The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-12-19
North.Carolina demands Republican
Government from the American Con.

NOrth.CarOlina demands Republican
Government from the American Con.
gress.
Hon Thaddeus Stevens yesterday reported
bill in the House of Representatives to es-
tablish civil government in North Carolina
and enable it to resume its former relations
as one of the constituent States of the Amer
lean Union, which is calculated to produce
tremendous and most salutary results. 1t is
the beginning of the work of thorough re-
construction. The proposition originated
among the people of North Carolina, and is
advocated by many of their best and most
patriotic citizens. 1t is not the dictation of
an accidental President, or the patchwork of
outside politicians, but the product of their
own stern necessities-the remedy. in word
for the severe suferings inflicted BY the rebel
lion upon all classes in the South, loyal and
disloyal, rich and poor, the former slave and
the ruined master. All other expedients
having failed, the people of North Carolina
have at last adopted I" a republican form of
government" as the swift and certain RENE
dy for their grievances. This is the infalli-
BILE panacea They are invited to use it by
the highest authorities A republican form
OF government" is guaranteed to every
State in the national Constitution, and when
their State" was destroyed, or deprived of
all equal or safe rule and spurious and
savage government set up instead of that un-
der which they had long lived SO happily.
they had no other resort but to demand the
fulflment of the constitutional guarantee y
The present Executive has solemnly pledged
himself to defend all those who should de-
and cuch inofitnfiano IL
tons, and though he may attempt to repudi-
ate what he so deliberately recommended
and reiterated, his plan is not less effective be-
cause conceived in honesty and deserted in
treason. Thus invited, the North Carolina
people call upon Congress to pass the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Stevens. When that is done.
they propose to begin at the beginning, and
to carry on the work till all men share
equally in the blessings of good government.
So general is their movement that it will be
endorsed by thousands of the names of native
born citizens, unless, indeed, Congress, with
out waiting for such backing, shall pass the
proposition into law at the earliest mo-
ment. We postpone full discussion of the
bill to our next issue, with the remark that
the best minds of Congress gave it their hear
tiest approval before it was presented. There
should be no unnecessary delay in seconding
what has commenced SO auspiciously. We
shall be much mistaken if this movement is
not received with universal satisfaction
among the loyal Millions and if the govern
ment that springs from it is not made the
model upon which to reorganize all the Sc
coded communities. 1t was in North Caro-
lima that the revolution against British des-
potlsm took its first steps. and it is right that
the real starting-point of true republicanism
in the South should be in the same State at
the present day. Deliverance from English
tyranny was the beginning of God-like
mission; deliverance from American slavery
is its grandest succeeding victory Wash
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