Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-01-06
Another Insult by The Richmond Enquirer to
the People of EoFfh-CaroIina.
The Richmond Enquirer of the 1st instant con-

tains the following:
MOVEMENT IN ETH-CARoIrA--we learn from good
authority that the patriots of North Carolina VIII take
means to lay bare before the people the insdloSs
by which the ends of sought TO De
subserved BY mscheVous few in that State. w are
much gratifed at this and them Of the cordial
Expose snaFes of the mischief pl0ers and nothing
more will be needed But to do this Is needed Many
excellent men, who sincerely love their country, and
desire to do their duty patriots and good citizens
have msed by artfu Misrepresentation, and en-
courses & antI Sc % rS shall by
displayed before them Let it be proclaimed from press
ard from rosr9m 1t is mighty and will PREVAIL only let
This, indeed is time for undue mincing When the
life Of peopleis in issue hmsy wells and DISCUSSES are
not 10 be respected The be judged not by its
foliage, but by its fruit. The who and always
aud Systematically sowing eaouses and enmities and DIS
among brethren who is ever weakening the of
government by malignant upon
and upon moTes and who seeks 10 array in hostile col
son Observation-Disclosures at time when the harnoni.
Gus efforts OF all necessary to the public safetthat
The charity that would withhold this judgment. is not
charity but weakness. Said quaint old gentleman whose
charity appealed obvious crime, Char
beieyeth all things it is true; but charity is not fool
While, then the soldiers from North Carolina
enng themselves with fame in the battle fields OF their
country las witness for example, the aures won by the
5'th North Carolina Regiment Fredericksburg, an &C.
count OF which was published the 25th ut,) let Ahe
at home protect the fair aud fame of the old
with the enemy"
The "mischievous few" in this State to whom
the Enquirer refers embrace twothirds of the peo-
pie of North Carolina These people, called Conser-
vatiVes, are truer to liberty and the Confederate
cause than the Enquirer and its masters behind the
curtain, for whom it speaks. They have sent thou
sands of their and brothers to Virginia to fight
and die for that cause while they have labored dill
gently at home, and stinted themselves to provide
shoes and clothing for these sons and brothers. We
say they are truer than the Enquirer and its mas
tiers, because they animated not by the love of
Office and spoiis, but by sincere devotion to the
cause
But the "patriots" of North. Carolina are max
ing arrangements to expose the "insidious" and
Unreasonable conduct of the Conservatives Does
the Enquirer know who these "patriots" arer-
Why, in nine cases out of ten they are disappointed
Observation-Disclosures down politicians-gaseou
original secessionlsts who labored to bring the
war, and boosted of what they would do to whip the
Yankees, but who have not yet fired the first gun
-ex-offce holders, who are squealing and complain
ing because the public teat has been forced from
their mouths-embittered partizans, who hate eve
ry one who prefers country to party-bankrupts in
the patriot" who are to aid the Enquirer in its
insolent attempt to dictate to the people of North
Carolina, and to brand twothirds of our people as
traitors to the government The Enquirer wants
these "patriots" to assail our people through the
press and from the stump. Well, let them do it
Let them take the stump, if they dare. Let them
take it and denounce the Conservatives of the State
traitors and the people will turn their backs upon
them with scorn and walk away. Let them take
the stump, and true men every where in the State
will do the same, until the Enquirer and its faction
at Richmond, and the partzan administration of
Jefferson Davis, shall have been thoroughly expos
ed to patient but indignant people. One of these
patriots is John Spelman, of the State Journal,
who to the shame of the Enquirer and of the ad.
ministration at Richmond be it spoken, has more
influence with them than the most eminent Conser-
vative among US. This man Spelnan we tell the
Enquirer. is a mere adventurer, without principle
property, or character. His Office is substantially
owned by clique of politicians, and he is mere
tool in their hands. We knew the Enquirer we'll
when Thomas Richie had control of it We had
the honor to act with that great man, and to en-
JOY his respect and confidence. lie never attempt
to dictate to e. people He never allied himself
with such characters as Speman, nor would he have
condescended to such tool to effect his pur-
poses But the Enquirer has fallen since that day.
1t s the mere echo of power, Its articles are
dipped in the gall of party. Its advisers are not
what they once were-statesmen and patriots-but
housing politicians corrupt hangerson to the skirts
of power, and unprincipled Jews and Englishmen
The Enquirer compliments our brave troops, and
it also frequently compliments Gov Vance Two
thirds of our troops Union men up to Lincoln's
proclamation, as Gov. Vance was. These ole Union
men, so-called are the Conservatives of the State,
who have been t0rced by the Eaquirers allies here
to assume party attitude. These Conservatives,
in the army and out 0f the army, are one and ind
Visable They think, and feel, and speak alike
There is no difference between them The Eaqui.
rer cannot consistently compliment portion of the
Conservatives and abuse another portion. But it
does so for effect 1t knows it will not do to assa
Gov. Vance, though it did all in its power to defeat
his election; and it compliments our troops with
the hope of changing their feelings towards their
Conservative friends at home, and thus plays into
the hands of those army correspondents who talk of
marching the men home to " break up our internal
LegislatureI" Our brave boys are Indifferent to
both the compliments and the censureS of the En-
quirer.
The duty we are performing of exposing the En-
quirer is by no means a pleasant one. But it has
been forced upon US, and we shall not shrink from
it We shall notice hereafter other articles in that
paper, in which great injustice is done to State
and people
We learn that Gov Vance has appointed Mr.. P.
A. Wilson, of Forsyth Assistant Quartermaster
with the rank of Captain, in place of Capt C. W.
Garrett Capt Wilson will succeed Capt Garrett
in the management of the State clothing establish.