The tri-weekly standard., 1866-11-06

Eation which, just so soon as the fact s,.,,
\ have been ascertained that the amendraDai "nai
will be, or has been rejected. win dontnt dent
that the ballot be placed in the hands daena as M
men equally 70 this acceptance "! ~ all
men win be invited and Ied-driyen to o"'cn o1a:
g recurrencesof political teachings and ;ia ;nSia
ence which, 1t let alone, will immel;ata,ut,
undermine and destroy partially the fonnd:y
tions of the Republic-but, the RepubIio q
Grafton which hath ssco77 so often e tn gen.
by it and with the large majority of ,SI!ld Diand
! the sentiment of nationality is tod"h tdich
stronger than any sentiment of nartr
even love OF property or life. Union vi
can not stand STILL for in the present ra,.l nien
tionary state of the country, to stand st;u
| to step backward and to SO step fatall,,
The people of the States lately in reTa,,;.
should not stand still in their present n,nn na,N
tion to the national government pra.oAa- iela-
will not be wanting" reasons as plentn rs
blackberrles"-wih he found for change .ns az
some change that looks to dismemheyrraana ana
of the States of the Union, and hi6'nent whic6 n
involve civil war-a war in which the Son.f
ern people will have nothing to gain b,t VI,
to lose. A war in which they NAV IooIA all
an enemy in the rear more formidahlo tL iof
the one in front. Is it possible that reaaal man
has not resumed her sway over the m;nS ;rasoa
our people sufficiently to study the s;tru VI
tion" from an American stand point and us q
get out of it upon national American t sato.o 70
ground2 '"'ety
The citizen who advises the re;oo.;o
the constitutional amendment. seewS "n w VI
to be either man who prefers "univo,uee;;
Suffrage" immediately, to say no further nr;a
an enemy to all early practicable restor,t;o 10
OF the government. The man who corraOI
delay until after the next Presidential aIea
ton, is, believe, an enemy to the conntrr wv
Messrs. Editors, if the press and ncI;.:
Clans of the State intend to insist unan 4te
impracticable constitutional doctrinan nc
the right of representation immediats,D,
without restriction or condition made 5En,
Congress-let them cease to deceive the peo.
pie who would be in earnest quite mo;
mously so, but for them, about securino oth
er substantial rights in the Union on the host
terms attainable. e''
Let there be no more specious and daco,,
tive appeals inviting emigration Southwark
1t IS not coming. and cannot come until tbo
state OF the country changes. Nor can com.
merclal, manufacturing or agricultural nros
perity be even tolerably promoted or enconr-
aged until this change to permanent basis
of peace.
More men are seriously thinking of leav-
ing the State than there are of coming into
i'' Ahoio 10 wv utCie security felt. either as
to person or property, 20 think of any SPOT
In North h-Carolina as an abiding place or per-
manent home. And it is vain and criminal
to deny or misrepresent or color facts as thew
are unless there shall be radical change in
the feelings, tempers and sentiments of many
politicians who object to the ratification of
the constitutional amendment-object to it
mainly and simply because it would disable
them from holding o6fce," temporarily, per-
haps, (as they distrust two-thircls of any
Congress) forever-or, unless the people will
put them aside, we may rejoice should we
recover from the effects of the late rebellion
with our form of State government unchans-
eel. Another attempt at revolution would
probably lead to the consolidation of the
government, perhaps, ought to consolidate
It more firmly and powerfully than any Fed
eralist ever desired, or Hamilton thought it
should have been consolidated.
The people of the United States must have
a government. & The worst government is bet
ter than none at all" IF the National Gov
ernment can not be managed without modi-
Tying or abolishing the local State govern
ments on account of their refractory or con-
iicting action toward it, :" let the State
governments be modified or abolishedn-
such will be the voice of the American peo-
pie, but such utterance hope never to
near. RESTORATION.