The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-21
Tri- aueeklp STANDARD.
RALRIGH.6 @. 81
AUGUST FL. 1866.

But, people of North Carolina such a
| Union as the Radicals commend to our lips,
such Union as W. w. Holden and his sup
porterS commend to US, such Union as Dan
lei r. Goodloe and his q Southern loyalists''
commend to us, sinks in the nostrils of every
true American. 1t would be more poisonous,
more destructive to American liberty, than
the blightening eff1uvia of the 6o7ton-upas is
| to animal ife.-SentineZ.
We rather think, gentlemen, you will have
| to take pretty much such a Union as the one
above described. Names, no matter how obi
| GUS, have no terrors for u.s. We look at princi-
plies, we are governed by principles, anil we
care nothing for names that may be given US
by our opponents. We went with the
multitude to do evil :" in 1861, but we shall
never do so again. We are "devoted - to
the Union. We have our wishes as to the
manner in which it should be restored. 1t is
natural that we should desire the best terms
that can be obtained for our State; but the
Union, come to us as it may, is preferable to
| secession, to anarchy, and renewed civil war.
Under any and all circumstances the Union
would be the lesser evil. This is our plat
form, gentlemen. 1t may ''stink in YOUR
nostrils. We should not wonder if it did
But you are not "Americans.n You have
little stake in what is called American lib
erty." You are sectionalists You never
rise to the level of nationality. You are
merely South arolinians, not even North
Carolinians, for there is still an odor of ma
tionality there is still love of the Union in
our good old State. You are still living in
the past, gentlemen. You had liberty y
oh did We not have liberty under MIR. Da-
Wis That is the sort off, liberty you want.
You founded your new government on the
rights of the States, and in less than two
years MIR. Davis had trampled all the life
out of your State rights. You said amen J.
great Is Davis He tithed you, he conscript-
ed you, he caused hundreds of our people to
be shot and hanged-he told you to repudi-
ate your currency, and you did it-he sent
his agents to your corn-cribs and smoke
houses, to rob you of your last grain of corn
and pound of meat, while these agents rode
fat horses and lived like lords,-he told YOU
in his Constitution of government that you
had right to secede, and then told you if
you attempted it he would make war upon
you,-hc made white slaves of you with the
view perpetuating black slavery; and this
you called Liberty for this you shouted
great is Davis and our beloved Confed-
eracy" You are not prepared, gentlemen,
to appreciate " true American liberty" Your
necks are still raw from the collar which Won
wore during the rebellion You would be
slaves to a section and to a miserable abor-
ton called "a Confederacy," ont you have
no Judgment to appreciate, and no heart to
receive what is known in this country as
true, American, constitutional liberty
The Union, as proposed to be restored,
" stinks in the nostrils" OF Gov Worth and
his organ. Let this be remembered. Let the
Congress remember it, when Gov Worth and
bis partizans shall approach that body, hat
in hand, and beg to be relieved of the dsa-
bility imposed on them by the proposed con-
stitutional amendment
By the way, when the people of State
vote fora candidate for Governor, they ought
to k1lOO, as far as they can, that he is quail
fed and will be allowed to serve. How is it
with Gov. Worth If the proposed consti-
tutional amendment should be adopted, Gov |
Worth will be excluded by it from holding |
office. Will the Congress relieve him of this
disability? We feel sure 1t aoIz not. Every
vote, therefore, which may be cast for him
will be cast in the dark.