Vol. XMV.
Hillsborough; n. c, September 9, lses.
No. 2211.
, From tha Fayatttv ilia Ohamer. country, and that he had done and would
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS. do all that por human nature ia capable
With amne inconvenience we comply f. to advance its cause. And further, in
with the Standards request to copy entire l'hmg around the country we saw no man
in reply to our appeal to it on the 17th who w perfect.or likely to do better than
init., under the above head. It merita a he But : it it a little remarkable, that
rejoinder, though it ahowa manifest symp- hilat the President has been growing in
tenia of a disease with which a celebratd disfavor with the Standard, in all the oat
politician of our State waa wore said to be ide ur,(l he ha ,n",,e nm ' wonder
afflicted, viz: "a diarrhoea uftcorde." ful greatness.- lie beg-n the war with no
One-thirdof the Standaritt article ia'de- mn and no mean. He has carried it on
toted to ft'i arraignment of the Confederate fwr two nJ thirJ year, during which we
Administration for its coHre' from its in- nave 6"fd many brilliant victories, and
auguntiim at Montgomery lo the prraeut ha ,m 6ret armies and abundance of , all
moment." That course is denounced as the material of war. We are infinitely
strictly partisan" and prescriptive." Wronger than ever before, and there is no
Our readers are not now to learn for the ln in the path to Peace and Independence
tirt time, that we think the Administra
tion has grievuuttr erred in not treating'
ail old party lines as obliterated bv the
war. We said 'that in the article to which
the Standard replies, as well as previous-
Is. Hut the Standard certainly dors the
' President injustice in one particular. We
but that whose growls are heard in the.
threats of domestic dicsentinn;
Some of the things of which the Standard
complains were ". altogether indispensable.
The conscription, hard as it was, was one
of these. The tax laws are others. And
we do not hesitate to say, that the tithe
rr not noilielv informed at In in state. 1 ' not necessary, but ia just. The
nent that no man who did not rrgard the lel,er ol the Alabama member of Congress,
election of Mr. Lincoln as good cause frr US". pijr anoweu us justice, in.
li..uU'iMg the Union has been admitted to r' tte, cwinot D
tiiePrei.lentaC4biiief,M though we are in- constitutionally done until a cen.ua shall
lmed t think it incorrect. But when it he taken, and which would have
sava that proscription of t-ach men in the u' ost enjosi whilst such a vast portion
fold" has been'the order of the tf.v. it is of that real eatate lies idle in consequence
undoubted v mistaken. The three higheM ers being-in the army, the tax is
General in the armr, to go t.o further, 'U laid upon the produce of such of the
wr re Union men Cooper. Lee ami John- Jl. I''p'e t ht
ton. We think moreover that the three 11 ' n ."dious tax. So are all taxes.
General fr whoe appointment to high perhaps it ts less odious than the income
cominnd the President has been so much tax. h,th Pr, '' 'rJ honet man's,
.hu.,J hi. the Standard t all business, m An him tell how much he has
ihM Lovrll. Pmbrton aail ll..linr. earned, and pay a heavy tax upon his earn
w tm Union men. V know Gen. Holmes "X- WeAaltivate no farm', and have no
lo hate jeert enthesiaaiic in his devotion produce tithes to psy, but our neighbors
i tw old Union ; bat when, some data be- w that no held laborers are worked (we
far Lincoln' nroclunation of Anril'lS6l. " wth our hands,) as we are, and we
he was ordered to snake prepaiati.ns for have to pay mn- than a lithe of or earn,
the invasion f the South, he resigned and inS 1,1 Shall we complain ? By
rame here to defend the South. - means, war own try neeus u, or u
We could nunt out othrr errors into would not call lor itneeds it to dclend us
which the AwiiWhaa Mien: but we ire. from the os of all. property, business.
ferti remind it. that this poller of which prohts.nd all. And ourcotintry syall have.
K complains as governing ihe AJminis- Ireelj. whaieverit demands of us. The
tration horn its inauguration at Montgom- nJ the oihrr ralla upon u. incident
rrv to the preaent moment." roust have been to IM situation of the country may Rot,
ap'parrnt to it for months before its Editor, probably will nt, leave enough to make
as a member .f the Convention of .North both enda meet." Hut what ot that r Brt-
Car dina. voted (or aod signed and glor.fiVd ter that our country should take even the
the Ord.iunce of arparation from the Unit- whole, than that we and the whole should
ed States and of formal union with the f" into the hands of the detestable Yan-
afoftaaid government at Montgomery, That kess.
was rn. time, it strikes us, to pause and Abost tt.ts matter of tithes we are roor-
consider wliethrr we should onite lh State tified to fjo.l in the Standard, unrebuked,
..i North Carol.ua'with su'ih a wicked"4 the otocredings id a meeting in Alleghany
government as the Stand.rd describes tha! county, on the I2:h inst., in which, among
at Montgomery to have been. The Editr others, the following resolutions were
t'the Standard did not pause the wte adopted:
nan'' did Hit ' foresee the evil aod hide " IZuoktd, That w rtgitl the aiipointmaol of one
himaelf." lie rightly and heartily. Rot Bmtt'orJ, a Virjioun, chicf-tiihiufiuan far North
..nlv r..t tilt tim ..I.! Mnanmnt liu m . Cafollft.
braced the new one, and plunged North
Carolina into the existing war. It is now
tm late for the Standard lo discuss the
ssesnon as to the necessity of this war, or
who, is mot to blame that i,tva not avoid
e.l. We shall not follow it in such a dis
f ussion, not enly because il-oulu be pre
titless, but because we,houlu be compel!
el
sears
of said Bradford.'
M KttJiii, That wt J.i oat iotrnd to pay titbet to
BraJf-jrJ or aay othar -aroo.
" iiuuktd. Thai wa buhl? appreciate anJ apprats
af lha caurat that W. VY. lUUati has purtucJ io
Uponinf lha rlghw of the pcpl ami If; m 'ie
tba a!mot sttingQi(te jutk of lil-ari."
Liberty! What sort of liberty has the
!uvern-
lo show its own responsibility as for 1 StandarJ taught these people ? (who by
rs a leader! of the secess.oniata ami a 'he way demand the speedy removal of a
liner up nf stnfe between oar woiIe it:manwho had already been das re-
liome and bejweea North and Sooth. inoteiT.) Purely t ie Standard, did not
Hut there was yet another time ( pause, mean to tCith tliem tat iiurriy coniisiu
Uelore the rresidential hiection a is . reiusing to wbev a tax law cieariy coo
vrmoer UGI, the policy ef the Admmia.
trition had been plainly developed by near
I) a sear's practice, the Prevident lud cho
sen hi advisers, they were kiwn to the
ti'anrUrd, and a number of other things id
"hirh dir Standard now complains, had at
ady ocrurred, vet the Standard not inly
pprted the president lor- re-election,
but rsienttd with indignation an assertion
that 'll was not heartily in his favor. We
think the Siandatd waa ihtn right. We
were governed by precisely the sane con.
aiderationa that appeared to influence it
Men. Nt that we ihooght the Preaident
I erlect : Not that we approved ef all that
lie had dent t But wa lupporttd him because
fU perfectly satisfied that hii heirt
f Xn4 ar.J body were devoted to nix
stitutiona! law enacted b,' the
i:ient wLich thev had themscliea cieatnd
lor that and other purposes? If that be
liberty what is government? And if thia
be a despotism as the Standard instructs
its readers, tIapotim allow their subjects
to lake strange liberties. A despotism I
no freedom ot oninion ! and the persons
who make the complaint demanding of
their government the removal oi a tax col
lector ai unacceptable, and plainly telling
the government atihe same lime that when
it appsints a collector to suit their notions
they won't pay the taxes te him !
Bat to past from this branch of the
Standard'! reply. ' .
It wii not $ecenlonii!3 who toolt fth
Carolina out of 'Jic old Uutao, or nha join
ed her to the Confederacy. ; Nor was it for
anything that the secessionists of the cot-.
ton states had done or could do, that she
went out. She had boldly, manfully, and
wisely, disregarded all that, and ahe would
have disregarded it to this day. It was
Lincoln a act, unmistakably intending the
subjugation ef the Sooth, that teok North
Carolina out. and that by the vote of the
old Union men, representing an otd Union
people but union men and people no Ion
ger than Lincoln's insane and fatal policy
was developed. The chango of sentiment
was instantaneous. It was aioHT. But
having put our hands to the plough, shall
we take refuge in the shade and .leave our
work half done, because the midday sun
scorches us? Shall we make no crop at
all because, to our feeble comprehension
of the designs of Providence, there has been
too much or too little rain? That is the
tendency of the Standard's doleful account
of the preaent relative condition bf oar
own and the enemy a armies, and of what,
according to the Standard, we may lose,
in three months, and what we are not like,
ly to regain. It seems to us that thia it
not the spirit that should actuate a free
man, struggling for his rights, nay for the
very existence of himself and his people.
A man who despairs ia whipped already.
He who trusts God and uses his own strong
arms, may be whipped, indeed, but it is an
even chance that he will not be; and if he
should be, he will have the satisfaction of
knowing that he did his doty that he lost
not his honor in the struggle.
In what the Standard aayt about the
ttfeett of sudden emancipation we entirely
concur. And for that reason as well as
many others, we can tolerate no thought of
any other result of thia-war than that of a
complete and final separation. Subjuga
tion or reconstruction would alike lead te
fttodden emancipation, and to all the untold
horrors which wuald visit. alike the slave
holder, the non-slaveholderi and the slave.
The Standard flatter a itself thai in some
contingency not yet reached, it could se
cure peace without sudden emancipation.
Upon what this strange delusion is based,
we are unable to conceive. Certainly,
Lincoln's proclamation, and the action un
der it of his officers, civil and military,
have given no ground lor seen a hope
Everything. showa that wherever the Unit
ed States can secure a footing, emancipa
tion is verv sodden. But could the Stand-
ard trust to paper pledges, constitutions or
laws? Did we not have all these in the
old Union ? and had they not proved worth
less ? How can any one hope for anything
stronger, especially as a concession to int
iter "the worst stares us in me lacer
Does the Standard look tor something bet
ter than we had before, to be granted
when we ret into a condition of helpless
ness when " the worst" has come? Has
there been one solitary sign, from Lincoln
or Irom his army or people, of concessions
te us, or even of former admitted rights,
except when ut had the upper hand r The
whole conduct of the Yankees in relation
to the exchange of prisoners showed too
plainly what will be their poijey when
"the oi si" comes. While we had the
advantage in number nf prisoners they
treated with us and made terms which
would have been fair if they had been
faithfully kept. Bt now that they have
the advantage. " the worst" having befallen
us, what o u sre, but the most insolent
and utterly .'inadmissible pretensions. So
will it ever-be. Our only safety is in fight
ins them hzMing them, as the Standard
says, " with a depcration which the world
has nver witnessed.' .
The Standard considers us as .disposed
to twit" its KJitr for his declaration in
May 18CJ. Surelr we said nothing of the
kind. We quoted' that declaration to show
that the Standard was not, as the Yankee
Dsn era claimed, and at many at home be
lieted, faithless to the Confederacy, bot
that, from the tOth el way iboi, to me
present time, the Standard had continued
to afSnn its opp'"ttion to a .reconstruction
of the old Union. It iincere gratifi
cation to us thus to put it right before the
public.
But the Standard makes this the occa
sion for one of its despairing statements,
I t a .. . ,i. . '. a j l .
caicuiaiea io depress me spirit oi tae pee.,
pje, and tomake fhem cry ' enough" with
out waiting to show fight. "We wonder
that the Standard did not say that the.
State and County debt was equal to a that
the state would sell tor in gold and silver.
There being no gold or silver, compara- .
tively speakiog, the one statement would
have been about as correct as the ether..
But we can fight this war, and whip the
FYanlaea uritlintit n1l and ailvar anil th
debt that we have incurred, and that yet -
a country made It is made to save vt
from degradation and rain. JindilwiUdo ,
i, unless the unfortunate croaking of the
Standard and its friends shall to far crip.,
pie eur coutage and resources as to make
us give up without a sufficient '.struggle.
But the debt of the State, large at the
1 Standard would have the people believe it.
n oniy aoout a mini oi wnai Virginia, or
Maryland, or Pennsylvania, owed before
the war. As to gold and silver, we have
no special need of either while the war
lasts, and after it is over, our cotton and to
bacco and rice will bring is plenty.
Ihe Standard says that " te treat with,
the Confederate government for peace is ie
recognize that government." . Net a whit
more than to treat with theuenfederate go
vernment for an exchange of prisoners wai
to recognize that government. England
did not recognize the United States by
treating with them for peace, though ahe
did so recognize their independence bj
preliminary treaty concluded six months
afterwards, and by definitive treaty con
cluded metre than a year afterwards, the
war actually proceeding during the first
mentioned period of six months, whilst the
negotiations were gemg on. A reference
to the history ef that period might be ef
service to the Standard, as showing that
nothing: then secured our recognition but
mccesfful resist ante to the power of Great
. ' ana . a. a .
Britain, l hat brought ner te treat. Ana
nothinz else will brinr the United States
to alike conclusion." The States and the
people have no right to .treat with her. ail
can have no shadow of hope that ahe will
treat such a proposition from them wita
anything better than contempt. The Stand
ard " fears that we are notable to do this,
aod that; and gives the gloomiest view of
the condition of things generally, we
hope and believe, and are determined te
try, l ne oaiue is not, io ino strong, ana
we have faith that that will bo shown ia
God's own good time, provided we remain
true t ourselves and our country.
- We sre glad to se!e the Standard repeat
ing with emphasis, that "we are opposed
to reconstructing the old government, and
have been from the first." We trust it
will continue so to the last But, whilst
we do not at all call in question the tin-
centy of its declaration, we are Doend'te
say, that in our opinion the whole teadea
cy (we do not mean intention,) of its argu
ments is to induce its readeri to think that
in reconstruction lies their only hope.
All its gloomy statements of the conditio
of things military and financial, all its
fears of our inability to accomplish any
thing, all its talk about "the establiaa
ment of a new common gevernmest, with
all our rights guaranteed,'" hath this ex
tent, no more, no less. And so its readeri
construe it, as witness the meetiugs in
which reconstruction and the Standard fig
ure aide by aid in the resolutions. The
idea ef " a new common government, with
all our rights guaranteed," is the terj
error of the moon." The Yankees say
they have now ' the best government on
earth." Are they likely to change it at
the request of a parcel of ' rebels," who
have beaten their boastful armies upon a
hundred fields? Scarcely. And as to
"guaraatees," what can the Standard ex
pect or hope for that we did net have it
the old government, aid that wire not vio
lated there? To us there appears no
choice of evils between lutjugnioa and
reconstruction. See the speech of Get.
Burni'ide,. in Kentucky, in which it is
nlaitly ayowed that o mm in that Stale