Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-10-16
DY.THE GOVERNOR OF NoRTH.cARo-

DY THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH.CARO.
of public meetings have recently been held in Various poT
tons Of the State in of whTh threats have been
made of combined resistance to the execution of the laws
of'Congress in regard 70 CONSUMPTION and collection of
taxes thereby endangerng the pupc and tranquil
y as well as the common Ofindependence which
have soIem1y engaged to Defend And whereas it is
myswo duty to all the laws of the land faithfully ex
ecued and quiet and order maintained within our bOr-
Now, therefore, l. ZEBULON B. VANCE, Governor of
the State of North Carolina do issue this my Procama.
tion commanding all such persons renounce such evil
intentions, and warning them to beware of the criminal
and fatal consequences Of carrying such threats into
cutioA. =
The inalienabe and invaluable right of the people to
assemble together and consult for the common good to-
gether with its necessary concomitants the freedom of
speech and the press secured you my counrymen,
by the most sacred compacts They shall find dsur
Der me- Yetyou will remember that the Instruments
which guarantee these great rights also limit YOU to the
exercise of them within the bonnds of law aud impose
upon the solemn duty of seeing that these bounds be
not transgresSed The Constitution of the Confederate
States and all laws passed in pursuance thereof the
supreme law of the land resistance them By cOmbina
ton is treason and without combination, is high crime
against the laws of country Let no one be deceived
So long as these laws remain the statute book they
shall be executed Surely, my countrymen, you would
not seek to the evils Of one revolution by plungng
the country into another You will not knowingly, to the
present desoating with the common enemy, add the
horrors of internal strife and entire subyerson OF law and
civil authority You must not forget the enviabe char
acter which you have always maintained SOBER
sentative and law abiding people; would have you
CONSLLtubtOIUt
dressing your grievances Meet and denounce any exist
ing laws If you think proper-you have that highland
instruct your representatives in Congress the State
Legislature the may be, to repeal en Your
chosen servants made those obnoxious laws-hey
pealthem if such your instructions. If yO6 regard
them as unconstitutional, Supreme Court ready
to decide upon all properly brought before it. Its
decisions final in the State of North Carolina and
shall be executed while the power remains in your Exeou
tive to enforce any law THERE'S grievance to redress
and no proposition to be made but be most benef
eay erected in the way our fathers marked out by the
6aobox and the other constltutonaly appointed
In times of great public sensibty like the present. any
departure from legal channel revolutionary and dam
gerous and tends to the division and distraction of the
! people
tits my great desire and, hope, that of all good c
zens that our people should remain united befa us what
may Should triumph in the great struggle for indie
rejoicing of that glorious day Should we fall and come
short OF that great object for which We have struggled
long and bed so freely let not our strife and domestic
| feuds add to the bitterness of defeat
attempts suddenly to change the existing order Of things
would only result. in bOodshed and ruin therefore in
pOre you countrymen of all shades of political opinion
to abstain from assembling together for tn purpose de-
nouucing each other whether at home il the army and
to avoid seeking remedy for the evils Of the times by
other than legal and through the properly constt
ted authorities. We embarked in the hottest of all
causes which stir the hearts of paros-he cause of
liberty ane Independence We committed to 1t by
every tie that bind honorable people Multtudes
of OH bravest and best have already sealed it with their
blood whilst Others giving all earthly possessions
ehe: angushpg in dung or are homeless wanderers
gree the iron hand of great and glorious nation
is struggling to be born, and wondering kingdoms and
distant empires sted with listening hope and admit
ration, watching this greatest of human events Let them
not pray you be shocked with the spectacle of domestic
strife and petty malignant fuds Let not enemy be
roiced to behold strong and stronger DEVOTION
which have often made him trsnble, turned against
selves Let rather show that the God of Liberty is in
His Holy Tempe-the hearts of freemenand bid all the
petty chickering's of earth keep silence before Him.
Instead of engaging in this unhOy and unpatrioc strife
and threatening the laws of tn lands and enda
gerng the peace Of society," let US prepare diligently and
with hopeful hearts for the hardshps and suffering Of the
coming winter. Heaven has blessed with abundant
crops but thousands of the poor unable to purchase
Let begin time and every effort TO provide for them
and them against suffering. And let us exert our
selves the to duty the many brave but
misguided men, who have left their couutry flag 10 the
danger and God will yet bless and our children
and chldrens children will thank fer not despair
ing of the Republic its darkest hours OF disaster and still
MORE for adherng TO and preserving amid the fiery trials
of war conservative sentiments and the rights and civil
liberties of the young Confederacy.
In witness whereof ZEBULoE B. VANCE Gov
s So, ernor. Captain General and Commanderin Chief
hath signed these presents and caused the Great Seal OF
the State to be affixed.
Done the City of Raleigh this 9TH day of September,
A. d. 1865 and in the year of American Independence the
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By the GOVERNOR: 2. B. VANCE.
r. II. BATTLE, il Private Secretary.
October lst 1858. 75-w&sw2W.