Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-02-10
The Richmond ENQUIRER.


measure obliged to deal with its new matter as it
brought it forward. Those questions are as fol-
lows:
owe asked the dndar it. in the division of the peo-
pie of NorthCarnna into parties for which had so sed
ulousy labred, it based that division upon any issues
connected with the past We asked if ALL including ITSELF
of course do assent fully, heartily and cordially
to the action which finally taken in the secession of
| that State.
| 1t does not answer
We asked if had any regrets indulge and any wrath
to crafty over the secession of its State and whether
there lurking hope desire for restoration
/ construction.
1t does not answer
We asked it if there was in reference the present
future, any peculiar aim sentiment which it desir
Gus to promote and which the people Of North Carolina
! did not sanction in unbroken mass.
1t does not answer"
And our answer is as follows:
Joint Resolutions passed by the General assembly
Of North Carolina, at its present session.
WHEREAS Various slanderous reports have been circu
lated both in the State and opt of it, rejecting the 10y
atty of the members of this Legislature and the people Of
the State and ascribng to them hostility the Confederate
GoVernment and desire to construct the Union there
fore be it unanimously
ResOLrd, That the representatives of the people, and
IN our own behalf individual citizens Of the State,
protest against and denounce these accusations entirely
Se IN letter and IN spirit as calculated to mlsepresent
the sentiments of those who have altered in the
support of all constitutional for the prosecution
OF the war; and tending to produce eaouses and hesr
burnngs among people who have sealed their devOtI
to the cause of Southern Independence with their blood
upon the pToudeSt 6aecdS of this revolution. That the
chae OF desire ON the part ct this Legislature or any
portion of it, to conflict with the Confederate Government,
to embarrass the President in the prosecution of the
war, IS grossly untrue ibera and SanderUus. That we
hereby pledge ourselves most heartily and emphacay to
The most vigorous constitutional policy, promising in
the of NOrh-CarOina, the liberal contribution
of aud money TO the support of it, and protesting
against any settlement of the struggle which does not
the independence of the Confederate States of
America.
The following additional resolution was offered by
Mr. Amic and hv NJ
RsOlced, That the Governor be requested commune.
cate copy of these resolutions the Governors of the
several States of the Contederacy Also Sena
tors and Representatives. Congress- be laid before their
respective bodies.
These resolutions embody our views as we have
entertained them from the first They are the
views of our people generally, majority of whom,
with the people of Virginia. were opposed to dis
solution and war up to Lincolns proclamation
Only fifteen members of the Legislature voted against
these resolutions, and erery one Of these fifteen be-
longs to the EnQuirers party.
Is the Enquirer answered?
Our system of government has natural tendency
TO promote feeling of State pride. This feeling
has been generally beneficial, creating a generous
emulation between the States both in council and
on the battlefield. 1t is natural that Virginians
should be proud of their State and that North Car
olinians should be proud of theirs 1t is natural,
also, as the result Of this State PRIDE and of the
jealOusies which it sometimes engenderS, that the
journals of one State should claim more for their
own people than they are willing to conccde to 9TH
ers. But the Richmond Enquirer, not content with
doing this has gone far to lecture and repri-
mand the Legislature of State and has endeavor-
ed to produce the impression, for party purposes,
that considerable portion of our Legislature and
majority of our people friendly to LincolnS gov
eminent Ifthis is intolerabe in journal printed in
eRather State, what shall we think and say of it. in
Enquirer in such course by copying its articles,
and by furnishing its mint of falSehood and defLma
ton with matter for coinage? Destitute of
pride themselves in the good and glorious of
North Carolina they would not only forbear to
praise, though the whole world were ringing with
her paudts but would feast like vultureS upon the
putrescencc Of one spot, if to be found, simply be-
cause they not in power. They to hate their
! own State, because her rights are maintained and
her honor is upheld by their political opponents-
Greasy Englishmen, seedy ScOtchmen, and blOatcd
specimens of Irish peat lifted from their trans an-
tic dunghils by that generous spirit of institu
tonS which permits the most depraved to SATISFY their
hunger with the scullion in the Kitchen taking their
cue from the Richmond Enquirer and from Gen.
Winder and kept in countenance by renegade Virgin
ans put airs vapor to the front door, and proclaim
to every passerby that the owners ofthe mansion
false to themselves and 10 the land that gave them
birth. Is the General Assembly anxious to provide
for the defence ola portion the State which has been
| well nigh destroyed by the enemy ?-they are de-
nounced as traitors to their own homes for an act
of selfpreservaton. Does an idle South Carolina
scribber defame soldiers, or for want Of an
item, SANDER and ridcule the unfortunate inhabi-
tans of one of our towns, ravaged by the enemy p
no word of correction censure is heard, because
of the source whence the insult proceeds 1t is
South Carolina and it is Virginia that speak and
so the journals in this State that echo the Enquirer
applaud when Yirgnian lectures and insults their
own State, and arc silent when a scrbblcr from
the State that was first to secede attempts to black
en- and defame portion of our own people
And behind these miserable tools of one of the
worst factions that ever disgraced the American
name, stand certain Pharisaical wire puers, and
owners of these organs, secretly sustaining the
mean and crawling creatures by whose work they
hope to profit, but whom they are ashamed to &C
+ knowledge and endorse among gentlemen. Hurled
from power in this State, these Pharisees still cling
to the glmmering chances of office and honor at the
hands of the common government, and look to Rich
mond with the ravenous appetite of Starving man,
who sees, but cannot quite grasp the rich yiands
from which he is separated BY only thin partition.
God save the State of North Carolina from the sway
of those, who would fire through her own bosom
rather than not fire at their enemies! The most
contemplate of all men is he who SANDERS his own
household the meanest and vilest of all citizens is
| he who as the echo of others in. other States
will defame and trsduce his own noble, generous,
brave, and selfdenying State, because her rulers
are not of his politics.
And now, in conclusion, we repeat to the Rich
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