The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-22
Randolpb Meeting-Gov. worth.

Worth was nominated for reelection. On-
Ter ordinary circumstances we should have
10 disposition to refer to proceedings got
EN- up with the knowledge and consent OF
,ur worthy friend the Governor, and which
AVE caused so much rejoicing among the
lninitiated of his followers but regard
Tor truth and fair dealing constrains US to
rive the facts as they occurred, from which
will be seen that the meeting was COM
posed only of the Worth faction in Randolph
County, and that an attempt was made to
,ntrap Mr.. Dick and other Union men into
IN endorsement of Gov. Worth.
The Secretary, in his report of the meet
ng. says:
"In the absence of the committee, Robert
,. Dick, Esq, addressed the meeting at
.ength IN an eloquent and impressive man
her. He earnestly advocated and endorsed
he policy of President Johnson; hoped that
We should forget and forgive the past; that
! We had nearly all of us been wrong; that he
! lad been wrong himself, and could not take
the test oath, and that the only question
! with him noao was whether man was loyal
and loved his country. If he was so no'o, he
was ready to take him by the hand as a
| brother"
| And the Raleigh Sentinel, Gov. Worth's
organ, says:
1--WE highly applaud the patriotic stand
taken by the Hon. Robert P. Dick, in the
meeting referred to. Mr.. Dick was an ear
nest supporter of the Ex-Provisional Cover
nor at the last election, and his unmlstaka-
BILE loyalty" has been repeatedly endorsed
by the Standard. His sentiments, as re-
ported in the proceedings of the meeting, do
credit alike to his head and heart, and the
influence of his example and opinions will be
productive of good.
1t must be a source of great qualification
to Gov. Worth, while the Standard is daily
endeavorinr to prejudice the State at Wash
ington, by disappearing his admlnlstra-
ton of its affairs. to find conscientious gen
tIemen like Mr.. Dick rebuking such sugges-
tions and sustaining his official course"
A friend writing US from Randolph, says:
1--WE had quite lively time in the Court
House yesterday. Time was asked the Court
| to hold political meeting. The Union men
had no intimation as to the object of the
meeting; but after the appointment of the
committee on resolutions. Robert P. Dick,
ESQ. was called on to speak, which he did,
in a most beautiful and eloquent manner
without the slightest allusion to party. The
committee returned with their resolutions,
and there was one recommending the re-
election of Gov. Worth. This produced con-
siderable excitement at one time threatening
to break up the meeting by calling for adj
| journment; but Mr.. Dick rose and urged
his friend to withdraw his name,-so the
! Union party withdrew from the meeting
The Worth faction then proceeded to pass
their resolutions. which you will see in the
papers, Worth will be defeated by large
majority in this County"
! So it seems a meeting was called apparent
ly to endorse President Johnson which eve
ry body in the South is ready to do; the
| Union men went in with Mr.. Dick; the lat
ter. made patriotic, no-party, Andrew john
son speech; and the Worth men, taking adj
tanage of this state of things, prostituted
! the occasion to their own particular benefit,
by urging, to the surprise of Mr.. Dick and
every Union man present, the passage of
resolution committing the entire meeting to
the support of Gov. With. 1t seems that
Mr. Dicks name was in nomination for Gov
ernor, for he urged his friend to withdraw it.
This was no doubt done, when Mr.. Dick and
the Union men present retired from the meet
| ing. These facts are suppressed in the re-
port of the proceedings as they appear in the
papers, and an attempt is made to produce
the impression that the Union men remained
and voted on the resolutions. We are not
surprised at this There is no trick, device,
misrepresentation, or fraud to which the Sc
cessionists of the Worth faction will not re-
sort to advance their purposes.
The Sentinel is much pleased with the re-
marks of Mr.. Dick as they appear in the
proceedings. We have no idea that Mr..
Dick has been correctly reported. We do
not think he said " we had nearly all of us
been wrong, that he had been wrong him
SELF" &c. Mr.. Dick is prevented only by
technicality from taking the test oath. He
could take it in spirit, but not in letter; and
but for that part of it which exclude those
who sought and accepted office under an au-
thority in revolt against the United States,
Mr.. Dick would have taken the oath in June
last. and would now have been the Judge of
the federal Court for the District of North
Carolina. Mr.. Dick also said, eve should
all forget and forgive the past" This is a
noble sentiment. 1t was uttered by Mr..
Dick and the writer of this, time and again,
when they were in Washington last May
Every touching appeal which Mr.. Dick made
for impoverished, and apparently penitent
secessionists and rebels, was warmly second
ed by u.s. But forgiving and forgetting on
one side only amounts to nothing. These
secessionists and rebels will never forgive us.
We have tried them in vain. Mr.. Dick has
tried them in vain. They will forgive no
man who did not desire the success of the
Confederacy, and who does not now sympa-
thize with such public men as Davis and
Vance. Ifthey had full power in this State
they would prohibit all loyal men like Mr..
Dick and the writer of this, from voting
and they wouldr require " Yankees" to remain
here ten years before allowing them to vote.
But MIR. Dick said, the only question with
him r,ou was, whether man was loyal and
loved his country. If he was so noac he was
ready to take him by the hand, as brother
This is also noble sentiment. We agree
with Mr.. Dick. But how many of the Sen
tiueps partizans are persons of this stamp