Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-05-31
Mortb- Guroliua 5taldur1
REMARKS OF MIR. GRIssoM,
or GRANVILLE.

NJ u. To-
great struggle for NATIONAL independence ciOt free.
dom and constitutional liberty. - s-
To this struggle for these principles the great re-
sources of the country and the people, both as to
blood and treasure, have been devoted wi unan-
unity and enthusiasm hitherto unparalleled IN the
history of the world
The inauguration of this great contest originated
not in opposition on the part Of the people, TO the
government and Constitution OF the old Union, Tor
they were attached to BOTH but because their con-
stituticpal rights were Invaded by a section having
control of the administration oil puohc affairs.
1t is contest then for freedom as well as fnde-
pendence With this declared view Of the charac-
ter Of the contest people raised the dag OF ma
tional independence, and our armies went to battle
for its defence and triumph. The history OF the
dismemberment OF nations may be searched thrOuSn
all time in vain for parallel case, in which pop
ulsr sentiment sustained, with so much unanimlty,
the proposed separation. Every rank and class
and condition in life with every shade OF partlzah
views and political opinions acquiesced in the move
ment and sustained The cause Such was The unan-
Unity of public sentiment that North Carolina re-
sgmed her sovereignty in open Convention, WIN
out dissenting voice, and the people with one
accord set to work to make good this solemn de-
claration. The laborer quit. the plough, the me-
z-ehaRic his workshop, the merchant hrs counting
ROOM the student his academy, the editor his sane
Ium, the old man gave up with fearful hut patrouc
cheerfulress his last boy whom ne cherished as his
released from her fond embrace one by one her
sons until she stood like the lifeess trunk of the
tree of the forest eafeSS and limbeSs. Such was
the ardor the unanimty and enthusiasm, with
which North Caroinians rushed to the conflict Tor
national independence and civil freedom, long be-
fore nscTptOn, unnecessary FAR as she is con-
cSTned was thought of or reSoTted TO. Such was
the patriotism and public spirit Of her citizens and
their devotion to these great principles, that from
every town and district. aud neigh5orhood IN the
State soldiers Ike EARNED men from the teeth Of
Cadmus" sprang forth with so much rapidity that
in a few months North Carolina had raised, equip
ed, and rendered seventy odd giments to the Cen
federacy. Of, the bearing of these troops In all
their positions it would be act of supererogaOn
to speak. Their quiet and orderly conduct in camp,
and their gallantry and daring in the field have
wrung from popular sentiment the just need ct
praise. They have rallied around the standard Of
their country with more than Spartan courage
They have endured priyatOns and suferlngs with
out complaint, met danger and death without falter
ing, and snatched vctosy from the jaws of defeat
without invidOus triumph. They have been pa
tent IN suffering defiant IN danger modest IN VIC
tory. They have stood like wall of bayonets and
of fire around the beleag capital of the COnted-
eracy and driven back the cruel invaders diSconI-
fitted Death has he'd no carnival and spread no
feast 10 Mich North Carolnans have not been inTi-
ted guests They have crowded its path as if 1t were
the highway to festiyity and mirth. Their. bones
bleach and their blood enrlches every battle field
from Bethel to those now pending.
In the great struggle now pending, whatever may
be thought of Others 1t marbe asked with prOprie-
~, wherein has North Carolina failed to do
her duty? In its very Inauguration it is true North
Carolina hestated about leaving the Union for then
existing causes. She was anxious TO avert this
difficulty without bloOdShed, upon honorable terms
guaranteeing her constitutional rights. She thought
It could be DONE She was slow to plunge the
country into the horrors of what she knew would
NO Cd ,.on
the whole land and bring mourning into every fam
y-renderng hundreds Of thousands of hearth stones
desoate- filling the land with MANNED and disabled,
With widows ard orphans and sqUalid poverty
crowdIDg her poOrhouSeS and almShOuSes-sacrIfc-
ing hundreds Of thousands of lives and hundreds of
millions of treasure, until at least she had exhaust
ed all honorable efforts to obtain her constitutional
rights by Other means. But when she linked her
destiny with her sister Southern States, from that
lime till now, she has done her duty and her whole
duty. bet history past and present speak. Let
Justice be done and no North CaronIan will be
ashamed. But notwithstanding ell this there are
those even in high places who seem studious in
heaplng insult and injury upon her. Why is it 50?
What are the causes? Why is she degraded and
outraged in so many ways? In what action of her
people or her authorities there just cause for sus-
pecng her fidelity the part of the friends of the
administration? Is it because she complains of her
neglect that her loyalty is mpeached and her fair
name traduced by those whom, in the innocence Of
her confidence, she has trusted and honored and
whose pride and pleasure it should be to cherish,
protect and defend her?" Can it be treason for
North Carolinians to claim thai she is peer among
her Southern sisters? Is it no cause, that her
treasure has been So freely expended in the com
mon defence and the blood of her braves so freely
shed to enrich the soil of other States, that she
should be considered worthy Of equal honor? Can
it be considered unreasonable in North Caronians
to insist chat they have of capacity, inteili
opA
Offices in the military departments of their own
State, to administer to the sick and wounded and
dying in the hospitals and in the fields and to lead
their own soldiers to battle and to victory? Must.
integrity, ability and loyalty forever be imported
from other States? Will not one hundred thou.
sand brave hearts active and bouyant in life, suffer
ing and writhng with wounds, or still and cold in
death, satisfy the administration and Congress a.
Richmond that North Carolina is true and convince
them that there is no necessity for legslating on
her account by the passage of such extreme and
dangerous measures to civil liberty as the suspen-
sion Of the writ OF habeis corpus?
Can it be considered unreasonable for law.lov-
ing and lswabding people to insist that the great
landmarks of freedom ard constitutional right the
palladium of civil liberty and the preserving charm
OF popular government shall be ignored by their
public servants and that the majesty of her laws
shall not be nsuted by every of:ciaNwho happens
to be-
dressed in little brief authority"
There are circumstances amounting almost to
certainty, that the suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus was intended by its orignators and authors
more especially to punish, mortify and degrade
Nprth-Carona. 1t has been more than intimstedby
WHO'S supposed to know something at least ofte
motives and. policy of the administrator. Bu'
what are the collateral circumstances indicating tn.
fact that this act, suggested by Vice Pres dent
Stephens, was intended to lntimidate North-Car
DINA?
1t will be remembered that at the meeting of the
last session of the late Congress- the subject of the
suspension Of the writ of habeGs corpus vas freely
canvassed before the public but the opposition was
so decided, that the purpose Of Congress Gf 1t had