Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-21
s.1E1cH: WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. IL, 1864.

wh.t do we see in the North but fslsehocd and
,.,.nt;on, Tho very opening Of their campaign
oses the absence of all truth and tue presence
oSe, "nuno and duplicity In all manner Of mask,
md in every possible disguise. What does It con,
~" us that guarantees are promised! we had
a. the guarantees which OFT ana wen cn2sen Woio:
ea,ld sf,r., in the old Constitution Insy carried
~ forc, They avaiied for nauSht. what assu-
,,n.e y ould new promises give OF any oe1'ef o.
..rysnc. Confederate
we m not geek controversy with the Csafsder.
o,s or with any othe- journal, and We have no ex-
crs,. to offer for any thing that may be done or
omitted BY our enemies of the North; but if VS.
90. nothing 10 the political campaigns Of the North
h0t "f .sshood and deception" what do 30 see in
the South, The people every where ara treated IS
children to be piped to by every strolling player,
and thew are expected 20 dance to every unworthy
n.ssion. The good old days when reason wss sd.
dressed, and when judgment was BASED on calm
Investigation of facts, appear to have passed away
forever. That public man in the North who deals
in facts and who, a. friend to civil liberty and to
common humanity, appeals to those IN power TO
arrest the war and submit the questions in dispute
+, negotiation, is branded by the Lincolnites as
traitor: and that public man in the South who adopts
the sane course is branded by those who have pos
session of the government As d.sloyal. What hope
is there for caudor and fair discussion, and sound
iud.ment on the condition Of the country, when
such temper prevails?
But leaving this out of view, our. Contemporary
seems to ask with some anxiety, "what does 1t
ooncern us that guarantees are promised?" And
we reply, why then refer to gusrsnteesf why d.
late so constantly on what might be lost or gained
bya restoration of the cid governmentf We have
never proposed restoration, and We have therefore,
never stopped to inquire what could be gained by
it 70 the South Restoration is certainly preferable
to subjugation We said that. and that only, moro
than year ago; and VIC have been denounced for
saving it and spotted, and prosecuted, and moSbed
Our name has been cast out as evil, and many Of
our friends have been insulted, tyrannizcd ever,
and forced into camp on our account, while others
equally liable to military duty have been allowed
to remain at home We tell the Confederate thai
We have nevsr, at any time, wavered in our desire
for independence; and We would to God that tue
prospect of achieving it were brighter and better
than it seems to be; but guarantees, and treaties,
aud revived commerce, and white winged peace fo'
Us and our children can be secured in the end IN ITO
other way than by negotiation. The soldier and
the citizen both feel this to be So If the resolu:
tons offered at the last session Of Congress By The
Hon. j. T. Leach had been adopted, we should have
been moo on the high road to negotiation; and the
result might have been-who can tell that by
the first day Of January, or ea:lier, an armistice
would have been proclaimed the sword laid by, aud
all the questions i'm dispute in the course of discus
sion by wise men from the two sections with q
good prospect Of an honorable termination OF this
bloody strife But as it is, who. can foresee the
endi
And is it possible that Col Duncan X. McRae,
the ardent friend of the Union at the Baltimore
Convention, and long afterwards, and one Of the
devoted champions Of Mr. Douglas in this State
is possible that he says that the old Constitution
carried no force, and that the rights Of the States
~els .ramp,ed down under that instrument? What
1 nistakc, There wer. clouds, it is true, in tie
kor.on-cne in the North, which vas very black,
snd one in the Son:a-but the sun was still shin
ing in its glory in mid beaven, and the dxellers be-
meath were all prosperous and happy, whom sudden
ly IS by the stroke of enchsntsr darkness over
commenced to grope and struggle in the paths Of
war. The darkness, which may be felt still prevails.
Who is responsible tor it, The old Constitution
was not broken until Lincoln ISSUED bis procia,na
ton ia April, 1861, but what had previously
redG Would there have been war ii the cotton
States had not secsdsdi They had been simply
lhreatened-no federal hand had been laid upon
them when they went out Behold the conse.
Yuences 1t is Lot for to say, for We are power
less how these consequences can be arrested, and
peace restored; but We cali on Col. Mcaae and his
politica! associates they claim all the credit for
the acts of secession of tho States south of us and
as they have complete control of public affairs,
to point out some mode by which our people can
be surely and honorsbIy extricatsd from the awful
condition in which they have been placed. We
make this call no Idle spirit and with Wow to
political effect Shall we fight our way to peace
Then all Of US must 60, from the boy of sixteen to
the grayhared sire sixty The federal army is in
creasins Grant is building Railroad around Gen.
Lee and his gallant veterans, Atlanta has fallen,
W.h,hgtcn is threatened, tina dies, and what Is
to be done must be done quickly. What say you,
Col. McRae?
A DESPERATE CONFLICT AT HAND.-It seems to be
probable, from all We can see and hear, that series
Of desperate battles win take place soon around
Petersburg and Richmond. Our people and SOL.
diers must nerve themselves for the shock. 1t is
coming. s'.. -,
The gallant and accomplished Gen. Beauragard
was in this City on Friday last on his way from a
brief visit to Wilmington. He was in fine health
and spirits.