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

dependent, high:toned Virginia gentleman would be
ashamed to boast Of such subscription.
The Enquirer degrades and disgraces even itself,
BY quoting from newspaper in this City, called
the State Journal and adds:
"Let the Standard look out-she gallant defenders of
the Conede,acy may prove themselves the determined
Standard will quake We, therefore, dismiss the
ing Standard to the pity and commseraon of the people
it has deceived who unless it changes its course will
it beyond the limits Of State upon whose patriotism is
living slander, upon whose liberties it would willingly
see the enemy trsmpe and whose soil hopes yet to see
The Enquirer also says it has received letters
from members Of the Legislature Of North Carolina,
urging it to continue its attacks on the Standard,
and assuring it of the support of the people Of this
State. These, then, are the instigators Of the En-
quirer. So far as the State Journal is concerned,
it has the respect Of uhoss respect is xefth
having and as for these members of the Legisls-
ture, they cannot honestly promise the Enquirer
what they haveno got themselves. As general
thing outside certain localities these members have
popular contempt and aversion, but no popular sup
port They are such, no doubt as labored to bring
on the war; but have taken special pains to keep
out Of it. They are wordy, f1atulent persons, who
do but little good in anything, anywhere, and who
will never harm the Yankees however much they
may decry and SANDER their own fellow-c citizens
No doubt the Enquirer despises them for their de-
prav;ty in urging it to attack some Of their own
people, while it uses, for party purposes, the ma
icious iuuendoes which they whisper in its cars.
But the Enquirer calls US traitor, and says the
people ought to drive us from the State. We tell
the Enquirer that we so securely entrenched in
the confidence Of this people, and our views and
our cause so much their own, that all the power
in Richmond could not driveu from North Carroll
ma. Ever since the proclamation of Lincoln, in
April, 1861, all our energies have been devoted to
stimulating our people and army to vigorous pros
ecution Of the war. Our private means have been
freely bestowed upon the cause All that we have,
oil that We are, and all that we hope to be- is den.
titled with the South. Twothirds of our people,
and two-thirds of the army from North Carolina,
| agree with us in political opinion. Hundreds Of
our gallant dead who rest in the soil of Virginia,
which they fell in defending, agreed with US in our
views, and would agree with US now, if among the
living. But the Enquirer says we are traitor
The charge is either true or false Iftrue We ought
to be executed as an example to others; but II
false, the person who brings the charge is a muir.
derer of character and murderer at heart, and de
serves the double infamy and the double. punish
ment of the assassin and the man who "bears false
witness against his neighbor." If we are traitor
then tvun. fhir6c nf tho ofo Cto&c
traitors; and If this be so, the cause is lost The
Enquirer has already produesa tho -;..ps...i..',
among the Yankees as we'll as in the South that
large portion of the Legislature and people o.
| North. Carolina are untrue to the South. 1t Il
thus giving aid and comfort to the enemy, just
as, some months since, it gave them aid and COM
fort by proposing to them through its columns
reconstruction of the old government. Ths
Enquirer proposed that the war should 60 or
until every Northern State should agree to decide
at the ballot.box to go soith Us or remain in tht
United States. This would be reconstruction o
the Union, if any Of those States should 60 with
US. The Enquirer is for it That paper may be
at heart anxious to reconstruct the old government
as matter Of preference; or it may have intended
its proposition as feeler to the Northern Democrats
for the purpose of ascertaining if they would guar
antec to it and its faction their share Of the spos
in the event of reconstruction. We believe tn
Enquirer would go back to the old government to
morrow, if could be assured that its faction wou
remain in power.
We ask nqouarters Of the Enquirer, and we in
tend to give none We defy its malice, and laugl
at its impotent rage. As North -Carolin:an, VI
scorn dictatlon, as we despise its slandcrs
people. Its former reputation, and its Academia
position as the official organ, constitute its onl!
claim to notice. We intend to teach it that North
Carolinans at least the equals of Vfrgnians, ant
that the Conservatives of this State are patriots
whose shoes even this organ Of Jews and renegad
Yankees is mot worthy to bear"
regret to learn that Mr. Keencr, member from
Jackson has been detained by indisposition, from
his seat in the House of Commons, for day o
two past.
Mr.. Foy, of Onslow, introduced in the Common
on Wednesday last, series of important resolu
tions relative to the habeas corpus and the lbert
4 of the citizen. We understand Mr.. Foy, in th
course of his remarks, dealt some heavy blows a
the tendency of the military to override the civ
power.
We are requested to state that the sale of th
valuable library Of the late Henry W. Miller ha
been postponed until Tuesday the 9th Instant
\ Deep River Coal.
| The President of the Chatham Railroad compan
has furnished us with the following letter addresse