Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-29
1862 and 1864. .

correspondent of the Conservative, one OF oo''
yarces orsans says that the soul of the Editor OF
the Standard sis dyed with treason as oiaek as
|b;ght"-and his other organ, the C0n5sasr0te'
charges that we are traitor, and adds
-.The government has long had material enough
oainst Mr.. Holden to crush him, but it prefers to
fleaye it to the people to put him away, &c.
This is the same slang that was used against Gov.
Vance in 1862 The very men who are no" sup
pertng him called him Lincolnite aud , traitor
Then and it was predicted by these WORTHLESS that
his election would so encourage the Lincontes that
lin six weeks their flag would float from the capitol
lin Raleigh. 1t was also charged that Mr.. Badger
|Goy. Graham, ana the Editor Of the STANDARD were
in secret correspondence with Mr. Stanly, Mr.. Lin
coins military Governor; and this charge 70 dis
lturbed the nerves of Gov Vance, who was then at
Drewry's Bluff, that we had to issue special hand
bill to contradict it But the federals are not here
yet nor are they likely to come on account of the
|Governor's election.
And now, Col. McRae, bow do you know the
government" has all this "material" against ,us7
Have YOU turned common iniormers It is known
that you advised the suspension Of habeas corpus
and thedestruction of civil liberty among your own
countrymen, when there was no necessity for the
suspension of the writ and for this you will BE
scorned by every freeman while you live, end your
memory execrated when you are dead; but it seems
in addition to this, that you one Of the chosen
custodians Of the secrets Of "the government" and
that You know all about the "material" that might
be used to "'crush" free press. If the govern.
nent really has this material it is false to itself
in not usingit But if it has itnot and this threat
is intended to ntimidate US and to create state of
anxiety among the people to operate on the elee-
tions, what must be thought of the individual who
has made himself the medium of such . threat ?
We know that those miserable creatures known
as spies and detectives are in all our towns caves
dropping and reporting, and marking their victims
They even dogged our sick and wounded soldiers
last autumn, in the hospitals in Virginia. and when
they expressed themselves in favor of the so called
peace meetings, they were arrested and put in the
lguard house. Gov. Vance knows this to be so,. for
informed him of it at the time. Detectives after
our soldiers in Virginia. and detectives, after the
freemen Of North Cardinal 1t is declared by our
Bill of Rights that the people Of this State ought
to have the sole and exclusive right of regulating
theinterna1 government and police thereec" These
detectives have no business in North Carolina-
Their presence is standing insult to our people
The Governor ought to give the administration al
Richmond notice to this effect and il they are moi
removed they ought to be taken up and put in ths
commonjails.
1862 and 1864. The same ISLANDERS against the
CONSERVATIVES now as'then, and the same indignant
population of eslanderers by the people at the
polls. We are. calm because we are confident We
defy our enemies. Let the little gentleman wba
edits the Confederate do his worst. Wefear neitk.
er him nor his masters. whether At Raleigh or Rich
monH