The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-22
Tri-atteeklp Standard.
Mi,itarv Force in the south.

crease of the army. says that s slnaii illhIaiy
force ;s REQUIRED in the States heretofore IN
rebellion, as it cannot be foreseen that THIS
force will not he required for some time to
come. He hopes that this force Will not DE
necessary to enforce the laws, but differences
of sentiment engendered by the war renders
the presence of the military necessary to
give a 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 lind
that those of our people who sympathlze
with the dead Confederacy, and who per-
sistently refuse to carry out the President 8
plan of restoration, are oery anxious to have
all the troops removed; while Others would
be 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 OF lndepen-
dent. loyal opinion. For example, John NJ
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 certain emergency, it might be advlsa-
BILE to keep troops here; but if we were to
saw So as we certainly do not, We should be
met by storm of obloquy not at all COM
Portable to be encountered or borne We
confess we are sick at heart. For five long
years 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 a right to expect that under the old
flag we should at least enjoy the privilege OF
expressing our opinions, without being as
sailed and maligne3. and held up to the
odium of the people among whom we live
OF the thousands of friends we have in this
State-loyal 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 Justices of the
Peace, and others0 we appointed have been
turned out under the auspices of Governor
Worth; and unless the President, or the
Congress, or the approaching State Conven-
ton 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 prln-
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
what9 Because, honestly and faithfully, and
acih tender consideration for this stricken, i'm
zorerished, and ruined people-,cho still hare,
and acW ecer hare our aoarnaest synpdthies-sce
tried to carry out the Presidents plan Of resto
ration. That is the secret. Tell us not of youl
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
prosecuted. reviled and branded as odious
and that too when he feels he has no friend.
any where to defend or vindicate him. We
might say, as the President says, 1--WE car,
not for these things" We might give abus,
for abuse, denunciation for denunciation.
scorn for scorn. But cui bono? There can
be no peace in this State as long as the
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former parties who are honestly disposed t,
act with them, are prescribed and huntet
down by those who are disaffected to thu
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, DIR. 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 iaasurgent
States aoouM only carry 1t ont. We are a
friend and supporter of this policy. But
how has the liberal, magnanimous policy o.
the President been received in these States
Look at the prescription practiced towards
loyal men. Look at the unpardoned rebels
knocking at the doors of Congress for ad
mission as members. Look at the fact tina
members have in nearly every instance beer