Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-07-02
Tho ptcbmond Enquirer.

prosi5aot and army. adopted by the o'a'e
l" :, Dooo,,bor last. and claims these res
inns as the platform of the ir'enuS Vi oOIO s
'..on''-thus leaving the impression Oh us ie"u
r.t CoI Vance and his friends are opposed u
' rosoIrtions. and, consequently, untrue TO the
l. Notbin, could be more unjust. Inc reS0-
}''.' u,r,rrsd to were drawn up by an old Union
and were unanimously adopted oy the Co"-
'' We voted for them as member OF tna'
sa''' and in the Stand,t,d of 25th January, lo62'
", ;,l them second time, and said
7-o,cr OF NoRru CARoLNA.-The present
-" ,,,.o IN rc-nreduce the solemn resolve OF the
II -, This State. uttered by their delegates IN
~" .,o, assembled, at the outset OF tue session
,,,.lv preceding this, to prosecute the exist
,,.,;b the North at all hazards and to the
O.: va. r,;.v" At the first session of the Con-
il ~, the Goth of May, the ordinance OF seces
''-.. ,. unanimously adopted; at the second SEES
,%. ALLOWING admirable and eloquent reso'u-
''' .,,rroduced by Mr.. Jones, of Rowan, were
ss,,,n,rs}y al1yted; and at the present session,
',,,. biiy is diligently and tearleSSly engaged
ING all necessary means to prosecute the
.r5 II conjunction with the government at
,.n,,d to establish on permanent fouhua', ~,
,n,3.neu,ience of the Confederate States. Inc
t,;t,s are eiven below. They are credltaole
-, :, the author and to the Convention whicn SO
.rr>,,..,;,aIlv adopted them. Charles Henry Eos
,,,er ungrincipled letter-writers may ms
~..'9r and malign portions of our people; but
-.,,f mass Of them are true to the cause, and
viii Dsrer abandon that cause until victory has
..r.rl it, and our independence is secured.
r-,,t will the Eaquirer say now? WIZ 1t do us
I, ice to say that these resolutions constituted
.,.,f,rn Of the conservatives of this State, long
g.. they were thought of by the Register and
a.r Johnston journals fer party pNrpoSesE And
81. Mil the Register say? That paper kno~S 1t
IN. Cal. Vance and his friends injustice, when
..,....s them with being behind it and Its friends
., discrimination to prosecute the war; but what
~ thu, to the Register? 1t never does justice
,r. ana. and it can never be caught in false
~ ,r as soon as it is tres3 with one, it runs to
her and thus you may chase it from one lib to
.bar all dav. But we trust the Enquirer will,
.,.s<t tell its readers among the North Carolina
lbs that the Johnston platform, so called, was
.r, nm by an old Union man, who is friend of
/ Vance; that this platform was unanimously
,.sa1 bv the Convention, every friend of Colonel
E,r,e voting for it; and that, in its opinion, Gf
nj be its opinion,) the supporters of Col. Vance
~. = true Southern men as any among US. The
-.,yirsr NAV also add, if it chooses, that the
,,,,ses, par;viSm and fIvori!ism have prevailed,
and prevail now, in the administration OF our State
government; that officers in the army, and sur
,.ons. and even chqplainS, have been appointed on
1qr;r grounds; that persons not natives, some OF
whom fingered North of Virginia even after Lin
chs proclamation, have been appointed to high
Eces to the exclusion Of loyal and worthy natives;
IL, old Union men, as general rule, have not on
5sen excluded from all posts of honor and profit,
l1i as an excuse for such treatment, have been
branded as disloyal; that attempts have been made
% impose test oathS and gag laws on the people,
The object being to single out the old Union men as
Suspected persons, and thus mark them, and their
i3Iiren after them the tories of the revolution
were marked: that with the same view, and to in
s these persons with still higher authority to op-
rsss their lellowcitizenS, martial law has been adj
7ca..l IN places where there no earthly neces-
SIT for it: and that, generally and specially, from
ae day when the old Union men or conservatives
d this State, who had the majority, came forward
All made our people unit in their opposition to
A5r4ham Lincoln, they, the old Union men, have
ben treated as an inferior and subject race-which
Treatment they have borne as patiently as they
l3l.l, bestowing their means without stint upon
The cause and pouring out their blood like water in
Geiea:e Of the common liberties And when they
have expressed surprise at such treatment, and then
demonstrated, and then Indignantly protested against
Gss 1t was continued, they have been met with the
asTCr that they are not sufficiently forward or
t. in the cause to be trusted, and that those who
"lale the revolution alone entitled to conduct
y And when, after all this, and in the face Of
Fa.yism which is thus crIppling the cause, and
losing an intolerable tyranny on them, they have
,sed of indicating their rights and their charac-
Il aud of rey1rmiag the administration of public az
-rS through the ballot-bOx, they are denounced as
f.'azaHs, and an attempt is made to hold them re-
sensible as the originatorS of party strife. We
+. the E,qpirer that these things are so, and that
Thousands Of officers and soldiers from this State
ao1nd Richmond will bear their testimony to what
Tehave said. What then? Shall we place our
hands on our mouths, and our mouths in the dust,
AMI submit to all this injustice, lest INSCRIPTIONS
Par'zans should charge US, falsely, with being par
Y men: No, we uiH speak out, and the people
VIII speak out in August next, by electing Colonel
vance Governor by an immense majority.
We regret to learn from friend, that David Car
.F, Esq, of Hyde County, died at his residence on
'ae I'D June. He had just returned from Rich