Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-11-18
The Observer and the Eleetioss.

CQnErcss IN this State. That paper says 4
The Standard does not tell Vi exactly who
ese six or eight are but among them ne several
ho are Numerically opposed to it's ownl proposed
urse upon the peace question It evidently claims,
{ instance, that the votes for Lieut. Fuller are
'tes to sustain and approve the Standcrdseo
I'd we suppose, therefore, that it claims the elect
us Of Lieut. Fuller rs part Of It's glorious tn.
mph.' In this it is egregiously mistaken! And
is fortunate for Lieut. Fuller that no such pre-
,nce was set up by the Standard before the election,
" if it had BEEN much es that gentleman Is respect
., he would have been left in woful minority.
We suppose also that Dr.. Warren and Col. Tel.
wiley are included in the standards six OF eight
,ut both these gentlemen issued circulars before the
lection taking ground the very opposite OF the
,tantaard on the peace question. Aud we shall De
realty surprised to find Mr.. Turner, or Dr. Ramsay
hould he Be elected, acting with the Standard
,pon that question" :. ~. -; 'SA . "a.
We will tell the Observer who the six members
sleet are, whom We claime As Conservatives in our
issue Of the 10th. Theysre Aessrs. Leach, Fuller,
Turner, Gilmer, Christian, and Logan. All Of these
gentlemen are elected, and there is some ground of
hope that Messrs Yellowley and Ramsay ate also
elected, which would give eight ont of ten to the
Conservatives. $50. ~.ar
So far as Lieut. Fuller is concerned, We had most
reliable information when we announced his name
for Congress- that he was true Conservative. We
earnestly desired his election but we took no active
part for him in the STANDARD because we feared if
we did so that it would call out the ultra secession
Destructive vote and thus endanger his election.-
success tohe Standard Is he does to the Odssroer,
for latter paper is 80 welded to the Destructives
that it did not dare raise its voice in his favor. We
silent for the reason that We feared that by &C.
lively ad vocating his election might injure him
the Observer though the Editors no doubt paid him
the compliment Of tlir votes, did nothing and said
nothing for him from prudential, selfish motives
The Editors voted for him, not because be is Con-
SENTATIVE but because of his great and deserved popu
larity, and to- crafty it may be- some latent and
worthy old Wing feeling against Mr.. Strange. The
Editors voted for him, and We did all we could for
him Individually by urging voters from the District
whom we happened to See to support him, and by
furnishing his friends with documentary evidence
against Mr.. Strange. Wepublished nothing against
Lieut. Fuller, but the files of the Observer will show
that it published communications for pay against
his friends, and consequently against him. The
Observer could go out of its District to take part
against Mr. Christian, but it had not word to say,
in its own District, for Lieut. Fuller But it has
been reboked for that sufficiently, without any re-
buke from US, by the very large majority whom the
gentleman it opposed (Mr. Christian) has received
at the ballot box - = -.
1t is not true that DR.. Warren and Col .Yeaowley
issued circulars before the election taking ground
against the views of the Standard.
So far as Mr. Gilmer is concerned, he took no
ground on the stump against the so.called peace
meetings; and we learn further from friend who
heard hs speech in Graham, that he went as far as
we have ever gone for an honorable peace Weregard
him rs good Conservative, and the future will
show, in our opinion, that he will be as active to
secure an honorable peace and meanwhile to main
tain civil liberty against the usurpatous of the mill
tary, as any member or the now Oeusrsss. Should
We however, And ourselves mistaken Ia this respect
we shall not hesitate to say So
The Observer is "sorry" to learn that Mr.. Chris.
tian, DR.. Leach, and Gen. Logan are elected. OF
course. -.
It is useless to mince matters any Ion ger in rea-
ton to the O6seroer. That paper has donned the
turban and turned Turk. 1t has gone over to the
Destructives. Indeed it has never professed to be
Conservative journal; but while it has claimed to
be impartial, it has uniformly, for several months
past given the weight of its influence to the De-
structives. We prefer an open enemy to doubt
ful friend. The 06ssrser was cautious in changing
its coat In the language of Mr.. Macsulay, in his
of ~~1
chrysals state" some months ago-"putting of
the worm and putting on the dragon fy-s kind OIL
intermediate grub between sycophant and oppres.
sor,"'-but it is now fnllgrown dragon fly, with
Haunting wings, dashing from point to point in a
new atmosphere. Let it 60. The Conservative
party of the State can do without it. and will be all
the stronger after having gotten clear of its doubt
full aid and injurious influence. $50
P. S. Since the above was written We have learn.
ed with great qualification that Dr. Ramsay is elect
ed. This makes seven Conservatives out Of the ten
members. - ;
If the Observer will turn to DR.. Ramsay's circular
announcing his views it will find the following:
"a Christian people, however, should not be too
sensitive the subject Of honor, when principle is
not involved; and brave people should carry the
olive branch Of peace in one hand and the sword in
the other. And inasmuch as Mr. Lincoln has re-
Gently announced that amy peace compromise shall
not be rejected if proposed by any those control
ling the army, think it advisable that the President
should instruct those hsviug the power to open ne.
gotiations for peace, subject however to the super
vision Of the treaty:makiug power of the govern
ment or the decision Of the people. Wherour a.
mics victorious, as they now are, propositions
for peace on the basis of our national independence
may be made and received, with the least prejudice
to our interests and honor but it does seem to me
that those in power cannot be entirely acquitted of
permitting opportunities Of this sort 70 pass BY with
out proper improvement" -; 80
And the following extract from DR.. Ramsay Cir
cuiar deserves to be printed in letters of gold:
The personal liberty OF the people should not be
IN the keeping Of any one man, however pure or ex.
aed MT Jefferson was in favor of the eternal and
unremtting fercs of ha6e1 corpus laws and histo
~ has not yet proven that he was wrong Int =,