The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-01-13

Ho ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS organ of the
se-ealied conservative party in this State, the
Raleigh Standard, says that are blinded by
/ party The Standard is SO blinded by malice and
enmity for those who jerked the public teat of
ITS mouth about two years ago and drove it from the
public stalls that it is not capable of doing justice
to others or forming correct opinion of what in.
Huences the action of those who condemn its fac
fious course. Like a dunghill cock with his eye
sight extingushed by the gafs the Standard strikes
right and left without knowing or caring what it
does The foundation stone of its principles is
iald in party. and when party fails to promote
Its selfish and ambitious ends it tries another. The
editor of the Standard has tried the wing party the
democratic pSrty the secession party and it is now
on probation with the CONSERVATIVE growing
party. and to what party it will next unite its
fortunes it doth not yet appear.
Last summer the Standard made great profesf
LESSONS of opposition party feeling but what did
| it do as soon the election was and it was
ascertained that it had q majority OF its peculiar
friends in the Legslaturel Did it then make
effort to allay party feeling, Not at all. 1t ad-
vised and insisted that its .'party'' should pro-
scribe every man who did not vote with it; and for
shame be said. this advice strictly followed by
the members of the Legislature who belonged to
turned out who did not cooperate with the Stand
ards conservative party and vote for Governor
Vance. This indicates pretty plainly who the
partzans
One of the chief complaints of the Standard
against President Davis is: that he will not appoint
men of the Standard party to office, thus showing
that the Editors mind is always fixed party and
the Offices. The President has appointed men who
were heretofore opposed to him in politics. but he
has not and we hope he never will appoint TO Office
a factionist like the Editor of the Standard and
those who obey his orders.
For party purposes the Standard indulgcs in
much abuse of those it calls original secessionsts.
We weyo not an original secessionist, but we know
that the Editor of the Standard one, and we
now publish hin, desertcr from the secession
party, without offering the least reward for his
rest preerring that he should remain with the party
with which he is now acting, and believing that he
do that party more harm than any other man in
the State Let him and his party continue their
abuse of the Confederate authorities, and continue
to prescribe men on party gr"unds-but remember,
for all these things they will be brought to judg
ment before the peoples tribunal at nc distant day
Whenever the Raleigh Standard exhibits less
partizan spirit and relaxes it's grip the spells, it
will be time enough for to talk about other people
being blinded by party. At present that paper is
not only blinded by party but its course is
directed. fear, by revengeful and spitefu
spirit unbecoming Southern man while his coun-
try is engaged in life and death struggle with a
brutal aud savage enemy.
We do not want to handy words with the Standard
but it its readiness to declare its opinions
at all times, we ask that paper two questions: Was
it right not for the southern people to break up
the old Government of the United States! Was it
right or not for North Carolina to secede from the
old Union AS the STANDARD is the organ of the
new party which has recently banded together in
this State, we hope it will give straight-out