Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-24
For the Standard.

Z Mr.. EDIroR: It will be remembered that during
the administration Of Mr.. Buchanan, Robt. P. Dick,
ESQ.,, Of Greensboro held the office Of United States
Attorney, fm the District of North Carolina. He
performed the duties Of the Office with fidelity and
marked ability. This was conceded by all who at
tended the Federal Courts Of the State, or had an
opportunity of observing the manner in which the
business thereof was conducted. The cutlery was
raised, that no man in the South ought to hold Of
flee under Lincoln: When Lincoln was elected,
Mr.. Dick resigned. But what pray, was the course
u Judge BiRs2 Lncoln's inauguration still found
him olingng to his fat snecurel Not even the ty-
rannical and infamous threats of subjugaton to the
South, which were emblazoned forth in Lincolns
inaugural address, moved him an inch from his
steadfast anchorage on this official rock Not un-
til the final edct Of subugation was issued and the
voice. zoe soant to .1ght," did Judge 3. loose his
hold on this Federal Office. Now, what was the
sequea Hardly had North Carolina thrown off
the tyrannca rule of Lincoln and united her desti
MES with the Confederate States, before Judge
Bggs was re-invested with that official robe which
he had so erpeditioasly and Indignantly DOTTED but
few weeks before! But what was the course pur-
sued towards Mr.. Dick? He had proven himself no
less able to perform the duties of District Attorney
than Judge Biggs had to perform those of Judge
He had been as faithful to his OATH and as jealous
in the discharge of all the duties that became good
citizen and patriot-yet, when the day arrived for
spreading the robe of the Confederate State patron
age over North Carolina, the Judge who was so
indignant at the election of Lincoln, as to hold on,
til he was virtually forced to resign most kindly
and graciously remembered, and the Attorney, who
repudiated his Office in obedience to public sympa-
thy and will, is overlooked and forgotten, and, in
hot haste, without giving the public or the bar an
opportunity to say yea nay another, Who did not
even attend the Federal Courts, and who had not
been initiated into the routine of the practice, the
criminal side of the docket of those Courts Is per-
naitted to rejoice in this first official benecence Of
the neD dynasty! Why was such injustice done
Mr.. Dick2 Was be not faithful, capable and hon.
estp Was Judge Biggs any more So? No man
will dare affirm it who has any regard for truth
Why, then, was this faithful public officer over
looked and discarded? will tell you, Mr. Editor.
He was faithful in doing all he could in honor to
the horrors of civil war, which are now upon US,
calamtes of disruption Of the government,
with all their dreful consequences yet to follow, and
did not feel it his duty to join in the cutlery of the
Yancey secessionsls This was the reason of the
injustice. And it will not stop here Any man,
with half an eye can see the game which is to be
played in both the State and Confederate Govern
ments The country is to be deprived Of more than
half the experience, talent wisdom and virtue that
have, in times gone by, adorned and sustained it il
CNSiy ScuSys OCCduoC tucN pOsScSsOlS WcIc
the loud-mouthed, rabid and peculiar follosers6f a
school of politicians who preferred to rule in hell
rather than servein Heaven ~ If such apolicy is
up and the South is to be left to the tender meces
Of such an iniquitous, unjust partizan policy, may
God in his mercy preserve US!
lnthe meantime, Mr.. Editor, should like to know
what those gallant champions Of the South, Brock
inridge and Lane are doing for US? 1t is true that
the former is member of Lncon's Congress, called
<1o.t a. <l,okl .ck Ia
is reported he has voted and spoken in favor of this
internal war upon our rights and homes Can this
be possible? If so, then indeed is it time to throw
past partizan prejudices to the wind the vilest
trash and call out the whole talent and energy and
virtue and power Of the State, to the defence Of our
cause This spirit alone can SAGE us; but if the
partzan narrowness and proscriptive vindictveness
and cruelty, which have marked the course of things
for months past, in this State, continued disas-
ter and ruin wiU be our destiny!
JUSTICE
July goth, 1861.