Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-05-24
Word to the Conservatives.

Work OF the government is all we coulo desire;
but the administration of government must be re-
formed, and that speedily, ruin will overtake us
all. Those who have been in power for the last
twelve months have shown themselves utterly in
competent to manage our public affairs; or, IT COM
petent they have been occupied in parcelling out
offices among themselves, and in prescribing the
conservatives or late Union men, that they have not
devoted their time and their thoughts as they should
have done, to the duties assigned them. Besides,
large proportion of the leading public of the
ultra secession school, in common with those of the
rank and file of the ultra secessionists are so much
under the influence Of impulse and passion as to
render them unfit for Office Impulse, passion, in
veterate prejudice and want of Judgment and fore
caste, seem to be natural to them and it is this
account as we'll as because of their selfShness and
greed for place, that they have shown themselves
unequal to the crisis and so unworthy of the popu
lar confidence. They have had the control of pub
lie affairs for more than twelve months and where
are we? The people, if they would save any thing
from the wreck, must rouse up and take their own
affairs into their own hands. They must turn out
the selfish, the venal the passionate and the short
sighted, and put the patriotic the upright the con-
places. They must do this, and do it at the next
election prepare themselves for still further trials
and sufferings and still further and holder infac
tons of their rights, under the rule of the who
for the last twelve months, have so abused their
fdence And in order to effect this, there must be
unity and concert of action among the conserva-
tives, and no compromises Of any kind OiM the de-
structioes. Let the conservatives hold their meet
ings and nominate their best men for the LegiSla-
ture and let them have nothing to do with the de-
structves ultra secessonist but to cote them dOUn
The State is conservative and opposed to the ruin
| Gus mismanagement which has heretofore prevailed,
| by at least thirty thousand majority.
The conservatives or late Union men can never
forget the manner in which they have been treated,
during this war, by the ultra secesSioniSts. They
made the State unit in April, 1861, and they have
| contributed more men and more money to the war
than their opponents; and yet their opponents,
happening to have the control of the State and Con-
| federate governments, have prescribed them from
all places of honor and trust in the civil and militia
| ry service, and have treated them subject race
| in their own country. And not only this but this
prescription has been coupled with opprobrium and
insult. Their best men have been charged with in
fidelity to the Southern cause, and many of them
singled QUO and marked as traitors. They have en-
| deavored, by sediton oaths and test oaths and in
various other ways, to put "hideOus mark upon
them; and they and their children, though they
have given their blood and treasure to The South,
are to be pointed at hereafter as enemies to their
native land. There is but one present remedy for
this; and this remedy is to be found at the ballot
box. Conservatives late Union men !-"if you
have nature in you, bear it not" You have the
| power-use at. You have the votes-cast them
against those who have so miSmanaged public az
fairs, and so insuted and reviIed you. They will
approach you with honied words and propose CON-
promise tickets so as to avoid party spirit But it
is thus that the Devil quotes Scripture and affects
to be shocked at sin. Trust them not. OF all 9TH
ers, they are the fomenters of party spirit They
have made the government at Raleigh and the govern
ment at Richmond purity machines, to advance their
ownnterests put honors on their backs and money
in their pockets and to crafty their hatred towards
the late Union men. And now, when they see the
handwriting on the WALL they beg. They want to
compromise Again we say, trust them not
We trust the Mass Meeting advertised to be held
in Raleigh Saturday, the 3lst will be largely at
tended Let every conservative be present A can
didate for Governor will be recommended, and a
ticket will be recommended for the Legislature which
will sweep the County by one thousand majority.
Come up, conservatives and stand by your country
in this hour of trial.