Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-01-21

NORTH. .CARoLrNA.-North Carolina is the right
arm Of the Confederacy. In proof Of this, let the
bloody but glorious records of Bethel SevenPlnes,
Malvern, Sharpsburg Manassas and Fredericksburg,
be read Let the roll Of her noble dead be called.
Let the story Of her sacrifices, her devotion, her
courage and her services be told, without varnish
or addition. Without her the Confederacy would
have been impotent and e,anescent-'0sM her, our
young republic can never know destruction or de-
feat This is the truth of history, and such will be
the righteous judgment of posterity. And yet, in
the most ungenerous disregard of these palpable
facts, it has become fashionable in certain quarters
to speak of her with contempt to question her 10y
atty, and to hint of abandoning her to the enemy
Devoted to the interests Of party themselves there
are those who falsely pretend that the purest patri
OTIS within the limits Of the State are conspring to
sacrifice the great cause Of Southern Independence
for the purpose of retaining power and, who re-
garding these as her representative men," over
.whelm North Carolina with indignity and insult
In the Just indignation Of her citizens at the neglect
which denies her plaee in the Cabinet Of the Ex.
ecutive, which consigns her bravest regiments to
the command of strangers and which has surren-
dered the fairest and most fertile of her counties to
a merciless foe-these contemplate witlings see
nothing but disaffecton and treason. In her noble
efforts to protect hersef-to rescue her overfowing
granaries from the hands of the enemy-to protect
the lives and property of her suffering and fugitive
citizens-and to add thousands Of fresh troops to
the Confederate seruice By relieving the East of the
presence Of the toe-these vile mscreants can dis
tinguish nothing but disposition to csnfict with
the Confederacy, to "break faith with her South
ern sisters" and to "re construct the Union" In
the name of justice and common honesty, we enter
our protest against this most dishonorable and fla
gitions attempt to injure the fair fame of North
Carolina, ard to place her IN false position before
the world Are the ties of party stronger than the
obligations of patriotism? Are the spols of place
dearer than the honor and reputation of our moth.
er State?" Cannot political prejudice intrigue and
corruption be forgotten when wall Of sorrow is
arising from every household-when the blood Of
our brothers is flowing on an hundred felds-when
pestilence and poverty are arrogantly stalking
throughout the land-and' when hostile legions as
mercilcss they powerful are forging the fet-
ters with which to bind us?
For one we envy not the heart or the fate of that
man who can give no satisfactory reply to these
questions, whatever the excuse with which he has
deluded himself into so shameful an apostacy from
humanity and honor.
In order that our noble old State-the right arm
of the Confederacy-may strike still more vigorous.
ly and successfully for the cause Of Southern nde-
pendence, she must be untrammeled. Paralysed
by the presence of the foe weakened by the subju
cation of the best portion of her territory and with
but little prospect Of relief from thesConfederacy,
she now proposes to raise force of her own and
drive her enemies into the sea-that she may be the
better able to do her whole duty to her sister States
that she may contribute her whole power and in
fuence to the common cause and last but not least
that she may protect her own loyal citizens from
rapine, oppression and murder. This is the sun
and substance of her offending. This is the alphs
| and omega Of her disloyalty. 1t is for this mos
wise and prudent measure alone, that her wounds
her triumphs and her sacrifices are ignored, and /,
hneling press and mercenary party pronounce
this be treason, let politicians, place-huuters and
hirelings make the most of it
In our humble judgment the Legislature cannot
refuse to provide for the defence Of the State with
out manifesting SO craven and disgraceful subser
viency to executive power as will merit the con
tempt and indignation of fearless constituency
Raleigh Daily Progress.