Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-01-06
THE RALEIGH "sTANDARD." I"

S,ck SIS nhllil Ic"SAiSl .0Ili btisSuiSf Ot''s
instincts and unpa,rioiic designs.
Sar;h Carolina Is a great Stale, sud hsr cit
izens ought slktu he conscious enough rf her
dignity rn,1 honor, to maintsin hebitually al
clrvs,ed equsniaity. 1t is only upsisrts or
nrsssndesa, and persons Or communities with
out solid claims 70 respect, who may DC eS-
Teisd &c ,o.tE7c themselves .sith doub1s as 10
tnei. r,e;iion. snd to bsever nn Jealous watch
f,r :;7:.e slight or indguity.
sncng tbs journalists sl ficrth Carolina
,as.s s7a is1 who think it hscaning or Ezo-
et,li. to mans;ir suca disheaosabls wsych
sal guard o7sc her. They Eac ss1ns wroag'
e9no ds:espsct, 0. some iasult tc North Car :.
ol;ns. il tho fairest proceeding aad the civ
ileat nhrass Iios! mach thsy fishanoT their
Sta!s p7 su.h course, h:'* utterly they
fail to riss to tho level Of her t7uo fame and
dignity, ihey seam incapah'e OF imagining.-
They assume en- all occasions ihat North Car
olina, because she is North Carolina, is treat
Il aass. eye suppose as il ia North caro-
,ina, it is al risht!' IS cue Of lhsie stsrso-
typed phrss:s. IIo7r utterly unwoctil; :hsy
sl= of their STATE
AIaong ;he papers that hsi';tualiy SEEK to
irisesl ani eInbitier tho people oi Cur neigh
hor sister State by such courses, the Raleigh
Standard" seems the principal. Instead Of
inculca;ing manly and high toned ideas sEd ali
essY, ,iieuifea bslf--cspect, its lng;r Icliance
ia oa exciting aud playing upaa ;hr prejH-
:l:c=s We have getctred To.
s.! the prssEns time thss paper il 'sYstcnis:~
really pursuing course nj hostility to the
Honi-ierate causs, with Ill the upsrlresa cosa-
paisie Nth either efficiency OF safety. Out-
size 81 the STATE it has rradaceia . universal
conviction tina: its hssrt il ~ith ths enemy,
and t!,st lis efforts are for that "old Cavern
,nsn,, isi.!:h il srers vas broken Hr with.
ont sufficient Gauge! 1t has been challenged
i,y this pspe: 70 avow its real position sn,i
i:s;srs, and it refuses. Il prsisr7, and no
doubt for sood reason, to keep these undec
Ill!
Parties aid associations that are organized
"r noble sentiment. carefully seek fer a
cams tha, sl,a!l set forth that leading idea
with clea:ness aud with prominence. Those
wbo SEEK aims which they are ashamed 60
a1ow, cover their designs with deceptive or
,il.;..tellisible cosnomeus. The E.leigf "Stand-
ard at a time when good men wors implo
ring uuau;sz,;.y and frstsscity i'll o'iT great
struggle for life. h.t"ck i;sef to tha disgust
ot tho ri.ol, ConisGe!acy. tc tho work OF
1istitng the people of North Carolina into
parties! Eohla su.pIoy ymeat: to BIZ sure! 1t
selected the dis. uis- o; Conservative"
aud "nest:uctiye' '-which rabady can un-
ders;snd, a2i which it refuses to explain. They
are not absurd without IN object. It did not
gaat them understood. Under coYoT Of this
coaceslspentir it appealed to the various pceiu-
Gi2es u hich good ,aen fro~n upon sni discou-
Inge. It appealed 10 tho rccollecsions Of past
differences, and sought 10 revive theU; and it
GisguStinsly appealed 10 tho lcve Of spoils and
office as the grand motive. Of party union in
such time as this!
The leading aim OF the Standard" in its
extraordinary course, is to DO deduced from
its ccts. The t-eS must be judged by its fruit.
There has scare, besn loose word Of dis
content uttered any where against tic Confed-
crate authority that the standard" has not
ssgsrly caught Up. There has been scsrce a
word OF an set Of the Confederate authority
tbs! it hiss not assa;lcd. We do not rsnem-
hsT tina. i. llas ever been betrayed into
single generous continent, or solitary
word Of praise on snr occasion. Eci!,
evil t,aa t=.;:' lis cry. md that continually,
ssro when speaking Of The old govern
Ireilt.' Ths1e has not tesu a prospect Of d-
Tision or collision hatwsen Stale snd Con
feder=to c2Gnssls, 10 wh:,h is nss nas giYe..
sTii, encouragement. f. good trea canno::
bring firth evil fruit.
And no.s, psctic'lsiiy with r-fsce!ca to
ths late t!l which passed ous iluu5e Of the
i'a-ti. Carolina Legislature, :rs ives happily
rrstp.'sd il: tts o.tsr. lt provides that cut
o. ci;!zsrs wbo have been specifically called
~ ia1. proclamation. and general n7deT oi
-ho G3l:sierats Authorities, to tho armies OF
It. Corftasysc- aud far its defence, vor:I,-
tee:s shall Ee received into North Carolina
arDy, ii their Ias7s fo.msl enrolment has moi
VET tssa effected ia the Confederate service
Il provides for organizing these men on o
peculiar plan and for only twelve months,
unless. indeed, discharged still sooner. It pro-
y;'iss for then rendering them to the Confcda-
lat. authorities coupled with thu further
c1n;itian that they shall mol go cut Of the
s;sss Of North Caroliua, except only wheI,
TIE Gcv=Enor Sshel! dsem il advisable !or the
ds!.acs Of tho State 20 romnys them to con.
tiyuous districts; ana with the further condi.
';su that the Go7srnor may order them to
tssir homes at any time.
Ii the bill we're entitled a scheme to de.
y'i"s the C3nfederscy Of ten Thousand col
d;sTs. and keep North Carolina that num-
bee i'siow h.r jus. Quota, it wonld oh
vinus!y have its true title. The "Stan-
dsia,'' wtieh, ef course, warmly cham
pi'ra snch measure, cannot escape with
It's customary device Of saying that Viz.
ginia and ether States hnVe done what aNorti
csro'ina" is not permitted to do. 1t misrep-
1essH's Virginia. Ne presume it misrepre
ssots the rest. Virginia, in forming her State
i'ae, refused to a!lo,o single man TO join, fog
whom the Confederate government had called
One vent atops end below the ages Which
bonded the censcripts. Had the Same course
'ssn proposed in North Carolina, there would
SsSs been admiration elsewhere instead of
complaint. Tho passions df North Oarolinisns
"e also appealed to, bT. saving tha. North