Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-25
Re.construction

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The RSgistsr charges that the Standard is in
favor Of reconstruction Of the Union. There is
no earthly foundation for this charge. In Nav.
1861, in circular announcing oursef as candidate
for the Convention, we said:
"Fellow- citizens we are in the midst of war-
The time which VIC all feared, and which MANY of
us labored to avert has arrived. told you in b.
ruary that would resist all attempts by the federal
government under any pretence whatever" to
maintain the Union by force. The proclamation Of
Mr.. Lincoln, calling for troops to make war on
Southern States, dissolved the Union SO far
concerned, and summoned every true Southern man
70 arms II IS idle now to speculate upon the past.
The proclamation referred to, a. BY stroke of
lightning, made the North wholly North and the
South wholly South. There is no issue before us
Tor discussion We are now unit in defence of
our rights and liberties. l am for union of the
ooutn Tor the sake OF the South and for all Of Con-
stltutlonai liberty that yet remains If elected to
the Convention will vote to dsconnect North. Car
DINA from the old federal Union; and will also
vote to make North Carolina member of the Con-
,iederate States. As told you in February last,
Will 60 with Virginia and Tennessee. Virginia has
already cast her fortunes with the Confederate
States, and even if any could wish to do otherwise
stern necessity impels us in the same direction
But l am willing to vote, and would prefer to
this State with the Confederate States to the people
at the polls, for their approval or rejection. / re-
peat, have all confidence in the intelligence of the
people and In their capacity for self government"
From that day to this We have held the same Ian
guage We have done more for the Confederate
cause than the Register has done, or ever can do
we are for prosecuting the war as long as the foot
OF the invader presses Southern soil and as
much opposed to the reconstruction Of the Union
as the Register can be. We stood by the old gov
eminent to the last, and we intend to stand to the
last oy the new government We believe the new
government will live and prosper Its best friends
are those who insist that it shall be properly admin
lstered lfit should fail in the end and if the South
should be overrun and trampled down, the calamity
will not be justly chargeable on those who agree
with US, but on those who have had control of pub
lie affairs and who have fallen SO far short of their
duty and of what was expected of them.
If there be e-constructionists and Union men in
this State, they must be among the Registers
friends, who tremble for their safety and property
whenever they imagine that Burnside is about to
advance into the interior. But whether this be so
or not the Register knows that the Standard and
those with whom it acts not Unionists and
when it charges that they are it not only fabricates
faisehood out Of the whole CLOTH but it encourages
the Newbern Progress the New York Herald and
all our Northern enemies to persevere in the cruel
war they are waging against US. We can see no
difference between one who shoots at us, and one
who, from whatever motive, encourages him to
shoot. Saul, who stood by consentng to the death
of Stephen, was guilty of his blood as those wto
stoned him. But our neighbor docs not mean te
encourage the enemy. Very well, then let him be
more just and more cautions. If he does it from
passion, or party feeling, or because he does moi
know any better, then he is not fit to conduct a
public journal.