Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-06-05
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.nls week, informs US, that at No a: vas IN Ralei,,
mas mas ne ever witnessed party sn;r;. .ne heretof
tnat tne declarations of the demnc-.. 80 Rampant
tessng to desire that all party d;st;n leaders DID,
;oeaeu are all bosh, and that ; n sh0uIj
iens out little regard is Maid . making an.
dcrat the main question being ";s Htness Or
tleman to,d .nioftnant says, that pron,insa den
resnect tb., mat If things did not aI,ae Gen
tnat there was no hope for ne ai'er in ths
ioroearance of Lincoln and tba US except in tbs
suat democracy in their intolerancs' Vi God 70,
siasPing after Office and the spo;Is ana IN the,
Us On 70 oestructlon-G rsensborouGh nurryng
Inc statements of the above artcIo a. '0S
correctly the state of things here N "O' reflect
aS does not become US to speak of oursst asds
connection, the Convention is conposed ~, IN this
C,A "elsht' strength of intellect, practio., nu:a
ana undouOted patriotism. No question bs asa:
NOT VIII arise, which will revive tbs ia afiStn
anu array Democrat against Whip Or WI: lines
democrat Hence, it is not true tS., - s against
i0n IN making appointments or any tbns a,, gus
ne DemoeTatT This Is plain from ,So s,se Is
IN every election had and on every oueSt;,a 'a''
mas arisen, Democrats and Wings have ho0 Which
ea on both sides. We believe yerv l,r. "" array.
not every member of the Conyent;o, IOfit!,
at the good of the State however de-, "'1u mainly
may be which they travel to accomplish !, VIC paths
we 20 not mean to say by this that tbo.
parry spirit IN the Convention. Weare sorrr. 10
0olged to admit if We can judge from man;! @Ie
anu nightly acts. more than from their cAy
that party spirit does exist in Some OeSSlonS
70 an extent as rancorous, as spitefuI and .
o0rn as we have ever seen it. 1t M, 49, u0
the oo party spirit, but new one, which tbo.:
and recent events have engendered '' ''iles
Whether those who exhibit it are no,o.
personal or partizan feelings and purposes Q!
not affirm. Party spirit at all times ifs We uafe
"atchfn, is binding and pervertiDe. 81 'o
LAT a man may go as partizan and VET b.
patriot, 1t Is difficult to determine yet
% every eye, that SO far as portion Of ,ta T
breckenridge leaders are concerned who rnu: ia's
Oily deceived many of the people as to their 49,.
there is IN their every movement
1@uVre and plan, and those who co.oper,ta n.,
men, purpose to override and ignore n. ~
0niOh nen OF both parties, by opposing every 49,
position they bring forward, however imnort..et
ne immediate and energetic prosecuti,n of - "
;" 'ne part Oh North Carolina, or however coDserv,-
I've IN their influence upon the public irte,ss,.
iner aims seem to be directed so far a.
luge manly to the one object of bringing fo,,r.-
uch propositions as clearly tend to the sec,-ir.
neih every possible advantage in the offices and -,
rol OF public affairs, not so much in o,dor ., ~
eoeing Of the State as to give present and fD,rrs
ermanency to this new party organization,
Fartles therefore in the Convention, if We are
ct IN believing that there are parties cannot with
~ Propriety be designated or distinguished hv -.
d titles, Wing and Democrat. A better till. No.
aps, would be- conservatives and pree;n;toto,, -.
lie strongly North-CarOlnian, the other stroD,Iv
as they have been wagpisbIv
rmed, rams and squads
upon the question of separation from the Tnior
q immediate utilization and union with the Sontb.
Confederacy, there is not dissenting vocs in
convention. All are agreed upon this point
only difference being in the manner in which II
ouid De done This question of separation and
ION having already been promptly settled to all
ehts and purposes, so far as is necessary for the
'seht, as the Conservatives believe, they propose
leave the final adjustment and arrangement Of
Sc matters for little time and consideration, and
turn their attention to the more pressing necessi-
Of fully preparing North Carolina for the exigep-
OF the war first, and then to such reforms in
adaptation of the State government to our new
ltlons as may be absolutely necessary.
70 lar as We know, the conservatives attach M
1t of patriotism or desire to promote the 1eIIba.
OF the State to the present administration of the
eminent, either in its civil or military DEPART
It's. But they think they see all around paIpa.
evidences OF inefticiency and iDcapacty arising
various causes. They therefore contend that
State must be put on a war footing, at least as
lent and complete as possible in a short time
all other questions at present are secondary to
In order to this they insist that the govern
must be reformed, amendments to the State
stitutIon must be promptly made, and such 9TH
ans adopted as will infuse vigor and energy into
government render efficient our arms. renlenisb
treasury, and inspire entire confidence in the
lie.
opposition to this wise and patriotic course,
labor to throw obstacles in the
OF proper and wholesome inquiry contend
these important changes demand time-that
must be deferred, and that the most important,
the only business for which the people elected
was to take the State out of the old
n and precipitate her into the new Confederacy.
e, they were IN hot haste to adopt the Consti-
n OF the Provisional Government, without
led copy, and are equally hasty in wishing to
down, at single gulp, the entire Permanent
htution of the Confederate States, without ia
time to ponder its provisions. Changes in the
Constitution, they think, require time, cool
'ration and thought; but an entire Constitu-
which places US in new relations, and the
dments to which have not been carefully con-
d by one man in thousand in North Carroll
ust be adopted in few hours!
Oh of this, however, seems to be only prepare
o the accomplishment of one other end. in
We fear, some of the precipitatOrs feel far
interest than in the simple adoption of the