Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-14
Corn and Wheat for the Poor.

Corn
The Magistrates of Orange County have recently
passed the following resolution:
"Resolred, That we will sell at schedule prices
to the destitute families of our soldiers, ana le"
other persons in extreme want, one:tentn part "
al the wheat and corn which We have OF this years
crop to dispose OIL.
We find this resolution in the last Contsderote
We would like to know how "deststuts families"
and persons in "e1treme want" can raise tho mon
ey with which to purchase wheat and cornf-
Enlishten US, oh ye Csmerons and other mon
,rchists in Orange. Paul @. Cameron is specl'
men of those naughty oligarchs who aided in
bringing on this war, and who promised that as
,oon as the war commenced they would shoulder
their muskets, and wade knee deep IN Yankee
blood. But they have shouldered no muskets-
thew have seen no Yankee blood, and they never
will. Their neighbors and their neighbor's chill
dren are fighting for their property, and all theJ
can do in return is to sell onetenth Of their crop
to "dsstitun families and persons in eStrs"''
w,ntp We have done more for soldiers and their
families, in proportion to our means, than Paul u
Cameron has ever done, and We have never asked
government prices for what We had to spare OF
"Gestitute families" and persons in ertrsne want"
bat we have freely gioen as we were Able, witoous
money and without price and yet Ar. cameron
and the like are true Southern men, and We are
the traitor! The curse Of Almighty God, and the
curse of the people-' red with uncommon wrath =
will rest on those who aided in bringing on this
war, but who have refused to fight in it, and VINO
are at home grinding the faces Of the poor, and
dealing out to them little corn-a little corn, at
government prices to those in "eztren'e want,
to keep their souls and bodies together, while their
sons and brothers, and fathers are bleeding and
dying on the battlefield for the property of these
very persons. We do not spesk Of the farmers OF
Magistrates Of Orange generally, but of class
among them, which, there As elsewhere, acts ~ an
incubus on the patriotism of the country.
The Confederate, Of this City, dwells at some
length on this action of the Magistrates of Orange
ard concludes as follows:
"But the Magistrates of Orange may congratulate
themselves that they have not done as much mis-
chief some others. We have been informed that
in one Of the most thorough war counties, the
farmers have lately resolved to sell wheat at not
less than fifteen dollars bushel We hope this is
not So 1t is in vain to strike blow like this at
the Confederacy, and then question any body's
loyalty. Loyalty is not the mere expression Of
favorable wshes-but the performance of disinter-
estcd, government supporting acts. While the
farmers are moving in this unwse suicidal direc-
ton other classes srs keeping pace with them.
Corporations Railroad Companies, are pushing their
cost of transportation to fabulous rates, intending,
it seems to pile profits mountain high Landlords
rent their houses 1t the full price they paid for
their purchase or construction, and = general race,
scrub At that, for it couldn't be otherwise, seems
begun towards the goal of absolute contempt for
the government integrity and capacity.
The evil is enormous--in the extreme perilous-
and each hour adds to it. Let "those whom it
may concern" take heed"
If ever there was time when the people of the
Confederate States should have "everything in
common in the way Of provisions, now is that
tlme The rich and well-to do should take pleasure
In helping the poor, for the poor are for the most
part engaged in fighting our battles and in protect
Ing what little is left to US. Every ono who has
anything to spare should chesrfully part with it to
the destitute families Of soldiers and thus encourage
1ne soldiers to stand by the flag and fight on. Do
not encourage idleness by gifts, but relieve want
and encourage industry by timely and proper dis.
'rlouon Of what you have to spare. Your negroes
Will have meat IS we'll bread, and they will have
AhoeS next winter. Who will shoe the families OF
our soldiers, and furnish them with meat, or even
taste Of it once dayi