Year: 1863

Mr. HoLDEN:--I see the State Journal and also in
the wilmington Journal attacks of malignant character


upon you BY cOrrespOn 1euS of those dirty Sheets
IL seems that every means to crush YOU has been
hasted IN the of sneakng and indirect assaults and
now these low, footcking seoundrels making at
tempt 10 take you oy Storm Sir, have nothing to do
with your defenceyou take care of Yourself in that
but have few facts TO relate in connection with myself
and part at least of the rest of the people of North Car
olna These very sheets and their correspondents are la
boring hard TO public opinion which when they
give expression they are simply giving birth to the lille
these scoundres in the front, in Gettysburg battle
two and their wives equal footing with the
soldiers wife, and they would then feel grateful to you,
the soldier and true patriot feels for the stand you
have taken.


Sir, am North Carolina soldier and in my senses am
tired OF soldering, and my wife and children tired of
living the charity of the rich secessioniss at home
and am satisfied this is the wi every North Caro-
lima soldier worthy of a home among civilized men. l
have not read your paper in long time until my atten
ton was called to it by these correspondents procured
the number referred to and gave it careful perusa and
m proud to say it contained my views precisely. 1t
speaks ont the language and the wishes entire of all with
whom have associated in the army home and abroad
wherever duty calls me. am in county of North
Carolina bordering the chivalrous State of Carolina
the mother of all our The people here have great
deal of property at stake but their whole cry for peace.
They say we will get nothing but honor in this and
that We have quite enough of that to quit upon the
teachings of certain newspapers here to the contrary not
wilhstandng. Gov. Ellis imlnortazed himself with GER
tain men in State by overriding the Constitution and
giving his most Sacred oath the gOby. And it
that GoV Vance is to be beheaded he don't do the
thing taking steps for the suppression of the Standard
Sir neither will Gov Vance or President Da interfere
with you If the Standard its editor is molesed it
Will raise howl from the people of North Carolina that
will wreck The Confederate government at Gov.
Vance is our Servant and his first duty is to listen to the
throbbngs of The great heart of the State and to
y out the wishes Of the people indicated by this pOpu
lar tbrob


NnSir, could say to these astue writers for these
sinking little sheets the frogs said TO the little boys
who pelting them with stones 1t may be fun for
you TO write, but it is death to us to soldier it. The
charity Of the rich seceSsunsts at home towards wives





Vaton pane rife but it discovered there
plenty IN the unry, to sustain the army, suppose
True, my raons increased little, but my wife's
have not been Every letter from her. she says
she has no meat often bread and the children crying
Cery GtteA with hunger" And still. l suppose, must
not complain but lie down and die of hunger for fear the
enemy ,fads II Odt will stick to the South long
the South will stick to me-now l am at t-but my pa
riosm requires feed to place it that high and hOnora
bic level with the truly Spartan pluck of these oYrnGt
correspondents VIDE.


JJly 3d. 1868.