The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-12-26

LII w eekly anu w eekiy SuDScTlDtIS
We tender to all our readers and friends
our best wishes for their prosperity and hap
piness during The coming year.
Gov. WOrth's Inaugural.
Gov. Worth fastened back from his re-
cent mission to Washington, in time to be
inaugurated before the Legislature adjourn
ed. We find his Inaugural in the last Senti-
nel
We have heretofore been in the habit of
looking to official documents like the one
under consideration for correct statement of
facts, however their authors may resort to
argument to enforce their own particular
views. But this document sets out with
deliberate falsehood The Governor says
the proposition in Mr.. Stevens bill is to re-
duce North Carolina to the condition of "a
Territory" The word Territory does not
occur in the bill. The bill simply provides
that the judicial district formerly compri-
sing the State Of North-C Carolina" shall be
recognized; that the present de tacto gov
eminent shall continue until the new gov
eminent shall be established; and that the
new government, thus instituted by the 10y
al people, by consent of Congress, shall then
take the place of the present one, and the
State shall be restored to the Union. There
is no provision for Territorial Governor, or
for Territorial Legislature, or for any of
the machinery of Territorial government.
Gov. Worth was aware of this when he PEN
ned his Inaugural, and he has, therefore,
penned, uttered and published what he
knew to be false.
But there is danger of a Territorial condi-
ton. First, we had the Presidents PLAN
Gov. Worth and his partizans gave the fin
ishing blow to that Next we had the How
ard amendment. Gov. Worth and his parti-
cans rejected that -~;tsi.7eeorn aId cuntyruPt.
Now they are offered a just and generous
plan of organization and if they should
so resist or embarrass that as to prevent its
due execution, not only will Territorial gov
eminent follow, to continue for years, but the
lands of the leading partizans of Gov. Worth
will be confscated and the proceeds appro-
priated to the poor of the State and to educa-
tional purposes. Congress will do this, if
necessary, and there is no power here or at
Washington that can prevent it. 1t is idle
to appeal to Gov. Worth, for he is actuated
solely by his attachment for office-he can
not bear the idea of dropping out of his
place but we warn his deluded partizans of
the fate that hangs over them. They will
remember that we have warned them here
tofore, and that, in every instance, our pre-
dictions have been verified.
Gov. Worth takes ground in his Inaugu-
raj for a national Convention. He will not
get it. There is no necessity for national
Convention.
The Governor is all at once impressed with
the belief that the ''great body of the North
ern people" are not as malevolent as they are
supposed to be. He also speaks of his af-
lection for the American Union" These
sentiments are either feigned or meant only
for the hour. They may be the result ofth
intensely loyal atmosphere of Washington,
breathed for day or two by his Excellency,
but they will speedily disappear in the hot
house of secessionism and treason in which
he finds himself on his return. It is i'm
possible for the Governor to be loyal, or to
love the American Union, and at the same
time serve the set to whom he owes his cleo
ton and by whom he is constantly sur
rounded .t1stes
It will be seen that this functionary of an
hour, who remains in Office solely by permits
ssion of the Congress. dares to. characterize
the proceedings of that body looking to the
reorganization of this State, as "seuolution-
ary." Revolutionary, those of our citizens
who advised or who approve of them, are
traitors and if SO, why are not these citizens
arrested and dealt with by his Excellency2
If these proceedings be revolutionary, it is
the duty of the Governor to resist them by
force of arms. That he would do so if he
dared, or if he believed he would succeed, we
entertain no doubt
The Governor reflects in this document on
the patriotism of Hon. John Pool and those
who aided him in preparing Mr.. Stevens
bill. The difference between Mr. Pool and
Gov Worth is this: Mr.. Pool has never de-
serted his Union friends and gone over to
traitors for Office. Gov. Worth has. Mr.
Pool is willing to be excluded from Office for
life, if Thereby he can restore the Union
Gov. Worth is not even willing to release his
present hold on Office to restore the Union.
He prefers himself and his hungry partizans,
in everything and on all occasions, to the
good of his country.
The Governor speaks of |" bad men in our
midst" who are sowing the seeds Of aliena-
ton between the North and South. This
expression applies with peculiar force to the
Governor and his partizans. They arethe ''bad
men," dripping with the blood Of that mur-,