davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
A Homestead Law-Relief for the
PeOnIa -


We make the following extract from .
letter from a leading citizen Of Eastern
Carolina, addressed to member of the Con-
vcntion now in this City. The suggestions
contained in this extract are well worthy Of
serious consideration:
81 was much gratifed, in the interview 1
had with you, to find our opinions agreeing
SO well. / was pleased to find that you APP
preciated the sad condition of our people,
and felt DESTROYS to do what you can for
their relief. In this connection, I do not
refer to the General Government. think
we are better off. as far as regards the gov
eminent, than expected; and though I
would be pleased to see many things al
tered, yet have but little to complain Of
We must willingly submit to be governed
by the victors. We have no right topre-
scribe terms. But what l wish to refer to,
is the private Indebtedness of the people.
You know their condition. Three-fourths
of the land-holders are hopelessly broken.
The profits of cultivating the land on thirds,
OF with the present hired labor, will be
found very little the tax on cotton destroys
the profits, and not one in ten of the debtors
will he able to pay the first installment, I'M
der the stay law. In the fall Of 1868, the
sales of land must be immense-and many,
very many women and children will be
driven from their homes, without a shelter,
and no means of support. 1t will produce
violence and lawlessness. There is no argu-
ment that appeals to mans heart like his
suffering wife and children, and when they
are deprived of shelter, he will be desper-
ate You already know all about this, and
will not rehearse it. AS far as honesty is
concerned, do not hold that money due in
1858 or 1859 is equal to money at present :;
then credit was based on property that is
swept away, and l do not feel that is honest
to demand dollar now for dollar due
then. Some relief must be extended to the
debtor portion of the people. Any action Of
the Convention will command more respect,
and be of higher authority than by the Leg
islature, and sincerely hope the Conven-
ton will do something. 1 can make no
suggestion The delegates feel the pressure,
and must Judge of the remedy. One mode
of relief is fresh before the people, mean a
homestead law. 1t ought to have been
passed years ago; its necessity now is press
ing The people demand, and will have it.
Secure to every man home for his wife
and children beyond the power of any cred
itor. and you infuse new life; the family
| will be stimulated to enrich and beautify
and the whole country will smile under its
benign influence l beg to urge upon you
to aid in the passage of homestead law
You may not agree about the details, but
pass one of some sort, and the people will
rejoice, and hail you as benefactors"
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
The Tennessee Legislature.

It is a remarkable fact, saws the jackson
CTennessee) Wing, that all those venomous
reptiles that have crswled into the Legisla-
ture, and now emitting their slime upon the
people, were hid in holes and mountains most
of the time during the war. The old he viper
crawled into Smoky mountain and hid him.
self, whilst the little ones secreted themselves
in swamps and caves until moss grew green
ON their backs.
The above is specimen of the manner in
which the unconditional Union men are spo-
ken of by the Jeff Davis radical press. Those
who were true to the Union during the rebel
lion, whether they fed the country or re-
manned at home and did what they could
for reconciliation and peace, are regarded by
thos who are now governing the Southern
people precisely as the jackson Whag regards
the "old he viper who crawlcd into Smoky
mountain and hid himself from rebel ven
geance in Tennessee
Now, Andrew johnson was an uncondi-
tionaI Union man, as he is now. He fled the
country on account of his Union principles.
He did so at the imminent risk of his life
He was the head "Buffalo of the rebellion.
He was cut off from his home, pursued and
shot at among the mountains and his name
was cast out as evil by the rebel leaders and
their followers. The following extract from
one of his speeches in Knoxville, Tennessee
in 1864, lisa touching specimen of eloquence
The following is one of the most truly
eloquent passages ever spoken. 1t is from a
speech addressed by Andrew. johnson, in
April. 1864, to mass meeting of the people
Of Knoxville and vicinity: " My countrymen
my heart yearns towards you; and am one
of you. have climbed yonder mountains,
rock-ribbed and glowing in sunshine, in
whose gorges, in whose caverns your sons,
hunted like beasts, have fallen to rise no
more. | do not speak of these things to
draw your tears. 1t is not the time for tears,
but for blows. I speak of them that my fit
your arms for uncomfortable fight And
speak of them because the mountains seem
to talk to me. My house is among the noun
tains, and, though it is not far away, I can
not 60 to it. 1t is the place where met and
loved her who is the mother of my children
Do | not love the mountains? And if Eber-
ty is to expire if freedom is to be destroyed
it my country in all its length and breadth
is to tremble beneath the oppressor's tread
let the flag, the dear old flag, the last flag, be
planted on yon rocky heights, and upon il
let there be this inscription: Here is the
end of all that is dear to the heart and sacred
to the memory of mani"
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
More Sc L0yalty.o
The last Wilson North Ca,ulinian says

The last Wilson North Caolinian says:
"We believe the trial of Jefferson Davis
and the South, will fully vindicate the right
of secession, and the government authorities
fear an investigation. The health of our be-
loved leader is failing, and little hopes are
entertained that he will live through the
summer. His great and almost only desire
is now a speedy trial, and we trust it will be
granted him.
The scenes of St. Helena are being re-en-
acted at Fortress Monroe, and should the
Imprisonment of Jefferson Davis terminate
as did that of the hero of Austerlitz, we at
the South must ever cherish for his captors
feelings of revenge akin to those which ran
kle in the bosom of the Emperor of France
We shall "detest the capitulation of 1865. ,
All such newspapers ought to be crushed
by the strong hand of power. Men who
write such stuff, and those who approve it
deserve to be scourged out of the State.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
Gratifying Intelligence from Washington
CITY.

General W. T. Wofford, the member elect
to Congress from this Congressional District,
telegraphs to this paper, as follows-his tel
egraph bearing date Washington City, the
25th instant
General Howard has directed General
Tilson to use extraordinary means to supply
the destitute people of our devastated dis
trict with provisions"
with pleasure Doubtless it has been issued
through the influence of General Wofford at
Washington, his representation, and his feel
ing appea, in behalf the suffering people in
his district the Cherokee section of our
State, SO long overrun and devastated by
Thomas army General Tilson cannot move
to supply the destitute in that section of our
State too soon. They need prompt relief, or
we are assured, in many places, starvation
will overtake many, and they will perish
atlanta (Ga) Mfelligencer.
We learn that much distress prevails in
some of the western Counties of this State,
on account of the extreme scarcity of pro-
Visions Gen. Logan, of Rutherford, has in
PRODUCED an ordinance in the Convention
asking for relief for those of his constituents
who are suffering. We hold it to be the duty
of the State, at any erpease to provide for
its suffering poor. The bonds of the State
could be readily sold in New York, to raise
money for this object. We trust it will he
done. Georgia has adopted this course. We
are sure, also, that Gen. Ruger will extend
all the aid in his power to our suffering
| people
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
Our neighbor of the Sentinel would ha

Our neighbor of the Sentinel would have
us to know that he aciH pray for us, and be
- to us, until he finds out ait is an Of
fence to God" We regard this "as the
most unkindest cut of ALL" Our neighbor
will certainly call down upon us an awful
doom if he perseveres in this business. He
prayed for years for Mr.. Davis and Governor
Vance, and the result was the former found
himself in Fortress Monroe, and the latter in
the old Capitol prison.
We are told that " fasting and prayer
should go together. If our neighbor would
eat less beefsteak his prayers would have
more strength. The injunction is, F." Fast and
pray, lest ye enter into temptation"
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

Instead of rejecting on the delegate from
Burke, Mr.. Caldwell. for his recent remarks
in Convention in relation to the persecution
of Union men, the Sentinel ought to thank
that gentleman for his general amnesty prop
osition. We say this for the reason that, al
though for the present, Union men may suf-
fer more than secessionists, yet in the end
the latter, from the very nature of things,
must be greatly worsted.
The Sentinel persists in the statement that
Union men are not prosecuted and oppressed
in this State We regret that this statement
is not correct. There are at least twenty
delegates in the present Convention who
will state, of their own personal knowledge,
that Union men are being indicted and per-
secuted, while secessionists are shielded and
protected. Mr.. Caldwell, in the speech re-
ferred to, was even moderate in his statements
on this subject, and properly so, as lie does
not wish still further to lnhame the public
mind in his part of the State.
We learn, from undoubted authority, that
the excitement was so great in Yancey Coun-
ty, on account of indictments against Union
men-federal officers, soldiers and others
that the militia of that County had to be
called out to enable Judge Merrimon to hold
his Court. We learn that Maj. Rollins, of
the Unien army, has been indicted for horse
stealing, and that other federal officers have
been indicted for murder David Coleman,
ESQ.,, an ex-Confederate Colonel is the So
licitor for this District and we learn that
he has carried his prosecutions of Union
men to such an extent as to provoke the
Judge to tell him publicly that he must
change his course. The Union men of the
mountain Counties have submitted to these
prosecutions as long as they intend to. tits
not to be expected that loyal Union men
will submit to an attempt to make their de-
votion to the government odious, while
those who sought to destroy that govern
ment are screened from punishment. If the
facts be as we have heard them stated in
relation to the conduct of Mr. Solicitor Cole
man, we do not hesitate to say he ought to
be removed from Office by the Convention.
Such are some of the fruits of the admin
istration of Gov. Worth. Mr.. Coleman is an
ardent Worth man. So are all the rebels
and traitors in the mountain Counties who
are aiding Mr.. Coleman in these prosecutions
of Union men. But what better can be ex-
| pected when Gov. Worth sets the example
by prescribing Union men in his appoint
| ments to Office, speaks disrespectfully of a
law of Congress, and declares that "unpar-
doned rebels" are as loyal as the President
is himself?
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

threatening the government, by talking
about its rights" which it forfeited and
spurned when it rebelled, and by assuming
to dictate terms of restoration, the Sentinel
not only violates the spirit of the amnesty
oath which its Editors took, but 1t EXHIBITS
no more sense or reason than defendant
would against whom Judgment had been en-
tered and execution issued, who should
quarrel with the Sheriff, and command him
not to sell his property. 1t is our opinion
that neither wisdom nor loyalty will expire
with the Sentinel.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

The Circuit Court of the United States
commenced its term in the Courthouse in
this City yesterday, his Honor Judge Brooks
presiding. Marshal Goodloe is in attendance
assisted by his Deputy, John r. Harrison,
ESQ. The term of the Court will be a brief
one, ms we learn no grand jury has been
summoned. There will be another term in
the fall of the present year.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

Willie P. Mangurn, of North Carolina, has
been appointed by the President Consul at
Nagssaki, Japan; and ]. c. B. Smith, of
Louisiana, has 'ocen appointed Consul at
Athens, Greece. Willie Person Mangum is
a son of Pritstly IL Mangum, and nephew
of the late Hon. Willie Person Mangum, of
Orange County in this State.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

A Holy MAN CALLED TO a "DIRTY J"
WoRK.-Oar amiable friend, the Senior of
the Sentinel, who preserves his temper as
never man preserved it before, says, :" Provi-
Dental necessity, not choice, has placed us
in our present position. What Providence
wanted with us in this position, except to
expose the vileness of w. w. Holden, we
have not been able to discover. We confess
it is dirty business. but what our hands
find to do, We must do it with our might.
- Verify, neighbor, thoE hast announced a
new principle in the dealings of Providence
with this sinful world. Who imposed this
necessity On Providence9 Neighbor, you
are disappearing when you assume that you
made it " necessary that Providence should
"call ;" you to a :" dirty business"
Providence wanted" you once, so you
said, as a gospel minister. You groaned
and said he had @ealled" you. You an
swered. You preached, and you printed a
religious paper as ]ong as it paid, but when
it ceased to pay you ceased to preach and
print. Just then, our venerable enemy and
your next friend of birthstone breath and
cloven foot, "called" you to print a trea-
sonable paper You followed him. Your
holy calling Offered you cents, but when oul
venerable enemy and your next friend jim
gled the dollars, you said &c 10 Satan, 1 am
I "a IL.
YOU" And you did it. What will come OF
it we know rot You threaten us with your
pra, ers Better speak. u few more words fol
yourself, neighbor.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

The little tax of one per cent upon every
box of matches netted the government ST.
100000 last year. According to that esti-
mate, 100, 0O0, 900 lunches or boxes matches
must have been used in this country during
the year, or five bunch es, equal to five hun
dred matches, for every man, woman and
child
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

DEsTITUTIOE IN ALABAMA.-The follow
ing letter has been received at the Freed
mems Bureau:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
STATE OF ALABAMA.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, May 1S, 1866.
Major General Wager Soayne, assistant COM
missioner of the Bureau of refugees and
abandoned Lands, Montgomery:
MY DEAR SIR: In view of the alarming
increase of destitution and actual want of
food which have been reported to this de-
partment from the various portions of the
State, and the daily cry for bread, des-
patched few days since M. II. Cruikshanks,
Esq, commissioner, to provide for the desti-
tute, (then in the mountain districts,) TO re-
turn to the seat of government and report in
detail the true condition of the country
Since his return have conferred much with
him, and also derived reliable information
from various other sources.
regret much from correct information)
to be compelled to state that notwlthstan-
ding the very liberal aid row being rendered
by the General Government through your de-
partment, and the various contributions
made by individual charities, with all that
can be done through the States crippled
finances, the supplies are now entirely inade-
quate to the real restitution and actual want
of food.
cannot consistently ask you to supply
the entire deficiency; were to do so and
you grant the request it would be draft
upon the liberality of the Government appar-
emily unreasonable Yet VIC can't very well
circumscribe the bounds of starving necessity
-, - %, 11fo
Without entering into the causes which
have produced this fiightful and heartren-
ding amount of restitution, hunger, and in
some cases of starvation in Alabama, have
no hesitation in saying there are not less than
one hundred thousand widows, orphans, old
men, and women, and men disabled by the
late war, who are to-day real objects OF
charity, suffering for food. ;.
In the exercise of your wise discretion it
is for you, my dear general, to determine
whether or not the supplies of provisions now
furnished by the Government shall be increa-
sed, without which l am persuaded there
must be much suffering. If you can't con-
sistantly do more, an increase of 5000 rations
per day will do incalculable good.
have the honor to be, yours, very truly,
r. M. PATTON. a
Governor of Alabama.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
Tennessee.

MEMPHIS, May 26-Gen. S. s. .Alcorn.
United States Senator elect from Mississippi,
has made application to Gen: Fiske, of the
Freedmen's Bureau, for teacher of a freed
mems school at Friar's Point, Mississippi
All of the freedmen's courts in Tennessee
were abolished to-day by the assistant COM
missioner, the law of the State making col
ored persons competent witnesses in all civil
courts having gone into operation.
The civil rights bin. legalhing slave mar
riages, giving their children the right Of in
heritance, and making all persons without
regard to color equal before the law, has
passed both branches of the Tennessee Leg
islature, and became Il law to day.
The Congressional committee are pursu-
ing their Investigations vigorously, exanlin-
ing from ten to fifteen witnesses daily. Ev-
cry facility is offered them by the citizens
for making the inquiry Thorough.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
NAsHvsLLE, May 2S-The Legislature has
adjourned until November Sth.
The foregoing proves what we have fire.
quently said, that with the States in the
hands of loyal men the Freedmen7s Bureau
NAV be at once removed. Tennessee has
done well. Justice has been done to the
colored people, and the result is the Freed
mems Bureau has been abolished in that
State. We trust the same course may be
pursued in this State.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
For the Standard,


~ ''7' osAns - WoAo SOunsvs
At public meeting held at II. C. Lash
lees Cross Roads, Wake County. on Satur-
day the Goth inst, for the purpose Of making
known the views of the people in this i'm.
portant crisis. H. c. Lashlee was called to
the chair, and D. H. Gardner was appointed
Secretary.
On motion, the following persons were an
pointed a committee TO draft resolutions f',r
the meeting: Eaton Collins. W. C Barker
William Bright, O. ]. Upchurch. md T. b.
Barker. The Secretlry was added to the
committee, and after retiring for short
time they returned and reported the follow
ing resolutions, which were unan;mouslv
adopted:
Resolced, That we are very anxious to scc.
our State restored to the Union. -
Resolred, That we see no way to do this
except through loyal men. The men that
forced the war upon us, aud insisted upon
fighting until all was lost, are not the right
sort fmen to lead or to govern at this time.
They could not govern themselves and VIC
do not want them to govern u.s.. And it
seems to be natural that as long as they are
allowed to govern, the Northern people will
turn deaf ear to US.
Resoloed, That as Gov. Worth owes his
election to these kind of men, and as he is
unpopular at Washington City and ut the
North, where We need friends, we think he
owes it to his country to retire. and let the
right sort of q man take his place.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

We invite attention to the resolutions pas
sed at meeting of honest, intelligent, hard
working farmers, at Lashlee's Cross Roads,
Wake County, on Saturday last. These re-
solutions are eloquent in truth and simplicity
on the subject of the restoration ofthe Union.
These honest farmers want the Union restor-
ed. They have had enough of strife and
war. They want repose, and some reliable
assurance of stability in the future They
look to the Convention now in session, to do
every thing that can be done to put the
State back where it was in 1860.
We the Senior are grateful TO our Wake
friends for their kind mention of our name
We have no wish for Office We beg them to
unite on some one else for Governor. We
desire no Office of any kind. All We ask is
that the Union shall be restored. Every
thing is involved in that. In the Union our
condition would at least be tolerable; but
out of it indefinitely, it would be intolerable.
Let us carry out in good faith the Presidents
plan OF restoration. Leu US see 20 IL CnaC we
have loyal State government, and loyal
members elect to Congress. In no other way
can we hope to be restored to the Union
We have already lost much precious time
We have injured our best friend, President
johnson, by our stubborn, defiant DISPOSE
ton. The wrath of the Northern people is
kindling against US, and unless we make
haste, the Congress- by two-thirds, may exact
still heavier conditions. The President is
strong and firm, but he cannot save us unless
we help him and help ourselves. If our re-
turn to the Union should be indefinitely pro-
longed the consequences may be most dis
tressing. Confscation acts may be passed,
the lands may be taxed SO heavily as to
compel many to sell, and arrests for treason
may be made in many localities. Nov is
the accepted time; now is the day of saliva
ton Let no man or set of men stand in the
way of restoring the State to the Union.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06

LoNDoN.-The London Times states that
on the sth of April, 1866, the population of
the metropolis was estimated by the Eng
lish Registrar General ut $685., $40. This is
about onc-sixth of the population Of Eng
land and Wales, as reported at the last CEN
sus, in 1854. The various parliamentary
boroughs into which London is divided,
have an aggregate representation Of eighteen
members in the English House.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-06
Important Propositions.

On Monday last Mr.. Stevens, of Pennsyl-
vania, introduced in the House of Represen-
tatiyes a bill declaring the States lately in
rebellion to have forfeited their rights under
the constitutions, and can be reinstated in
the same only through the action of Con-
gress.
1t provides that the Southern States may
form valid governments, thepresent ones be-
ing continued for municipal purposes until
they shall be duly altered, and their execu-
tives and legislatures recognized New con-
stitutions are to be formed by conventions
and submitted to the people. a majority vote
being necessary for ratifying the same, and
all male persons above twenty-one years to
have the right of suffrage.
Another clause in the measure stipulates
that no constitution is to be presented for
Congressional sanction which denies civil
rights to any person.
The propositions were committed to the
committee of the whole on the state of the
Union.