Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-06-11

California. = Register. VI "oVernr Of
AND IN 1907, the Editor of the Register. WIN
then the Editor of the Petersburg Iutsn;as. was
apoogized for Mr. Stany, and argued to shs"
the Democrats Of that day were just as obec,;a sua
bic as the black republicans on the snbiso. q.
slavery. We quote as follows from tho r.., VI
gencer Of August 1857: A"'e'"'
Ml. stanly has been all his life Wbip H..
are but two parties in California-tha Rs, lnere
ana the SO called Republican. The Amer;oa ocrat'c
asorganlzed, and the Wings nonexistent as are
" MT. Stanly, if he took any part in nn Par
a.as' was under the necessity Of untinr r;.s
e'.ner Tue Democrats or Republicans With Wy" ta
sn;.s ~ iesPece 10 no question was there any Of
unity between them and himself WIFI ,ho ahy a.
ne may have entertained many views in co aas.er
Inc deciding influence then would have hesa l .a
slavery question Touching that he had donh,, tue
oecome apPrlSed OF the new move of the Democra.;
party Tor the Authorization of the Territor;os
nue nepuoncans never proposed ANYTHING mora
than that slavery should not go into The Terg;tara
Mr.; Stanly has seen that the National Demoo ra
| cy nave taken that policy out of their hands md
are no" using every exertion to apply to Kansas
seeing therefore, that, in regard to the slavery
question: mere was no choice between the Demo.
cratc and Republican parties, and that as to otba,
questions OF governmental policy, he held greater
anlty OF sentiment with the latter than the former
" we suppose ne determined to ally himself with the
Republicans" Will 'ne
We leave it with every candid person to saw If
the above is not an apology for Mr. Stanlys course
in 1857 And we call upon those nersons nrof.ss
ing 10 De Democrats for whom our neighbor is now
seeking to be an organ to observe the fact that in
1907, ne regarded the Democrats as no better than
black republicans. But this is only printing to
our neighbours inconsistencies He declared in
1857, that ne would not, in any event. support Gen
Scott for the Presidency; and yet he did SUPPORT
nim' lie declared, in 1850, that he would never 20
for ad oaIorem, and characterized it as dangerous
doctrine, calculated to array one class of our people
against another; and yet, In the Convention which
nominated Mr.. Pool for Governor, he took all this
back, knuckled down, begged pardon generally, and
went for adj ualoren pronouneing it one of the best
and Wlsest measures ever started Again. he de.
clared, in 1860 and 1861, that dissolution of the
Union would be fraught with "woes unutterable
and innumerable" to posterity-that he would re-.
sst the attempt of South Carolina to drag this State
into dlsunlon, which he called Carolina tyranny"
in the same spirit that forefathers resisted Brit
ish tyranny-that is, he would fight South Carolina
before he would follow her in her ATTEMPT to break
up thegovernment; and, pinnng his faith to the New
York Times and to Abraham Lincoln, he declared
that when the obnoxious personal liberty bills should
be repealed, as he believed they would be- "tAe
South oiu not haze the slightest cause of complaint
against the North" for, said he, "we haze the
strongest reasons for Believing that Lincolns aa-
ninastration oiU not be aggressive upon the South"
This was his language in December, 1860, and in
this way he acted and voted in February, 1861:
but in March, 1861, he was suddenly metamor-
phosed into red hot secessonist-turned upon his
old friends pronouncing them traitors or suspected
persons, and declared soon afterwards, as his paper
will show, that he had always believed in the right
OF secession! Was such ridiculous inconsistency
ever seen before? Never, in all history, if we ex-
cept that of the Courts Of Europe, in which the
hangers-on dance and sommersault in obedience to
the orders of aristocrats and kings If Governor
Stanly should unfortunately reach Raleigh, we think
he should remember, in his treatment of our neigh.
Dor, the very handsome apology which he made for
him in 1857, and also the vim with which he de-
cared, in 1860, that he would fight South Carolina
before he would go with her for disunion. And if
the Newbern Progress, now the organ of General
Burnside and Governor Stanly. should happen to
get possession Of the files of the Petersburg Iutell
gencer it will of course copy neighbours endorse.
ment of Mr.. Stanly in 1857, and insist that Mr..
Stanly sjust what he was politically at that time
To show our readers, and also Mr. Symes neo
friends what be said about them in 1860, we copy
the following article:
From the Raleigh Register Of December /, 1861
WHY SHOULD NORTH CAROLINA SECEDE?
Let US say few plain and dspassionate words on
the above text South Carolina, or rather "Caro-
lima" ID thinks the Union is curse, and that its
dissolution would be blessing. "Carolina" re-
ceived the news of Lincoln's election with as much
joy did the State of Massachusetts,, because she
thought that election furnished her with the long
sought pretext for destroying the Union. But let
us see how it is with North Carolina. Previous to
the Presidential election, would not any man who
proclaimed this Union curse have been himself
driven from the stump by the curses and execra-
tons Of ninetenths of his hearers? Most assuredly
be would Previous to the election the Democracy
protested to love the Union and depore its destruc
ton. Was the news of Lincoln's election received
here with joy? No, it was not, but on the contra
~, eFcTyOOuy DedrQ IL WIN sorrow. Sucl Delng
the dssimlarity between the two States why should
orth-Carolina secede because State which ignores
her existence is about to secede? Norman in North
Carolina can say that the Union is or has been
curse to him, and tell the truth. Every sane man
knows that the Union has been the source of innu-
merable blessings Why then leave it to embark
on an unknown sea, without charts or soundlnss!
Because "Carolina" u says you must? The North
Carolinian who has no State pride sufficient to make
him indignantly spurn any attempt Of our Southern
neghbor to dragon this into treason and civil war,
is bastard SOC of the soil which was first sound
ed the keynote of American liberty. Tyranny is
tyranny, and we would resist Caroline" U tyran-
ny in the same spirit that the "men Of rs" resist
ed British tyranny. Who can read the synopsis
of Gov. Gists message which we publish to-day
without pronouncing it most arrogant produc-
ton!
But let US say to those who desire that this State
shall secede why not await the operations Of things
now in progress at the North? The tone OF the
Northt. press, of such papers, for instance, as the
New York Times very able freesoil paper, is now
undergoing marked change for the better, and we
have hone that in short time the Obnox