Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-08-12
oIEIGH: FRIDAY, AUG. IL. 1864.
The North. Carolina standard.

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sA'.s than in the past Principle, and not expe'
m'. has been my guide heretofore. as it will be
Ol''Ss, 's.r and when follow principle, have no
n exoress at defeat so far as a:n personally
Fs IA as would not have exulted over any
'''' .r1bsd been successful. will never, in any
OLE bumilists myself at the footstool of the
s -n,t;ve party, or fuse with that party. Nothing
'S.II separate me from Conservative principles or
slan sn, the Conservative party, for it is my firm
n ,r.f that it is the only party that Can heal the
p..drg I wounds of the Constitution, protect and
.o.re the liberty of the citizen, and secure to
r oountry an honorable and lasting peace / hold
~, ~ ,,rord in one hand and the olive branch in
,.,tber the sword for the Destructlves, and the
~. hr.nch for all good and true Conservatives.
:. u,oud be the height of vanity and arrogance in
=. n assume that citizens protesting to be Conser
,u., rho did not vote for me are not good
c.n,orv.tives. however much may regret the
..,,, rnou at the ballot-box of the DestructiYes
"a 0f many tried Conservatives. II shaft not DO
~, fault If this uniOn is continued and peTPets-
~ IF it should be, the Conservative party win
ta.r,IIowed ta up and lost; but if every true Con-
..,,,t;ve forgetting the past, and impressed alone
With the Importance of maintaining his principles
j. their purity, will dissolve this union and resolve
have no uotical afiation or correspondence OF
-, bind with the Destructives and will so act on
n occasions, whether as representative OF the
..orla or as citizen, as to put the Destructives
outside the pale of his associations the great Con,
,srv,tiye party will be restored to its former
;.t.nritv and strength, and will be enabled here
,e.r .s heretofore, to confer upon the country all
,bOse benefits and blessings which it was hoped
vould flow from it when it was formed and
organized
lam friend to both the Confederate and State
Governments, and because l am, am anxious to
see them ably and honestly administered. The hest
friend to the Confederate government Is he VIII"
submits to its authority, and labors to conne ii to
its constitutional limitations and the worst enemy
to the government to the South, and to the cause
ofTberty. is he VINO seeks to exalt that government
above the States to enlarge its powers and to rem
der the Judiciary, the freedom of the press, and the
freedom and purity Of the ballot box dependenton on
the mere will of those who have been called to
administer its affairs No personal antipathy to
those who may conduct the governments viii in
Hueuce my judgment as to the measures they may
suggest or adopt l shall Judge all measures on
their merits, without regard to those who may
recommend or advocate them. l have already
given proof by my advocacy of Mr.. Badgers nomi-
nation for the Convention in Wake County, in
February, 1861 and by my vote for Mr.. Graham
for President Of that body May, 1861, when there
had been no personal intercourse between US for
The space Of eighteen years, that I am not to be
Influenced in my course as pabhc man by private,
or selfish or personal considerations.
With regard to the prosecution of the war and
negotiations for peace my views have undergone no
change 1t is not true that l have cOunseled the
withdrawal of North Carolina rom the Confederacy,
or the submission of the State to federal authority,
or the reconstruction of the federal Union On the
contrary, have uniformly maintained, as do now,
that the war must be prosecuted in selEdefence but
that at the same time the President, the Congress,
The Gorernors of the States, and the States them
selves should resort to every means in their power
questions in dispute between the two sections from
The smoke of the battlefield to the calm, clear at
noSPhere OF reason and diplomacy in the civil coun
as where alone, in the end, these questions must
@settled. Ny views are embodied IN the follow
ng resolutions introduced in the House of Repre-
SentatiVeS at the last session, by the Hon. ]. T.
Leach, Of this State, and laid on the table by that
body:
@ResOtced By the Congress of the Confsdsrate
oatss That the delegations from each State acting
IN lis sovereign and Independent character for the
purpose Of adding moral to our physical force, and
Seng ourselves properly beorethe civilized world,
70 % most earnestly appeal to the President, by and
WIN the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap-
point commissioners whose duty it shall be to pro-
pUSe an armistice of ninety days to the proper au
Aor1heS of the federal government, preliminary to
y equations for peace upon State sovereignty and
muependenee, and that said commissioners shall re-
pOf' IN writing to tie President the answer received
nun me federal government upon the subject
# .e"seed, That should the peace making power
Tue federal government accede to the proposition
W W an armlstice of ninety days, the President be
qGes'ed to convene the Congress of the Confeder-
sc,s states Tor the purpose of appointing commits
SlS' oy and with the advice and consent Of the
Pe P'ae and that he also be requested to notify the
Of the several States Of the fact, and ask
siS STr cooperation by appointing commissioners,
oy the Legislature or Convention, to coop.
dan. WIN the commissioners appointed by the Presl-
II" 70 negotiate with commissioners appointed by
a. rtueral r;1 government upon such terms of peace
ndanma pe consistent with the honor, dignity and
6s 6snaenee isae Of the States, and compatible with
pSe'y OF our social and political rights =. r.
sntooI I''", mat IN maintaining the rights guar
C",;a to US BY the blood and treasure Of our Rev
peD pOnary fathers, and dearest at all tues to free
prone, We desire to DC let alone-we ask no mans
firbta' btyITe fight not for conquest but for onr
" O~: tne Independence of the States, our equali-
Rs.a,SgI Sa ClgIl and religious liberties. ga e
to t That such terms of peace as are agreed
the pra";S e commissioners ought to be endorsed by
pie and Senate, and submitted to the peo.
n ueir ratification or rejection : > 80
I,a,.. urn conviction that if the views which
spS...s esa In the Standard in July, 1853, on the
an 80 peace, had been adopted and carried soue
.s..;.- A.'es would have been obtained, and com.