The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-12-13
Tenor of the. ,RepubIiean Press.


The Albany Eoening Journal of the 18th
inst. says: So
"Applying these principles to the question of
reorganization, the duty of the Republican party
is plain. That work must be thoroughly dome
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 OPP
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 and people have been
looking anXiously since the close of the war TO-
ward the old North State for its Development SO
far they have looked in vain, and the indications
are that the disappointment will be permanent
There are few Unionists in that Strte, under the
| lead of such men Governor Holden, but the
recent State election well as the action of the
Legislature in electng a 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:
-" In laying down their arms tine insurgent 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 he expected too
much. His well meant diagnosis, too, in which
he treated the reconquered States 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 a broad and consistent
understanding of the case. Hence, however, with
the re assembling of Congress, not only is reso-
luton reatflrming the ultimatum of the constitu
hT1l.An sod nv nlrrliTn
majority, but other measures are initiated, look
ing at the excluded States unorganzed ter
ritories, in consequence oftheir rebellion"
The New York Times in a long article ON
the South, speaks as follows:
''If the Southern joui mails reflect correctly the
feelings and convictions of the Southern people,
the chances of friendly settlement slim in
deed.
With pervcrsity which is inexpicable they not
only refuse 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
appear to have cheated themselves into the belief
that, despite the war and its results, they
tiers of the situation, and may dictate the cOndi-
tons upon which they shall enter the Union.
Hence their refusal 10 ratify the Amendment is
accompanied with declarations indicative of be
lief that, with the President their side, they
have only to wait to secure a Triumph.
Had We access to the ear of the Southern peo-
pie, we should entreat them to put strait Jackets
upon the fire. eaters that finger among them, and
to give no heed TO the journalists vino them
of Congress and dsobey its laws. The editors
who so write either blind leaders of the blind,
or reckless makers of mischief, who would null
tipy indefinitely the sutferings of the people they
profess to guide.
We can tell the South something more Unless
the pending amendment be accepted by the South
ern Legislatures the fate of existing government
al organizations at the South may be considered
fixed We indulge in no menace. We affect no
prophetic vision. We essay no abstract argu-
ment, and lay claim to no exclusive Information.
But there is Il fact which the South cannot too
quickly comprehend, and that is, in the absence
of a settlement based upon the proposed Amend
rncnt, Congress will affirm the tsrritoi ia exist
ence of the South, legislate out of official being
its present functonares and machinery of gov
ernment, and provide for the organization of Ter
rltories on a plan suited to the emergency. Are
the Southern people prepared for this alterna-
tiVe?'
We could make further extracts, but deem
the above sufficient. They are necessarily
short, but to the point. The Republican
papers utter no uncertain sound. And yet
who needs their warnings2