The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-10-03

are going round the country, like Cornwall
miners. with tallow candles ntheir caps, en-
deayoring to shed light upon the crisis
through which the country is passing, we
have entirely eclipsed them by the calcium
illumination we have introduced in the shape.
of the constitutional amendment. tits now
yery clear that it has been the policy OF
Thad Stevens and his Jacobin followers to
keep this important amendment out of sight
as much as possible. 1t has been rarely dis
cussed in any of their councils, or at any
rate at those which have reached the ear and
eye of the public. They do not wish to have
it openly debated, nor do they desire that the
minds of the people shall become familiar
with it's business and its ameliorating ten
denotes. Above all, they do not want the
South to accept it; for they know it it does
their power will be lost and their rod OF ter
TOR broken. Stevens is not satisfied with the
amendment; neither is Wade, Sumner, Banks,
Butler nor Boutwell, Neither is Kelley, OF
Pennsylvania, nor Greeley, of the Tribune,
nor any Others of the bitter radical stamp.
What these men want is for the South to re-
ject or to spurn the amendment, and thus
compel the question of restoration to 60 over
to the next Congress, which, they feel conf
dent, and not without reason, will be more
inimical to the South than the present one.
What, then, is the plain policy OF the
South2 Clearly it is to accept, without hes
itancy or delay, the proposed amendment
They certainly cannot expect to do any bet
ter with the present Congress and they must
not hope or expect for greater clemency from
the next. By all the signs of the times the
Fortieth Congress will be composed in part
of fierce and revolutionary body of men.
In all the Eastern States, where the radicals
have majorities, the question upon nomina-
lions for Congress is not who is the most
moderate or conservative, but who is the
most radical. The latter is invariably the
nominee 1t is for this reason that such men
as Banks, Butler and Boutwell-all formerly
Massachusetts democrats-are so extreme
and violent in their anti Southern views In
this they but echo the sentiments of the people
they represent and not to obey that senti-
ment they know is to allow themselves to be
politically shelved for the remainder of their
lives. They are bent upon success, and the
motto of one of these men is, Success is a
duty"
Now, then, is the critical moment for the
South The proposed constitutional amend
ment should be promptly accepted by them.
The present Congress cannot refuse to &C
knowledge the fact and to restore them to
fraternal relationship in the Union. 1t is in
measure pledged to do this, and it has al
ready partially fulfilled its pledge by admit
ting Tennessee From the next Congress the
South will have much to apprehend. There
is great danger that the aims of the radicals
to disfranchise the whites, to confscate and
apportion their property and to give univer-
sal and unrestricted suffrage to the blacks,
will then be accomplished. The Legislature
of every Southern State should therefore be
Immediately called together and the propo-
sed constitutional amendment adopted. Once
in Congress, they will hold the balance of
power in the House and have their proper
Tomato weight in the Senate. They will never
have better chance for being restored to a
position in the Union than is now offered
them. We again say, let them accept it
President johnson should issue procla-
nation calling upon the Governors of the
several Southern States to convene their
Legislatures before next December, and re-
commend them to adopt the proposed amend
ment. This done, a new and effulgent
light will be shed over the whole Union,
from the briliancy of which the radicals will,
with their tallow candles, pale into insignif-
cance.-M Y Herald.
Anecdotes of the Naturalist Waterton.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: CDR.
Hobson, Leeds physician, has just
| given to the world sundry reminiscent
ces of most wonderful specimen of
muscular Christianity. The Christian
ity, indeed, Is not precisely of the type
most in favor with the votaries of the
new school, but the muscularity of the
particular Christian in question throws
all the feats of novel and magazine
Christians altogether into the shade
The late Charles Waterton, the York
shire squire-naturalist, the rider upon
crocodiles, and the ardent defender of
the Jesuits, is DIR. Hobson's hero, and
a unique hero he must have been. DR..
Hobson declares that he saw lin when
seventy-seven years ofage scratch the
back part of his head with the great toe
of his right foot. If this is not enough
to make half the clowns in the London
theatres die of envy, they must be mus
cular Christians themselves.
"The crocodile-riding was one of Mr..
Waterton's humblest feats, for the brute
had been caught by an immense hook
baited with raw flesh, and was being
Herewith dragged along the river shore
by crowd Of natives, when Mr.. Wa
terton jumped astride him. But there
is story Of his tackling some rattle
snakes at Leeds in the presence of a
room-full of doctors, which may be con-
fidently recommended to the author of
Guy Livingston, Professor Kingsley,
or Mr.. Lever, when they are in want of
some fresh illustration of the wonders
wrought by pluck. And if this is not
enough, and they have heroine on hand
who will only be won by stroke of
daring absolutely preterhuman, let
them borrow the account of Mr.. Water
tons hugging the Borneo ourang-ou.
tang in the Geological Gardens in 1851
An old gentleman seventy-eight years
old, entering the cage ola ferocious ape,
and, while clasped in its horrible en-
brace, studying the formation of it's
hands, and still more, of its teeth, is, it
may be safely stated, a thing not likely to
be seen every dayin the Regents Park.
Show these muscular powers were
nourished is as surprising as the powers
themselves. Mr.. Waterton never, in
{ his whole life, drank wine, spirits, OF
{ beer, delighting in very weak black tea.
| For thirty years he neverslept in a bed,
] bat found the hard boards pleasant
couch. Then he was perpetualfy bleed.
inor himself uhana,ro, ha ELL .