Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-18
The Conservative.

The Conservatives.
Our correspondent " Middle Greek" has explained
correctly the meaning Of the term Conservative"
Yet those of our people who are conservative in
this crisis are falsely charged with being enemies to
the Confederate government Why, the very term
implies the strongest devotion to the government,
for, to conserve means to preserve and perpetuate
If the Conservatives were opposed to the govern
ment they would seek to destroy it, instead of Ia
boring, as they now doing, to preserve and
strengthen it. by reforming abuses in its admins
tration and putting purer and better meD in Office
No. the Conservatives are Destructives only in one
sense, and that is as against the enemies of the
South.
Those among US who have the public teat in their
mouths, and who squeal and complain at the bare
idea of having to give up the teat. and with it the
privilege which they are abusing of purchasing
their coffee, and sugar, and salt, and moasses and
bacon at government prices, while the soldiers and
other people as good as they are are compelled to
pay full prices for these articles are aboring under
the absurd delusion that they are the only true
friends which the government at Richmond has,
They call themselves Confederates and the Editor
Of the Register, dropping the name of Southern
rights which he adopted sometime since and gloried
in as the name of his party, now says "Col. John
ston is the Confederate candidate for GOVERNOR
Now, those who have been: living on the govern
ments at Raleigh and Richmond, and who are so
averse to any thing like reform, because they know
that reform would at turn them out of office,
have been aptly termed, not Con-federates but
| Stall; fed crates They have been stall fell until
| they have grown fat at the expense of the people;
and during all this period the public deences have
been neglected, the war shas langushed, and the
enemy has gained upon US at every point. These
STALL fed crates care more for themselves, and for
the honors and offices, than they do for the coun-
try and fearing that the people will cast them out
and put better men in their places they invent.
ing all sorts of stories, in the hope of preudicng
| the public mind against the Conservatives. But
these stories will produce no other effect than to
expose the sefshness of their authors more fully
to the people. We repeat what we said few weeks
since, and what has been emphatically endorsed by
the Charleston Nercury and the Richmond Eram-
iner-both original secession papers-that the best
friends of the State and Confederate governments
are those who, while they support them with their
they shall be properly administered. What the
old Union men of this State-the Conservatives of
this State in favor of Lincolns government! Why,
thirty thousand of the friends of the Conserva-
tives-thirty thousand Of the late Union men in
arms against Lincoln give the lie to this charge
Zeb. Vance, who is fighting against Lincoln, and
who is the Conservative candidate for Governor
lie in favor of Lincoln, and in favor of recon
struction of the Unionl What monstrous false
hood
Those who claim to. be Confederates are no more
entitled to the name than other citizens Of the South
and the TRUTHS, the proper designation Of those
who thus assume that they truer to their coull
try than their neighbors, is that of Stall fed crates
As for our neighbor of the Register, he is Corn
fed crate. We state this on our responsibility as
"hotel keeper"
In conclusion, we ask the attention of reader
to the following, from original secession paper
From the Richmond Examiner
: Who TRUE FRIENDS OF THE GOVERN
MENT ?-Iet those who preach the inallibility of
rulers, and who brise up if dares to find faul
with the administration of our government read thu
following paragraph from editorial in the Raleigh
en- c. Standard We think with the .Standart
|
from those who " have the public teat in thei
t months"
The.best friends ofthe State and Confederate Gov
= ernments are those who while they support then
with their treasure and blood, at the same TIM
insist that they shall by properly administered
Every one feels and knows that public affairs hav
t been grossly msmanased, and that reform is ex
y ceedngly important. The framework of govern
ment is all that could be desired, and it is the RICH
and the duty of the people to to it that the gov
i ernment is conducted in the spirit in which it wa
e founded. The cry that those who demand reform
enemies of the government and are assaling tn
government, has no foundation in fact but is mer
u subteruge of those in power to escape fair inves
: tigation of their conduct. This cry is raised b.
); those who have the public teat in their MOUTH
r They squeal like pigs when it Is proposed, for tn
good Of the country, to pull them away from the teal
: Let no one be deceived bv this cry. The govern
n ment must be reformed, and those who demand re
l. form are among the best friends which the govern
r. ment has.