Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-08-14
For the Standard,
TREASON AND THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

TREASON AND THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
have rarely been astonished and Thoroughly dis
gusted than recently in reading article taken from the
Richmond Enquirer headed Treason" in which the Edi
tor attempts to excite mob against the Raleigh Standard
for cOunseing peace whilst have ii in our power to-
make peace just and honorable terms. The whole tone
and tenor of the article in question: entirely contrary
so completely in unison with the Machavelian principles
of desPoIism that in adiHg it, could not but ask our
selves, if were possible that the writer was a freedom
American citizen Or he brought up In the regions
of old depOtsms accustomed from his youth TO breathe
the infected air q" tyranny of absolute power and of abb
ect slaverY Without knowing cannot but suspect that
the author of the piece referred is aieu foreign born
and Bred whose tastes and principles and ideas of
political freedom have all been moulded under the d.
pressing influences of the despotsms of the Old World
This conclusion Is forced upon US from this fact:
10 the first place, that his idea OF treason is simply
supposed to be the opinion of rulers and demagogues
No feeboru American citizen would have thought of
such an idea. 1t is evidently exotic.
In the second place plain that be knows nothing of
the Constellation of government which, guarantees the
right Of every have and to express opinion on
and all suje whatever, military political, religious
aud social otherwise he could not have been guilty Of
go silly bIunder pronouncng the simple uStsTabGf
acandid and deliberate opinion as to what would pc I
c,es "treaSOnl" asI
In the irL place he imagnes that the government be.
longs to the rulers and that the people their SrUan
whLreIs the government is the creature of the people, and
our rulers not masters but serVG"s conse-
quenly the people who made the government aud TO whom
II belongs have most perfect right TO express any opin
ions they please the best method of conducting it,
III
their sovereignty elect 50 to do And ne IS usurper who
should atemIt to wrest from them this right.
In the fogrh place he endeavors to excite the moo to
destroy the Raleigh Sandard! ITO destroy it, he,
would more hurt North-Carolina than the cutting
out of an ulcer would hurt living man." Again he
says, "why Is the Raleigh ShIGtrd suffered to eXst?-
THIS appeal to no60cydGy instead Of to and logic
points Enthusiastically to the land of riots and shillaahs
In the Eh place, he, in utter Ignorance. as it would
of our Constitution which guarantees free speech,
free press and the assembling of the people together for
discussion On all subjects whatever attem ITS to excite the
and
fee press! He says There ought to be remedy
tor The ev-sOne arm powerful enough to gag the GRIM
NAL Could this abomina6ie sentiment have oeen writ,
ten By any who not himself bit 10 be the minon OF
yran? The freedom of speech not only political
right guaranteed by the Constitution but is it is
Hdtgrd rght-a heaven born prerogaive bestowed by
that God who made the brain to Think and the tongue to
speak, and endowed with the gift of language pro-
mu gate the fruits of his thinking and reasoning faculties
The first act OF tyrant 10 suppress the liberty OF speech
And he who lends his aid towards bringing about result
disastrous to liberty and human progress is the craven
mniOn of deSpOtsu and consequently enemy 10 his
species and ought to be regarded and treated such
From the foregoing facts and considerations we COM
PEELED 10 conclude ur have other of know
ing that the Editor Of the Richmond Enquirer is foreign
born and foreign Bred with the principles OF foreign des'
Po!Isms lndelbly impressed upon his servIe nature
But what has tue Raleigh SdHiITd said done, that
has given the Editor Of the Richmond EaqHi an opPor-
tuny 70 beSay his origin? 1t simply this, as quoted
from the Eagarer, for we have NOT seen tue Raleigh
NdRdIrd and therefore have means ut judging how
much has been garbed and msrepressnted the Editor
of the aHiiri in the exercise of his Judgment with
the lights before him aud acuated by lncere love for
his Country says "But we have no idea we OBJ
peace ON our own terms" This is th head and front
of the ofence-hs the tre1sOH!" And yet there is
, not thinking, dspaSSiOnae candid man in the entire
COntedcrcy that does not believe precisely the thing
"Our terms that is the q" the demagggpeS mot of
the people, are not only to have tins slavery urmo set
tied according to honor and justice but the separate in
dependence" Of every of the Southern States now
claimed oy and represented IN tie Congress oil The Con-
fedeaC, besides that MARYLAND shall have the right
decide by popular VOTE as to which SIDE she wall belong
These are "Our terms that is the terms OF our dema-
gogues And yet there is not sensible rejecting man IN
the whole land that dreams that these terms asble.
W here l. the candid who will honestly say tba he
believes that peace be Obined with Maryland, KEN
lucky and Missouri integral portions of the COntedea-
cy? BItthiS foreign born lakes upon himself
pound precisely what fighting for. and on what
terms we wIl make peace lie says: =" All mankind
knows that we desire peace but on terms of sePa-
tie Ieace of Subjugatun submission This takes it
for granted that the primary object of separation was IA"
dDeHdeHce which is mistake. Whatever may have been
the secret designs of politicians and deagngues who pre-
cPdti dS"HiOa, contrary TO the desires OF the great
majority OF the people Independence was not the PrnHy
object of the reyoutun This was denied twice ten thou
sand times BY the politicians themselves Had this been
announced they could have led the South int" Sc
and were proud their great and glorious country! But
the final necessity of argued by the dema
gegups as taraSs to an end viz: The obtaining of
Just aud hunora bic rights the subject of Scey and the
terrirjes. This is what the people are lighting ior-and
not for Independence ss-not for the politicians ana
demagogues but our Constitutional rights and against
Lsc6u and dJoyitioaiSm. SIR am officer in the Con-
fed "a army-I have frequently sustained the hazards of
bale-and my life has often been IN jeopardy aud am
firmly resolved never lay down my sword until Lincoln
OverthrOwn But this is ach eyed then shall
proudly exult and thank the God of battles for giving
the victory. SIR fighting for the pol trcians
aud demngOgues who would be masters instead OF our
servauts-bu we fighting for liberty and our just
rights under the Constitution. Let there be and
Veoro it matters bot whether We have one government
or twO haEa-dozen The Raleigh Standard expresses
substantially the of the great of the people,
both in aud of baarmy. The Esqq;rer derades the
people, mghte beet from one of his aneceden IS
when he fighting for the demagogueS
irrespective of their own rights-and would them
tools of disappointed ambition and hate accomplish
their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. VOX P0PULI
Columbus, Miss, Aug. lst 1868.