Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-02-03

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IN the columns Of the Standard Il mean one with.
ont grace or favor in the eyes Of the STINT Ghry
sostom " Of the North. Carolina press alias the
most perfect of ali Editors, the Editor Of tho Fay
ettevle Observer. Can it be possible, Mr.. Editor,
you are as bad . man Us the most vaasrable Editor
ofths Observer would have>the people of North
. Carolina believe you to be-? certainly hope and
believe you are not
see the last Observer two is in great tronble,
bordering on phrensied lamentation, lest the good
people should commit some objectionable sin in The
eyes Of that papers and its sbjueations ptiable
in the extreme, for fear your influence with the
people may be greater than its own. Why need
the 0bseToer fear the people Are they not pow
erless- and undeserying enough already, in the
hearts of those in high places to satisfy any reason
able advocate of despotism Are they not already
at the mercy Of a servile Congress and their swift
agents in the sovereign States, to render null and
void that great principle up9aawhich the confsd.
tunate revolutions Already, the false and bypo-
critical cry IS raised by the Observer of Hartford
Conventlonsts against the people, for the exercise
of the only right left them short of revolution that
Of respectfully consulting for the common good;
not in secret conclave, as its peculiar friends and
prototypes in Richmond do, but in open meetings,
where all may see and hear for themselves, and
their sentiments be disclosed to the world If that
is treason ready to believe there is no patriot
ism left in the laqd. May not North Caro,inians
claim the privilege Of thinking and acting for them
selves in.this great emergency without subjecting
themselves to the charge of treason towards their
fellow-men, by the, insane advocates of blood and
ruin now rampant in the land did her sister
States South of us ever show any teQder regard for
.us as people or State? Did South Carolina. Mis-
0r n "a IF fhora oh
that courtesy towards u.s. our position demanded at
their hauds1 Did not South Carolina exultfhgly
proclaim by her presses that she alone could nc.
complish this revolution, and establish her own
greatness?
Yod are twitted and abused because they say YOU
were secessionist and voted the>State Oh: of the
Union and promised the last man and the last dol
lar tor the war That youand other good men, cast
yo votes severng tae connection that once existed
between North Carolina and the federal government
is true, but that is not half as bad the wul per.
version OF facts and circumstances that prohibited
the deed on your part by those who falsify history
and truth to destroy you. The people know YOU
were utterly opposed to the doctrine of secession in
all its phases and no mre able aud hope sincere,
advocate of the Union ever filed the editorial chair.
The secession of North Carolina and several other
states, as all know, was the result of most Gun.
nlngly devised scheme on the part of certain poti
car agltators that unfortunsly cursed the United
States government for years before thew succeeded
in its overthrow, and II ought not to surprise the
Editor of the 0bserset to knw that the people Of
orth-Vareiina have never had any respect for, os
confidence in the teachings and principles of those
who have done them so grevous wrong, and every
Gay that dawns on the conduct Of this party, rem
ders them the more odious
If in thejudgment of thinking men, North. Caro-
lima occupies the position towards the federal gov.
eminent that no other seeded State does by which
this unhappy war may be closed with honor to her.
self and her sister States why may she not be al.
lowed to maka the attempt and her people not be
charged with treason The troops of no other State
have fought the old government with more deter.
mined valor and will still fight in the last extremity,
than have ours and no State in the Gonfederacyis
more admired and feared by the Northern govern,
ment than ours-thep where is the ,disaonor of
North, Carolina taking her destiny In her own
handsf gs.s
Mr. Editor, belong to that class who compose :.
and make the nation am one of the great mass
Of the common people. never was in a legislative
hall nor do expect to be unless as silent specta
tor. have no political aspirations whatever, and
only speak and write in my imperfect way in behalf
large majority of the human race, and think thev
deserve more respect than our government is dis
posed to award to them. write to YOU as the en- .
bodiment aud organ ofthe people, for such they be-
lieve you to Do; and trust you will not betray
them into the hands of our enemies or lead them
into dishonor allowing that you have the power,
Csueh seems to be the opinion of your enemiesl
The people desire to obey the powers that be so long
as their rule is not suSversive Of our liberties: and
they only ask the rights common 70 the great Amer
lcan name Nv bile your enemies are moving the
powers of government land had almost said of the
evil one hlmseD to destroy your influence with the
people feel authorized to say to you from extern
slve observation that their attempts will prove fruit
less so long as your paper continues to be what it
mas not 6een-the organ of aAniiitary despotsm-
secret sessops-in Congress. where those who mis-
represent their constituents can do so with iHpuni
ty-ot men, from foreign States who presume to
dispose OF the lives and property of North Caron-
ans-ol government agents who lord it over the PEG.
pie with their III gotten gans-of government details
who charge $500 for boots, $50 to S75 for shoes
OF spectators who can smile with complacency at
the thin visaged and furnishing poor-of staiwart
pedagogues who cry havoc and let slip the dogs of
war" and last though not least the warrior preach
er who is intent upon gain, living at home in ease
very Shylock or Jew at the cent per cent business
and exhibiting all the shrewdness Of the broker At
investing deprecated currency in lsAds and stable
property $50 long, Isay, Mr.. Editor, as you are
not the organ of this class Of persons you may ex-.
pect the eoafdence Of the people. With that class
yos are very unpopular, and with them the O6ser.
just now. WILKES
January 24th, 1864
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