The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-12-19
Tenor of the Republican Press.

Tenor of the Republican Press.
The Albany Eoening Journal Of the 7th
inst. says:
applying these principles to the question Of
reorganization, the duty Of the Republican party
Is plain. That work must be thoroughly done
The oppressOr must be prevented from exercising
his tyranny. Those who would degrade, must
receive no new powers TO enable them to succeed.
Rather, the hands of the weak and of the op-
pressed must be strengthened, and full oppor-
tunities given them to rise"
And the following from the last Chronicle,
which paper favors immediate reorganiza-
ton:
During the rebellion there was an idea preva-
lent that there was some latent Unionism hidden
away in North Carolina, aud people have been
looking anYiously since the close of the war to-
ward the old North State for its development. 80
far they have looked in vain, and the Indications
are that the disappointment win be permanent F.
There are few Unionists in that St tie, under the
lead Of such men as Governor Holden, but the
recent State election as well as the ection of the
Legislature in electing noted rebel to the Uni
ted States Senate, shows that they are in hope
less minority" :
The Herald of the 9th holds the following
language:
ss' In nlsying down their arms tine insurgen States
submitted to the fortunes of war and the law of
necessity but they made no surrender not exact
ed by necessity. From the generous terms of
Southern restoration first proposed by President
johnson he doubtless expected the best results !;
but in estimating the underlying forces and the
issues ofthe rebellion too lightly be expected too
much. his well meant diagnosis, too, in which
he treated the reconquered States as provinces
wrested from foreign power while holding them
as States revertng to their status before the war;
created most of the confusion regarding them
which has followed Thus it has occurred that
only by the intelligent popular verdict of the
Northern States in the recent elections has even
Congress been brought to brOad and consistent
understanding of the case. Hence, however with
the re assembling of Congress, not only is a resO
luton reaffirming the ultimatum Of the cOnstitu-
tional amendment passed by an overwhelming
majority, but other measures are Initiated, look
ing at the excluded States as unorganized ter
ntories, in consequence of their rebellion"
The New York Times in long article on
the South, speaks as follows:
'eIf the Southern joui nails reflect correctly the
feelings and convictions of the Southern people,
the chances Of friendly settlement are slim in
deed.
With perversity which is inexplicable they not
only refpse to accept the terms rendered them by
the North, but they spurn the idea that other and
harsher terms may be forced upon them. They
aFocsr to have cheated themselves into the belief
that, despite the war and its results, they are mas
tc.s Ii the situation, and may dictate the condi-
tic-s Spon which they shall re-enter the Union.
Hcncs their refusal 10 rtify the Amendment is
rex upsnisd with declarations indicative of be
licf that, with the President on their side, they
have o1ly TO wait to secure triumph.
Has We acccss to the ear OF the Southern peo-
pie, We sheL!d 01t!est them to put strait jackets
upon the are-eatsrs that linger among them, and
to give no seoA t. the Journalists who assure them
tsle Pyv%iAeat JotsseSn will resat the authority