The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-10-24

which are almost unanimously for the Union.
His highest votes have been obtained in the
old secession Counties This shows who
and where he is politically.
The "Red Strings " to be Indicted!
The large vote cast for Gen. Dockery at
High Point has so provoked the Editors of
the Sentinel, the organ of Gov. Worth, that
it says:
"The vote at High Point, THE only pre-
cinct abroad, as far as ascertained, where
Gen. Dockery has obtained larger vote
than Gov. Worth, confirms the suspicion,
heretofore generally entertained, of the ac-
tive existence of the "Red String" and 9TH
er secret organizations in the State socie-
ties which we believe to be reasonable to the
Constitution and prejudicial to the quiet and
peace of the State. It would be well for the
grand juries to look into this matter"
The Red Strings" as they are called,
are simply the HEROES OF AMERICA. We
do not belong to this Order, but we are
posted in relation to it. Mr.. Lincoln was Q
member of the Order. Gen. Grant is men,
Der of it. Andrew johnson is member of
it. When pursued and shot at in the georges
of the mountains by Confederate troops, he
was aided by members of this Order, and
perhaps owes his life to them. Many of the
Union Generals and other officers are men,
bers of it. There are, probably, ten thou
sand HEROES OF AMERICA in this State
They have their signs, grips, and passwords,
Ike the Know Nothings, to which the Edi-
tors of the Sentinel used to belong They
are unconditional Union men and patriots
That is ALL Instead of being traitors to the
Union, they are among the best friends the
Union has in the State.
The organ of Gov. Worth wants them in
dicted During the rebellion Gov. Vance.
the Senior Editor of the Sentinel, and other
rebels, denounced them as traitors to the
Confederacy; now they are traitors to the
Union! How can that be2 Gov Vance
and the Senior Editor of the Sentinel signal
lied themselves by prosecuting and impris-
oning these very Red Strings !" during the
rebellion. Now they want them indicted
This, of itself, proves that "the Confedera-
cy" still exists in this State in every thing,
except its forms. Try it, gentlemen 7! try
it, if you dare! The loyal men of tbis State
soiM make short soork Of you, If you attempt
to indict them on account Of their Unionisna.
We dare you to try it. You will be crushed
as you deserve, if you lift a finger against
these HEROES.
We find telegraphed to the Northern pa
pers statements Of large Conservative major
tiles, at such places, for example, as Whining
toni We find dispatch in the New York
Times, dated Raleigh, which says, "The in
dications are that Worth will have an over
whelming majority. Dockery's vote is very
slim. Vance received several votes in va
rious parts of the State" All this is calcu-
lated to mislead. Nearly the entire vote for
Worth at Wilmington, as elsewhere, was
Destructioe That is, it was cast by persons
who did all they could to destroy the gov
eminent, who stubbornly refuse to aid in re-
storing the government, and who would re-
joice to see the government go to pieces
Again, Gen. Dockery was not candidate,
and Gov Worth's vote will be less by five
thousand than it was last November. Even
the telegraph lines seem to have fallen into
the hands Of the Destructives.
The Newborn Times.
WI Vestal, Esq. has disposed of the
Times establishment to Messrs. Pool and
Shotwell, and the name has been changed to
that of Journal Of Commerce.
& MI. Vestal has fought a good fight and
kept the faith" as long as he could. There
is no truer Unionist in the country. Person
ally there is no worthier gentleman. We
wish him much success and happiness in the
future, wherever his lot may be cast
We had the pleasure of seeing Daniel R.
Goodloe, Esq, Marshal for this State, in the
City on Saturday. Mr. Goodloe left on Sun
day morning to attend the Federal Court
this week in Ne@bern,