The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-12

of the North Carolina press, the STANDARD,
and its echo, the Progress, of this City, are
the only two Journals that have not repudi-
s ated it 1.-THE report of the reconstruction
committed with scorn and Indignation
Sentinel. 500
- of the twenty or thirty newspapers in
North Carolina the Progress and the Standard,
with one or two exceptions, are the only
mes that are heartily and Internationally
for the Union. The Sentinel and its associ-
ites of the press are as bitter and malignant,
md as hostile to the Union as the secession
presses were in 1S60-61. This is under the
administration of Gov. Worth, with his
sanction and approval.
The Progress is no echo of the Standard.
It is an independent paper.
1t is well known that we are in favor OF
the Presidents plan of restoration, which
The Sentinel, Gov. Worth and others, have
deliberately refused to carry out They are
The worst enemies the Presidents plan has
in this State. They appear to be friends OF
5he President only because he differs with
md denounces the radicals" They are
awaiting some CONFUSION at Washington
they hope the President and the Congress
may be involved in conflict for the mastery
that the President will declare against the
Congress, and call for troops to put down
what they denounce as the rump concern"
Vain hope! President johnson is an in
tensely loyal man. He has no idea of doing
any such thing; but if by possibility he
should, he might then depend on these NAL
contents and traitors, for they would rush at
once into a conflict with "the radicals"
How long is the patience of the country to
be abused by these people The guilty
authors of all oar woes, they are ready
now, if the people would only follow
them, to plunge them into still deeper hor-
rors. There is no hope for this country but
in loyal rule. We tell the people of this
State they need not expect to prosper-thcy
need not expect to be restored to the Union,
while they tolerate secessionists and latter
day war men at the head of their affairs;
and we tell the President and the Congress
that if the true Unionists of this State were
now in power, with an assurance that they
would continue in power, the Freedman's
Bureau and all the troops might at once be
removed, and the State would be us quiet, as
contentcd, and as wcll-goyerned for both ra-
ces as could be desired.
We are the fast friends of the President
and his plan, but we shall not abuse the
Congress. These secessionists and latter
day war saints think, because President John
son denounces some of the radical - lead
ers. that it is becoming in them to do the
same thing. lie has right to speak and
denounce, for he is loyal. He is an uncondi-
tional Union man. He not only accepts
the situation" but he maintains it with q
true heart and unhinching nerve. The mas
tiff of the White House growls, and every
little secession flee on the plantation barks
and snaps. President johnson wants no
such aid from such quarter. 1t embarrasses
and weakens Him. He wants deeds, not
cords. He wants his plan carried out. He
has no respect for those who draw nigh to
him with their lips while their hearts are
far from him."