The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-09-20
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RAIHIGH. N. 9.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866.
The Restoration of the Union.

--. In0 RESTORATION OI the OuIOHs
We can look for nothing like permanent
prosperity until the Union is restored. We
shall have no capital from a distance, no en-
lgration, no payment of claims held by our
citizens against the government for property
taken or destroyed during the war-no ade-
quate or reliable means to stimulate enter
prise and industry, and no solid foundation
for business of any kind until the State is
restored. Meanwhile the i'll feeling between
the North and South is increasing, and
threats are freely uttered looking to another
civil war. Every thoughtful, sensible citi-
zen who wishes well to his country, should
give all his efforts and energies to the speedy
and final settlement of our troubles. The
Union is the paramount good. We shall have
no peace, no security against renewed civil
war, NJ prosperity, until it is restored
We can not hope that the Union Conven-
ton to assemble here to-day will be large
body. The notice for it has been too short,
and many who would come are too destitute
OF means to afford the expense of the trip
| we trust, however, that many true men will
be here from various parts of the State, and
ooNAA
| 9ound to the good of the country. We are
satisfied that if some such sterling Union
man and patriot as Gen. ALFRED DOCK
ERY, OF Richmond, can be brought into the
field, that the Unionists can carry the State
We by no means despair of success Let the
Unionists of the State be on the alert. and
be ready for united and vigorous move
ment. The campaign will be short-hence
the importance of working rapidly and Wig
orously. We appeal to the great West to
get ready, and as soon as the captain of our
forces is named let every true Union soldier
move at once at the first tap of the drum.
What mind can realize the stupendous
baseness of the Radicals of the South. who
are urging on these blood-hounds at the
North in their spring at the threats of those
with whom they have been raised and with
whom they have lived The "Illiad of our
woes" and the " abomination of desolation''
with which we are threatened have been ag-
gravated, if not induced, by such men as w
W. Holden and his aiders and abettors.-
What fate is bad enough for such paracides
who glory in the ruin which their misrepre-
sensations and vile ISLANDERS may produce
MI. johnson now stands like stone-Wall"
between US and destruction. Should the
Radicals carry a large majority this fall they
will remove him, or involve the whole coun-
try in one wild conf1agration. Then where
will the Southern Radicals stand? Will not
the true men on that dies Ire' turn upon
these authors of their miseries and rend them
in pieces? Better for them in that fearful
time that they had never been born.-Chor-
lotte Times.
In reply to these threats of outrage and
assassination we say to the Times that the
Union men of the State are prepared for any
emergency. They intend to enjoy the right |
of free speech and Independent action, or
perish in the attempt.
1t is not true that the Unionists of the |
North are "blood-hounds," or that the
Unionists of this State are advocating meas
ures, or consenting to measures that would |
humiliate or degrade the South. The Union |
men of this State are the very best friends |
the South has. They would save the South |
from further impoverishment and calamity,
by promptly accepting the proposed Consti-
tutional amendment And we undertake to
say, as we will prove if necessary that there
is not principle in this amendment which
has not received the approval of President
Johnson.