The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-01-03

circuits and jury trials : but the Freedmans
Bureau will remain, ha5eas corpus will be
suspended, and martial law will continue to
exist. The installation of Gov. Worth is not,
therefore, as many hoped it would be, the re-
establishment of civil law. But we are climb
ing the mountain, and will reach the top
after while Every step tells. When our
members shall have been admitted to their
seats in Congress, when the Freedmans
Bureau is Withdrawn, when hd6eas corpus Is
restored, when martial law ceases, and when
the President proclaims that the State is
once more full member of the Union, then,
and not before, will the civil law be fully re-
established
We shall make no factious opposition to
the administration of Gov. Worth. Though
we object most decidedly to the fortuitous
concourse of atoms" Ito use the felicitous ex-
preston of Lord Palmerston on an important
occasion0 by which he was elected; yet If
he should prefer true Union men in his ap-
pointments to Office, and give cordial and
unwavering support to the administration of
Andrew johnson, he will find no enemy
in this journal. We want no division
among the good and true men of the State.
We shall have time and occasion enough for
strife after the State is restored. Let all our
people for the present, at least, be at peace
o,,oprr than, cnlvps.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, December %, 1866.
To his Ercellency, w w Holden, Provisional Coz
efnor Of the State Of North Carolina, hdteigh:
SIR: The time has arrived when, in the judg-
ment of the President of the United States, the
care and conduct of the proper affairs OF the state
of North Carolina NAV be RENTED to the consti-
tutional authorities chosen by the people thereof
without danger to the peace and safety Oh the
United States.
By direction of the President, therefore, you
are relieved from the trust when was hereIoiofe
reposed in you as Provisional Governor OF North
Carolina Whenever the Governor elect shall
have accepted and become qualified to discharge
the duties of the executive office, you will trans
fer the papers and property OF the State now In
your custody to his Excellency, the Governor
elect
1t gives me especial pleasure to convey to you
the Presidents acknowledgment of the fidelity,
the loyalty and the discretion which have marked
your administration.
You will please give me reply, specifying the
day On which this communication is received.
have the honor to be, your Excellencys most
obedient servant,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
RALEIGH, Dec. %, 1865.
To Hon. William IT. Se,card, Secretary Of State,
Washington:
SIR: Your dispatch of this date, relieving me
of nv duties as Provisional Governor OF North
Carolina has been received.
1t gives me pleasure to be relieved of the re-
sponsibilities and labors ofsthe office. l will at
once transfer tine Great Seal, the papers, and
property of the State, now in my possession, to
the Hon JONATHAN WORTH, Governor elect.
Be pleased to convey to the President my sim
cere acknowledgements for the honor he has done
me, and the confidence repOsed in me, in calling
me to this POSITION with the expression OF the
hope that his plan for restoring the insurgent
States to their natural and appropriate places in
the Union, may be crowned with entire success.
have the honor to be, with high respect, your
obedient servant,
W. W. HOLDEN.