The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-14

TO q conquered people and 1t is not th,
purpose Of the government to keep
troops in our midst one moment beyond
sae time when we shall give g sss,mis-
taxable" evidence of our fitness to man
age our own affairs, in the new condi
ton in which we find ourselves. But
neither this journal nor the writer OF
this is responsible for the Bureau or
the troops. The writer of this labored
for seven long months, as Provisional
Governor, to put the; State in condi.
ton to be relieved of the Bureau and of
the military and if he had been second
ed and sustained by the leading seces-
sionists and latter day war men, we
have no hesitation in expressing the
opinion that by this time the military
would have been confined to the forts,
and steps would have been in progress
looking to the discontinuance Of the
Bureau. We repeat, we are not respon-
sible for the present condition of things.
The responsibility rests on tie authors
Of all oar scoes-the original secession
ists and the zatter-day scar men. II
troops are kept here, and if the Freed
mans Bureau is continued in full blast,
those who would rule or ruin are re-
sponsible for it. It is Meirwork. 7Hey
are the persons-not the Editors Of this
journal-who are keeping the troops in
garrison, away from their homes. Moth
ing would give us more pleasure than
to see our people place themselves in an
attitude which would command the full
confidence of the President and the
Congress; but until this is done we
cannot hope for change for the better.
If the people of the State really desire
to get rid of the military, and to have
the State restored to the Union, they
must go back to first principles-they
must conform in good faith to the plan
of the President-they must cease to
give their confidence to those public
men, or to the allies of those public
men who commenced and conducted
the rebellion-they must submit uncon-
ditionally to the national authority, and
do any thing and every thing that may
be necessary to restore the State; and,
above all, they must present themselves
as a State government here at home,
and they must present themselves at
Washington in the persons of " uamis-
takably loyaT men, who have had as
little to do with the rebellion as posi-
bic, and who are not merely prepared
as matter of form, but anxious to re-
store the Union as the paramount au-
thority on principles as broad as the
continent and as lasting as time. This
is the Presidents position. He has not
changed. This is our position. We have
not changed. And five will only come
fully up 10 the standard of duty, even
the "radical Congress" as it is called,
will meet us halfway in kind and gen.
erous spirit, and the difficulties between
that body and our best friend, the Pres
ident, will be reconciled. But, by pur-
suing different course, no matter how
much we may profess to respect and
confde in Andrew Johnson, we are
"piercing him through with many sor-
lows" Aasdre,o johnson is strong in
oar defence just an proportion as zoe are
loyal. We cannot expect him to coun-
tenance the disloyal, or to extend a
helping hand to us if we show by our
conduct that we do not approve Of his
plan of restoration. This plan consists
not merely of formal acts, but Its spirit
requires that has peculiar friends shall
be chosen to carry it out. II we do
only in letter what he tells US, and dis.
card from our service and brand with
opprobrium such Union men as he, and
Maynard, and Patterson were in Ten
nessee, we not only mark him as an OBJ
ject of suspicion and unworthy to serve
us, but we place a weapon in the hands
of those who are opposed to our admis.
sion as a State, which they will WELD
with the most destructive effect against
us and our interests.
We feel that these are swords O.
truth and soberness." The whole PEG
pie of the State will bear witness that
we were not .proscriptive in our DISPOSE
ton while acting as Provisional Gov
ernor of the State. God knows oul
heart bled over the sufferings of THU
people, and we did every thing to re
lieve those sufferings and to restore tn,
! State to her place in the Union. Seces
sionists and latter-day war men received
our attention and aid equally with GU
own devoted Union friends, insomucl
that many Of the latter foolishly sup
posed 1--WE mean no offence by using tina
word,) that we had turned seces
sionist, and voted against us, or refused
to vote. But our paramount wish thel
as now is, to restore the State to her full
privileges in the Union. ESyery thin,
depends on that The longer we ar
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