Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-10-09

HDY THE OVEHNOR OF NORTH.CAR0-
u LIMA. A Observation-Disclosures a number
public meetings have recently been held various Dor
tons of the State in of which threats have been
made of combined resistance to the execution of the laws
of Congress- regard to CONSUMPTION and collection of
taxes thereby endangerng the pupc and tranqu
~ as well as the common cause ofindependence which
have so soemnly engaged to Defend And Whereas it is
my sworn duty to all the laws of the land faithfully
ecuted, and quiet and order maintained within Dor
deTS:
Now, therefore, ], ZEBULoN B. VANCE, Governor of
the State of North Carolina do issue this ray Procama
ton commanding all such persons to ren0unce such evil
Intentions and warning them to beware of the criminal
and fatal consequences OF carrying such threats into
cution
The inalenabe and invaluable right of the people to
assemble together and consult for the good,
geher with its necessary concomants the freedom of
speech and the press you my countrymen
Sy me most sacred compacts They shall never lind dsur-
Der IN mo- Hetyou will remember that the instruments
winch guarantee these great rights also limit you to the
exercise OF them within the bonnds of law and impose
upon me the solemn duty of seeing that these bounds be
not transgressed. The Constitution of the Confederate
States and all laws passed in pursuance thereof are the
supreme law of the land resistance them by combua
tiOn is treason and without combination high crime
against the laws of your country Let be deceived
So long these laws remain the statute book they
not seek to cure the evils of revolution by pungng
the country into another You will not knowingly, to the
present desoatng war with the common enemy add the
horrors of internal strife and entire subverson of law and
civil authority! You must not forget the enTGbe char
acter which you have always maintained, SOBER
sentative aud law abiding people; nor would have you
- HANNASN
dressing grievances Meet and denounce any exist
ing laws if you think proper-you have that rght-and
instruct your representatives in Congress the State
Legislature the may be- to repeal sl. Your
chosen servants made those obnoxious lawsthey
peal them, if such are your instructions you regard
them as unconstitutional, Supreme Court sits ready
to decide upon all properly brought before it. Its
decisions are final in the State of North Carolina and
shall be executed while the power remains in YOU Execu-
tive to enforce any law. There grievance to redress
and proposition to be made but can be most benef-
cay effected In the way fathers marked by the
0aotbox and the other constltuonally appointed means
In times of great public sensbty like the present any
departure from this legal channel is revolutionary and dan
gerous and tends to the division and distrac of the
people.
1t my great desire and, hope that of all good citi
zens that people should remain united bea US what
may Should triumph in the great struggle for ind
pendence let feelings of revenge no bitterness mar the
reJocng OF that glorious day. Should we fall and come
short OF that great for which we have struggled so
long and bled so freely, let our strife and domestic
feuds add to the bitterness of defeat.
Attempts suddenly to change the existing order of things
would only result in boodshed and ruin therefore I'M
pore you counrymen of all shades of political opinion
to abstain from assembling together for the purpose
nouncng each other whether at home the army and
to avoid seeking remedy for the evils of the times by
other than legal means and through the properly cons
ted authorities. We embarked in the hottest of all
causes which can stir the hearts of patrosthe
liberty and independence. We committed to it by
every tie that can bind an honorable people, Muudes
of our bravst and best have already sealed it with their
blood whilst Others giving all earthly possessions
either angushng in dungeons homeless wanderers
through the land and all have felt in greater less de-
gree the iron hand of great and glorious nation
is struggling to be bOrn and wondering kingdoms and
distant empires stilled with listening hope and adm
ration watching this greatest ofhuman events Let them
not pray you be shocked with the spectacle Of domestic
strife and petty malignant euds. Let not enemy be
reoced to behold strong and stronger devotion
which have often made him trembe turned against
selves Let rather show that the God of Liberty is in
His Holy Tempe-the hearts of freemen-and bid all tn
petty chickering's of earth keep silence before Him.
Instead of engaging in this unhOy and unparioc strife
and threatening TO resist the laws the lands and enda-
gering the peace Of society," let prepare diligently and
with hopeful hearts for the hardshps and suffering of the
coming winter. Heaven has blessed US with abundant
crops but thousands of the poor unable purchase
Let begin time and every effort TO provide for them
and secure them against suffering And let us exert our
selves to the utmost TO return to duty the brave but
misguided men, who have left their couhtry flag in the
hour of danger and God will yet bless and children
and chdrens children will thank for not despair
ing of tho Republic its darkest hours of disaster and still
for adherng to and preserving amid the fiery trials
OF conservative sentiments aud the rights and civil
liberties of the young Confederacy.
In witness whereof ZEBULoS B. VANCE Gov
$500 ernor, Captain General and Commander-in- Chief
hath these presents and caused The Great Seal Of
the State to be Affixed
Done at the City of Raleigh this 18th day of September
A d. 1862 and the year of American Independence the
SSth.
By the GOVERNOR: 2. B. VANCE.
r. H. BATTLE, JR Private Secretary.
October LIST, 1868. 75-w&sw2w.