Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-10-16

Mr.. Taylor must be an ignorant person. The
Constitution of the Confederate States has vested in
Congress the right provide for the trans portaton
of the mails The State Of Virginia has therefore,
no control over the mails, and no right to stop the
circulation of the Standard within her limits. The
Constitution of the Confederate States provides that
"Congress shall make no law abridging thefreedOm
of speech, or Of the press" The Constitution of
Virginia contains similar provision. Mr.. Taylor
has sworn to support both these Constitutions. How
can he "stop the Standard" and keep his oathH =.
We have the largest circulation Of any paper in
this State and it is not tEue, stated by the Reg
ter, that our paper is taken by the slow, the Vul-
gar, and the ignorant" 1t is taken and read by
thousands of the best people Of the State Many
poor persons, we are proud to say, also take the
Standard, but none of these are as GLOW" and
vulgar" as the Editor of the Register. In has est
nation, to be poor is to be slow, vulgar, and igno-
RAM" unless the person thuswanting in this worlds
goods has some wealthy relative or patron to look
up to and lean upon. The meanest and lowest of
all persons, whether rich or poor, are those seedy
individuals who ape our mushroom aristocrGcy, and
make large pretensons in society with their grog
and milk bills unpaid. We believe we have no sub
scrbers of this character. We have thousands of
subscribers who are poor, But they are decent hon.
est people, who pay their debts love their country
and reflect credit on their sphere in life; and Va
have thousands of subscribers who are rich but
spectacle, and who perform faithfully all their dur
ties to their country and to society.
Nor is it true that there are "vulgar prejudices"
m this State against Virginians. Our people have
complained, and justly, that the administration at
Richmond has filled many of the Confederate offices
in this State with Virginians and Marylanders, to
the exclusion of our own native and adopted citi-
zens; and backguards and bullies, and seedy bank
rupts from Virginia are not held in higher estima-
tion here than elsewhere; but Virginia gFntle
man, whether rich or poor, always meets cordial
greeting in North Carolina, and is and has been as
much respected as any one. Unfortunately for the
character of Virginia, we have had too many Vir-
ginians in this State like former neghbor, Mr..
Sims. This specimen Of the refinement, learning,
dignity, and morals of Virginia has returned to Pc
terSburg, where his vaccinations once exposed, will
be as harmless as they proved to be here. So the
good people Of the "Old Dominion" need indulge
no apprehensions from his "change of base" This
State has lost nothing by his exit and we are
Virginia has not gained by it.
The Enquirer is entitled to our distinguished
consideration for its appeal to the Legislature of
Virginia no: to restrict the circulation of the Stand
ard Tho circulation Of our paper is already pro-
hibited among our troops in Virginia by military
order; and the Enquirer, not content with that
urged the Georgia soldiers and all other soldiers to
restrict our paper by the mild operation of mob
law. 1t would not be necessary to restrict paper
10y law, if the Enqurers advice to destroy the Office
in which the paper is printed could be fully accom-
'pliShed.