The North-Carolina standard., 1847-07-28
No. 3.

SIR proposed 10 the commencement OF ines
articles TO address through you, the people Of tn
State. and to shew the fefiings Of the people O
Western Carolina in regard to the aeis and actor
of the last General Assembly / showed in tn
first number the proscfiphive course that yon pur
sued towards the late Attorney General, (SpIe
Whitaker, ESQ., and the late Solicitor Cudg
Strange,1 and others, whereby your party wer
convicted of poiluting the ermne of judicial au
therity by party venom and vindictiVeness
In the second number, the monstrous and'un
Just course you pursued as to the re-dIstricIns
the State in order to prescribe in prospective
few democrats in Congress. and put IN your o"r
friends. was shown This unprecedented course
introducing anarchy and confusion in State sc
distinguished for her quiet and steady conduct
finds no defenders 10 the West. have endeavor
ed in these remarks to confnc myself to the re
cord, and every thing that is therein contained
can be proved by a reference to the pages OF the
printed Journals. {" A writer" says Junius, " whc
builds his arguments on truth cannot be confuted
he may want eloquence to amuse, but the truth
must always convince"
And now, sir, unjust as was your prosrlptlve
course towards the able prosecuting officers OF the
State and others, uniusti6able was the outrage
Gus redistricting bill of MIR. Rayner, yet the eli
max of polical prohigacy is yetAo be reached
/ allude to the course of your party in, the as
Legislature as TO the present war with Mexico
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in regard to the same.
It IS not intended to 60 into any Heightened his
tory of the causes of war but it is proper to say
that on the 18th May 1916, Congress declared
that war existed between the United States and
Mexico. and authorized the President to raise men
and money to prosecute it. Never was an act
passed with more unanimy. Giddings, "the
Abolitionis" and few other wings in the House,
only voting against it, and only two IN the Senate,
fCIavfon nf Delaware and Davis of MaSS.
Under this act the President calls on our State
for one Regiment and Gov. Graham by procla-
nation dated 22d of May, 1916, calls for ten com
panies You will recolIect, Mr.. Speaker, what
nm enthusiasm pervaded the whole State In every
section, with every party, in responding to this
CALL So numerous were the companies offered
and so many generous spirits rushed to the stand
ard of their country at their countrys call, that
the Governor was overwhelmed with applications;
and the companies had to be selected by ballot.
No murmurs were then heard, no croakIngs as
to the injustice of the war, no discussion as to
boundaries or lines but all went & for their coun-
try the whole country, and nothing but the coun-
try" Hear Mr.. WaddelI, from the banks of the
Alamance, m thrilling eloqucnce inviting the
brave spirits of Orange to join the ranks of their
country; he is re-echoed by his brother whTg,
James w. Osborne, Esq, rouslng the ancient
blood Of the old Hornets nest extolllng the gtorr-
Gus cause, and deprecatng any opposition from
any source. saying that if any opposed It: they
had but one step more TO take, TO plunge m the
dark gulph of treason" A record too exists OF
certain leaders about the Capitol, for Il my memory
serves me correctly, about the 26th Of May on
call OF the Intendant (the Editor of the R. gis:"r)
a meeting was organized at which The Hon. Jas
Iredell presided, and at which Chas. l. Hinton,
Edmund B. Freeman, Hon. John II. Bryan
Simmons ]. Baker, and Hon. Richard Hines, and
others figured at which the following resolution
was adopted by reclamation:
"Resolred, That we cordially approve act
&C., to wage war with Mexico in defence OF the
rights, to avenge the wrongs of our country, and
to obtain reparation for all injuries done by that
Government"
This is the recorded truth. The universal
feeling at this time perVaded every section and
every party in Our State. Il the honest patri
eiism Of the State. Whether this feeling ever as
cended 50 high as to penetrate the palace OF the
Governor we have no evidence. But one thing
is certain, very soon change comes over certain
Of our arms, the glorious achievements OF our
troops, the wise and energetic councils of the Ex-
eeutive, are making too great an impression on
the popular mind Then come doubts as TO the
right Of territory between the Rio Grande and the
NeuceS; that questioned the order to Gen. Fay
lor to take possession on the Rio Grande, and rhis
is alleged as the direct cause of war, then the
war is costing the people as stated by Mr.. Web
ster, half million of dollars day,"-and final
" the war is denounced by Giddings, and others
as unrighteous unjust and unholy."
While this change has thus come over "the |
spirit of the dream " of the wings, the War De-
partment calls on Gov Graham for his Regiment.
How does he act2 His duty 10 his country calls
on him to send out his Regiment, or his State will
be disgraced. His fealty to his party quenches
this emotion, and it is q matter of indifference
whether they 60 or not. II he had been as
" quick on the trigger" as he was in the appoint
ment of field oficers-(as General Pasteur) even
before the regiment was raised, (which we shall
presently prove ne had no right to appoint,) all
he had to do was TO say to the companies already
selected by ballot" march to Raleigh and be
mustered into service" They would have obey
ed It may be replied TO this, that the call of the
War Department altered the term of service 1t
did no such thing The act of Congress states
The terms. "I1eIce months or to He end of tie
scGr, unless sooner discharged" Gov. Graham
refers to this act in his call the people in his
Proclamation of June, to which the people so gal
lantly responded. But the Governor and his
friends, the Greensborough Patriot and others,
now are open mouthed against the war, and
here comes his proclamation of the 10Th Nov,
1916, calling on the companies TO muster in " for
the war" know that the letter of Gov. Marcy,
ofthe 10th of that month"; Now which the Gov
ernor quotes in his proclamation, afforded him
this loop hole by which he could hang doubt
He eagerly caught at it. Was this necessary II
Under the act which was known to all, they were
to serve for twelve months or to the end of the
war, unless sooner discharged" Now if man
advertises for an overseer for twelve months or
longer if he wishes, and under this notice offer
is made, cannot the employer say will take
ia tho