The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-02
For the Standard.
THE SITUATION.
To the Editor Of the Standard /:

THE SITUATION.
To the Editor Of the Standard
| am sorry to see my dear sir, that, while
you have said nothing in favor OF North
Carolina being represented in the Copper
head and secession gathering, to assemble at
Philadelphia, next month, under the name
of :. Union Andrew johnson National Con
vention," you have not deemed 1t your duty
to denounce the movement as an attempt to
revive treason and to restore traitors to pow
er. I care not under whose call or by whose
authority this so-called National Convention
is called the object is to wreSt the govern
meat from the hands of the loyal millions
that furnished the men and means to save 1T
from destruction by the violence of armed
traitors, and restore it to the control OF
those who moved heaven and earth for its
destruction The Philadelphia Convention
is called to revive the Breckenridge party OF
1860 or to create a new party in which the
old secession leaders shall rule and hold the
offices, and we are glad to see that the Re
publican members of Congress and the loyal
North denounce this attempt to betray the
masses and marguerite another revolution.
The vote by which the bureau bill was
passed over the veto, shows that the loyal
majority in Congress was never more COM
pact or better organized than now, and be
assured that the twenty-five millions people
of the loyal States are just as united as their
representatives.
These things being So the insurgent States
must 90 back on the conditions that Con-
gress may prescribe, and not in accordance
with the plan of one man, however high his
position. While l do not desire to make
war upon the President, no well-informed
person will deny but his whole proceeding
in the matter OF restoration, without author
ity FROM and the cooperation of Congress-
was usurpation not warranted by the Con
stitution and his war upon and defiance OF
the Legislative branch of the government
has lost him the confidence and respect of
the loyal masses who fought the battles of
the Union, and in fact of loyal men every
where.
Now. Mr.. Editor, mark my prediction
the " Philadelphia National Union Andrew
Johnson Convention" will be controlled by
secession and copper head leaders and those
who sympathiZed with them. 1t is a last des-
parate card, played by spoismen for the cree
ton of new party, by the free use of
government patronage, to secure the
| Presidency in 1868 for the present in
| cumbent, but they Will all go the wall
the Republican party will be triumph
ant in the Presidential contest and the Union
will be restored by the legislation of those
whose valor and sacrifices saved it from the
! hands of treason. Had Andrew johnson
adhered to the principles of the party that
elected him, and not exhibited such zeal in
behalf of those who had labored for four
| years to destroy the government, he would
have been the idol of loyal millions and
might have been their choice for the Chief
Magistracy of the nation but he has so
completely TyloriZed himself that either Gen.
Lee or jeff Davis would get about as large
vote in the Northern States as he could.
know. Governor, that majority of the
people of North Carolina are just now laud-
| ing the President believing that by his pol
icy some great good is to come to them, but
you knoso that his plan is already Il failure,
and that the only earthly power that can res
tore the Southern States to their normal re-
iations to the Union and bring peace and
prosperity to their people, is the Congress OF
the United States, the legislative department
Of the government, which is so violently de-
nOunced by all the disaffected in the land I
say you know these things, and such being
the fact, I cannot see why it is you do not
defy the mob, as You have so often done, and
plead with the people of the State to accept
the constitutional amendment proposed by
Congress. and thus secure representation in
the National Councils and relief for an OPP
pressed, suffering people Mark my word
for it, you may go further and fare worse.
The idea that the next Congress will be
more favorable to the South than the pres
ent is absurd and any attempt by any
Cromwell, to force the members elect
lTOil CuuIuclIl OtdItS upon COHSTeSS upon
other terms than that body may impose,
would bring half million bayonets to the
Capitol in thirty days.
You can publish this or not as you choose,
but can say to you that there is one North
Carolinian who would dare thus speak out
if he had press at his command. P.
July p, 1866.
THE New CoNsTrrUTIoN.-We regret to
J tf,otr of Eactarr,
are opposing the nav Constitution, and adj
vising its rejection. We suspect that the
main cause of opposition on the part of the
East is, that the new Constitution provides
for representation in the House of Commons
on the white basis, thus reducing the num-
| Der of Commoners from the East and in
creasing the number from the West. The
| basis of representation in the Senate remains
unchanged.
We can tell our Eastern friends that if the
new Constituted is rejected, the white basis
for both the Senate and House will be in
sisted on hereafter and 1T aoiU6e adopted
But we don't want any more Conventions
called-we want strife to cease and good
| feeling prevail between the East and West
J therefore we hope the new Constitution will
be adopted. If it is not adopted, another
| Convention will soon be called (or the ques-
| ton will be agitated until it is done) at
siderable expense to the people. Taxes are
already high enough without mourning an
other useless expense
! The vote on the new Constitution is to be
taken on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next. If it is rejected, it will be unfortu-
nate for the peace of the State, but those
who advise its rejection will be responsible,
| and we now warn them of the consequences
They need not be surprised if a candidate
for Governor is run who will advocate an
entire change in the basis, and other REFORMS
\ Voofoo..
Gen. M ". Ransom, has written letter,
which we find published in the Raleigh
Sentinel, declfasng to be candidate. The
majority of those who have determined not
to vote for Gov. Worth never seemed very
anxious for Gen. Ransom to run. 1t is not
probable he could have been elected if he
had become candi date Char. Democrat.
BULvER LYTToN 4 LORD.-Sir Bulwer
Lytton is gazetted as Baron Lytton of Ken