The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1863-09-09
From the Fayetteville Observer.
NORTH CAROLINA POLITICS.


With sone Inconvenience we comply
with The Nandard's request to copy entire
It's reply TO our appeal 10 il on the 18th
inst. under the above head. Ii merits a
rejoinder, though il shows manifest symp-
toms Of disease with which celebrated
politician Of our State was once said to be
Afflicted, viz a diarrhGa of pords."
0ne-third OF the Standards article il de-
voted 10 al arraignmen, Of the Confederate
Administration for its course !" from lis in
auguration at Montgomery 10 the present
moment" That course is denounced as
strictly partisan" and "proscriptiye. !"
Our readers are not now 10 learn for the
irst time. that We think the Adminis,ra-
tion has grievously erred 10 not treating
all old marty lines as obl,terated by the
war. We said that IN the article 10 which
the Standard replies, as well as previous
". But the Standard certainly does the
President injustice in one particular. We
srr No, positlscl, informeL A. 10 lis state
meat that mo man VIM did not regard The
election Of Mr.. Lincoln a. good cause for
di..olsiag the Uninn has been admitted "a
the presldent's Cabinet" though We are in
sllnrd " think il incorrect. But when II
ssys that prescription Df such men in The
field has brensihe nrder Of the dav. ii il
undoubtedly mistaken. The three highest
Generais IN the army, TO 70 no further.
we're uniun men-Cnuper, Lee and John.
Non. We think moreover that the three
GrnersI- fnr whose appointment to higt
cenmand. the President has been 50 muei
sbused-his "pers" n The Standard cslli
ihrm--l.escll. Pemberton and Holmes
we're Union men. We know Gen. Holmei
- have been enthusiastic in his devotion
:. the old Union but when. somc days be
fore Lineoln's proclamation u April 1861
he was ordered TO make preparations 10
the invasion ~ the South. he resigned anC
came here to defend the South.
We could po,nt out athvr errors int
which the SisHidard has fallen bur We prr
fer t. remind il, that this pulley of which
II complains - governing ,he Admins
tration from IL Inauguration ~ Montsum
ery 10 the present moment" !" must have bee
apparent 10 Il for months before it. Editor
a. member of the Convention Of Sortl
Carolina. voted Tor aud signed and glorihe,
the Ordinance Of separation from the Unit
I'll States and Of formal union with III
Aforesaid government at Montgomery. Ths
was ons time. il strikes u, 10 pause an
consider whether We should unite the Stat
VI Nofth Csrolina with such a wicked
government as the STANDARD describes tha
~ Montgomery 10 have been. The Edita
afthr Standard did moi pause-the . WIS
man" did moi !" foresee the evil spd hid
h,msclf.' lie rightly and heartily. d,
only cast 90 the old government but en-
lraced the new one. and plunged Mort
Carolna into the existing war. Il 10 no,
tnn late for the Standard 10 discuss N
qses,lan A. 10 the necessity II this war, Q
who u most 10 blame that iiIwas not avoid
Ell. We shall not fellow Il IN such a Iii,
eass,on. not only BECAUSE it.soulu be pr,
ftless. but because we..sheuld be compel
sd 70 shuw is own responsibility a. I,
Years q leaderlof The secessionisls and
siirIer up Of strife between nsr people
hume and between North and South.
But thsre was vet another time IL pau.
Before the Presidential Election III N,
srmber 1861, the policy Of the Admini
itstion had been plainly developed BY nea
II i ssar's practice. The President had ch'
ssn his advisers, they we're klswn 10 Il
STANDARD. and number oil other things
which ne Standard nuw complains. had a
ready oernrred. vet the Standard not on
,supPar,sd The President Tor recollection
out resented with indignation an asierti,
mat y was not heartily in bis i.yor. y
mink the Standard was then right. "
we're governed by precisely the same Co
.ss'alions That appeared to influence
Men. Not that We ihought the Preside
perfect; Not that We approved of all Ii
ne hsd dsns; But We supported him becau
" ielt perfectly satisfied that his hca
~ Aia and BODY were devoted IA