The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-11-13
HSo,lR 81 loIIssI 3sor THE INSERTION.

Poor, to ths People Of North Carolina, da-f
ted MareS 81, 1857 1870 ~ i,s'a'
,AIn the heginping, q majority of tbs, peo7s
pie of North7C Carolina were opposed to the
secession ordinance, and accepted 1T only as
an inexorable necessity, forced upon them
by the action THE adjacent States and the
dangerous excitement of the times But
many earnest, Union men, especially the,
Young, and inconsiderate,. were 5000 borne
along by the madness of the day., or BECAME !
unable to Withstand the derision and taunts
of cowardice with which they were con,
stanlly assaileds by the press, in public ias-
sembies and in the social circle. Others.
were deceived by the tardy and vaccilating
action of the national administration, into
the beliefthat no adequate resistance would
be made to the attempted separation, and
thatiupon the establishment OF the Confed-
eracy, perpetual dishon0r, would attach to
those who refused to support promptly the
action OF their. State. !, But, the. most potent
agency resorted to was the bold, systematic
and inscriptions Misrepresentation of the
designs of the United States in waging war /,
against the secession movement The object
was asserted to be to abolish slavery, to force
negroes upon . social equality with the
whites-to compel their admission to the
best society-Ito the table, and even to n mar ar.
rage relatinns-t deprive the Southern peo1-
pie of all nghts-to. plumber, contiscate,
murder and reduce to a state q. dependence
and AFFECT yassalage. The Whole Northern
people were denounced as hypocrites, rob
bers and vandalsAand the Union soldiefy
as hirelings and mentions yagabonds. The
assemblies Of the people, the legislative halls
the press and the social circle teemed with
this scurrility, coupled with still viler epi-,l
thets and threats of infamy, towards such as
were supposed to sympathlse with the gov
eminent in its struggle to suppress the re-
ibellon and preserve the Union All at
tempts at contradiction were suppressedAby
observation-disclosures, or by mob violence
A system of the basest espionage. sprung up [,
spontaneously in every neighborhood, and
every man had spy and informer at his
door. Good men were thus deceived the
timid were appalled,, and the boldest could
see no hope of success in any effort to stem
the general current Could the truth,ii at
that time, have been plainly told to the peo-
pie of North Carolina, and needed by them,
how much of calamity would have been
.averted, and what, untold miseries spared us!
But after the lapse of about two years,
tho firth beoan III force itself ,,non he,uiib,
liz. mind The ovcrwron. hit excitement he.
,,,n 70 ,,.o,L IA o1u,n rrenIeflv while tho On.
eraet;c action If the FEDERAL Government
oxynSnSsed; III E,s;tv of the assurance. so re-
nelteelIv o;ven hv the instioatorsl ~ the re-
tb,llion that n dared not resists the 'senara-
st;on III tbe States VoInntee-in, in the Con-
falerate army nearly ceased and tbe neonle
beoan 70 think and sneak of peace on the
Hest attaiinablt terms n was then that the
7! ;nsfioators and leaders of the rebellion threw
off t6e mask which tbev had SO lono worn
and Instituted despotism so complete and
merciless that scarcely a yestire Of liberty or
rioht was left. It was discovered, when too
lafe Fiat bower had been placed in the
hands of men. who scrubbed at nothing that
mi VIII he rennisite 10 the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of
their ends. and hesitated not 10 set at de.
fiance not oI,iy the wishes and RIGHTS Of their
fellow citizens Inf even the sentiments and
faa,;ngs If buhI,u;tv .liTbav had. & q ,irelJ
trained armv rnder their command of; cered
bv men. Of fheir own choosina Almost every
civil nosition in he Executive IIegs,ative
and ind;c;aI de,,artments 1of The Sac and
Confsde-ate governments was filed Inv their
vlnlant and uiilipn friends
Tins resistance became imnossiLia and re-
monstrabce danngtors They enacted laws
of wholesale CONSUMPTION, and executed them
with the most seeaarchino ri1or lImnressmant
laws, SO framed that the property of the cit
izen was practically at the disposal of iue-
spopsible military suhordinates. were exec,,.
ted IN such manner as to awe or ruin every
one suspected of disafTection or personally
obnoxious to the pettv tyrants sent ont to
scourge each loealify Scanning parties
composed of the most desperate and aban-
doned of the soldiery. ranged in every conn.
ty. and were cbanged sllffic;etlv often 70 nre-
vent any kindly relations be,pS formed with
the, people or any influence gained over them
Inv men of character and iustice The sus-
pension of the haIeaa e0rnus nIaced nnder
military control the nersons of thnse whose
ace. sex or condition exempted them frnm
conscrintion Pr;sons l-ant in tbe most
ioatbsoma cond;t;on r,ara ss,a hi;sI,ad 49, =.
Richmond and in other Ioca,;t,es To ava,'
awe the STRUGGLING ITn;on cent;n,ont of n,,r
neonle Che one at Sal;shnrv WOO sat ~ "a ~
nade tha scono If -" ~, -, * nnu
tion.os wb;cI, tbe h,onI an, r,,,,s III
Hundreds of onr nr;yate c;t;zens eYarn,t
from conservation were there and at Casfle
Thunder in Richmond ;ncarcarsteJ mo-,
mere snsn;c;on Of fTn;on;sm ond ~, IL ~
dea,b hy ota,vot;on ang ntha, ;uJoaa. ~; srei
crnelt;es ''N' ''''' ''1 WV 't'''''i io'''le
D.. a. s.:,: LII q slti,,,,9 =, q
acy would not allow the 10 sae - Gofesl
nlison accommod.t;on e. sAsn ~ su.nsiens
% NO. naoassar' ~ -. - g many vlc,!uls
Iin;on;sn IF MI ~ Sugptsss shg struggling
left - ths ,nh",.L "'s5 - ne iest was
1a5 iS snosu;m. SCOUTS anu aSehorl-
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