Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-02-25
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The FSDgres ,nentious man in.snt nasket who
sells meal to the families Of scldess 1t one dollar
per busheL We learn Nj: Eldridge P.rth, Of this
County. is the man. That paper says: t,.a. gs1. -
On enquiry he told that he wss never for the
for troops issaed but he bsoa.ns war u tAen and
has been snce and he The beet way he
could pppote ,hs suss Of the ceessdsraey xsste sss
families Of corn aud dollar bushel,
and that be should continue arnish them that long
a. be had any Here is = man; tipt.sus,sips
may sae issue Of sh. struggle the historian
will gye his uanes place On the scroll Of fame and pot
The Progrss adds the following, in which We
cordially concur with that papers: ..s : '' S
"But wehaxe other notable characters would pass
over if could but cannot We the extortioner
The shslock who withhold. bread @ bis brother, and
who would ssrre the people aud .nk The cause Of the
Cinfederacy to increase bis gains We learn there are
Dss1
sdhas d cna housed, and who refused ss 10
anybody at any price These statementss come to Us
other responsible persons win furnish written state
meats Of the facts shall publish the names Of these
the poor are almost starving for bread. - ,:.....
man comes homs from the army to his desttnte wife
S.hes ;ssn ' Is ,s the
condition He sees himself that the barn Of wealthy
neghbor eed with corn. but he refuses 70 give or SELL
absorbed in speculation and selfshness, the sees
thst he leaves his family he leaves them to almost certan
and be resolves to desert to skuk and to look
after theni We all admit that be does wrong but then
we must admit that the temptation is srouga temptation
ton that appeals to alhe finer feelings Of mans nature,
finally arrested tried and shot, His4smy is left to
bsggary and dsasce bat the wealthy man who
hosrded up his when wife and little ones Of the
unfortunate soldier cried for bread owner Of twenty
or more nggers lives and breathes and is accounted
good loyal citizen and Christian man. On hypocrisy,
oh treachesy .h ireasn The history Of this war will de-
veop more of selfish meanness more Of sOrdd lust for
gain, and more hedeservins hypocrisy than century Of
peace The sleek well fed and we'll clothed spectators.
meat and bread nnd other fat things how, but
promise them that there is fearful day of reckoning
store for them, and it may not be far distant"
How dare large Shareholder, with his cribs
bursting with corn, and his smoke houses crowded
with meat, withhold food froA the families of our
soldiers, or sell it to them at famine pricesf Eel
low-citizens, these are the traitors-these the
enemies of tic Southern cause We know such
men in this and other Counties of the State Their
names have been furnished US, and we will publish
them in due time, unless they change their conduct
Nine tenths them wsre original secessionists but
the cowardly wretches skulk from the war which
they were so anxious to bring on, and remain at
home to grow rich by grinding the faces of the poor.
Tais war has already made from three to five thou:
| sand widows, an3 from fifteen to twenty thousand
orphans in this State. In these families, and in
thousands Of Others nearly all Of whom are poor,
every dust of meal and every pound of meat is
fully and even sparingy used and the "1ittle ones
\ vbo havo a.
crusts with each other in kindly, Christian spirit
They arc hungsring and suffering that liberties
may be won The stake which thsy have in the
contest is comparatively small; yet what selfsacri
fee, what patience what sublime endurance dc
they exhibit in the cause Perhaps their fathers,
because they sought to avoid the war as long as
they honorably could called traitors by these
very secessionists whose cribs sre now bursting
with corn, and who are now Specializing on the
very bones and marrow of these children; and thu
only answer which these fathers made to the burn
ing insult was to go forth to suffer in camp and dis
in battle Before God and man. we believe that i
Southern independence shall be lost. it vi i'll be main
ly owing to the avarice the extortion and the spiri
ofspecuiatien prevailing among us, and which i
chiefly confined to the original ssesssionists. Th
is our information from nearly every neighborhoot
in the State. Such men are worse than Lincoln
;es The Lincoln,tes are open enemies, and VI
have no claims upon them; but these men arr
traitors and enemies in our very midst They
would strangle liberty in its very cradle, in orde
to put money into their filthy pockets.
| CArTAM J. J. GjhrHmE.-The Columbus Time
learns that Lieut. Catesby Ap. R. Jones, G. S. N.
has been relieved of his command on the Apalichi
cola river and ordered to report for duty to Gen
Magruder, in Texas. Capt John Julius Guthrie, 0
this State, passed through this place from Whining
ton, few days since, on his way to the Apalachi
cola. to take command Of vessel, probably in Ii
Jones place. Captain G. was in fine health an
spirits. He will make his mark, if any thing like
fair opportunity is Afforded him. ...,.-,
!: .-... Military Changes.
II seems to be understood that Maj Gen. Frencl
has succeeded Maj Gen, Smith in command Of the De
partment Of. North. Carolina. 1t is also rumore