The tri-weekly standard., 1866-06-14
ORR -at}seklr gtandard,
RALEIGTI. n. g.
THURSDAY, JUNE IL. 1865.

Gov. Worth has issued Circular to the
people of the State, announcing himseif
candidate for Governor. His organ, the
Sentinel says he has done this " without
waiting for the nomination of cliques, eau
cusses, or conventions, in other words,
without any invitation whatever WEI believe
there has been one meeting at which Gov.
Worth has been nominated, and thas was In
his own County, which voted against him IN
November last. 1t is probable that II Mr.
Dicks friends had made a vigorous rally,
that that gentleman would have been nomI-
mated at the meeting referred to, instead OF
Gov. Worth.
But the State Convention is in session,
composed of majority of Union men. How
is it that Gov. Worth was not nominated by
the Union portion of the Convention, If it be
true that he is u Simon Pure Union man p
Are the grapes sour? And then there are
gentlemen in that body to whom Gov. Worth
owes his election in November last. Why
was he not requested by some of them to he
candidate? Is he ashamed of his friends
Or was it thought that nomination from
such a source would not be advantageous to
| him2
The Governor seems to think the seccs-
sionists acted creditably" in voting for him
] in November last and that he acted also In
a creditable'' manner to obtain their votes.
But he has no word of compliment or com.
mendation for the twenty-five thousand true
Union men who voted against him. He will
be on good terms with them if they will go to
him, but he will not come to them. They
did right last November. They have not
sinned. Gov. w. did wrong last November.
Gov. W. sinned. If union, harmony, and
mutual forbearance be desirable, as they
certainly are, they cannot be reached by an
unconditional surrender by those who have
committed no offence to those who have
Has Gov. Worth thought of that 2 So far as
we are concerned we have uniformly acted on
principle Men should not be considered
when principle is at stake. We have re-
peatedly stated that if Gov. Worth would
plant himself squarely and finally on true
Union ground and would shake off the per-
nicious influences by which he vas elected
in November last, we would forget the past,
and would give him our humble support
DuI Hc uOtS HOI Sttill IiSDOScu 10 SiO lulS
He seems to like the new company in which
he finds himself better, than he does his old
friends.
We agree with the Governor that "the
good of our whole nation requires sincere
and universal reconciliation" So far as this
State is concerned, the only persons who are
so acting as to prevent this reconciliation are
the peculiar friends and supporters of Gov.
Worth. We hope his admonition will not
be without its effect on those to whom it
should have been addressed.
We regret to find the Governor speaking
of any law of the land as "distasteful to
our people. If lie says that, what will not
many of his desperate partizans and sup.
porters says What will they not do ? AL
ready some of them have denounced the gov
eminent, reviled the flag, and declared that
the land tax imposed by the Congress should
not be collected except at the point of the
bayonet. Gov. w. should be careful how he
gives his countenance to such conduct on the
part of his friends.