Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-09-04

enemy, wiIfully msrepresent The cause and msssate
the object of these meetings 60; t..,.aF,
Mr. Editor it is apparent to the most careless oo-
server that the recent movements to array the SOL
ders in hostility to these meetings, and to the men
and newspapers who honestly believe that good can
be accomplished By them is only part of long or
ganized plan to put down the Conservatives OF the
State and to change the character Of our State ad
ministration Inmyjudgment, ersince the meeting
of the last Legislature, system has been on 1901
to separate Gov. Vance and few Of his leading
advisers from the men and party that elected and
have hitherto supported him.
just look, for o moment, at the course OF events
The men and papers that used to abuse Vance and
the party which elected him. beginning to praise
him. Even the President, who never yields to men
or reason it is sad yields to the representations OF
Gov. Vance, and removes Bradford How the base
ours that barked and howled at his heels now Wag
their tails and fawn upon him. They endorse
Vance while they condemn and villify his friends
Well NAV he exclaim " tohGt emil hdUe I done that
u1v srsnies praise me ?" Now is all this the over
howings of patriotismH Can any one for moment
believe that they are better friends to the country,
and to Vance's administration, than those who
placed him in Office, even the peace men included
No Sir. "a threefold cord is not easily broken"
They seek to separate the folds and then to break
the cord. They still endeavor to impress upon the
Governors mind that he is degraded by remaining
with his old friends; that if he wishes to advance
with the times and retain the respect of the South
ern leaders, he must throw down the ladder that
raised him. and unite himself with them. WIN
they succeedr hope not Mr.. Editor hope not
Governor Vance ought not and will not follow his
friends into any grave error but surely he Will not
separate himself entirely from them Oh account OF
any slight difference Of opinion! Surely he VIII
not crafty the desire of his enemies and disappont
the expectations of his friends, far as to follow
out the very plan laid down by the former for d.
viding the latter by Withdrawing himself from
those who sincerely love his truly noble and manly
character, and by throwing himself bodily into the
arms of those who fawn and 6atter, only that they
may use him for their base, ignoble purposes. l
say cannot believe that these demagogUes and
tricksters can succeed in separating the Governor
from his friends; but if they should, it will only
be because the Governor will not be in situation
to foresee the many evils that will result from such
q Of course, it is not for an humble indl-
vidual, like myself to point out the course our re-
spected Governor should take under existing cir
cumstances-and whatever that course may be, L
shall believe that he is acting to the best of his
judgment for the welfare of the country. But
cannot help feeling strongly that such course will
be fraught with intellectually more evils than can
attend the holding Of peace meetings, However Of
ten they may be held. Nay, such a c. urse would
inevitably produce that very schsm and strife
among ourselves so needlessly feared by those who
oppose them.
l must conclude this already too lengthy COM
munication, by expressing the earnest hope that
both our Governor and all the people may be actu-
ated by one mind, to take the course which will
soonest lead out Of the darkness which surrounds
us into the light of liberty and peace.
SEKTO.
Roxboro', N. c., Aug. 81, 1863.