Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-12-13

good citizens since the war began. Your CORES
pondent talks Of moving from amongst us; but,
when he does. no alteration need be made in the
above phraseology, even though new date might
oe gwen But will make no play on words
only assert again, that no men Of means havemov
from this county since the war began
But now let US present another extract. Re-
spectacle Citizen cries out in agony of despair,
can't you suggest som plan by which this can be
broken upT Why, certainly. Send troops here
by the hundreds-yes, by the thousands. and quar-
ter them in our little town. This will afford protec
ton TO your correspondent in his humane efforts to
exchange cotton yarns for brandy Troops arc what
he would have, even though it impoverish the coun-
ties whence they were drawn and consumed all we
nave here in feeding them. What cares lie who
Suffers and as to grain, he knows how to get that
by threatening his neighbors with visitation of
cavalry if they do not promptly divide with him.
The Editors Of the Conservative in their preato-
ry remarks, misrepresented the character of the
meeting that was held here in September. They
attempt to make it gathering of the Opposers OF
Gov. Vance in the late election" whereas eight out
of eleven of the committee were Vance men, and
Sergeant Ginnings, as ardent friend as you have,
Governor, was of them, and volunteered to car
ry the proceedings to you. No, it was not your
opposers who held the meeting, but good substan-
cIal citizens of the county, amongst them many of
your old friends and what they put on record was
the truth, as time has shown, and should not be
treated as false, even though " respectable citizen
misrepresented it as such. | hope, Governor you
did not endorse for him against that meeting;
bat as Neathery & Co. Bnow none of u.s. some OF our
people insist that he borrowed his views on that
subject from you, and that none Of our public meet
ings here speak so loud but that its voice may
be drowned by groan from one Of your pets.
How unjust in the. Conservative to say that
meeting asserted there were no deserters in the
county 1t admitted there were deserters, but
thought that we could put them down ourselves if
your Excellency would furnish fuel for the guns.
See proceedings of meeting in the Conservative of
September 1st
Governor, it has become the fashion to abuse
Wilkes county, and caution you not to believe
one half of what you see or hear in regard to US.
A dozen "old sogs around about here have be-
come nervous, excited and alarmed, and they would
the bowels of the State for their comfort.
And the Iredell Express wouldn't have an item of
news, ifit didn occasionally meet with an officer
from Wilkes, who inform US that McMIlan's men,
&C." or, in this weeks paper where he leads off
with Atrocities in Wilkes countyr' and tells Of
ar affair at Russells in Alexander county far over
the line and the burning of Laws house, which is
erect to day as the Executive Mansion.
And now, Governor, | must close. IF have
su ceeded in wiping one foul stain from the es-
Gu cheon ofthis once glorious old county, and in any
C. and malgn her for their own base ends, my
task 8 accomplished.
With the highest regard,
Your obedent servant,
CRUTCH.