Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-06-29
THE noain CAROLINA: STANDARD. WEDNESDAY,. JUNE

.{ss fF'on me h Q. Standard q J.nn.ty %, 1851
The Fayetteville Obserser and she propagation
t0scall q State CoDventione
The O6sss seems to be really daft the subject Of
It speats NJ tie propstisa which has been
made By some If best eitzens TO cali Slate Cayen
lion, Is. Rte Hartford Gs.essSs.-ssd islors 70
show that the same infmy will attach 70 Slate Conyen
ton called by car people which sfached to that boof
Federaists What nonsense and folyl-whAt insalt
otbe people Of North Caroaaiwhat abect submission
ersd advance any and every aggression State
rights and the liberties Of people which may be made
by the central government We tell the Obssraer that
North Carolina is free and independent State 90
vention and to hold it without being responsible for
doing to any power on earth.
people to determine and whatever she may do will
be just and honorabe-and no true son OF hers will say
to the contrary. ,
We believe shat the var should be continued twelve
months longer negro slavery will be utterly aud finally
DESTROYED these States thst will he impossible to
reestablish nstituton. Its saddsn destruction would
that by the end Of period mentioned the rights Of the
States and the liberties of tbs people, by the very force
of circusances to say nothing of The aggressive dis.
will have been bottsd oa viii BE- A. the mercy OF that
We beepe that peace can meyer be oosned
Is long as contend for Maryland Kentucky, Missouri
and West Virginia and that in all probability, can be
obtained only by The sovereign States cooperatng With
the government. We are, therefore, Tor Con.
yenton and cooperation with sister States of
the South obtaining armlstce, 81 that negotSNons
may be commenced 1t is not for to say what sucA
Convention should do but may be sure It would omit
proper steps to secure peace and meanwhile to protect
the Slate sgaust the entertainments Of arbitrary power
1t would it that The proud head Of the State Was
bowed to despUt. II WUdd insist that the civil law
should prevail in all cases. and being in existence mot
Constantly in session. it would have the right 70 speak
and for the State sovereign and to demand that
the Congress and the military power should respect
the civil law and the nAlensbe rights Of our people
~ Slxle Commissioners assembled at Washington in
l-6 to devise plan for harmOnzing the federal Union
and any terms or treaty of has might be agreed up
could be laid before the two governments. Is there
any treason in these prOpostonsr We think not. Are
they unnatural or unreasonable We think not We
wan, hrs to human life and prevent the mpover
ishment and Of peoples secondly to prevent the
sudden abolition Ut slavery the bighug elects of which
be this continent far KeueratiOnsi aud
thirdly prevent the extinction of the State sovereign
ties which, should take pace, would reduce Us to ths
condition Ut territorial dependents The favor OF some
graf centra despotic gDvernnent But why elect DELE
gales to Convention now! Because the STATE may be
occupied by the enemy to render the election, at
future day. OF msjurty of tue number of delegates
horned impossible; aud because the the dele
gales can be their seats the greater vii be the certain
" thai INNOVATIONS aud usurpaOas by the common gov
en-nt will ~ checked aud the greater The prospect Of
carly aud honorable pc North Caro- ina il true,
and will be true to the government as it was
iormed in its integrity and purity but she would not be
bound by government wnich bad lost original char
acie andbren perverted Despite purposes against her
anQ rights anu ituertleS VI her ctZenS.
1t tue, charged BY the Obssrssr and Othes,
that the object Ut the Convention secede from the
Gouelxcy reconstruct the old government, hum
be the at the ie.t Of Mr. Lncun The object to
preserve government by cou6ung it to its constitu
iouai powers ands 10 cooperate with it. such co opera
be practicable obtaining peace Neiraer the Leg
u Con, would possess such powers such body
could only greatly those two departments OF
the VI the heavy responsibilities devOived
u.m, but it could do things in aid Of the common
u lheY If trusted
in ConvenIon who cub Ii have reached point in
this which is dangerous Lot allowable
trust Ihe people their sovereign capacity, may
we'll pause, aud sndsavor, pOssDie sntIc pate the
Consequences Convention for example, could say to
the government The suspension Ut OF haSsGs
corpus would silence Judges the press deprive
people the reedum VI Speech and desruy sOns
liberty: cannot submit TO but Will 70 it.
fahul cUwo kers common cause that every c0nsti.
tutlUnal act Of lite government is promptly enforced If
You need more power look " Us for it Dat DO not usurp
doubtful, despotic power" Or You have
ai vady destroyed na stem, which is guaranteed
to Us BY The Constitution; and now you propose to
script al our white males from seventeen to ity We can.
submit to that, bus Will keep full quota Of
men IN the hed. We the best Judges vi
wants. We spare you certain p0rtSs vi our lighting
men better than others and
any WHICH, leaves our pe"pe at hume 10 the dam
ger Of starvation" Or We spare the precious
grain to be dstled into whiskey but you NUT have
The article will fara.h you abroad"
Dr. I'VE III srest and keep 10 the ranks
SCRIPTS aud deseit.rS We do not want Confederate
ths many things WHICH Convention n.gat do, and the
instead Of being pjuled wuuia be- promoted by It,
But, whatever muy happen, II mus te b.i mind that
conte,dlng, fur u sepa independent des
polsm buI ur Independence umd t.Ley In language
Of Gov Graham, the State people
resolved " be independent and free only the end
but the they resolved only be free.
at The termination OF the Contest, tut they soiA not
sstrenaer their ttertats during s press All history
Is tu Of the essOn That power oblaDed matter
by what means, yielded without struggle. If
should II thus the f ri
lers slaves viii REMAIN. unfit by great civil
vuson The rights Of reenien SHALL be again asserted and
established Convention cuu,d protect lte liberty aud
property against assaults from ali quarters Other
State authority 2abe Of doing and could provide
fJr preserving the very exetence OF the State in
Rehcles that may arse IN the progress Of the war.
The best friend the Confederate government is he
who submits s authority, aud IabOs conine it to
its constitutional limitations and the enemy the
government 10 the South, and 10 the vi liberty s
lie who seks to exat that government above the States
10 powers and to render the judiciary and the
freedom OF speech and Of the dependent the
will of those who Lave been called sdmniser affairs
The O6serosr and other papers, whuse object seems to
betO draw Onfederate troops this the purpose
OF ovsrawing bur people, charge that great agitation
Contede is to be comprom sed thereby This
charge like the Uthers false. Our people concerned
aud anxous but they are neither agated desperate
Tney are CALM collected, patient hrm, determined They
mediate act Of revolution breach of faith If the
government does not yet know md appreciate
them il may be their misfortune, but ia not their fault
IT.
would oegn 10 listen to would VAIN it IN The must
earnest and A,emn terms to- let people a.oa4 and not
IL tvt the sscord bayons dgasst Msa they have ex-
posed their bosoms fur nearly three years the bayonets
OF the common cnemy-tbey have poured out their blood
and their treasure like water 70 maintain that
in its place in klchmond and to achieve possbIe COM
mon independence and it would be spectacle after
ali thus to sss the arms Of their brethren turned
agalnst 'hem simply because they may assemble in public
meeting and request the Governor TO take steps To call
State Convention Was South Carolina stricken down
was c7en enc OF her citizens arrested, when she called
Convention for the avowed purpose seeding from The
Unlonf No. Was Mr. Davis arrested when he delivered
his vaedctOry in the American seDate and DECLARED Thai
he would return 70 his Stale and take part in the
ment to dissolve the Union No. he went FORTH and no mar
laid hands upon him. Let North Carolina alone She
does not propose this crisis follow the exaupe 81
either South Carolina Mr. DAVIS abe Aus the right
she chooses 70 exercise it after nearly three years Of
wasng war 70 SIT as sovereign to protect her ber
if something cannot be done towards obtanng an honor
able peace One rash violent act BY the military
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