Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-01-14
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aH0Wed 70 Qe alled 0y them. Alter the kreSlQentlat
election, which was unanimous for Mr.. Davis, thsy
claimed that election as . party triumph simply
becaase all did not mite upon the same names as
electors. which Mas, Of course, the merest matter
Of firm. The organ Of the party, the State Journal
said ise strange but pleasing coincidence that
the frst number of our new; volume should be the
herald to our readers of aeu cictory by the tri-
umph Of the electoral ticket advocated by this paper
and its political confreres And it said further Of
the, Conservatives, that they should have hide.
Gus mark upon their brow, BY which they should
be known BY the people"
Now, in what was the .syictory r Over whom
was it For what was the :" hideous mark ~ II
the election was for President and all voted for
the same President, where could be the victory of
one party, or the infamy of the other Whist could
be complained Of, except that the Dssauctivss set
up q ticket, avovedly as party ticket for which
all did not vote, and thereby opposed not the Pres
dent not the Confederacy not the State but an &C.
knewedged organized party Of political confreres."
ganized party, and marked every man who did
not act with it, even in matters Of FORM. Verify,
they are Destructires.
These things provoked retort. Selfrespeet, self.
existence required selfdefence. The people began
to say. what do these things mean? We.are ex.
cluded from all places of trust in the State although
we had it in our power to take them; and are de-
nounced as unworthy Of confidence. We voted for
Mr.. Davis, but still victory is claimed over US
We have poured out our blood and treasure for the
State but those who have done little of either say
we are traitors and have marked us in the forehead
SO that in all time to come, we and our children
may be known and hated. What must be done p
The tocsin sounded, Arouse! Arouse yourselves!
rang from one end of the State to the other; and
the people ran to the polls, and by such vote as
never was given before, drove these lbellers from
power, and put in better men. But truth requires
that it should be further sad that not for this only
were they driven out but because it was found that
they had neglected the best interests Of the State,
and were imbecile before the enemy as they were
malignant towards their friends.
But what howl is raised. by the Destructives
from one end of the State to the other What is it
for7 They have been turned out of Office! Well,
why did they allow it3 Why did not the "politi-
cal confreres" triumph in the election! Why not
"another victory?" Why was not the "mark on
the brow" palmer? Aha! Did they have, and
have they lost the peoples con6dencep That oas
to be the doom of the Conservatvesl If they were
mistaken in supposng they had the victory and the
peoples confidence, what right have they to claim
what they never had? If they had the victory and
the confidence, by what blunder, or treason, have
they lost them and turned every body against them?
One Of two things is true, it was false to claim the
public confidence, or it was shame to- forfeit it,
And now you who so lately strutted conqueror;
who called every pleasant place yours; who, by
YOUR prowess. have preserved every thing in yonr
State which the enemy did not want. and munifi-
Gently surrendered to him every thing which he
desired: who had no friend that Won did not hate
and no enemy that you did not fear cease cease tn
howl as hound kicked from his masters parlor as
nuto,.,.as to IA ana try
of the times, and act like men, and some good may
be accomplished in the future, and much error for
given you in the past.
Not only has this injustice been done us by our
opponents in the State, but evidently oy concert
the press of other States have come to the attack
They have "intervened" And the press of the
party in this State to their own shame, and to the
shame of North Carolina, have undertaken to pub
llsh series of articles from the press of Virginia"
and especially from the .Rickmond. .EaQgirer the
stbpaderer Of Castle Thunder and The ORGAN Qf Nr
DAVIS for whom we all voted grossly abusive Of the
Conservatives and mpudenty disrespectful to North
Carolina The Enquirer already has four articles
upon North Carolina, all of which the State Journal
copies and endorses. In one of which articles the
question is asked of the Conservatives whether
there was any lurking hope of restoration or re-
construction" plainly indicating by the question:
the charge that such hope is. lurking" among
thern-that while they pretending to battle for
independence, they are meditating treason. 1t fur
ther asks whether we had "any regrets to indulge
Ut any WIaln 10 STatlIy over tne secession OF tne
State thereby plainly indicating that we have such
regrets
But the Enquirer does not conine its structures
to the Conservatives as party, but presumptuousy
attacks the State ITSELF and dsnounces her Legsla-
ture as "yery ungenerous," and as :" acting in vio-
lation of her duty" and praises Virginia and holds
her up as an example for North Carolina.
Now, all this in the "press of Virgins" is par
donable presumption and vanity; (scarcely) but
that the press of North Carolina should join with
the press of Virginia in the praise of Virginia and
the denunciation of North Carolina, is nsuferable
would not, unprovoked, remind Virginia Of. her
mlsfortunes or mortfy her with her faults; but
selfrespect requires sslfdefence What is there,
then, in Virginia better than in North Carolina p
large portion Of North Carolina it is true, has
been raOished by the enemy but much larger
portion Of Virginia has played harlet "opened her
feet and called on every passer ~ to come in. She
has pulled down her old prisons and built new ones
70 mold her own suspected" and the unsuspected