Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-01-14
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,sr.eoftAe Ins6Tence orthe RichT .ond Enqnirer.
FBa Da;tv Preeress of this cit holds the follow
Ing language in reference to late editorial of the
Asas;rsr. in which it says the 'patrots" of this
at.t. meaning the Destructives, intend to show up
the Conservatives:
It will be recoliected that this same insolent or.
gan" pointed out to the people Of North Carolina
their duty in the late election ana that
We were told by it that those who opposed the cleo
ton of Mr. johnson were traitors to the govern
ment and country Well, what was the result 7
The people Of this loyal State elected the man who
had shown his devotion to his country by risking
his life for more than one year on the field by
majority of over thirty thousand, and the Enquirer
and the faction here that echoed its libels were
rsbuked by people whose acts have shown their
devotion to the cause of the South.
Who is it of our people that this servile sheet
now assails Gov. Vance, majority of the House
of Commons and seventenths of our people. Here
we have the organ of the Government assalling the
LOYALTY of the masses of State that has shown
devotion to the cause of the South not surpassed,
eoualled, by any other State. Is Jefferson Davis
the master of the people Of the sovereign States,
whose orgain is to treat them slaves or is ne the
servant of the sovereign States invested with certain
rights and required to perform certain duties ?
Does Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confed-,
nous SURFACES, suggest approve the libelous at,
.Ac.s of the Richmond Enquirer on the people OF
North. Carolinay If so, We can say to Mr.. Davis
that while eur people are as loyal as any inthe
world and as intense in their hatred OF the common
enemy as any people the South contains, they have
. President of whom they would gladly relieve
themselves.
All these attacks are made on our people by the
ENQUIRER because they wanted the Legislature to
raise force of 10000 men for State defence, in
manner acceptable to the President Of the Confed-
crate States and that there cause for conflict
between the State and Confederate Governments in
raising this force we will here state that Of the
Commissioners sent by the Legislature to confer
with the President told us on the return of the Com
mission that the President assured them that he
would not take another conscript out of the State
that they might be enrolled and organized and re-
tanned for State defence, the Government to feed,
pay and clothe them. South Carolina has a reserve
force and Virginia has reserve force and We only
wanted the same, and for this seven tenths of our
people, including our Governor and majority of
our Legislature are denounced as traitors by the
Richmond Enquirer, the organ of the President
The Enquirer attempts to smooth over this att elk
upon North Carolina by complimentary allusion
to the bravery of our troops We tell that paper
that those here whom it denounces are as brave and
loyal as those of our soldiers whom it eulogises,
many vi lleu having e8PoSeO tueiT lives Oh tuo
battle field in the cause Of our independence, and
we hurl its libel on the patriotism of our people
back in its teeth.
No Pierpont Government has been established in
North Carolina, and no traitors have been found by
thousands in our State to give aid and comfort to
the enemy as in Virginia. We speak Of these things
with no pleasure, but with deep humiliation but
when the fair fame of native State is assaed and
the loyalty of her people IS questioned, we dare
defend the one and protect the other even though
the "organ" of the President of the Confederate
States be the accuser. We love the Confederate
States and the cause of the South much but we love
North Carolina, the mother that bore US, more and
while we are ready to defend and fight for the Gov
eminent, We will not quietly submit to have our
native State beled by the tools of the Confederate
Government or any other power.
The Richmond Enquirer, knowingly, wilfully and
Intentionally, lbels Executive and seren.tenths
sf oar people, end t!ssss craven hearted vFetcas
and tools here who echo and endorse its
base calumnies, degenerate of State whose
good name is dearer to her true sons than life ITSELF