Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-02-17
C?5SEs Vh7lV6S.


! North Carolina, 6 Conservative u s=fn d 10
BIZ man who hates sn "eriginal Suceszldn-
ist." Ofconrce they syc ell Socd Clrftde-
rate citizens there now but il Ese1ns tae bss!
sre those who becams ConfcderRtcs only
when they could no. helpit. They ere al!
admirable Sscessiouists, but moi original anes
The man who was ssccssionist before they
were brought up to the mark, ia aot worthy
to serve the State. The ope crucial test @.
good citizenship is, Do you hats msa who
is tainted with original secession: E.
"Ocnssrvative" seems desirable Gost o!
name; for every party triOs to got hold Of it;
and then to call tho other party "Dsstruc-
tires" secms the most natural and logical
thing in the world. For our own part, we
should suppose that those original Secession
lets have better claim to the title OF soon
servative" than the eleventh hour Secession
lists, because they took alarm first about the
inevitable destruction which threatened the
institutions, rights and sovereignty Of North
Carolina from the march Of Northern Adolf.
tioni9m; and thereupon first proposed to savo
and conserve North Carolina by bresking of
from the old Union.
But these "Conservativea' who hats an
'soriginal Secessionist," what aro they trying
to sayo and to conserve? How do they earn
the title they take? Gan it be that they de-
sire to conserVe--Gr 10 reBtore-the old De-
mocraGc party Ars they looking back
with fond regret to the cid times Of Ysakse
Government, even like those conservative
Hebrews whom Moses could hardly drag out
Of Egypt? Those wero tho fellows who
hated the original erotlists: and they TO-
preached their prophet with tearing them
away feom tho 'heshpots OF Egypt. They
would have Iecrossed the Red Goa st any mo-
ment---of course with proper guarantees en-
the part Of the Egyptians.
Howe Ter. it avails not quarre!ing about The
name. We arc tainted with original seces-
sionism ourselves; and, if we were in Ra-
le;gh, could not be elected rs Constable
Yet, if one may trust in tho Estate ou,ral,"
there is change beginning to come over the
North Carolina Conservatives. The Journal"
says:
The Conservatives in our Legislature must
have seen something in the temper ii the
people within short time past which BODIES
evil to ''the party" 1t will be remembered
how bold was their front The1i thsJ first ;stl-
1-I D.1n, ia ~.
lutte tono cf command their ukaGta %Lfo is
sued. Ii Ell their proceedings ihgy pro-
nounced ito presnmptuous bosat 'iHe arc Tho
State" "we arc the people," With total
disregard of the wishes CT tho public they
proaSribod officers who were tins pride of the
State, and with 3 degree Of te,neri;y which
astonished tho world they avowed their pur-
pose to be, to punish The original Secession
lists, by bauishing ifoin Disco, from tho high
est to The lowest eTory man who WAC tine
tured with original secession notions.
On the l4th of January, the members net
sgain in Raleigh. ard they were wondrous
tame, in comparison With their fs-a,er fierce
ness,
They probably ssI tkst their Heauree Of
prescribing othcaTG IN whom tho public had
entire confidence, without designing - give
even an excuse tor their condemnation, was
not the way In which the people expect their
ngents to act. They made mistake, worse
than mistake, :hsy ado bluuder. Their
sttsck upon tho Confederate Government
was also q blunder.
The people reasoned in this way. SAY
they, sour leg slstors Of 'the Conservative
party prescribe our best officers for being
original Sccessionists, and for that only; yet
these same Conservatives actually passed the
ord!raacs of accession. What is there in
the opinion of the one mors than the acts Of
the other? We cannot understand tho dis
tlnction." And they never will understand
it.
Ito moo; this plain way of argument on
the part of tho people, on their ,sturn to
Raleigh, "the party" deem it necessary to
present some Justification of their wanton
prescription. They are now endeavoring to
object "for cause" and to this enl they have
appointed &c post .facto smelling committees,
who are entrusted with the duty and strictly
charged, to find aome cause of complaint
against the officers so wsntonly assaulted.
But they have heretofore declared that there
could be no objection urged against them on
the ground of incapacity or infdslity to their
trusts. We tell the people these committees
ARC An after thought, intended to decoive /
thsm and hide the party bassusss of their |
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