Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-06-24

to fight the South or the North, we chose the lat
ter and therefore advocated and voted for the act
Of separation. Is there any Inconsistency in thats
We have since advocated vigorous prosecution of
the war, and have sustained the government in all
constitutional measures to that end It is not our
fault nor the fault Of those with whom We act that
the war has not been vigorously prosecuted. The
most magnificent resources any people ever had
with which to commence and carry on . revolution,
have been, to large extent misapplied and wasted;
and the enemy has steadily gained upon US from the
first Every position he takes, be holds If our
forces defeat him, as they nearly always do, ad
vantage is taken Of the victory, but both sides pre-
pare again for battle, and the same bloody scenes
are re-enacted with no definite result The people
of both sections are tired of the war, and desire
peace. We desire it on terms honorable to our own
section and we cannot expect it on terms dishonor
ablo to the other section We believe in fighting
as long as We are invaded and in driving the enemy
from eur soil-in taking prompt advantage Of such
victories as We achieve not in invading the enemys
country, for we are not strong enough for that but
in dslodging him from bis positions onour own soil;
but while we believe in this policy, the best and
only policy for the present. we also hold that the
friends of peace in both sections should give utter.
ance to their views, and should thus pave the way
for negotiations, to which both sections must at
last come, as the only means for closing the con-
test If we could negotiate noto SO much the bet
ter. Thousands of valuable lives would be saved,
and much devastation and ruin would be stayed
Is there any inconsistency in thisf What are We
fighting for? Not for war surely, but for peace
We do not fight because we want TO- but because
we 1ro 0xs1IkVo A..- -z--..A--A 49,.
if the Southern cause should fMl- tho old govern
ment should succeed in conquering, these States
and in re-satablishing us authority azst- them BY
force the blame for it will not rest on the old Union
men or Conservatives Of North. Carolina They
have done and are still doing their whole duty in
this unfortunate struggle though they get no thanks
for from those for whom the Register speaks whose
property and persons they are defending and shield
ing with their blood
But the Register says we are "preeminently in
consistent" on the subject of secession. We know
we are weak, erring mortal, like our neighbor,
and that we frequently make mistakes in our calcu-
ations as to the condition Of and what is best for,
the country; but we refused to 60 With South Car
olina VIXEN she contemplated disunion in 1851, and
we refused to 60 with her, as the Register did in
1860, until forced to do SO. We not only admit
this, but we are proud Of it In the Standard Of
July 2sd, 1851, We said:
at is clear that vast majority Of the people o.
South-C Carolina have despaired oftbe Union and have
abandoned al! hope of return by the general gov
ernment to the true principles of the Constitution.
We deplore this state of public opinion in that gal
liant State: and if our voice could be heard by her
people, and could have any effect if heard, we would
appeal to them in the kindest and most afcctionate
terms to pause in their course Their interests are
the interests in common of the people of all the
saveholding States; and the blow which is intend
ed to strike down South Carolina will not fall upon
her head alone. Her cause is the cause of the
South and her true policy is therefore, not to sep
a:ate herself by her action from the other slave
holding States.
Should she secede by herself she will draw no
State after her Her sister slaveholding States will
neither 70 with her, nor will they see her coerced
and trampled down; their Judgment has been pro-
nounced, and they will not reverse it The cause
for secession at this time is not sufficient; it may
be, in the course of few years, or the Union may
live on, according to the Constitution, gathering
new States within its folds and adding new lustre
to the common flag"
These were our views in 1851. Is there any
material difference between them and those We held
in 1860, We think not. But the Register charges
others with s' Inconsistency What has been the
course Of that 2aperf In December, 1860. it de-
clared that the dissolution Of the Union for any
cause would be fraught with "woes unutterable
and innumerable that Mr.: Lincoln would not
commit aggressions upon the South, but ought to
be submitted to as constitutionaily Presi-
deut-that South Carolina had no special claims to
| the confidence or respect of our people-and that
| she ought to be "Iesisted that is coerced il
necessary-in her attempt TO "dragoon" North
Carolina .. into treason andcivil war" 'Nose how.
ever, and for some time past the Register has been
an ultra South. Carolina Sheet and has denounced
every one as false and disloya to his section who
could not, with Il, approve and lsud the course Of
that State Let the Editor and his friends think Of
his present position And views, and then read the
following and blush Surely be is the most pre-
eminently inconsistent public man that ever lived
Even the school.boys, who know but little as yet
Of the history Of the country or Of its politics, will
| laugh ct the ridiculously Inconsistent" figure
which our neighbor cuts. In 1860 he vas : Con-
sersatiss, al the following article shows; now he
think. Conservatism but another name for treason.
| Oh, Mr.. Symsf
[Frola the Raleigh Register of 0sembai !, 1901
Why SHOULD NORTH-UAROLNA SECEDEi
Let d say 1 few plain and dispassioaass word
ON the shove text South: Carolina or rather Ger
olina" l( thinks the Union Il curse and that ita
dissolution would bssao blessing. oGv0Asa" re-
oeiyed the news Of Lincoln's election with @ much