Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-07-15
The Confederate of the llth July, speaking Of
tbs EEtor of the Standard saws:

The Confederate of the llth July, speaking of
The EEtOr of the Standard, says:
1.-The can encourage desertion, aid the enemy,
accuse the government, advise its overthrow and at
ept install secret conspirator into office among
The soldiers, for his own endS-then where is Law,
uCrak safety, and what is crime?
Men fear that II he is arrested it will elect him.
The people Of North Carolina look out in the open
rkr their chief magistrates. They have some
sdse Of pride and honor"
EehaVe neither encouraged desertion, nor aided
hsenemy, nor accused the government, nor advis=
edits overthrow, nor attempted to install secret
tnsprstOr, or any one else into cfice among the
soldiers, for our own ends. There is no shadow of
foundation for these charges in the Confederate.
The Editor wants US arrested. Very well. We
90 not lear the law, for We have committed no Of
fence The lac, did We say? Yes. But zoe hare
!" Ha' Twas abolished when hGbeGs corpus was
Suspended Our Governor knuckles, our Courts
sre slIencsd and cowed, and such DantOns as Nc
tAs rule the hour. But his day is coming. When
ancs Shall have been defeated, and our Courts re-
e~ed and our independence established, the slow,
eSe DantOnS and they Will be hiSsed and scowled
i" private life. Does Mr.. Commissioner Bragg
,D' OuSlness5 Is he doing nothing to earn his
ute hundred dollars per month Does be wish
we Case in which he can distinguish himself be-
AsLs term as sub-despot expires? Perhaps Col.
4-T Who is something of lawyer in sky-rock-
W, wants fees for appearing tor the unfcrtun-
'Aon Mr. Bragg may arrest
al now Col McRae and your masters of the
~VaanOer, We defy you. We are free citi-
,, North Carolina, unstained with the crime
-'-S'a We are true to our common govern
such as you, who would change its char
and erect despotism on its rpins, are the
NA'OfS' You are SO regarded by the people.
'uu Such as you, stink in the nostrIls Of the
! 4Oey distrust you for your want of princi.
I'! watch you closely, because they believe
j 'uu enSiaVe them if you had the power; they
y: !Ou With contempt, because you speak great
. : words about whipping the enemy, while
.','Sel'es are very careful to avoid the battle
D Wy aespse you for your vanity and selfish
. H., ~ 'ney hate you, because you and your as
usk' to the aboltionists, are responsible
W 0O0a and all the horrors of this awful
l% say the people of North Carolina " have
I pride and honor" They have high
a. "O''A They will never call you and your
:, x' o % their chief places. Those places will
:, n s's0 Tor honest men, for patriotic men, for
y ~ Our people will honor 40 set Of men
ls e,1Niy their malice or to advance their own
!, ss%a -A would degrade the State by making it
u SprS large majority of her citizens are trai.
Is r,, sl0 Would belittle her in the eyes of her
aare 't!es a. and of the world by producing the
hsi. ~a' she is not in earnest and not hon.
ag, 'rDu'ct " with Lincoln and the abolitionists
RsNn.Hasg wants business and Col McRas
a,n.'. su'OG to write about, and hence this talk
It, Il. - Inc Colonel also wants votes for
d sns ne ,e thinks if Vance is elected he will have
= shs o., .. in settling his accounts, and per.
O. sha,s OO'aln another mission to France and
bsdS.O OPPORTUNITY of revelling again in the
tas ;D' French metropolis Depend uDon DC nit it
Nea 'Ae'key that snlocks the oolouers