Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-21
TO OUR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC.
PRoGRsss OFFICE, RALEIGH, N. G. |
August o. 1894

n. U,
August %, 1864.
We make an earnest appeal to our friends throughout
the State to exert themselves extend the circulation If
the PRosRsss Hereafter as heretofore it shall bs the
fearless exponent of Conservative principles and the ad
yocate of Conservative measures and will hold Civil
Liberty and the rights of the citizen above everything
else. We shall continue to give cordial support to all
measures whether originated by the State or Confeds
ate governments, Tat may be Necessary to viguruus
prosecutions Of the war; but shall the same time u
sst that the states acting through their constitutsd
thorities and the Confederate States government acting
through Its legitimate agents. make constant earnest
jealous efforts to close the by negotiation upon
the States We are the friends Of the Confederate cause
and OF tree government, and such shall in sist on
strict construction of the Constitution searching in.
vesgston into the official conduct of our ruers fe in.
dependence Of the Judiciary freedom of the Press aud of
speech and the purity and perfect freedom of the bao.
box. without which, all suferngs and sacrifices Of
blood and treasure will amount to nothing as the neck
will Lave to bow to receive the yoke last We shall
insist on the Military power being kept in subordnaiou
to the CIVIL AuTHoRfH, and that the struggle be con.
tinued with the common enemy Of the North tor the per.
petuation Of free government for the people of these
States aud not for the establishment Of consolidated
despOtisn.
of power and bndy approve and applaud all the official
acts OF State and Confederate authorities systematic
fort has been made to strike down and silence u.s. by
the withholding Of that patronage which every paper II
respectable circulation has been BY common consent
entitled and which administration State or national
has ever before withheld; utrslying upon the intsl.
e 80. ", ..e PooPfS auu tne uuai triumph
Ut right truth and justice remain undsuayed and de-
fant and will continue to stand up and contend for Tue
sovereignty OF the States Civil Liberty aud the rights Of
the citizen be the consequences to us what thev
The bulk OF the patronage of the governments State
Confederate is to the partzan presses Of
location or circulation; while OF the most widely
circulated and influential journals of the country are
tre ignored We mention these partly for the pur
pose OF calling attention t0 systematic iavorsm abuses
Snd eorrnptons that exist; to show the People how s
power and patronage passing into the hands of small
privileged Glass; and partly by of appeal to our friends
to make up in increased circulation what we lose by this
course OF officials prescription which il unfair and
insulting to them.
ARMY INTELLIGENCE
Now that the elections over we shall devote most Il
our space to Army News and Current intelligence and
trust that our friends the army and throughout the
State Will US such assistance may be in their
Or b furnishing With short letters from their
pecve localities We shall spats neither labor or expense
to make the PHoeREss equal paper in Conedsr
acy as medium for from the army and elsewhere
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Our friends will confer favor BY getting up clubs and
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the names in sill Cases.
t. PENNINGTON Go.