The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1866-05-16

enormities, or does it not rather exagefate
them and make them more hateful2 He Is,
to yon, as one who has stolen the garments
OF heaven to serve the devil with What is
it. to the citizen that in the name of the
Union, and under the flag like enorniities
are committed2 Is his outburst Of indianar
tion to be hushed; his revolving sense of in
justice and wrong to be smothered and re-
pressed with the shallow and meaningless
cry OF Loyalty, Men crowd, languish, die
IN prison, thrust there to rot, without charge
without crime. Men--and, aye, women
are hung, without Indictment and without
trial by jury, or any other mode known to
the Constitution and the law. Citizens are
executed, under the sentence Of court-mar-
tlals or military commissions, organized. in
the main, to c0nuid men, not to tru them
The American, the Anglo-Saxcn respect for
liberty and law IS daily outraged and yiolat-
ed; Freedmen's Bureau, Civil Rights bills
crowd our statute books, in high-handed
scorn and defiance of the Constitution. the
rights OF the States and the citizen But YOU
must stand dumb, like sheep before the
shearers, for fear. some patriot, ignorant as
arrogant, viii cry loyalty or sdisloyalty,'
as the case may be-"
The following is from the Petersburg
Iadec:
There is no guaranty and can be none,
for the future maintenance by this people,
North or South, of our form of government.
except conviction that it is blessing. To
the South it is now nothing buta curse.
known to her people solely through the tax
gltherers the cOnfiscation arenfs and tbe
orsssnt and ar mast - n1,,nsaarara asn.s, anu .is
disturbers Of the peace of her peopIe. -, !.
!" Can You afford to make this condition of
tnings perpetual Brute force may enforce
t;n,a 'o' : 'A''e' ius - 'ai'nos ior ali
m
on,;a.. - ''lA : ~ -
aThe South uun, h.,v :, y r..
beneath majority that has nrostitnte1 the
freest form of government under heaven to
the worst purposes OF tyranny. Calignla or
o'o t "Iu'o me- aus..el lu,ee lian Ine lnIuri-
mercy. no Justice. no law No fear and M ra. 70,
morse. FIVE are knaves. it is high time for
us to cringe and fawn. If we are towards,
ist ru us llenlpie. ihank goa we are nelther:
amono +bnsa r'aht. ~ ara soma ;nss.;,,ahIa anu
ones that we will maintain to the last gasp.
We have no arms We have surrendered the
vocation oi soldier. We no longer confront
we are strona - in hnnor and ana @ endnrano. @ ans nas
we will suffer anv extremity of in before we
will sink into that meek servility which re-
nounces MANHOOD and makes lie desplcable"
Ihere can be no hope for the restoration
OF the Union as long as such sentiments are
approved oy any considerable portion OF
our people. But it is a sad reflection that
lust such newspapers as the above are most
no,,r,.r ond h,ao . oood o;,o,,,s+;o, ,,,h;,.
: - - s.
o''ioh papers III our iniost are 'ansuishlng
for want OF support. Either these Editors
and those who approve their course are
crazy. or thew do not desire the restoration
of tIa In;on M, ,,,o., uoe....a -
'no oA'o" no p"Pe's ioie'te" " P''-
less to be the particular friends OF President
johnson. We have no confidence in their
sincerity They are roalIv amono, the worst
a. p.s.:ao.1..
'noli''' 'io iesiuei' NUS
we turn with pleasure from such language
as We have quoted above to the following
manly and patriotic remarks delivered nv
co..
o' oH,'' ~ ''''u'', az '"e 'eeen' D'ooAs
Banquet In New York City. Ii every South
ern man would talk and act as Mr.. Call does,
sectional feeling would at once cease. barlno-
nv and .fr;erdsb;, ,vo,,d t,o rost,ro, and
=, So =, "N'
'he uoofs oi oohS'ess "ouie' soon ny open
to welcome the members from the recently
insurgent States. Mr.. Call said: rri
mITndor a. ;,a,,o e AZ, .,
have heard and esnac;.,In tbo spnt;n,sn.s
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that that there @ was a1sa m nrofo,,nd s,rnestreao any
sincerity The Southern STATES have accent. ont
ed the Invitation of the Government tn return
tn the Union to renew the ohl;oat;ons of
tbe;r neonle as Amer;can c;t;zena W. como
With pur bearts onenMw;th al host;le recol' ss
factions hur;ad1 % N%readr and .nx;oms for ~
newoI of Amar;con fy.ternitv ~ As wa ,var.