The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-08-22
RALEIGH. N. c.

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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
iel r. Goodloe and his I. Southern loyalists"
commend tous, stinks in the nostrils of every
true American Itwould be more poisonous,
more destructive to American liberty, than
the bighteniag efHuFia of the 5ohon-upas is
to animal iite.-SeatineJ.
We rather think, gentlemen, you will have
to take pretty much such Union as the one
above described Names, no matter how obi
Gus, have no terrors for us. We look atprinci-
pies, we are governed by principles, AMI we
care nothing fer names that may be given us
by our opponents We went with the
multitude to dc eva " in 1851 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
Unian, 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
nsstnis We should not wonder if it did
But you are not a. Americans" You have
little Stake m What as called American lib
erty." Yea are sectionalists. You never
rise to the level Of nationality. You are
merely South CaroEnians, not even North
Carslnians for there is still an odor of ma
tienality-there rs stili love of the Union In
our coed old State You are still living in
the past, gentlemen. You had liberty "
oh did We not have - liberty under MIR. Da-
Wis 3 That is the sort of" liberty you want
You founded your new government on the
rights of the States, and in less than two
years Mr. Davis had trampled all the life
out of your State rights. You said amen !
great is Davis! He tithed you, he conseript-
ed you, he caused hundreds of our people to
DC enOG 6hl eoit Nou W lCPuNi-
ate your currency, and you did it-he sent
his agents to yeur eon-cribs and smoke
houses, to rob yen 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 Constitutional government that you
had right to seeede, and then told you if
you attempted it he would make war upon
you.-hc made white slaves of you with the
view ofperpetusting black slavery; and this
you called liberty fer this you shouted
~'great is Davis and cur beloved Confed-
'eraeyr' You are net prepared, gentlemen,
to appreciate true American liberty" Your
necks are still raw from the collar which you
wore during the rebellion You would be
slaves to section and to miserable abor-
ton called "a Confederaey," bnt you have
no Judgment to appreeiate, 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 Restrils OF Gov. Worth and
his ergan. Let this be remembered. Let the
Congress remember it, when Gov Worth and
bis partizaps shall approach that body, hat
in hand, and beg to be relieved of the disa-
bility imposed on them BY the proposed con-
stitutional amendment.
By the way, when the people of State
vote fer candidate for Governor, they ought
to ka0n, as far as they can, that he is quail
fed and will be allowed to serve. How is it
with Gev Werths If the proposed consti-
tutional amendment Should be adopted, Gov.
Worth will be excluded by it from holding
office. VIII the Congress relieve him of this
'disa6Ety9 We feel sure it aciA not. Every
vote, therefore, which may be cast for him
will be cast in the dark.