Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-04-02


ify and explain its remarks, made few days since,
in favor of change of the civil and military heads
of this revolution The Journul intimates that
material change has already taken place, and as
sumes that the changes in the Cabinet at Rich
mond, which thought to be for the better have
been made since its article appeared. This is a
mistake. The Cabinet was re-organized before the
Journal called for great change" in the military
heads of this revolution, land civil ones too' Its
demand for a change general, and appeared to
embrace the whole government at Raleigh and at
Richmond; but we are willing to give the Journal
the benefit of its explanation which is that it did
not mean President Davis, or Gov. Clark, or Gov.
Clark's advisers, but only changes in the Cab
met which took place before the Journal made it's
demand. We may add, also, that the Journal is
now disposed to assume that one Of the changes it
asked for in the Convention, which body, in
the judgment of that paper, has dragged its slow
length along" and behaved very naughtily, ever
since, by Deaths designations and elections, it be-
came conservative in its character.
The Journal is very careful to correct any i'm
preston which mi ght have gone out from its arti
clc that it had called for the displacement of Presi
dent Davis. The Journals demand for change
was certainly sweeping and general enough to in
clude the President, but the Editor says he did not
intend to include him, as we supposed he did not
We voted for Mr.. Davis for President with much
cheerfulness as the Editor of the Journal did but
We do not concur with the Journal that Mr.. Davis
"enoys the confidence Of the people Of the South to
an extent to which no other man approaches"-
| M Il H.
the best he could no one doubts but he has not
displayed that foresight, forecast, energy and WIS.,
dom which were expected of him. Nor has he
steered clear of partyism. The very instances in
| the reorganization Of the Cabinet, to which the
Journal refers as proof that he is above the infu-
ences Of party spirit afford the strongest proof to
the contrary. All the members of his Cabinet but
one, are from the cotton States and all Of them
but one, Mr. Watts, of Alabama, were original Sc
| cessionists. 1t is true, he was Bell and Everett
Eloctor; but one of the Richmond papers boasted
| when he was appointed that he and MI. Yancey
were chosen by a compromise and without opposi-
ton to represent the same County in the Conven-
ton of Alabama which seeded from the Union not
for good cause, but at will ; and also, that soon
as Lincoln was elected, he struck with Mr.. Yancey
for the destruction of an "aLolitionized govern
ment" Mr.. Watts is, therefore, no representative
| in the Cabinet of the old Union men of the border
States. lie was engaged in taking Alabama out of
the Union at the time when vast majorities of the
border States were endeavoring to prevent dsu-
nion. The truth is, as the Journal knows the old
Union men of the border States have been and are
still rgidy prescribed by both the governments at
Raleigh and Richmond. Now and then they are
appointed to subordinate Offices; but they have no
voice in the Cabinet, and no voice among Gov.
Clark's advisers and friends at Raleigh. We do
not say aohy this is So nor do we venture to pre-
dict the consequences that may flow from it. We
merely refer to the fact as it exists.