The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1866-05-23
m;,itarv Force in the South.


Cen Grant, in his letter urging an in
crease of the army says that small military
force is required in the States heretofore in
rebellion, as it cannot be forescen that this
force will not be required for some time to
come He hopes that this force will not be
necessary to enforce the laws, but differences
of sentiment engendered by the war renders
the presence of the military necessary to
give feeling of security to the people. He
thinks that all peaceably disposed classes OF
Southern people will concur in this view.
If General Grant will take the trouble to
make inquiry on the subject, he will find
that those of our people who sympathize
with the dead Confederacy, and who per-
sistently refuse to carry out the Presidents
nlan of restoration, are cery anrious to have
all the troops removed; while Others would
he glad to see them removed. There are
others who have no opinion on the subject.
There is little latitude in the South, and little
encouragement for the expression ofindepen-
dent. loyal opinion For example, John M.
Bolts and Gov Pierpoint, of Virginia, and
the Senior Editor of this journal, 1--WE will not
involve any friend in this State by using his
name.) might think that, for certain reasons
or in a certain emergency, it might be advisa-
BILE to keep troops here; but if we were to
say so. as we certainly do not, we should be
met by a storm of obloquy not at all COM
Portable to be encountered or borne. We
confess we are sick at heart. For five long
wears we endured persecution at the hands
of both the Confederate and State govern
ments. We encountered perils by day and
by night and our name was cast out as evil,
ON account of our Union principles. We
had right to expect that under the Old
flag we should at least enjoy the privilege OF
expressing our opinions, without being as
sailed and maligneI and held up to the
odium of the people among whom we live.
Of the thousands of friends we have in this
State-loyaI Union men-not one is deemed
fit for Office by Gov. Worth. They are all
prescribed By direction of the President,
and with his subsequent approval, most cor
daily expressed, we organized the govern
ment of this State Since we did that. at
least one-half of the officers Gustices of the
Peace, and others,) we appointed have been
turned out under the auspices of Governor
Worth; and unless the President, or the
Congress, or the approaching State Conven-
tion shall interpose their authority to pre-
vent it, (for our State government, after all,
IS still Professionally every loyal officer APP
pointed by us in the various State corpora
tions will be turned out to make room for
secessionists, and for men who are at heart
hostile to the national authority. Every
man of bad repute who holds secession prin-
ciples-every foul, dissipated, traitorous
whelp, who can bark or snap, is unearthed
under the auspices of Gov. Worth, to pursue
and worry US in the columns Of the Sentinel,
the Governors organ, or in the other organs
he has elsewhere in the State. And for
whatl Because, honestly and faithfully and
qeith tender consideration for this stricken, iDs-
pocerished, and ruined people-acho still hace,
and soiN ercr hare our aoarmest sympdthies-ace
tried to carry out the Presidents plan Of resto-
ration. That is the secret. Tell us not of your
Congressional Committees, or of your mill
tary Commissions; they simply skim the
surface, and never get the truth. What
citizen will repair TO Washington and tell all
he knows and then return, to be mahgned,
prosecuted reviled, and branded as odious,
and that too when he feels he has no friends
any where to defend or yindicatc him. We
might say, as the President says, 1--WE care
not for these things" We might give abuse
for abuse, denunciation for dcnunciation,
scorn for scorn. But cui bono? There can
be no peace in this State as long as the
'straitest sect" Union men, and those of all
former parties who are honestly disposed TO
act with them, are prescribed and hunted
down by those who are disaffected to the
government. We do not want restoration
with the heel of our enemies on our breasts,
when we know that these enemies are more
or less hostile to the national authority, and
to that glorious flag which is the symbol of
the national power; and when we foresee,
from our sad experience. what our fate would
be if left alone in their hands,
Let the plan or the policy of the President
be carried out in this State, by placing loyal
men in power from Constable to Governor,
as it was during the provisional administra-
ton, and you may at once remove your
Freedmen's Bureau and all your troops; for
all classes including the colored people,
would then be protected in all their rights,
and we should have peace, order, and thor
ough submission to the government.
We see it stated in the Chronicle that Ex-
Governor Holden has written to Senator in
Washington in relation to affairs in this
State. This is a mistake We have written
to no one in Washington since we were re-
lieved in December last except the former
State Agent. Dr. Powell 1t is also stated
that we have declared that the Presidents
policy is running the South This is also
a mistake. The Presidents policy is the
very thing for the country, If the iasurgent
States rouM only carry 1t out. We are a
friend and supporter of this policy. But
how has the liberal, magnanimous policy of
the President been received in these States I?
Look at the prescription practiced towards