, 1863-08-24

MONDAY. AUGUST . 1868
4 REMARKABLE DOCUMENT.
We print, In full, very remarkable let
ter from the columns Of the Raleigh North
Carolins) Standard, Of tho s1st of July, in
which the condition Of the South and the
relations OF the South to the North arc for
rdbly and elahoratcly discussed The
writer Is said to be man of mark; and 1t
il also said that the article itself has the
hearty approval Of Governor Vanca Be
these things as they may, the fact that the
Standard tho organ Of GOV. Vance, and,
NC believe, the official paper Of the State,
has the bo1dness to publish, without an
energetic protest, what Davidson" writes,
is In itself sufficient, tho danger Of such
proceeding being considered, to prove that
there Is In the State large II not domi-
nant party, OF whose warm support and
cooperation the Standard and Davidson
arc sure. We're there not such g party, the |
cditors life would not be worth sheet Of |
Ills blank paper, and his contributor would
be gibneted on the next tree, were be even |
JEFF. Davis himself
We trust that no reader Of the TRIBUNE
will fail to give the article Of which VIC
sneak careful and attentive pe1usal 1t
will be found to be q full and complete |
justification Of the course that tho North |
has pursued, and hence triumphant rcft1-
tation Of the ihnumerablo fa1sehoods by
which the malignants Of tho free States
hare sought to justify or excuse their trea-
son to the country in this hour Of It's most
imminent peril. Its a justification from
Southern sources "a voice speaking from
the heart Of the rebe1lious country-n con
fession Of men who, with arms In their
hands, are still striving to obtain redress
for injuries that they admit they
never suffered. As such, It should
have wide circulation, particularly
in those unenlightened districts Of
the North where the belief, IN spite Of ali
the proofs to the contrary, is still professed,
that, in this war, the North and the Repub-
lican party arc the aggressors, and that the
injured and unotTending South Is, with its
ardent patriotism and feeble means, resist
Ing the odious tyranny that "Lincoln and
his hirelings" would impose Though
they ire enemies still engaged in the at
tempt to destroy what every true American
holds most dear, ne can thank them
for the manliness and honesty that
they have displayed, and though
We arc far from consenting to the terms Of
pence that they propose, we feel and can
truly say that their advances deserve and
will hare that respectful consideration to
which their importance and the character
Of thoee who make them give the amplest
claim.
One great obstacle which lies in the way
Of the quick restoration Of North Carolina
to the Union, and to all the advantages,
privileges and immunities Of which the
Union Is the parent, Is Human Slavery
It's relations to the policy Of the Federal
Government as expressed in the Emanci
patton Proclamation Of the President a
largeparty in the country believe with rea
son that that Proclamation is the Law o.
the land, and that every slave, save in tht
States and districts specially exemptei
from its operation, is now ftee. We shar'
these sentiments, and VIC know and car
admit Of the existence OF no power in tn
State Governments, in Congress, or in tn
Executive, to reduce freedmen to bondage
# the Proclamation has the binding fore
Of law, North Carolina falls With
the scope Of its operations, and DE-
spite the local statutes, enactea whe
the people Of that. State were g
peace and had not, by becoming allie
enemies, forfeited their rights under IL
borders legally held as slave. Her lat
bondmen are free, and cannot, without Il
perpetration Of q monst1ous outrage, I
reduced to servitude by any power le
than that Of the Almighty himself tt
withdrawal Of the Proclamation would n
affect their status. Tho President, as Con
mander-in-C -C1liet, may free, but be cann
bind; and his act, 80 far as the slay'
themselves ere concerned, Is ir1eyocabl
In the eyes Of the law, they are slaves T
more.
These facts which will be insisted upo
will hardly be accepted by my one Of Il
rebellious States. We notice that ev,
these men Of North Carolina, for who
all n inf v1f7 ff8s
force. They want further eompromi
BY which the chattlehood Of the blacks al
the supremacy Of slavery will be mai
talned. If VIC do not admit that this c
preston Of their desire is merely t
thrown to the whale a reservation In fav
Of local interests and prejudices, to
given up when the time for surruni
comcs-wc Geo that tho difficulty whicl
raises is that upon which present hope
reconciliation and restoration will
wrecked and wo warn our readers n
that the question involved is ono til
dread II az they may, they will be CO
pellcd to meet As soon asthcsc 8outl,s
armies arc bcatcn nnd destroyed, anl I
lopt1csslces Of further cndcavor for
Confcdcrncy Is demonstrated,
:. c1afe and cunning Which 50 10
bnfIlcd Northern statesmen O
seluccd Northern politicians. will
brought into play; aud what was den
to Southern ar1ns will bo graspcd aflcr
Southern diplomacy. Withdraw y
Proclamation and repeal your olEcns
statutes, and wc will return, will bo
cry Of their baf1lcd rago and dosp
And, "What Is tho slavery Of five ,
lions OF mon compared with tho
niAcence of pcacef" will DO the answer
CIT Of hundreds Of Thousands In
North; and every material into
in each section, every 1amo and III
up politician, and every son
faction will rc-echo 1t.
Ifslaves wcro 30 many cattle, and Il
institution had no political, social OF I
nc1nica1 results that do not clustcr arc
and appertain to the breeding and work
ofhorses and oxen, tho North might b<
different within any legal and constitute
limit, TO the concessions which, for