The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-03-07
Ulle Mteeklp STANDARD.
Wednesday, March I, 1866.

The Sentinel takes up the cudgels in
behalf of DR.. Deems, and stoutly denies
that he has ever been secessionist.-
In the outset DR.. D. was Union man,
but, like the Editor of the Sentinel and
many others, he became rampant, ia
natical, Davis, war man. He was for
war to the knife, and the knife to the
hilt." A preacher of the gospel ofpeace,
he became fire-brand of war. Bound
by his holy calling to cultivate charity
towards all men, he became a bitter
hater Of every body and every thing
Northern in character. He visited near
ly every portion of the State and made
war speeches. He opposed every eff
fort put forth for peace by the Union
men, and declared in substance frequent
ly, as we have been informed, that he
would as soon doubt the Christian reli-
gion as the success of the Confederate
cause. He regarded Unionists or peace
men as traitors to the Confederacy, and
it is not uncharitable to assume that he
would have seen them hanged OF shot |
with Christian composure. Yet he was
not a secessionist in the outset, and he
is not practically a secessionist now
Our allusion was to the tone and drift
of his paper. That is all one way. He
sympathizes with the leading Southern
traitors, and he mourns over the dead
Confederacy. Every one Of his news
paper forms is saturated with Southern,
sectional feeling. His paper is not ma
tional in its character. 1t is sectional.
It.is a secession paper in its principles
and sympathies. This is all we have
said about DR.. Deems. We have told
the truth. We admit his legal right
as a citizen of New York to print such
paper, and to publish articles, as he
did in his first number, in which Gen.
Lee is pronounced "patriot," and Mr.
Seward and Mr.. Stanton are pronounced
seditionists and traitors" but we
deny his moral right to do this any
where, and if he were to do it in North
Carolina he would be suppressed. DIR.
Deems. and the Editor Of the Sentinel,
who is his apologist and defender, have
both taken the amnesty oath; and we
have right to expect that they will
keep this oath as well in spirit as letter.
But the Sentiaaelsays we are "crying
for blood" because we said some OF the
big fish ought to be hooked as well as
the little ones, and because. We proved
! from the Constitution itself, and from
the very nature of things, that an hon
est iury would be obliged TO convict
| Mr. Davis oftreason. That paper would
not do us the justice to publish any part
of our article about Mr.. Davis, and
though our article about Maj. Gee did
not exceed ten lines, it garbled that
We said emphatically about Maj. Gee
we have nothing to say for or against
the prisoner" This was omitted by the
Sentinel.
aCrying for .bloodr" Whose blood
has been she'd? Who has been lang
ed9 No traitor to the national govern
ment has thus far lost blood or pullec
hemp. One of the most gigantic re
bellions of ancient or modern times has
been suppressed, and yet no rebel ha
suffered the death punishment. Th'
Government has been as mcrciful Il
this respect as it is powerful. J"
see only the olive branch in the claws Q
the triumphant eagle. The avengin'
arrows are concealed. No, the shec
dino of blood has been on the othe
side Has the Sentinel forgotten til
murder, by Keith and Beth, OF tn
.sI.sureP' men ?-twelve men and tW
r bows shot without trial, and the
n thrown like dogs into g ditch, simpl
!, because they were Union men and wa
!, e tod their share of the State salt Ian
:, the wives and daughters OF these MI
a a roped around the neck and whlppe.
r L
e, Does the Editor doubt this? Let HI
is examine the Executive records. al
Id does the Editor ever think of the hu
i'll dreds of Union men who were hahS
+ and shot in this State, as the result
orders from Raleigh and Richmond
Has he forgotten those Plteous sp
IT tacles which were witnessed on tn
art streets for months, Of conscrlpts te
lss from their starving families and marcf
g. in ropes and handouts, with deJec'
% couptenances, to Camp Holmes, tn
md TO be cursed and cufed, and sent OF
lns Peter Mallett by the next tram, to
mt in the fore front of the first bat
Try, and 70 die in cause which the lead
/. if they had been saneand honest, mi
have known was hopeless? Yes,
remembers it. He will never forge
- And vet he speaks of the "imme
rs SLAUGHTER of that cruel, fratricidal {
,rin Dna ol,aroes MS with Serving
t IL test, anu enatSe' ="
b,ond,, because we referred in no