The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-21

20 tQtE az dH. lhe lveS ana properly
of the Union men are at stake in this
matter. They have suffered enough by
revolution. They want peace and quiet.
They do not wish even to be ruled here
at home by those politicians for whom
the Times and Watelsmaas speak; but
it is intolerable that, in addition to being
thus ruled, when they look abroad to
the national government for encourage
ment, and cherish ardent wishes for its
perpetuity, they are to submit in ST.
lence while propositions are deliberately
madeto subvertthak government, and
involve them again in civil war.
The presses and politicians referred
to are among the worst enemies Presi-
dent johnson has. They would sacri-
fee him Sat the drop of a hat" not
withstanding all their professions of re-
gard for him. They would exult as did
the devils in hell, when Satan made his
rallying speech soon after his descent
to that abode, if the President would
only play the Cromwell or the Caesar,
for they would then be sure that " our
beloved President, Mr.. Davis,'' would
get "his own again" We repeat,
the President does not even dream
of what Garrett Davis proposes. We
repose in him the fullest confidence
His mission is to sdue, not to ruin his
country, and we believe he will sue
coed.
The Charlotte Times does not like the
idea of unconditional submission to the
Union. 1t says:
"To crawl on our faces, to dishonor the
memories of the gallant dead. to cIamor for
negro equality, and vote for W. W. Holden,
the condition precedent, he desires before a
| general amnesty is proclaimed"
There is not one word of truth in the
above. This is the samesort of talk we
had before the rebellion from just such
men. If we did not secede and break
up the Union, we would be dirt-eaters,
and the negroes would be our equals
That was the prediction. How is it
now? The same men tell us that to
accept the situation in good faith, and
to submit Internationally to the govern
ment-that is, to Congress, to the Presi-
dent, and to the Supreme Courts to
"crawl on our faces, to clamor for negro
equality" &c.
But our contemporary adds
eve would rot in Jail before +" we would
raise our voice in servile shouts at rights of
that great ruffian."
Well now, we do not want either the
voice or the vote of the Editor of the
Times. Even if slavery were allowable,
and ifhe should go and black himselfex-
ternally, and offer to sell himself to us,
Che will do in that respect internally,)
we would not own him as slave.
The following we see published as one
section of tax law proposed in the Legis
lature of Alabama:
| 10. To sell, or expose for sale, for one year,
at any one place, any pictorial or illustrated
weekly, or any monthly paper, periodical,
or magazine, published outside the limits of
the State. and not in a foreign country, and
/ to vend the same on the streets, or on boats
or railroad cars, fifty dollars.
The Constitution says, article 1, section 10,
clause 2, No State shall, without the
consent of Congress, lay any imports or du-
ties on imports except what may be abso-
lutely necessary for executing its inspection
laws; and the net produce of all duties and
imposts laid by any State on imports or ex-
ports, shall be for the use of the Treasury of
the United States; and all such laws shall
| be subject to the revision and control of
Congress"
| Without the consent of Congress such
statute wonld be, in our opinion, unconsti-
tutional. National Inteltigeacer.
The above section has actually passed
the Legislature of Alabama. 1t expres-
SEES a preference for " foreign" over
Northern literature, and taxes the lat
ter SO as to keep it out of the State
There are sentiments which appear now
and then in Harper's Monthly, and in
other Northern periodicals, that cannot
be defended, and the tendency of which
is to do harm; but the people of Ala
bama cannot expect to be restored
to the Union with law like this on
their statute-book. ooh that men
were wise," and would consider the in
evitable result of certain words and
acts.
/ The town of Wilmington, in this
State, has recently passed by popular
election from the hands of loyal Union
men into the hands of original secession
| lists and latter-day war men. The same
is true as to the County Court Of New
Hanover, under the appointment Of
Magistrates made by the Legislature.
1t Is considered diwepusable III WI
nsi,sgtom to be an osttspoken uacondi-
tiogaal Union man. General Robert
Ransom, lately of the Confederate ser
vice, has been chosen Marshal of the
town, with salary Of $4,000. Gen.
R. is, we presume, still unpardoned.
! We ohsoruo nv the wav that there is