Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-08-26

PROBABLE "CHANGE OF BAsE."-" Mark the pre-
diction"-to use faVoritc expression Of the Raj
eigh Standdrd-that before another election is held
in North Carolina the Standard will be the most
ultra obstructive" paper in the State There are
Signs of such an intended change in every issue of
the Standard since the election. The Standard
may deny such an intention Just as it denied last
Fall intention to oppose Gov. Vance. But the
signs now as then seem to US unmistakeable.-Fd
Observer.
The Standard was Democratic paper up to No
rsnber, 1860, and 1t has since been Conservative
paper. Conservatism, as we understand it, means
the right of the people to rule, and the eternal,
rsUitting force of the civil law. We are the same
Conservative We we're in November, 1860, when we
aSaled the diSunion message of Gov. Ellis and we
are the same Conservative we were in 1861, when
SeWe'e elected to the Convention On the same
ticket with Mr. Badger, and in 1862, when we sup
ported CoL Vance for Governor. We not only ex-
Pect but We intend to be Conservative as long as
"el'e Wewere faithful to the Democratic party
~iOAg as 1t existed and we intend to adhere with
@e same fidelity to the Conservative party. The
V''srcer has seen no sign in the Standard which
u ~e femetest sense justi6es the insinuation that
Iue e'anaard will ever be Destructive paper
1us sign the O6serOer sees is this During the late
e0leSt for Governor the ObserUer was so complete
FCOntrOlled by selfish views, and so thoroughly
'4sf Inc influence of prejudice and passion that it
WI" see nothing in the. Standard but disloyalty,
"'ASOn and opposition to the government But
"'1 sees in the same paper, with its >tone and
pnaclpies precisely what they were, such evidences
a"yltg and attachment to the government that
"Vfeuets that By the mex! election it will be De-
'fuctFe journal
out the ObserUer gives US notice in advance that
Will not credit our denial. 1t first suspects us,
1s" eonVlcts US, gives US no hearing, and tells us
''0renand that 1t will pay no respect to our an
.'e' OIL not guilty. 1t says we denied last fall an
:, as''lon to oppose Gov. Vance" I'VE had no more
a. wa '0en of opposing Gov. Vance than the Editors
" ~s 00ssrrer had. Gov. Vance was then good
s'DSer'atlVe, though we confess we were little
: I'sfnea at the cordial support he was receiving
,n ~e Ooserrer and other Destructive journals
a rr'"aesios, did We say? In one sense the word is
N 'o'rect one, but the Observer is neither strictly
Al. s"uStVe nor Conservative paper,-it is sim
~ !. laEor OF monarchy. Two years viii not
m p's' the war should last that long, before the
~ "'r will take ground for limited monarchy.
4arA The prediction" Monarchists are the worst
,I |S we have. They would not only subVert
IL. 'S'Oy our present form of government but
,., "Oud put the great body of our people for ali
S'nOnS e. under the feet of favored and titled
h., we call upon the 06serOer to say whether it
,ui confidence in the capacity of our people to
h, u :" themselves. Lpt there be no quibbling, but
,D,s answer be yes or no. He who quibbles On
UpU subject is already monarchist at heart, and
views rSsns ." favorable opportunity to ayow his
"S as such openly and boldly.