Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-11-04
OUR CAUSE AND POLICY.

In times like these the chief requisite to public
servant is an unwavering fidelity to our cause 1t
is the solemn conviction of my heart that our cause
is just. Freedom and the rights of man everywhere,
morality and social order the rights of persons and
ofproperty, pride and interest-al that is dear to
manappeal to us to resist the CALLING yoke of des-
pots,n and tyranny which Lincoln and bis abolition
friends are endeayorng to fasten upon us We
would be recreant to God-ingrste and false to our
selves and our postefity, to the memories of our
slaughtered countrymen to our heroic soldiers, to
the hallowed fame of so many well fought battle
fields Of this revolution and to the glorious souve
Mrs of our forefathers. were we to bend the knee
to our adversaries and fawn upon their fr0wns
In arduous struggles like the present great dan
ger is to be apprehended from individual chickering's
and State jealousies. It was only by the unceasing
efforts of Washington and his compatriots that our
revolutionary fathers were saved from like DANGER
We need that strength which can be found only in
perfect union of hearts and sentiments. Public
servants and private citizens should do all in their
power to unite all the people of whole county,
and especially the people of sovereign States All
the States Of the Confederacy have suffered and done
much in this great struggle Their devastated fields
and smoulderng ruins, the blight of so many once
happy homes, their citizens in exile the walls of
widowhood and the cries of orphanage and the
bones Of thousands of their best sons now bleach.
ing upon hundred classic battle fields attest the
! truth of this assertion. North-Carolina may we'll
lead the van in restoring concord and amity among
sisters that have suffered SO much and fought so
well in common cause. She may bid farewell to
envy and jealousy. would not have her heart
poisoned by such groveling sentiments. The modest
and gentle mother of lion.hearted soldiery that
have advanced her standard so high in the van of
this revolution needs envous tongue to sing Ter
praise. Bethel the two Manassas, the immorta,
Seven Days around Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Charlottesville, Sharpsburg and Gettysburg, and
Chickamauga, are the monuments of her undying
fame and glory. For her they paint many moral
and adorn many tale. They will attune many
harp and tongue to sing her praise They will
transmit her name down to the remotest posterity
in history and in song -r,.5's :
Whilst we should try to unite our own people, we
should leave no effort untried to divide the people
Of the United States. very much fear that our
Confederate and State legislation has been at fault
in this respect By this 1 do not wish to be un-
lerstood as blaming any one. If we have erred in
this respect it has been the error of all parties and
Il, persons having the control of our affairs since
the beginning of our troubles But cannot regard
the peace Democrats Of the United States with the
same hostile feelings as do the Aboltionists and
Lincoln. When witness the opposition of hun.
dreds and thousands Of them to Lincoln's usurpa-
tious Of authority, my heart warns towards them.
It seems to me that "'Tis liberty to liberty en-
gagged" would cultivate the friendship of those
peace Democrats-many of whom have been incar-
cerated and banshed without crime Sy the same
tyrant tbst oppressed us-many Of whom have been
denied the liberty of speech and Of the press, and
the freedom of elections, all of whom have been out
ragged in feelings and in sentiments by the subver
sion of liberty and the rapid strides Of an unrelent
ing tyranny. In some Of the States that party is
now aspiring to authority. Should they attain it
have some hopes that they will ere long, say to the
Abolitionists and to Lincoln, "You should not
conquer the Southern people. You cannot conquer
the Southern people. Withdraw your armies. talk
with them in friendly manner Let them estab.
lish government deriving its just powers from the
consent of the governed"
But if Lincoln should succeed in annihilating this
party, what thena He will then have succeeded in
sub7ertng the government of the United States into
complete and absolute despotism. He will be the
master Of oil its men and resources, and will hurl
against US the whole body of the people Of the Uni
ted States. This would result in no good to our
enemies; but we will all admit that it would do US
much harm. Let us try to prevent it.
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