Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1865-03-07


not rely upon them as soldiers. They are now
quietly serving US at home, because they do not
wish to 80 into the army, and they fear, ii they
leave US, tie enemy will put :hem there If We
compel them to take up arms, their whole feeling
and conduct will change, and they will leave us by
! thousands. 4 single proclamation by President
Lincoln-thas all who will desert after they are
forced into service, and go over to him, shall have
! their freedom, he taken out of the army, and per-
mtted to so into the country in his possession, and
| receive wages for their laSor-would diSband them
| by brigade Whatever may be our opinion OF
| their norinsi condition their true interests, we
cannot cx ct them if they remain with US, to per-
FORM decd Of heroic valor, when they are fighting
to continue the cnSavemcnt OF their wives and
| chirea. !. IS not reasonable Tor us to demand IL
Of them, and we have little cause to expect the
blessings Of Heaven upon our efforts If we compel
them to perform such task.
| FIVE are right, and Providence designed them
for slavery, lie did not intend that they should be
military people. Whenever We establish the TACT
that they are military race, destroy or whole
theory that they unfit to be free.
But It is said We should give them their freedom
in case Of cir fidelity to cause IN thu Held; IN
! other We ,iat we should give up slavery, rs well
Oil ~ - hbc.ty ard S.sS9 sovereghty: ioI
1dcb endc 2 anu should set all our slaves free If
they will aid Us to achieve it. If we are ready TO
give MP sla"ery, am satisfied We can make 1t the
Conside.a; ION for better trade than 70 give it for
military &.Id When We arm the slaves, We aban-,
don slavery. We can never again govern them as
slaves, and make the institution profitable TO our
selves or to tacm after tens OF thousands ct them
have been taught The use Of arms, and spent Yeas
| in the ind5Cnt indu|gerccS Of camp lie.
If tke General Assembly should adaptmy recon-.
merda:lOu oy the call Of a Convention, | would
Suggest lElnt this too would be SHhject deserving
| it's serious consideration and decided action.
1t can never be admitted by the State that the
| Confederate government has any power directly or
Indirectly to abolish slavery. The provision in the
| Constitution which by implication authorizes the
! Confederate government to take private property
for public only, authorizes the use of the pro
perty during the existence of the emergency which
justiheS the taking. To illustrate: In time of war
1t may be necessary for the government to take
| from citizen business house to hold commiSSary
stores. This i: may do Off suitable one cannot be
| had by c,ntrac) on payment to the owner of just
| compensation for the use of the house. But this
taking Garnet change The title of the land, and vest
. it in the government Whenever the emergency
las passed. the government Can no longer legally
| hold the rHuSS bat is bound to return it 70 the
! owner $ the government may impress slaves to
10 the labor e servants, to forty a city, if it
cannct obtain them by CONTRACT, and it is bound 10
| pay the Gwuer Just hire for the time it uses them.
But the iriirCSsnent caa title to the slave
IN the government for a Ion 5er period than the en-
Urgency requires the labor. 1t has not the shadow
of right % impress and nar for slave 10 set him
free. The moment it ceases 10 need his labor the
use rcvcrtS l. he owner who has the title. If we
admit he right of the government to impress and
pay for Saves 10 free them conc"lG its power to
abolish Sjuyerr, ana charge orr domestic lnSti;u
tons at us pleasure and TO tax to raise the
cy Tor tina. purpose. / am not aware Of the alvO.
cacv or Suth 4 IAefstrOus doctrine.
OUR PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE CONDITION.
As fesl that should act the part of an unftith
FIJI sen,iu,l uroa the watch tower if should fiat
ter the c1lntry with decisive hopes, cindJr COM
pes ne l. sey, that nj! IS not we'll That tue PEG
pie may be aroused to the necessary effort to avert
calamity, II is important that they should know
and appreciate their true condition. | tell them
therefore that the whole body pOlitic is diseased
and unless active remedies are administered specd
", that dissolution and death must be the inertia
bic result
Our constitution has been violated and trampled
under foot, and the rights AMI sovereignty of the
States, which had been dlsregarded by the Cover n
! ment OF the United States which formed with slave
. TT tn very foundation Of the movement that
brought into being the Confederate government
have been Frustrated and almost destroyed by thC
Confederate Congressional encroachment and ex
ecutive usurpatOn.
The resolutions of the General Assembly Of this
State protesting against these uSurpationS an,
abuses have been UNDECIDED and laid ide without
even Inc courtesy OF reply.
Direct taxes Of enormous burden have been lev
led by Congress, without the census of cnumera
ton inpcratively required by the constitution
whic, operate upon the people of this ana Other
State, but have no operation upon the people o
Miss, mi or kentucky, who are represented equal
" VII Georgia in the Congress by which they ar
imposed.
Much Of our most Objectionable legislation i
fastened upon US by the votes of representative:
who, however patriotic and true to cause, ac
without eSrOnShilIty to any constituency out o
i l ~, IL {, /, I ~
neither visit with safety, nor show themselves pub
licy among the people whom they profess to rep
rc>rn' minority of whom have given the strOngcS
eyi .c ceS of sympathy and support 10 the Govern
mcat f he United States and have been constant
i represented in the Congress Of those States.
Irnwcssm@nis of private property for r,Glic use
which are often necessary and proper, have beer
carried TO an extent which is tyrannical and op
p'es,icc in the extreme. Instead of purchase a
the rule and intpressmeut the exception, the who
property of our people is pllccl under the contr"
Of WpreSSmert agents vino refuse to pay Jus
compensation" as required by the constitution, o
even half the market value, and who pay IN cerilh
Gates which the government refuses to receive il
payment Of public dues.
= "a pretended CONSUMPTION not auhOrz d b.
d, the constitution, The government has placed GU
agr :u.turaists under heavy bonds to sell it at In
impreS8uIent prices fixed by its agents and dcnie
TO them the privilege to sell the fruits OF their abo
T. in open market or to exchange them for o'her com
mOdtes which nee s>sary to the support o
Themselves and their families
The government disregards that provision of III,
Constitution which prohibits Congress from maxim:
any appropriation OF money for longer term thai
two years to support the armies of the Conederacy
and means Of perpetuating the war beyond tbs
period of the existence othe present Congress- with
out the assent OF the people in the next elections
it proposes pledge the 1.-THE of The more valuabI
aunual productions of the agricultural class of on
people, who are selected for the burden, for year
10 for that purpose, and to continue he pedg
of the incomes OF this particular class afer the ter
minHtion of the war for the payment of the Treasu
ry notes issued for the support OF the armies durn
is existence. Few of this c SIS make more than
1.-THE net profits In tine estimate OF the Srcreta
tary of the Ire 'sury in which h, sets down the in
comes of this class as about fifty per he fail
to allow any credit for the vast expense OF produc
ton. He estimates gross and not net income an
in this way shows the incomes OF the planter to b
much greater than those of the banker none
holder who interests and dividends cost none of tn
labor and expense of production incurred by III