The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-20
Gov. Worth has issued Circular to the

Gov. Worth has issued Circular to the
people of the State, announcing himself q
candidate for Governor. His organ, the
Sentinel, says he has done this without
waiting for the nomination Of cliques, eau
cusses, or conventions, r-in other words,
without any invitation whatever. We believe
there has been one meeting at which Gov.
Worth has been nominated, and that was in
his own County, which voted against him in
November last. 1t is probable that if Mr..
Dicks friends had made a vigorous rally,
that that gentleman would have been nomi-
mated at the meeting referred to, instead Of
Gov. Worth.
But the State Convention is in session,
composed of q majority of Union men. How
is it that Gov. Worth was not nominated by
the Union portion Of the Convention, if it be
true that he is Simon Pure Union man ~
Are the grapes sour9 And then there are
gentlemen in that body to whom Gov. Worth
owes his election in November last Why
was he not requested by some of them to be
candidate Is he ashamed of his friends
Or was it thought that nomination from
such source would not be advantageous to
him
The Governor seems to think the seccs-
sionists acted creditably" in voting for him
in November last, and that he acted also in
a " creditable" manner to obtain their votes.
But he has no word of complinsent or com
mendation for the twenty-five thousand true
Union men who voted against him. He will
be on good terms with them if they will go to
him, but he will not come to them. They
did right last November. They have not
sinned. Gov. w. did wrong last November.
Gov W. sinned If union. harmony, and
mutual forbearance be desirable, as they
certainly are, they cannot he reached by an
unconditional surrender by those who have
committed no offence to those who have
Has Gov. Worth thought of that So far as
we are concerned We have uniformly acted on
principle. Men should not be considered
when principle is at stake. We have re-
peatedly stated that if Gov. Worth would
plant himself squareIy and finally on true
Union ground. and would shake off the per-
nicious influences by which he was elected
in November last, We would forget the past,
and would give him our humble support
But he does not seem disposed to do this.
He seems to like the new company in which
he finds himself better, than he does his old
friends.
We agree with the Governor that the
| good of our whole nation requires sincere
| and universal reconciliation So far as this
State is concerned, the only persons who art
so acting as to prevent this reconciliation are
the peculiar friends and supporters of Gov
Worth. We hope his admonition will moi
be without its effect on those to whom il
should have been addressed.
We regret to find the Governor speaking
of any law of the land as "distastefuln t.
our people. If he says that, what will no
many of his desperate partizans and sup
porters saya What will they not do9 AL
ready some of them have denounced the gov
eminent, reviled the flag, and declared tina
the land tax imposed by the Congress shoult
not be collected except at the point of tn
bayonet Gov W. should be careful how h
gives his countenance to such conduct on tn
| part of his friends.
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