The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-08
From the Ncwbern Times.]
TCoMMUNICATED.1

Pc From the Newbern Times.] 4
COMMUNICATED.
And yet we are hidden by the Rad
ical organ in tits City to initiate the &C
ton of Tennessee. Never North
Carolina will not only not resort to
cheat, fraud, a lie, to get place in
Congress, but she will never, under any
circumstances, voluntarily accept the
infamous Constitutional amendment,
(which has been cralnmed, by treache-
ry, deception and force combined, down
the Threats of the unhappy people of
Tennessee,( in order to secure a degra-
ded and inferior position in the govern
ment. y Raleigh Sentinel
The Raleigh Sentinel, the disunion
organ of Governor Worth, means by
Radical organ in this City" the STAN
dord, the Union organ of the people of
North Carolina.
The remainder of the paragraph
stripped of passionate verbiage means
this !" North Carolina aoiU neyer, uader
any circumstances, vol,tntarily accept
the Constitutional amendment, eye,e to
secure position IN the government"
This is consistent, candid, fair, and
square laying down position which
the Sentinel, Governor Worth and their
political adherents occupy. Fortify
this position, gentlemen, with every
man whose prejudiees and passions you
can enlist against the national govern
ment, and by all the means and appli-
ances of partizan warfare against the
Radicals and other true Union men
of this State-the people will soon dis
cover your weak point, and drive you
all "to secure degraded and inferior
position"
If the adoption of the proposed Con-
stitutional amendment be condition
precedent to the restoration of the gov
eminent of each State lately in rebell-
ion to its full relations with the nation
al government, why should not N ORTIZ
Carolina perform that condition-volun-
tarily perform it?
Do any of the pretended friends of
President Johnson still object that the
State has accepted the abolition of
slavery as condition precedent to re-
storation? That negro testimony has
been made admissible, and that all debts
contracted in aid of the rebellion have
been declared repudiated9 What an
inconsistent man is our Radical Presi-
dent, if he ".dictated' such conditions.
Surely, "Thad. Stevens and his infa-
nous crew. must have preferred these
infamous conditions precedent, and the
Radicals in this State must have ac-
cepted them by a resort to ga cheat, a
fraud, a lie, to get place flor their
State) in Congress" What sFdirt-eat-
ers' these dirty Radicals in this State"
must be! Or, can it be possible that
President johnson has changed front
for the purpose of conciliating the Sc
cessionists now all Johnson men, So
called, or National Union men," So
called! or, more appropriately ''non-
concessionistsr' The President should
understand that his protested friends of
the Secession school in North-C Carolina
have been" conceding" abolition, negro
testimony and reputation of rebel
debts all the while, but that now the
position is, eve will not concede an
other inch to restore the government y
This cannot be the position of Andrew
johnson, President of the United States,
who owes his highest earthly honors,
highest if he wear them well, to the
Radicals" and not to non-concession-
lists" who would hang him as high as
iaman, if within their power, should
| he not Buchanan-like allow them to de-
hberately again make preparations to
overthrow the governments in case eth
err negro suffrage or the Constitutional
/ amendment should be insisted upon as
I a condition precedent to their reconciled
relations with the "National Union. .
/ Ii the President should wreck the
! hopes OF his strongest and best tried
/ Union friends upon this rock of negro
suffrage by lending his great name and
official patronage to build up party
which is to live and move, and have its
being in another sectional contest in
volving the fate of the country, all goot
and true men will deplore it; but
predict that in that event, rapidly vii
they arrange themselves on the side o
opposition to him.
1 To avoid another such sectional Pres
idential contest as was that previous t.
the rebellion on account of diferenc
of sentiment in relation to the mail
4 questionable abolition or preservation
and extensionaof slavery-to be ha
soon upon the adjustment of the rels
lions of the freedmen, and over tn
Constitutional amendment VIII
now support the Presidents Admins
tration will rally around the flag born
by the Republicans, North and Soutl
l dread to think that the Presider
might stop short in the work of perm;
nent restoration after having done s
much toward emitting himself to b
considered The restorer of his com
try" Twill yet have confidence tn,
& he will falter not in the high trust con
mitted to his charge BY the America
a people, and that he will, without obst
nate persistence in his own theory I
plan of restoration, stand ready to e
!. ecnte any plan that will adjust and r