The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-12

will be restored. hope to see peace soon
on once more. in our distracted land. 50
mote it be. FRANKLIN.
For the Standard.
MEssRs. EDITORS Being restless and un-
able to get my accustomed nap recently, |
had recourse to that soporifc sheet, yclept
The Old North State, of date the oath August,
already giving signs of premature decay. An
editorial on Southern loyalists attracted my
attention, and the show of petty spite and
malignity therein, suggested few thoughts
which seek to ventilate in your columns.
The exceedingly modest editor of that pa
per is the gentleman, who so gently hints
and so reluctantly confesses that he, the So
called Honorable Lewis Hanes, is that verita-
BILE Davidson" of the rebellion, who fgur-
ed so largely in the columns of the Standard
as a Union man of the straitest sect. 1t ap-
pears that this "greatest Constitutional law
yer of the South" is about to change his
base-that this modest Southern Webster is
about to retire from his high position as ex7
FOUNDER of the Constitution, and betake
himself to a more congenial task. Has he
lost his copy of the Federalista Or has he
discovered that he does not agree with Ham
ilton, Madison or Jay on the Constitution,
and that he cannot in justice to his own dd-
eanced views, copy pages unacknowledged
from these worthless of olden time9 Per-
haps there is nothing left to pillage from
those pages to expand the notoriety of our
Daniel, in.this era of rebel reconstruction.
1t seems that lately this gentleman has
been making tour of Davidson County
During this procession, after making some
astute criticisms on the bucolic interests of
Davidson, he reached Jerusalem Corner"
There he was RECALLED with the pipe, demo-
cratico-rebel politics and "old persimmon."
The good citizens of Lexington wondered
1t was the first time that Bro Hanes had ever
failed to bestow the honor of the entertain
ment of man and beast" on his radical
friends But Squire Adams and Col Hen
derson were not there to mingle in those
symposid in his honor at Jerusalem Corner"
Smarting under this indignity, doubtless, he
indited the editorial i'll question, assailing
these gentlemen, from notes gathered from
the brethren.
1t seems that the moment person rene
gades from the Union party, he certifies his
fidelity to the secesh by defaming those who
cannot become recreant with the same facili-
ty that he did And for all the popularity
that Lewis Hanes ever had in Davidson, he
is indebted to Squire Adams. Neither did
he ever fail to avail himself of the good Of
fees ofCol Henderson. But, now, after long
years of friendship, he attempts to make these
gentlemen odious. Why these mean, unman-
nerly filings, this base resurrection from their
foul grave of those vile epithets against Col.
Henderson, that originated with the basest
wretch that ever disgraced Davidson Coun
ty? The answer is at hand-neither Squire
Adams or Col. Henderson can or will endorse
the eTete sheet. which he essays to edit
they do not affiliate with the habitues of
Jerusalem Corner" nor sympathize with
covert treason And when he was candi-
date, relying upon the spurious popularity
of Davidson and an enemy of Gov. Hol-
den, they did not support him. But they do
not assail him as he assails them-a memo
~ of former ties forbids it.
No man dare question the loyalty of Squire
Adams. To call him radical does no hurt.
Col. Henderson is known to his intimate
friends to have been loyal to the United
States government, even when necessity
forced him to appear otherwise.
Ungrateful creature! But what better
could be expected of Lewis Hanes, SO long
as he follows in the footsteps of Jonathan
Worth? Aye, and so long as he, being Pri-
vate Secretary to Gov. Holden betrays that
confidence and retails private interviews on
the streets of Raleigh What better could
be expected of a man who thus tore the
hand that caressed him? Whose disgusting
vanity makes him an object of ridicule p
Whose malignant heart incites him to assail
former friends, who remain true to the Union
But it does not discomfort Them No hating
words of loyalty fall from their lips There
is no flaw in their tealty to the Union. And
the abuse of Lewis Hares only excites their
contempt, as his vanity serves to disgust
them.
Let him tell the people of Davidson why
he assails Southern loyalists-to hold them
up to contempt and ridicule. These loyal
lists elected him peace man during the war.
Why does he differ with them now? What
is there that can be obnoxious in the How
ard amendment to Davidson o! thou
greatest of Constitutional lawyers in the
South, tell us why few radicals from Da
wilson County may not represent themselves
in the Convention at Philadelphia Why
did you think they would not be2 Because
you had drugged them into insensibiIity
with your soporifc editorials or do yor
think they fear the rebels? Or ought they
to wait, in your opinion, until you have pro
nounced the Hamilton Stokes Convention
constitutional
Doubtless, the .few radicals of Davidson
Will most deferentially accept the sugges
tons OF their own-their most devoted
Hanes, as to whom they will send to thu
Convention. Doubtless, Col. H. will lacl
the notoriety of Davidson" but being rad
lcal for the Union he can represent radica
men. Jew, thank thee for that word"
Wonder if it be a matter of poignant re
greet that the radicals cannot avail themselve
OF the services of Davidson His nom d.
pune would be renown itself! Would no
the shadow that coming events cast before
herald him at Philadelphia, and would not
greater than the authors of the Federalis
DC there to enunciate the principles of tn
constitution and adjust the foundation of tn
| onlonE Would not the Southern loyalist
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