Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-04-03

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proceedings represented Wake County IN tho disu-
nion gathering At Gotdborough: J. p! Powell,
Basil G. Manly, J. E Powell, O.. H. Fsribaut, lAil
Sasser. R d. Whitaker, md n Y. B. Gilbert,
Messrs. j. D. and J. L Po*eli certainly know, bnf
little about politics. Mr. Manly is young GENTLE
man Of this place who wears tie disunion cockads I,
Mr.. Sasser is also young gentTsd,an Of this plses
who is not entirely competent to y What the StAts n
should do in this important crisis III. Fafibault :"
once had influence in Wake, but it is al SIN. now.
Mr.. Whitaker doubt attended because Ne thought
It expected of him by some people who tlke an
interest in him. and because he felt that tks meet
ing at Goldsborough should take the State cut of,
the Union he would like to be there to sec il 1bne
And Mr.. Gilbert is stranger in this County .: o.
Such was the dsunion representation from Wake :
These gentlemen had right to attend, but the
County which they assumed to represent n agsinst
them by at least twelve hundred majority. eiH4 j;
AID AND COMFORT TO THE ABoLrTIoNrs1A-. lone Of Il
the stereoyped declarations of the disunonists Of
the South is, that the Union men are nnsound on ; ;
the question of slavery. The disunionsts know Q
they b when they prefer this CHARGE but they do (
it for party effect and to crafty their evil passions
But whatever the motive, the effect is the same on
the abolit:onsts of the North. They are induced
to believe that they have friends in the South and
the result is the settlement Of the difficulties BE-
tween the two sections is mpeded and embarrassed
This is just what the disunionists want. They do
not want settlement, and they are playing into
the hands Of the abolitionsts to prevent settle
ment. They want disunion and fresh supply Of
offices and honors under new FORMS Will the peo-
pie break up the Union and incur the hazards Of
war just to accommodate these gentlemen, Many
of them who have been choked off from the public
teat are too lazy to work, and they want new offices
and high honors and their support out of the peo.
pie; and many who have never had the teat banker
after it so much that they have really brought them
selves to believe that it is their duty to break up
the old government and thus improve their chances
for office under new one. From such patriots let
the people turn away.
Remember, that the charge that the Union men
are unsound on the slavery question is false; and
that the charge is calculated whether intended or
not to give laid and comfort to the abotionists.
~ We would thank the Wilmington Herald
not to garble our remarks. We have enough mis-.
representation to contend against without being re-
quired to submit to garbngs and suppressons Of our
language. That journal of the goth says: "
Probably the good effect produced by the inaugu-
raj in North-Carolina was witnessed by the follow
ing editorial paragraphs from the Raleigh Standard
of March 9th:
1--WE approve portions of it and we disapprove
other portions 1t is not a war message It is not
strictly speaking Black Republican message. It
| is not unfriendly to the South"
| What we said was this: .........-.
"We approve portions of it. and we disapprove
other portions. 1t is not a uar messaqe It is not,
strictly speaking, black Republican message; for
while he recognizes slarery in the States pe,petu-
al and as nerer to be interterred with in any uay
By the abolit,onists he deliberately ryrains from,
pressing the main principle in his platform to sit,
the exclusion Of the South from all the Territories
Of the Union. 1t is not unfriendly to the South
1t deprecates war; and bloodshed and it pleads for
the Union That any portion of it will be approved
by the Disunionists we have no idea If it had
breathed violence and war if it had claimed tho
government for :he North exclusively, and had
threatened the South with subjugation, the Dis
unionists would have shouted for Joy, as they did
in Charleston when they learned that Lincoln was
elected, for they would then have been sure of the
attainment Of their darling purpose, the permanent
and final disruption Of the Union"
The omission by the HearM, as the reader will
perceive, is material.