The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-03
For the Standard.
eve three, brothers be, in one cause,
RiIl puffs. Tom snuffS, and / chaws.

Bill puffs, Tom snufts, ana cnaWs.
The above, Messrs. Editors, was, no no.. douot,
the exclamation of three WORTHLESS, wnlie .. !"
spree, discussing the merits of the con 1so
weed; and is reminded OF its applicatiorn ~, 70
the political putting, snuffng and chawihS OF lle
Davis Worth Vance Pell frccaters at THIS Tune,
with the exception that the putting is growing
beautifully less, the snufang consists OF Ga1es
that lily carry the ship of state, and the chaWmg
(of beefsteak) which will probably soon dwindle
down to the dimensions of a mutton chop, pro,
yided all of the sheep have not been driven feH
nell from their respective folds
The tobacco is also growing scarce, as veneer
able man. with q short coat tail, was lately seen
on the streets without the accustomed cigar,
vending his way towards the State House with
the inteution, no doubt of raking over the niles
of the Standard for something Ggan that aWlul
fellow Billy Holden. You may occasionally near
some of the lesser lights say. Well, we never
said any thing against Billy Holden pe'SonGHy
really you sometimes chap on the streets,
who actually takes Union man by the mana anu
wants to know the news from Washington; ana
when the good-natured poor white, no-accouht
Holden man, tells him the rumors of the day, the
fellow starts as if one of those big blood mounds
(that jeff Davis IL Co. use to keep for hunting
runaway niggers) had taken Oft whatever was lett
of his already drip up coat tail, and with face
similar to that of Dismal Jenny in Dickens Pick
nick says, "Well, 1 was always against secession,
but went with my State Che don't say to the war;
because our rights were in danger, and the Yam
KEGS would not let us carry our nggers into the
territories, which we had as much right to do as
Yankee had to carry his bobtal mule But you
6nop always liked Holden personally; he got
me a guard when Sherman came in, and besides
he actually went so far as to keep the government
lat most times he would have said Yankees) from
having me tried for treason, as was worth over
twenty thousand dollars. Its true l have since
that time ooted against him and called him radi-
CAL but did not mean any thing persOnat. l on
ly did it because 1 thought perhaps it might in
lure me to be for radical" The two separate,
but the chap turns and says to the Union man,
"If YOU sec Holden, tell him am coming around
to talk with him sometime" The unionist makes
bow, and goes on his way thinking of the truth
contained in the line of the poet,
'Conscience doth make towards of us ALL"
Scenes like the above are frequently occurring in
our city.
Messrs. Editors, what does all this mean e? Does
it not show that these see in the distance the
coming storm that will sweep them forever from
any participation in the affairs of state, and per-
haps consign them to infamy and shame? Does
it not show that, being cOhscience-stricken, they
are quaiing before the future wrath OF an already
injured and indignant nation, the sacred folds OF
whose glorious emblem ofliberty they sought to
trample in the dust, and the blood ofwhose mar
tyred citizens, like that upon the hands of the
ambitious Macbeth, they cannot wash away from
their guilty souls Does it not prove that, after
having rejected all terms of reconciliation offered
by both the Executive of the nation, and those
glorious patriots. who stand guard over the honor
of the Republic at the Federal City, they are
trembling at the just retribution that awaits
them? think it proves all this, and perhaps
more.
Union men of North Carolina keep your BAN
aloat! The day of your deliverance draweth
nigh! One more charge and the day is ours =
The columns OF the enemy are giving away-'tis
heard in their bugle of retreat; and ere long,
with Bonded limbs and appraised hands, they will
sue for that mercy, which, if not altogether de-
MED, will be mixed with stern justice. The suf-
ferngs and privations, the SCOTS and eers of>up-
starts, the pointed finger of scorn and contempt,
and the other indignities and insults to which we
have been subjected, will soon be settled. Our
cries for relief have reached the of the repre-
sentatives of our glorious republic, and we can
soon eXclaim with Gloster,
"Now is the winter of our discomfort
Made glorious summer by this son of York,
And all the clouds that lowered upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried ~
JUSTICE.