Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-03-04

The No.Party Party.
The movement set on foot in this City by few
members of the Legislature, and few citizens,
under the direction of certain disappointed poll
ticans behind the scenes processes to discard party
These gentlemen are greatly shocked at the bare
idea of party and yet they have organized party,
and they appeal to the people to "unite" with
Mem-to hold public meetings, appoint commit
tees of vigilance and correspondence organize
preparatory to the next Congressional elections in
this State and bring out candidates for Congress in
the respective districts who agree with them in
sentiment They have also appointed Central
Committee and Committee of Correspondence.
In Short they have thoroughly organized party
in the midst of war, and yet they have the assu-
rance to declare that they are opposed to party.
In the language Of our friends Of the Obseroer,
"there is prodigious abjuring Of party" yet,
like the ostrich which hides its head and fances
that its whole body is thereby hidden, at the same
time party sticks out visiby in every feather Of the
bird.". The three individuals who figured in the
meetng-only three-are ultra partizans The
persons appointed the committees referred to,
are, for tho most part, ultra partizans, who have
either been disappointed IN their aspirations for
Office, or thrust out of office by the people Nearly
all of them without influence and some of them
have no fixed political principles. The appeals of
such men to the people, and especially against the
immense majority by which Gov. Vance was elected,
will produce no more impression than sounding
brass or tnkling cymbal." The gong at one OF
our hotels would have as much effect on the Juds-
ments Of our people as these appeals.
The meeting referred to purports to have been
held by persons "who are for sustaining the au-
thorities of both the Confederate and State govern
ments in all rightful and patriotic measures looking
to "a vigorous prosecution of the war until our
independence is secured" The Conservatives cor
daily subscribe to this sentiment Wherefore,
then, the necessity of this new party? They also
say they "are opposed to party organizations and
party divisions during this war" So are the Con-
servatives. Wherefore, then, this new party! They
also say they are "for outstanding our resources
the better to enable US to pay, feed, cothe, ana
support the families of the gallant soldiers who are
fighting our battles" So the Conservatives
Wherefore, then, this new party? What good can
!
twenty thousand out of one hundred thousand
voters Is it not, therefore, factious? But these
gentlemen are too shrewd not to have an object In
view. What is that object? Is it unity among
our people? If so, how easy would it have been
for the twenty thousand to have united with the
eighty thousand. No, fellow citizens, Office is the
object and to this object their conduct proves,
these persons would sacrifice the harmony OF the
country and the peace of society. Shall this sac
rifice be permitted? There is other way to pre-
vent it than by the Conservatives keeping their
kfeet where they haye them, on the necks OF these
factionisss. Will you do it, fellow-ctizens Aye,
aye-we will, we will, comes up to US in tones Of
thunder from every section of the State Let it be
done.
The Conservatives Of this. State have no party
machinery whatever. They have no Central Com
mittee, and no Committee of Correspondence
They are resorting to no secret correspondence to
influence the elections. They rely on the intrinsic
soundness of their principles, and on the people al
the ballot. box If they should hold meetings t.
express their views to nominate candidates, theJ
will do so only in selfdefence. And yet with I
majority in the State Of thrty-fve thousand, they
are denounced as "faction" by gentlemen behind
the scenes; and with no party machinery, but OF
the contrary sincerely deprecatng party spirit ant
exhibiting that spirit only in self Defence they ar
charged with having established "party tyranny
over the State Let the people judge.