Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-08-26

or series q Victories r. if our nstioaaiiy had been
recognized fkd, r the YanEs6 mi Gotten to.
nEong among themselves over heir,cSnscfittion.
ueEe wo9ia oe some sense in proposing to negoti.
a s ana II the STANDARD and its friends will wait
.,ii some OF these things occur-and We don't think
the hope that the Confederate administrator 1ths
only power that can lawfully or .propsrly do SOL
snail again propose terms of peace and indepen.
dence, or negotiations, or an armistice to lead to
tnem Notwithstanding the refusal even to listen to
'ne formal proposition carried to them by . com
missioner no less eminent than Vice President Ste.
phens' as they had previously refused to listen to
the proposition of President Davis.
Inc standard may not possibly be aware of some
OF the influences that have led to and controlled
some OF these meetings. Wehave reason to believe
tnat IN at least one case meeting was in great part
composed ut the immediate relations and friends of
/ "humoer OF deserters who are prowlng about the
WOODS IN that neighborhood, and that its main OBJ
Ject was to countenance the dastardly conduct of
tnose deserters Again we have heard that the
prime movers OF some of the meetings are men be-
| tween ~ aud 40, who arc thus muddying the wa
eees lor tue purpose ofdevisng some mode Of screen
ing themselves from obedience to their country S
call. They held no peace meetings when their
younger neighbors were carried of to the army |;
OUT are suddenly great peace men now that they
themselves are called to the field. And still again.
friend has stated to us the argument of one Of the
So called peace men, which to this effect That
peace and reconstruction would only result in the
abolition Of slavery and as he and many others own
ed no slaves they need not care their property would
oe safe. 10 say nothing of the baseness of such q
motive of action it is false in fact The yankee con-
hscation law embraces every kind of property, ne
grees lands, furniture, goods everything. There is
no exception whatever, and he is simply a fool who
lmagnes that the law will be varied to suit his own
case. The Court at Washington City has already
expressly decided otherwise in twenty cases that
came before it, and all the property, none of which
consisted Of slaves, was condemned. Besides, the
express promises to the Northern soldiers has been
that they shall have the plantations of the Southern
people after conquering them. And while the van
kee officers took the large possessions of the veal
thy planters, the small plantations of the non slave
holders would De the vey thing to allot to the bru
tai yankee soldiers who have been guilty Of every
sort of outrage, from stealing to murder. Let no
man delude himself with an idea, which the Stan.
adra is too sensible to entertain for moment that
the nonslaveholders would be exempted if thew
should be so unwise as 20 make any peace short Of
independence.
But suppose they should be so favored as to es.
cape coniscation, We ask them how thew would
manage to live in such state Of society as would bc
lorceo npon them, In which they would be the infs-
rior race, Kept down by yankee bayonets2
! But perhaps they might purchase temporary ex-
empton BY doing what Kentucky and Missouri and
maryland are doing, that is by allowing themselves
to be conscribed in the yankee army. That is the
tate OF those three States They undertook to stand
neutral and the consequence is they have thousands
otunwilllns soldiers In the yankee army. But wha,
| advantage would that be to our peace men? If OBJ
lged to fight at ALL is it not far better to fight on the
side OF their neghbors and friends their section and
taeir country their honor and their property, than
on the side of the and base and malignant and
thievsh yankeess They must fight on one side or
the other which shall it beg Can any sensible man.
to say nothing abont patriotism hesitate to take his
| stand against the internal yankees?
| Such are some of the views which we take of the
present condition Of things. There are others of
more delicacy to which We refrain to allude. They
are presented not in the usual style of denunciaon
| now too common, but calmly, appeaiglv, even be-
seechingly. Some may think it bere cath their dign
ty to appeal to the Standu4d We do not The peace
| of the State and the independence Of our country
are objects of incalcuable value. They would have
been Tar more likely to be secure if We had had less
OF denunciation and more Of reason and persuasion.
The only hope We have of their preservation is in
the restoration of that feeling in which the whole
Of resistance to sabjdgati6n That unity can never
be restored by violence 1t is possible that it may
be by reason, remonstrance, forbearance, and JUS
| tice. We make an appeal, the most earnest that
we know how to frame, to the good sense and pat
riotlsln of the Standard, to discountenance those
meetings. to forego the qualification of their endorse
ment Of its course, and thereby prove that it is in
the highest sense worthy of respect and praise ito
dscountenance their assaults upon our common Ad.
mnistratlon, and their worse than idle talk of peace
which the Standard knows they have prospect oil
obtaining by such illegtimate and insufficient means
4 These meetings powerless for good, aud only
productive of Ill blood at home and of encouragement
to our common enemy. So far as the Confederate
| Administration is concerned it is understood thai
North Carolina will have no further reason TO com
plain-that the late conference between Gov. Vance
and the President led to the most cordial good feel
ngs, producing results perfectly satisfactory to Gov
Vance.
The Standard has for years past treated the Oh
server with uniform and marked courtesy. The O6
appeals to it, implores it. not to pass unheed
ingly by this opportunity to save the State, which
! we think Its Editor loves, from bitter persona
and party contest. and possibly from anarchy o.
civil war, and thereby to make for itself and him
reputation above the value of ten thousand resolu
TONS 1t is possible that such course will shos
even to those who own and those who control tn
party presses which to have no other food thar
abuse Of the Standard that they may be better EN-
ployed But even if it should fail of sensible al
effect the Standard if 1t pursue so sensible and pa
triotic course, may we'll afford TO treat them wit
scorn and contempt Fayetteville Obserrer.
For the Standard.
PUBLIC MEETING IN ORANGE COUNTY.
meeting held at Thos G. Dodson's underground
Orange County, Saturday the 9TH Of August 1863,
motion, John q. sykes was called to the Chair ana An
derson p. Gates appointed Secretary The Chairman
few appropriate remarks having explained the O5ec
of the meeting Mesrs. Frederick Lloyd, Samuel Craw
ford Samuel Stubbins Thos. s. Gates and Enoch Syke
were appointed committee to draft resolutions IN
THAR nhairn