Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-19
w OR c E S T R.:
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10, IsOa.l



The ''COnfederacy" in North Carolina.
In another part of this paper we print An
article from the Raleigh Standard of July 81,
which has attracted considerable attention.
The writer makes strong and resolute al
tack on the rebel "confederacy," and its chief
promoters, and indicates that North Carolina
is anxious to return to the Union. He insists
that the rebellion was causeless, that it is
failure, that continuation of the war will re-
suit in a complete subjugatOn OF the seeded
states, and that immediate measures should
be taken to secure peace with the federal gov
eminent.
The Raleigh Standard is the principal news
paper in North Carolina. 1t is the recognized
organ of Gov. Vance and the state govern
ment and speaks the views of Il majority of
the most influential men in the state. Preyi-
Gus to the rebellion the Standard went with
the democratic party, we believe; but it op-
posed secession with great earneStness, and
continued this opposition until North Caro-
lima was carried over to the traitors. 1t
is stated in Washington dispatch that the
article we copy was written by Hon. r. S.
Donnel, speaker of the North Carolina house
of commons, assisted by Hon. S. b. Satter-
thwaite president of the governors council,
and that it was published with the governors
approval. a private letter that comes to us
from a prominent Massachusetts officer in
North Carolina. states that it is understood
there that twas written by Hon. John A. Gill
mer in consultation with the state govern
ment. There can be no reasonable doubt
that it was printed with the approval of the
state government, as true expression of the
views of great majority of the people OF
that state.
Those who read the article will notice how
different is its statement of the case against
secession leaders, from the excuses and apol-
ogies for treason which have been so common
in some northern journals. This writer holds
that the conspiracy to destroy the Union was
causelcss and inexcusable, that the federal
government had never given the south the
slightest ground for just complaint, and that
the leaders not only contrived the conspiracy,
but also manufactured the occasion, and the
alleged reasons for it. 1t is not unreasonable
to suppose that he understands the matter
quite as well as those copperhead and pro-
slavery journals at the north which so con-
stantly seek to prevent just judgement of
the traitors, by accusing and misrepresent-
ingthe republican party. Our northern apol-
ogsts for treason have done much to keep the
rebellion alive and to obstruct the endeayOr
to crush it. If their influence can prevail the
southern traitors will be treated rs the injured
party, and there will be no such settlement of
our national trouble as will give the country
peace and security Instead of dealing hon
estly, with view to what is best for the ma
ton, they are chiefly occupied with unscrupu-
lous Vaccinations to secure political power.
rna tire TeUeTfon Is breaking down; and, if
our forces should destroy fort Sumter and
take Charleston, it would soon become COM
pletely demoralized In any case, it can not
maintain itself long, unless it can win some
important success in Virginia. Let our ar
mics be recruited speedily, and made
as strong possible, and we shall soon
see the end of this most undesirable war
Of late, nothing has done SO much to pro-
long it indefinitely as the copperhead opposi-
ton to the draft; for this has encouraged the
traitors at Richmond to believe that ourarmies
would be reduced and kept so weak that they
could easily proong the conflict. But JEFF.
Davis and his associates will not get such as
sistance from their northern allies as they
expected; and they may as well pack up and
leave the country while blockade running
remains possible. 1t will be interesting
to see how the movements in North Carolina
are taken at Richmond; but the baffled and
beaten traitors will soon have to deal with
general commotion Of the same kind, which
will so completely dissolve their rascaly
''confederacy" that not a vestige of it will re-
main.