The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-11

Y In the House of Commons, Mr.. Russ, of
Wake, by leave, introduced the following
resolutions: a al q ~ IS
aWHEREAs, This General Assembly has
unmistakable evidence that there are persons
in the State who consider themselves inter-
ested in disappearing the condition of
| things and the state of public sentiment here
with reference to the Federal government;
and aohereas it is understood that these mis-
represent atoms are used in Washington city,
| where the voice of the people of North Caro-
lima cannot be heard and schereas, the 81
lence of this Assembly, representing the
whole people of the State, and familiar with
their views, may be used to the disparage
ment of the community, therefore
Be it Resolced, That the charges of disloy-
atty, of persecution towards those styling
themselves the original Union men and of
the partial administration of justice are false,
and known by those in our midst, who make
them, to be without the shadow of founda-
| ton.
Resolced, That no better evidence of the
! law-abiding character of our people can be
| afforded than their honorable forbearance to-
wards native citizens who utter, publicly, the
grossest ISLANDERS on the land of their birth,
and for their own selfish ends, would invoke
upon people struggling with adversely, and
assiduously devoting themselves to the arts
of peace, the stringent measures justified on
| ly in cases of actual treason.
Resoloed, That this Assembly deems it due
to itself and to the people whom it repre-
sents to record, in this solemn form, its sense
of the injustice attempted to be done by I'M
scrupulous partizans, to community as de-
voted to peace and to the cause of law and
order, and to all their Constitutional obliga-
tions, State and Federal. as any in the Uni
ted States"
| The foregoing professions Of loyalty are
worth about ten dollars in Confederate cur
rency, and will not circulate at par even
among the faithful. Coupled with denun-
Citations of Union men, they are very similar
to the utterance of the liar who says, " love
God, but hate my brother!' And the voice
of this General Assembly, heard through
them is far more damaging to the State
and whole people, so-called, than silence
on its part could possibly have been.
The resolutions appeal as an evidence of
loyalty to the honorable forbearance " of
certain people towards native citizens, who
dare tell the truth, or as it puts it, utter,
publicly, the grossest ISLANDERS on the land of
their BIRTH" which is ridiculously false. For
those who have never repeated of their
treason, but still glory in secession and curse
the Union and the old flag in their hearts,
we reiterate, are traitors still; and dare tell
them so, without relying for protection upon
that honorable forbearance of theirs,
to which they refer with so much gusto.
When did your honorable forbearance'
begin When General Sherman came and,
when the troops of the United States depart,
your honorable forbearance will go with
them.
1t is understood 1--WE do not know it to be
factl that Mr.. Davis, of Franklin, drew these
resolutions, which were read in caucus and
approved and he used the Commoner from
Wake a catspaw to pull his chestnuts
from the fire.
Upon their introduction, Mr.. Davis said:
That he was gratifed at the introduction
of these resolutions. The condition of North
Carolina WAS an unhappy one. She had
emerged from the late struggle poor in all
else but honor, an honor hitherto maintain
ed untarnished. He adverted to ISLANDERS
upon the State-accusations of disloyalty
among her people, based in 4 measure upon
their tender reverentlal memory of fathers,
sons and brothers who had persisted in the
war. These accusations as we'll as those of
harsh treatment to Union men were being
used to the prejudice of our people by those
who wished to see the Southern States re-
manded to the condition of Territories 1t
was time that these calumniators should be
rebuked and the character of our citizens
indicated from the aspersions."
"The condition of North Carolina was an
unhappy one," said Mr.. Davis. Who brought
her to this pass Had he no word of de-
nunciation for Jefferson Davis and the mad
Congress at Richmond, who rode to herpover-
her of the flower of her youth
and draped her daughters in the garments of
woel No, not one word but against those,
who posed him and his bloody minions in
their work of destruction, against the REM
nant ofpatriots, left among us, he breathed
out his fercest anathemas. He said that he
was unaware of prosecutions of loyal men in
his County They are silent in Franklin
are they, Mr. Davis9 Silent, still, voiceless
as the tombr
MIR. Crawford of Rowan said Substantially
that W. w. Holden and his coadjutors were
the only traitors in the State If there were
no hell already, he for one, would be willing
that he should be taxed to build hell for
those who were unwilling to subscribe and
endorse the resolutions pending"
"Wiling to be taxed to build q hell" he
will be taxed to his utmost to keep out of
he'll. His Satanic Majesty could spit mil
lion such souls on a cambria needle The in
terest on cent would support hell large
enough to hold them through eternity.
Build IL hell for those who were unwil-
ling to subscribe and endorse the resolutions
pendingr" What manner of man is this p
Surely he is a descendant of those, who burn
ed witches. bored holes in Quakers' tongues,
and did divers naughty deeds in Massachu-
sets in years long gone hy. Can he be a scion
of the chivalrous Huguenots or rollicking
Cavaliers? Can the soul of Roundhead
We holy haters of Cromwell and the Puritans,
dwell in the body of a Secessionist2 Put
him out of your Synagogue. he is traitor
Fourteen members voted against the reso-
lutions, and others refused to vote Now