Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-01-28

Extracts from Letters.
We make the following extracts from letters ad-
drssed by subscribers and others, to the Editor Of
tie STANDARD: .i.
DuRHAx's, Orange Co., Jan. le, 1868.
have been close observer Of your course since
nepk to tie Richmond Iagsrss North. Carolina viii
nesF submit to Virginia dictator, or any Dictator"
YADkN INSTITUTE. Davidson Co., Jan. 20, 1868.
Seed me the Standard another year. 1t speaks free
nd iadssndsnt languages We breathe more freely after
Your paper gets nearly oil the subscribers at this Of
says the Standard"
THoxpsoNv1ls, Rockingham, JAM 20, 1858.
The course of the Standard has sat;sfed me- though
the Richmead Enquirer and other journals seem to
be disssts cd with it. have good believe that
your course"
RncHAND VALLEY, Haywood. Jan. 1s, 1858.
you will not relax IN your noble defence Of Con
it e and the shouts of the Conservatives will 70 up
for you as one man."
TRAssrIvANrA Go. Jan. 16, 1858.
mo doubt you have heard of the :" laurel war" which
took place in Madison last week. It reality in its
way. The mob entered Marshall in force and seized the
County salt and other things in regular mob STYLE The
remote cause was the Stay law and the suspension OF the
COurs The people have come to think that there IS no
law in the land The immediate is said to be OWING
to dissatisfaction in the distribution of the County
rOODerS charge
lies had been withheld on of herpotica opin-
ions; and like all other mobs when once started It was
Doubt by the old boy himself for piunder which went
from common thieving to- open robbery. There is
some mystery about this 50 Meter What right has the
tracts they shall make to get the salt hauled and how and
to whom it shall b. distributed The people Of some Of
ted Many think it would be Of advantage change the
salt agent appoint who would insult every
who goes for salt: am glad to see the Stanaara
thnT oktpnc
for personal liberty The principle should be maintained
at all hazards But Judge Saunders hardly the man to
1 Ts0ss who
satisfied that be 10 totally unit for Judge what I'M
fitness proceeds from is unnecessary inquire into since
it is all the same to those who suffer from his unhness-
de ought to be got of the bench, if possible"
We have the proof and can produce it If neces-,
sary, that Judge Saunders charged the Grand Jury
of Rutherford County, at Court which he recently
held in Rutherfordton, that there was certain class
Of men in this State who were endeavoring to bring
about conflict with the Confederate Government,
and that there was Editor-meaning the Editor OF
the Standard-who was doing every thing in his
power to bring about this conflict; and that he
ought to be tarred and Jeathered. We haven par
tcular feeling the subject for we do not regard
any thing that Judge S. says about us; but we do
''Ss'SSsSS
the people to mob law, ought to be impeached.
That is our opinion. But it appears to be idle to
insist on Constitutions, laws, or justice IN this
crisis. God help US mot only the bench, but our
very pulpts, in some instances, seem to have been
surrendered to the bitterness and the filth of party
politics
Threats of mob law by the Des:ructives are COM
mon. Wehear them from the Richmond Enquirer,
from a Judge on the bench, and from the two De-
structive organs in this City, as well as from a
Destructive paper in Charlotte. War between the
North and South is bad enough but war among
ourselves would be worse We never have, and
never will approve mob law; but if it should be-
gin, woe unto him who begins it. ut were better
for him that milestone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of
the sea-" The Conservatives have the physical, as
well as the political and moral power in this State.
They wall defend themselves in the last resort and
not only will they do that, but they will hans APP
| those who may commit the overt act of mob law,
like hogs in slaughterpen. 1t is painful to have
to write thus about any portion Of the Southern
people, but duty and selfdefence require it