
in the revolution were poured out to secure the
blessings of the Union that you with felon hand
would destroy.
we'll understand the cause of your malgnity.
More than quarter of a century ago. denounced
in my first campaign politicians like you as those
who would rather reign in He'll than serve 10
Heaven" Ny observation in public life has JUST.
fled me in this opinion. | am proud to know |
have been despiscd and hated by. them as | am
by you.
You come from a people that for many years
have sneered at North-Carolna as " the Rip Van
Wrinkle of the South" You are one of the " wit
lings and scornerS" rebrobated by great and
good for so doing You have been one Of those
who loved to revile her, until, by deviSh strata
gem, you Involved her in war; and when, by her
gallant she saved you from the halter, you
! have condescended to "honor her." Even now,
after all her sacrifices and sutferngS she is reviled
NV ODaO of n Richmond
as "nest Of damned traitors
You and |, Sir, move in different spheres.
have followed the teachings of Washington and the
Yankees Hamilton, Adams and Webster. You have
followed those of the "Catalnes of the historian
and the Captain Bobadils of the poet"
feel honOred to know that in my mission O
peace have done something to mitigate the hOr
\ rors of war; and though call of duty has re
= quired me to "bare my bosom to bullets, yet upon
! occasions, not exempt from danger, have defet
the utmost malice of the evil men whose perncious
. doctrines have brought the dreadful calamities o
! civil war upon our land | have something to b.
. proud" ola consciousness Of sincere efforts, a
. least, to my country, and that, while deserve
the respect of honest patriots, nave provoked th
4 ridiculous enmity OF such creatures as ID. H. H'u
9 You are supposed, General, to comma, tn
h department of Pamlico," the whole of Eastern
North Carolina. Can you not condesccnd to pa,
/ me visit? Come and see what nestimable bless
% ing your peaceful secession has conferred on tn
= peace loving people of North Carolina. Come
behold the scenes OF your great military exploits.
little more than year ago you came TO defent
and protect North Car lima. You had possession
of Roanoke Island, Fort Macon, Newbern, Wash
ington and Hatteras-iIow they now?
In the Falstaff Imagination Of your secession
>: friends every soldier under Gen. Foster tran
formed into five the sea-coast is abandoned, an
Of you are eating out the substance Of my people
in the interior.
If Come, look at the counties of Currituck, Cam
n den Pasquotank, Perqunans, Chowan, Wash
" Ington, Tyrrell and Hyde Think OF this immens
and rich territory-of their bright fields how thei
valleys laughed with corn and wheat before you
n arrival and now behold them under the advice ant
rule of your demon associates almost covered viii
l blood and ashes.
n Pardon me for giving you word of advice til
d last from meas Ileave immediately for my distan
= home. You have committed great crime in you
l. part in this horrd war. You commenced witt
t. perjury, and are trying 10 sustain yourself will
IS lmPudepoe and falsehood. AS State rights vag
d politician you are simply ridiculous. DO not at
# tempt like the frog in the fable, to swell to the siz
d of the OK, by parading your insolence under tn
y name of Major General in the Confederate State
o Army." You will soon be, in the eyes of all sens
t. BILE people, utterly contemplate Yours &C.,
e EDWARD STANLY.