The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-06-07
Tri- Aeecklp Standard.
RAILETGEI. r.. &.
,-rrtrDSn.y JUNE Z. 1866.

Mr.. Dick is willing TO submit. in al
events 10 the Constitution of the United
States i;r,v who is not as it now stands
iIut we are not willing to submit to such /;
one as fHIa,l. Stevens may frame, If Mr.. Dlci
is. Mr. Dick, Mr.. Holden, and Thad. Steven
are all on the same PLATFORM They arc
mortal enemies TO the South and are schem
inr for her ruin and disgrace. Beware o.
tilem-!Sali&,W:y Banner.
Nr Dick is the same man he WAS III May
1865, when he pleaded with the President il
such eloquent terms for mercy for secession
! lists anal ;rlitors From the moment the re
bc!lion WAS suppressed UP to the i'rcscn
! time Mr. Dicks voice has hCCn heard on til,
side a.. c!emc:cy for the conquered. We
honor him for his magnani:nity and goodness
OF heart. But how has he been rcquitcl for
all this lie is Il mortal enemy of the
South" and is . schcming for her ruin and
disgrace" Such II lie ought to have blistcred
the tongue Of the person who uttered it
The Editor of the Ranaci only announces in
rougl terms that which is the feeling OF
nearly all the scc"$Sioni~ts and WORTHLESS in
this STATE. These people hold, not only taat
ti!c minority in Congress :re usIrpe:s and
rrvoiutonists, and as such ought to lie eX
PEELED from their seats if such thing We're
possible: but they have united in the fixed
purpose to make treason respectable and
honorable, and devotion to TIE Union odious
and infamous. This is l':llpa)!c in all they
say and Go. Now. we meet them more than
half way on this issue. For the Confederate
soldiers who We're forced into the war, and
who fought, they all fought heroicaliy, we
entertain respect and esteem. Nearly all OF
them have submitted IN good faith to t,!e
national authority, and are 1t work striving
20 make all honest living. But it is different
with many of the stccssi0niStS and iattcrtlaT
war men. They. tthe oriGin:ls,} inyoircd
the country III war because they were about
~ lose the offices: and now. they and their
latttr-day allies are keeping the country
divided. and ale tomcnting strife and i'll
feeling. because they know that the restor!
ton OF the Union Oh loyal l'ass will again
deprive them of Office. They know that he
fore the State can go back they must go out
Hence thrc refusal 10 carry out President
JoE.nsons plan, and hence their opposition
to any and every plan that promises rcstora-
ton. This is the whole secret OF their c0i::sr.
They would rather remain out of the Union
indefinitely in office. than to go ont of office
to have the Union restored.
The true friends OF the South are those
who like Mr.. Dick. warned the people that
secession would involve tic country in Wat
would result in TIE loss Oh hundreds of thou
sands of lives. in the destruction of vast
:mounts OF property. in the total loss of slave
property. and in general decentralization and
ruin; who lahored to make peace from the
earliest practicable moment. through Tie i'll
1trvcntion OF the State governments. and
who were anxious to restore the Union. and
mus ensure permanent, respectable. and
table government for the present and future
cneratUns. These were and are the true
lends of the South. Those who pursued an
pposite course were and arc our enemies
All the ruin and disgrace that have come
,pon lis can he clearly traced to those who
itFcred with Mr.. Dick, with the writer OF
! lis, and with the Union and peace men of
State generally. We charge upon these
zen, as history will fix upon them. the odum
md the disgrace. first, of having ruined
iheir country; and secondly, OF having Nio-
lated the oath they have taken to submit in
good faith to the federal government. We
charge upon them further as history will fix
upon them, that after the Union men of the
State have generously intcrposc,! to save
their property from confscati0n and their
necks from the halter, they have mcanly
turned upon them, and with spirit of in
gratitude and seltiShnrss that would disgrace
an American savage, have cndeavored to de-
stroy their good name anG hand them down
to posterity as odiOus and infamous. But
the Union men defy them. They laugh at
their efforts to work themselves into respect
ability, or to shake from their shirts the
stains of treason. They are m0,IeI Even
now. after all their baseness, if they will re-
pent and submit they may be spared but
unless they do this they will be pursued,
exposed. and held up to the country in their
true colors until all good people will shun
them, and until history shall record them,
first, as the authors of their country's ruin.
and then as fomenters of strife and sctlition
after they had protested to repent. and had
soIemnly sworn to walk humbly ard meclly,
as it was their duty to do. as the only expii-
ton they could offer for their crimes. The
Union men are backed and sustained not
only by consciousness of right, but by the
whole prestige and power of the government.
The result Of the contest now going on be-
tween true men and traitors cannot be
doubtful. Treason aciU be made odious, and
"conscious traitors " aciU be punished. Sc
cession radicals may exult for a season in
the midst of the ruin they have wrought, but
in the end they will be covered with confl-
sion, and consigned. with their latter-day
allies, not only to the shades of private life
but t. mcrited obloquy and contempt.
Wy" of the Sentinel IS knoacn He is
poor creature who has hung around the
precincts ofpower for many years past, sub
sisting on those little leavings which are
scorned by honorable men,
He is as grovelling and cowardly as he is
mean and traitorous at heart