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' v yrg' TT nl-wsil 1 r THE CONSTITUTION AND T II K LAW$THE G U A It D I A NSVOF OUR LIBERTY.1 Vol. Xhiy; HILLSBOROUGH, N; C., AUGUST 26, 1863. f; No. 2209.; 1 . 'III . ' 1 MB I V 1U ' i I 1 hi . . in in ?i in in in . " Wlf BMwamm'WfsfmTai From th fayatte-ille Oimm. , . (er that weretalked of putting a mark . .NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS. . upon the foreheads'' of those who had been It on no longer be doubted or denied ibeir, political opponent but Jiad become that there is a division in publjc entiment their co-laborers in the work of defence in North Carolina on the one hand de against Lincoln The tuost eminent men termination to mi at subjugstion by the of the old Whig party, such aiMessn. Yankee 2frnment, and t achieve tfie in- Badger Graham. Vance, and Gilmer, were lrpendenee of the Cpnfederarj I on the J faUrljr and foull.Y deimuncrd along with the tlier a " peace partr," b it filnelr call- Editor f , the Standard at Caithles to-the f!, that would be willing tnhave indepen I South, opposed to the war, and in favor of dence.but clamor for peace, with or with- reconatructioo. , Even we, onlv about out independence. Thoe first mtntioned Jr ago, were plaint j charged bv one of ar unmiatakablv headed bv Gov. Vance, these contemptible organs with favoring the .Theoiherabr the Raleigh Stowan, thoosh North because we favored the election of that Pper oWs not itself go the length of Col. Vanr as Governor. , We treated the some of its followers, for it-has verrre imputation with scorn, and so did all of crntl v declared itself opposed to a rrcon stmctiett f the Union. Before addrtuing a respectful appeal Jo i he Standard to'censtder well the character nd tende ncv of the so-called Peace Parte, we feel it right and just to say, that we do not hold that PP?r primarily responsible those whom we have named except the Editor of the Standard, who unfortunately did not choote to suffer the incessant abuse heaped upon him above all others. ihe result or all this, to say nothing cf me am anu cotniurt given to the malignant partisans by the unfortunate course et the for the most wnfortanate condi'tion in which Confederate Administration towards North tl State is involved. The real authors of Carol maa cpurse evide'nd prompted by the loisc kief are thoe Who rcfued to re-U,10 partisans and which might have been cognie the palpable fact 'that, after Lin- avoided if the President himself bad so far eil's Proclasnation of April 1861, North realiejl the unity of the country as to call Carolina was thoroughly united in the de- inlo.his councils even one Man that had termination to resist the subjugation of the the ear of hi old political opponents was South ender the policy foreshadowed by u infuse into the minds of nunj people in that Proclatnat'00. We sar thoroughly and oot of the State the faUe idea that mtedand keow what we say. .With there was I party in North Carolina op mur sorrow. thsn we ever did any public posed to the war and to a dissolution r act, this paper promptly and unhesitating- the .Union. And when the proplt Rooked It revived to resist subjugation. With- tt the alleged leaders of that pretended out waiting to see what the members of the parlr. and found them to b men eminent great psrtj with wljich we had been idea- lor their ability as well as for personal in tifirJ would do. and fearinr indeed that territy and purity, what more natural than manv of the eM adhere to their lovelthafihey should cooclusJe that there was of the Union and come tot different con elusion from that at which we had arrived. we felt that the tistBCe of the Sosth as s pewtile and ihe secaritv of their liberty and property, demanded isytant and effective retiftance. Within ait hours aftf r the re reason for tisti!ity to the war and to di solution, else surely such wise and good men, who had so great a stake the com muniiv, woniu norenienain sucn opinions. As we Iiitte said, tt was not true that they did entertain such opinions. But the in ceipt of thst Proclamation, without con- cesant dinning it ioto the ears of the peo pling with a human being, for there was pie pursuaded many a man that it was true, nu hm! nf ranutfatin ihout a alt-ri- And so rn en have been educated by certain ient a propiiieo, we unit'd to the debad papers and bad men in North Carols ttimirjatin anaaimoosij niaiU br a great I na ini tna belief tnat mere were weigntv tareting in tUiTnn. to "lake all proper reasons lor oppostnf the war auu uesinnj trps to maintain, sec ore and defend the reconstruction. rights or North Carolina as tme of the With inexpressible regret we have seen Southern States,' and to support the au- the Standard giving way before the assaults tWitiea of fhe Htate in "asserting our of its enemies, which it could o well have rizlits and defrndinr oar soil.' We had I afforded to disregard, and lending its ad- the ineipresible ratification to find hat I milted ability and influence to the malcoo- ni action met witn a coraiat anu onani items inus crraica oy me teacnings wi iooe mous response from all parts of the State, I enemies, We have not, however, de inJ frmu nun mar rnrdial or Ottaoimous I nouorfd tho Standard, as manv have done ti.an from our old political friends. The and do, becaase we still hoped that some Standard of that day", wiih equal prompti- remains of common sense and patriotism iu!r, took the same stand. And fie weks would come to the aid of our suffering ltrrsrdi, as a member of the State Cod- country and preserve it from the evils of veniioa, its r.oitor voted lor anu ueiiwcraic i Division, anu irom me even posiui nor It put his name to the Ordinance which I rori ol civil war. We do not denounce it (rever separated orth Carolina front the I bow. We rather anpeal to it. to its gou r'ederal Union, and identified her, in in- sense, its love of country, its every leelin; te test and honor, aa ahe waa already ideo-J of hamanity, to use its influence t di ti6ed in location and homogeneity of In-1 countenance the meetings which its fiirntls tuitions, with the Southern Confederacy. tare holding in various parts ol ti.e Mate. We have no doubt now, and never had, I The immediate cause of the earlier of those tht the Editor of the Standard was rer-1 meeting was the arpintment of a ir- lectly sincere in his course, and in thelginian loan important civil office in ttiis pledge he then gave of ''the last dollar and State. That cause has been reinoted by the last man rf North rarolina to main- the removal ol thj Virginian. Another t4tn the declaration then made by him and rause was the vindication of the Editor of His associates in the Convention, and an- the Standard from thine assaults which he proved bv her. whole people, was bun-Uad they would have been wue to have lantly teatifted by ihe promptness with treated ,witfi coatempt. The third and nich ner Wt ana bravest ' rusttea to I last avowed tause ot these meetings ia aims.' deire for oeaite. Evervbody in the Con- But anfortunately the State Aiministra- federacy desires oeace. Theriuestionsare, tiutf that day and its organs and ad vi what sort of a peace, and how is it to be rswfrf incapable of comprehending Ihe obtained? oarig spertacle or a divided people The Standard has very recently denied, united in ono oiammt hv a common imaaise I UW mn1...;. ,l it f.nr rvronitroc- "I elf titfiirtifinn. The condition eMtioa if th nf rnon It it net not. . t niog 'demanded that a party Administra What it said, on the 20ih of May 1861, it t.on should as instantly throw off every nil I wisely holda to, viitthat North Caro- mara.e of party, see nothing but t anited Una thea atltd riAUT,M and wisclt." eople, and tolerate no proscription or de- Bat soma of it friends, not to discreet as mjncution no war but war upon the the Standard, have gone beyond it on this common enemy. Then was Bot soul n0tltion. Witness the treasonable fcsoln d?f & ho,i Mt lh,t contro,I on that disgraced the action of the meet '.! i" ! rei, tht importance of iag in Surry coanty, which we wire mor this lint af pohcy. Every nan who had tiffed to InJ in the Standard of the 11th i Union mi a waa sedulously proicrih- Inst. That resolution will do more for the vertaia malignant nrioef the pa Yankees than any army that they hive can effect. But not that meetine only will tn. courage them. AU the resolutions about peace, and sending commissioners to nego tiate, are but so many instigations to the enemy to persevere, so many Indications tna'. they may hope to find friends in North Carol int.' It is said by the Standard and others, with great plausibility, that there can be no peace without preliminary ne gotiations. But it is perfectly manifest that Lincoln s government u now utterly unwilling to negotiate apon any terms short of unconditional sumnission. The Start' dml is naturally and properly opposed to mai, anu no meeung dui mis one in Surry has hinted atmch disgraceful terms. Why .a .a ''. tnereiore encourage the ejiemy and dis courage our own gallant soldiers, all for nothing? If we had gained some great victory, or series ol victories, or ii Our na, tionality had been recognized abroad, or ii the i ankees had gotten to lighting among themselres over their conscription, there would be some sense- in proposing to-nego-tiate. And if the Standard and its friends will wait till some of these things occur, tod we don't think they will need to wait long. we will join them in the hope that the Confederate Administration, (the only powen that can lawfully or properly do so,) shall ugain propose terms of peace and in dependence, or negotiations, vr an armis tice to lead to them, notwithstanding the refusal even to listen to the formal propo sition carried to them by a commissioner no less eminent than Vice President Ste- filicni, as they had previously.' refused to is'.en to the proposition of President Da tis. . The Standard may not possibly be aware of some of the influences that have led-to and controlled some of these meetings. We have reason to believe that in at least one case a meeting was in great part com posed of the immediate relations and friends or a number ol deserters who are prowling about, the woods in that neighborhood, and that iU main object was to countenance the dastardly conductor these deserters. Again we have heard that the prime movers of some ol the meetings are men between 40 and 45, who are thus muddying the waters for the purpose of divising some mode of screening themselves, from obedience to tsteir country's call. They held no peace meetings when their younger neighbors were carried oS to the army ; but are sud denly great peace men now that they them selves are called to the field. , And still again, a friend has stated to us the argu ment of one of the so-called peace men, which was to this effect: That peace and reconstruction would only result in the abolition of slavery, and as he, and raany others owned no slaves, they need not care their property would be safe. To say -t ' r .1 r L -.! f naming oi me oaseness ei sucn a mouvi oi action, it is false m fact, ihe Yankee confiscatftn law embraces ever kind of property, nogrnes, lands, furniture, goods, everything. There ia no escepiion what ever, and he is simply a fool who imagines that the law will be varied to suit his own cse. The Court in Washington City has already cjprely decided otherwise, in twenty casts that came before it, and all the property, none of which consisted of slates, was condemned. Besides, the ex press promise to the Northern soldiers has been that they hall have the plantations of the Southern people alter conquering mens. And, -while the Yankee officera toek the large possessions of the wealthy planters, the small plantations of the non.slarekol ders would be the very thing to'allet to the brutal Yankee soldiers, who havt been guilty of every sort of outrage, from steal ing to murder. Let n man delude him self with an idea, which the Standard is too sensible to entertain for & raiment, that the oon-slavcholdcrs would be exempted if they should be so unwise as to make any peace abort of independence. . But suppose they should be to favored at to esiaoe confiscation, we ask them how ther would manae to live in such' a state of society at would be forced upon (hem, ia wnicn iney wobiu bo i'mr ivc, kept down by Yankee nayeneisr - , Bat pirhsps they night purchase a ten porary exemption by doing what Kentucky and Missouri and Maryland are doing, that is, oy allowing memseirrs 10 oe conserv ed in the Yankee army. ' That is the fata of thoie three States. . They undertook to stand neutral, and the consequence is they have thousands of nnwilling'soldiers in the Yankee army. But what advantage would, that be to our peace men?. If obliged to fight at all, is it not far better to fight on the side'of their neighbors and friends, , their section and their country, their honor and their property,, than on the side of the mean and base and malignant and thievish. Yankees? ' They must fight on one side oc the other: 'which shall it be? Can any sensible man, to say nothing about patriot ism, hesitate to lake his Stand against the infernal Yankees? , Such are some of the views which we take of the present . condition of: things. There are others of more delicacy to which. we retrain to allude. I bey are presented, not in the usual style of denunciation new too common, but calm! r.appealingly, even beseechingly. Some may think it beneath their dignity to appeal to the Standard, We do not. 1 be peace oi the state and the independence of our country are objects of incalculable value. They would have been far more likely to be secure if we bad. had less of denunciation and more of rea son and punuasisn. The only hope we have of their preservation is in the resto- rational maticeung in wnicn mewneie , , State, as one man, entered upon this great contest of resistance to subjugation. That uoiiy can never oe resiorea oy violence. It is possible that it may be by. reason, re- -monstrance, forbearance, and justice. We make an appeal, the most earnest that we know how to frame, to the good tense and patriotism of the Standard, to discounter nance those meltings; le tqrego the gratifi- -cation of their endorsement of its course' and (hereby prove that it is in the highest sense worthy of respect and praise; to discountenance their assaults upon our common Administration and their worse than idle talk of peace, which the Standard knows they have no prospect of obtaiaing by such illegitimate and -insufficient means. These meetings are powerless for good, and only productive of ill blood at home and of encouragement to oar common ene my. So far as the Confederate Adminis tration is concerned, it ia understood that North Carolina will have no further reason to complainthat the late conference be tween Gov. Vance and the President led to the most cordial good feeling, produc ing results perfectly satisfactory to Got. Vance. . The Standard has for' tears oast treaM the Observer with uniform and marked coortesy. The Observer appeals to ' it. implores it, not to pass unnsedingly by this opportunity to save 'the State, which we think its Lditor loves, from a, bitter per sonal and party contest, and poisUly from anarchy or civil war, and thereby to make for itself and him a reputation above the value of ten thousand resolutions. It is possible that such a course will show even to those who own and those who control the party presses which seem to have no other food than abuse of the Standard, that they rrtay be better employed. Bat even if it should fail of so sensible an ef- ' feet, the Standard, if it pursue so sensible and patriotic a course, may well afford to ' treat them with' scorn and contempt. nOX. THOMAS. ASHE. The rim. Thomas 9. Aatsa harteaa nominated for relecliao ia lb Seventh Coucrtinsoal Ctrkt uo!.f circumstance stkkh leave Lute doubt of kit ttete hii nomination in the VaJboroogh Argue havinf bean smkned bjr lha Charlotte Democrat with ' warm comroen Jaiioo. CoL 8. II. Chrwtian k his sp pooenL We copy from the Fejeltevin Obaemr the foHowiDj rport af the reroarktBQtdehy Mi.AaLo at a Bwetief at Albemarle en lha llih instaat, when ' the carHiiJata sonounced thetaaafvosi ' Mr. Ashe opened the discaiiion by re . viewing the course he had pursued ia the . last Congress static Wh.t votes he had, , givtn On the leading questions beferi Cta
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