Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-01-26
For the Standard.

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Mr.. EDroR:-No attentive observer Of the coarse
of events for the last twenty or twenty-five years,
can have failed to notice the unparalleled success
that has uniformly attended the strate0icaI moves
Of certain little band Of destrHetioes in this State
This comparatively small clique Of would Be leaders
profess to embody in their ranks the leading and
educated mind Of the State and although they have
on the stump, and in their OrgGnS heretofore said
much 10 favor Of our present form of government
free institutions and the discriminating indulgeace
of the American people and their patriotism Il is
now made too apparent that the fixed purposes Of
thus little band Of self fconsttted leaders have long
since resolved to oVerturn our republican form q
government and on its ruins to establish gikan-
tic military despotism. A few Of the more promi.
nent of this little band or knot Of political diVines
assume, and often speak and write Is il they were
divinely appointed masters and guardians Of the
State, if not the Confederacy The tone and temper
manifested by these aspirants to hereditary ttle3
and honors would not be so Objectionable, If they
always stood on the same platform, and gSFe forth
the same urterances as philosophers relative to
themselves or our distressed and distracted couh-
try. But, most unfortunately for US, such Is not
the case. As evidence Of this fact let the reader
but turn to the inaugural address of Gov Ellis or
to an address issued TO the people Of North CARROLL.
ma, by VIM. H Haywood Gen. r n. Saunders,
Weston R Gales, and others, and there read what
they say in favor Of popular government, and the
great guilt that attaches to ell who would by con.
stitutonal Or other means, deprive the people Of
fair and Just opportunity and means Of making
known their views, and bringing them to bear di.
rectly upon their public servants. do not under
take to call in question the honesty Of any Of these
gentlemen, or the political orthodoxy Of their sen
timents In the documents referred TO- by no means.
They are all right What / do undertake 70 say,
and what wish to call public attention TO- is this,
and the fact is an important one, and should be
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~ of our country, before the last remnant Of our
liberties is wrested from us and our children for
ever: The men in North Carolina who claim to be
the educated and leading men Of the State, not
withstanding their former teachings, doctrines,
pamphlets and addresses in support &C. Of repubIi.
canism, have since this war commenced, and are
now assiduously laboring to ignore the people and
public opinion altogether, and crush out every pa
per and man VITO dares to act and speak COASTS
tsntly on these allimportant and Fundamental
points. .-., .r r-
And, just here let ms add, Mr. Editor, this is the
reason why your o61es was mobbed, and your life
threatened Let your political sins be what they
may, there is certsiuly one prominent trait in your
charactss-eus great political virtue-that viii
ever like charity in the Christians faith be broad
enough to cover multitude Of political sins II you
have committed such and that is, you have never
ignored the people Of North Carolina In your polit
ical creed-your political faith. No-and I hope
and pray to God, Sou never may. Most Of those
prominent men, who have BEEN and now are,
most clamorous for carrying on the present war,
until all of certain class portion Of our popua-
ton is destroyed, are now organizing. as they did
last summer. and operating through certain papers
in and out of this State, to deter the people from
peaceably assembling, and in their primary meet
ings giving utterance to the sentiments they may
entertain on public affairs. Several letters have
already appeared in papers Published in other
States al of which we're written in Raleigh calling
upon the government at Richmond to crush out the
&aRdsrd and on Gov. Vance to crush the s00
Hoke's brigade has already arrived and will again.
no doubt, commence hanging and shooting our