The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-04-10

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1865, and endeavors to produce the i'm.
bis representative that in making ap-
pointments>he "must not overlook or
set aside the claims of those who have
never faltcred in their allegiance to the
government The language of the
President is as follows: "To impress
upon you the Importance of encouraging
and Strengthening to the fullest extent
the men of your State who have never
faltered in their allegiance to the gov
eminent" Now, who were these men !?
Surely not the secessionists or the lat
ter-day war men. The men who had
Hnever faltered' were extreme, uncon-
ditional, ''straitest sect" Union men.
This was what the President meant.
He direc tel the Provisional Governor
to encourage and strengthen these c1ti-
zens "to the. fullest ertent'-how? Why,
by preferring them for office. They
were not merely not to be overlooked
or set aside, but they were to be pre-
.tered for Office. The Pro. isional Gov
ernor followed these directions rs close
ly as possible; and for this, as well as
for his administration generally, he re-
ceived from the President himself the
most marked and emphatic approval of
his conduct. The President has not
changed. He is of the same mind to-
day. He regards Gov. Worth, Gov.
Bragg, Gov. Graham, Mr.. Turner, Mr..
Pell, and others who might be named,
as ''loyally disposed" and as having
"acqwiesced", in the results of the war;
but he does not expect nor desire that
they shall take prominent part in the
work of restoration. He does not ex-
pect the Congress to admit Mr.. Ora
ham and Mr. Turner to their seats, and
therefore, though recently appealed to
to pardon them, he has declined to do
so. Who is to blame for that Is Hol-
den still responsible for the non-pardon
of Gov. Graham? Ask Gov. Swain.
He knows. No, the President desires
such men as John Pool, Lewis Thomp-
son, Alfred Dockery. b. F. Moore, r.
NJ. Pearson, Thos. Settle, Robert p.
Dick, Z. J. Warren, r. S. Donnell, NJ
f. Arendell, d. NJ Carter, E. G. Reade,
c. S. Winstead, Ralph p Buxton, p T.
Henry, Joseph 5. Cannon, Tod r. Cald-
well, L. c. Edwards, Eugene Grissom,
Z. B. Lyon, VIM. Sloan, Nathaniel Boy
den, J. L. Stewart, William E. Bond,
r. Z. Lehman, James Rumley, A. J.
Jones, \. III. Jones, l. W. Jones, A. c.
Cowles, J. A. Mcdonald, J. II. laugh
ton, a. r. Mcdonald, Bedford Brown,
William Barrow, John b. Odom, Jesse
J. Yeates, John n orfieet, G. W. Blount,
William A. Smith, NJ. McGehee, Hen
derson Adams, w. J. Yates, w. S. Ma
son, David a. Barnes, \. III. Joyce, r.
w. King, w. Dunn, Jr., Neill Mckay,
Jas. s. Harrington, Oliver III. Dockery,
Willie ID. Jones, J. p. II. Russ, G. L.
Harris, L. S. Bingham, r. NJ. Henry,
Saml. Forkner, G. w. Gahagan, G. w.
Brooks, J. Q. \. Bryan, X. J. Williams,
W. p. Grimsley, Thos. Haynes, A. B.
Baines, and others, to take prominent
part in this business. Wei have omitted
the names of several eX-members of the /
so-called Confederate Congress, who are
as true as steel to the Union cause, and
who consented to 90 to Richmond with
the hope of doing something to check the
Davis despotism and secure peace. The
above is brilliant roll of thoroughly
oval Union men. Many more names
IF the same stamp of highly respecta-
Die public men might be added. Fit.
cen or sixteen of the above number
could take the present Congressional
If such men, who were either
Unionists or who have sub
nitted promptly and in good faith to
he national authority, were now at the
lead of public affairs in this State, and
we had nine members elect to Con
sress Of this stamp, the doors would
Don fly open, and North-Carolina
would be admitted with Tennessee. l.;
No matter what the President SAYS
II does, the Sentinel tries to twist it to
is advantage. 1t hangs to the Presi- i
ent like leach to a speek of blood,
ike cat to its life, like a poisonous 6
inc to the sturdy oak. 1t reminds lis !
Il this respect of a .loafer following G
entlemen round for a drink Mr.. John
on invites his friends to the board where f
he wines and liquors are displayed, L
nd the loafcrs are at his elbow. They
rowd between him and his friends. If !,
hey want brandy and he drinks wine, v
ney want wine-they detest brandy {
low and then he dashes a glassfull in Il
neir faces, but they meekly wipe it off, f
pologize to him for having gotten in 5
is way, and drink just what he drinks. n
hey swagger up to him and tell him t.