Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-07-20
Fer the Standard.
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Rip Van WinkIe-.that is, Old N0rth-Carolina.

Fer the Standard.
Rip Van Winke--that is, Old North-Carolina.
Mr.. EDIroE: The old gentleman whose name
stands above, has aroused from his slumbers, but
lie is slcll-rastIy sick sgain-at this end. Poor
Old mortal, how pity him! Bad luck-the worst
lGck-seens to befall him at every STEP
Two years ago the Destructives brought him
within an inch of his life with the cachery, and
ricketts,, and scurvy of secession. But he woke up,
and by mighty effort vcaited up the pisen thing,
and took on an application Of Vance, and, he
hoped, Conservatism. lie felt better, thought he
was cured of the deadly disease Of secession, military
despotlsm and gag laws, and laid him down to sleep
again. But alas alasl the remedy has proved
worse than the disease, and poor old Rip is now
again lacerated, bleeding sore, and raw from one
end to the other. Alas, alas! his groans at this
end are enough to move the heart of stone, and
yet the unfeeling, lying Destructive demagcgues
mock his insupportable sutfsrngs and cali him
"di5loyul nest Of traitors" &c. Vance in his
letters to Davis stalking him deeper than any one
else. Gov. Vance, his vacating, treacherous son,
first &Iehed Old Rip By appointing bitter, wild Dc
structiVe enemies to manage the railroad, &C., un
der the demagogue plea of uniting the people"
Second, the hard hearted, ungrateful Governor
raked, and well nigh kllled-sturced- old Rip
al hls end, by giving this poor mountain district
up to all the horrors of the second CONSUMPTION,
""'o WV. oio"u vi ucOsSI1, Qau HIS pour counties
exempted. Old Rip, when Just acaking up, some
times talks to himself 1t would move your heart
to hear him while rubbing the 6lack, bleeding ul
GERS the Governor has cduscG-" All, ah this is the
"oik CT my rebeous, milk and cider son, no, |
can't call hin son. He has gone over to my enc
mss, aud to ais own enemies who called him tory
Lineo.nite, aoolitionist' &c, two years ago Look
how raw and sore am at this endl THIS end, tho
l0il district, took him up when he was boy, hon.
Hi Ia 70 Hor e
aim doyernor, and then, after all the ungratcful
turn coat goes over to the Destructives, and gives
ms own district up to be abused and slandered as
dis!oya 20 be raktd and re-raked for conscrpts to
be robbed and trampled down by gangs of thieves
ahd roahcrs, leaving the oidous and children of nv
NOBLE toys who have fallen in battle, to CRY and
stSrye tor bread without effort TO save them.
~ihie ne and his Destructive pets as it is said,
drink fine Yankee liquors and good coffee. on
dear, oh des, 1 reckon it is from these Yankee
liquors, Tor which he gives Southern cotton and
thus help to keep up the Yankee armies to fight
the SOUTH that ne gets the spirit of his low, vulgar
jokes, and those wicked blssphemous expressions
he used to my poor, suffering, brave boys in the
army. On Gear, my aching bones at this endl-
Al, that ung'atetul, ungrateful demagogue J.
but, hnf land you might see his eyes at this end
hash with honest Indignation and deep resolve but
WILL" @'n'
AID third the Governor bruised me all along
from mead to loot e lSte4jeg Q tbs ddfi III
got the swelled head insuferably, and turned his
BACK upon the bone and si..ew of my children who
elected MIN Two years ago, and then, to his own |
rum put on ragged dirty, Destructive coat.
Iaeh Joufth, the Governor mashed nv gray |
neao IN his Wikesboro' speech, by opposing State
convention, and by slandering those, nv true and |
ioyai children who wanted it, thus showing he ,Oas
gfasa 10 trust the psople, and that he desired by
Misrepresentation, hard names and brow. bcatino
TO o' crave and thwart the wishes of the nsn,S"
"hom ne had sworn to serve, not US q master Int
as S'ed servant Oa how it hurt my head to see a
St'orn sc'rast try to play the master-the turrut
D"' sGe hardest blow he gave my blecdin.r head
was "het lie substantially endorsed. and apoorised
10y, Ute suspension OF habeas corpus, thus Civ
ing up all my dear children 10 the tender mcrcies
Oh cruel despotsln and tyranny.
VA 'ho' iooi'sn besotted, short-sighted Child!
no" conidst thou thus betray thy tr,is; and
yield up the liberties and lives of those trus n.y."
"no "dde nee G0ee'A0i J.? Thou wicked and sloth.
iui sSi'a how hast thou labored to bring INV
gray mars With sorrow and disgrace to the praveY
Sha1ae, shame on Aes!!!
H1ta, the perrerse Governor tore and Zaee,ate5
my heaft, my mo'ut character, when at Favette.
v,ilc, af'er doV Brown Of Georgia and Vice Pres.
nepllehs nao endorsed, and took their stand
CS0n
w. w; holden he Vance apologised for his sueec5
At Mikes6oro', acknowledged he did not state tho
ruin as he promised to d. and crasotsshea 6ck tn
yeS 0" the Holden, Brown, and Stephens platfo1m
ineh the eAs" began to see mis- folly, and hoLJLsd
'nss way and that way to retrieve his charsc.r.
.ofse ana worse-too late boy, too late. Tn.
70 u'e" u NORTH Carolina never can trust the
=, ai ",io wrote those letters to jeff Davis which
80 deepiy slandered Rip Van Wrinkle ali in H.
00r&, and did more to confirm Davis in b;s nro
conceived opinions Of her disloyalty than eyervbna
sis.' ue'auSe IL came from the Governor How 7
5 "'e oesli betrayed! alas my bleeding heart How
a:eepiy the Vance knife has cut nv yerv sonII"
u n, ne has labored enslave and de.rads R;n
, 1an " lnhie )! And lastly the vulgar Joker has
w. ,, my head and body, and heart by leaving
4. CO. .sS ie was soorn to perform-eren kauino
icheefing telling snutty jokes when the conntrv
> III mourning; making low, personal attacks unon
.en immensely his superiO.s, and strrins. unar-
ltemeht when all ought to be calm. - r VA
n:' my aching head and heart can't follow the
esy JoA" any further Ii is too bad, too bad Oh
~ uae g.. H@a Soya1 Conservative sons, charge YOU
4'' 81 August to put this crooked, slippery
re-. ss,,a JoSer out and put that frm uulinching
salesman ana patriot W. W. Holden. in Ana
hou, my son Holden, continue to UNFOLD trn'h
oel.y 5ha iaw-stand by the soldier, and cad for.
% w'ooW and orphan children as thou hast dona
NJ no'' uehance at the enemies of Dence-of Ao5 ,
@ "'' a. nome and abroad, and let thy first of,
nm ~ 'e' 'n'u art sworn in as Governor of Kin |
an wiki De to hand over the present "last man
,s u as' doar Governor to the conscrpting officer
"a, Ne may 60 as private and as he Is onoseS IN
hvv"oe"aon, TO negotiations to peace let him do
a ua' ne .o!a The SOLDIERS in Virginia to do-"Boys
II vn" I IL, ,.s az n &c-"Boys, yoa must fight
~. ,h o. But can't use those wicked ex.
..so',s witch seem to please the coarse fee,ng.
! Tue Governor so well. Let his good coffee ogS
Iasse liquor rations stop, and let Gen. Lss mt
h Oh ''a'i rations hard marching and ,b,ino pu,
' h' oaTetooted and ragged, vile and children
-vme yi's tor bread aud robbed and abused :
og sa'ss Of swess thieves, and pay him sll ner
~ wa instead OF s4l6S for three years or durin
onven, mnen the Stalled Governor will uant
and nesotistlon, soant peace, aoant
Ou loel must frht TIL o.. - - o.. IL so1e- DOys, Y