The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-12-05

49,
When the Hon. Mr.. Doolittle of ~,
yea states Senate last winter, arose aie Uni
place IN that body, and on the press, IN bis
OF Mr. fooPs credentials, made ths 'atlon
menfs that he did, endorsing Mr. p,. state
ty and unionism during the war. hi. loyal
cation to take the "test-oath, h,f4 !aallf-
tecnn,callty, and worse than all tha.
Pool had become member of H. mat M MI.
Carolina Legislature, for the purno.. Worth
barrassing the Confederate cause W.. en-.
thunderstruck, when we read the stato,' Were
Sentinel. ''a'ement.
Is it possible2 Thunderstruck at H..
that MIR. Pool was Union man dur;n, :,
rebellioni Being so, as matter Of 49,. VIC
he desired to embarrassn the so.couas
as to close the war and restore the roraI
ment. What Inconsistency is there in ,ha.s
The Legislature of 1854, of which ~
Pool was member, was a more loval hoa
than the present one. But for the opposite.
of Gov. Vance and Gov. Graham i won,a
have called Convention and forced n."' "
on the basis of restoration. This i u~
known. Mr.. Pool and his friends were ,han
freely and openly denounced as tra;,o,a.
the Confederacy. They were in eons,as.
danger of arrest and Imprisonment on
count Of their efforts to embarrass the Cow
federacy." When they were pursued ,aa
bounded, and Intercepted by such govern
ment detectives as the Editors of the Sent;
mel, they answered discreetly and cautiousv
They were no more bound to avow their oh.
ject than supposed criminal is to testify
against himself. They were willing, as hon.
est men, to let their acts speak for them, but
they were not so silly as to make committals
or admissions which would have consigned
them to handouts and the gallows. A large
majority of the Legislature, including many
Of our most patriotic and upright public
men, agreed with Mr.. Pool. Indeed, but
short twelyc-month before, we state the
fact that Gov. Graham himself was prepared
to "embarass the C0nfsder0cy," just as Mr..
Pool did, for he wrote letter for publica
ton in the Fayetteville O6sereer, in the fall
of 1858, in which he took ground for nego
tiations and peace This letter was 80 thorough
ly Union in its sentiments that Mr.. Hale de-
ctined to publish 1t. About the same time
Gov. Vance, who was still true toa consider
able extent to the Union principles on which
he was elected, wrote with his own hand the
platform on which Gen. G.. w. Logan was
elected to the Confederate Congress; and it
is matter of history that Gen. Logan went
to that Congress. as DR.. Leach did, with the
distinct understanding that he would do all
in his:power to embarnss and break down
the Confederaey, and secure peace On the ba-
sis Of the Union. We challenge contradic-
ton of these facts.
But Gov. Graham and Gov. Vance fell
away and joined themselves to the ultra war
men, and the result was the extinction of
slavery, the loss Of hundreds OF thousands Of
valuable lives, and the devastation of the
South, to be followed, in all probability, as
the result of their selfshness and stubborn
ness, by still further impoverishment, dis
tress, and ruin to our people.
Gov. Graham, Gov. Vance, Gov. Worth
and Mr.. Pell occupied the same ground which
MIR. Pool did in 1858. The.difercnce is, Mr.
Pool maintained his consistency faithfully to
the end, while the other gentlemen named
changed their course and acted in such way
as to destroy their country. If Mr.. Pool and
his friends embarrassed the Confederacy -
which is not denied, but elaine. for them
what shall we say of persons with the oath
of allegiance fresh upon their lips, who are
embarrassing " the Union ?-whow will listen
to 10 terms to restore it 2-who seem to be
fatally bent On embarrassing and striking
down the best government the world has
ever seen? This is what the Sentinel and its
friends are now doing. Mr. Pools record is
proud and noble one when compared
with theirs. His record will endure, and
will be respected and honored as the record
of true man, but that of his opponents
written in treason, treachery. and blood, will
perish as an accursed thing frum the mem.
DRY of mankind, or will i've only as lurid,
baleful light, to warn coming generations Of
the quicksands and breakers of secession and