The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-23

| nc follows The leaders of rebellion were
then disposed to be magnanimous, Cd to al
low poor persecuted Union men all their
rights under the Union, If the Union shoatd
succeed. They had no fears OF that then
they loathed the very idea. They even went
SO far as to say that theywould neverengage
in the work ofrestoration they would never
so DEGRADE themselves. Hear what they sad ;
$50 far as we are concerned, if the humli-
iation of reconstruction should ever take
place-which we hope and pray and peileVe
never will be-the Editor of the Standard
and his allies are welcome to all the honor
and credit. God forbid that ue should be
exalted by the downfall of our country
We the Union men, now simply claim the
fulflment of this promise. Let these self
confessed traitors step aside. They said
they would not engage in this work year
before it commenced, but they hace done so,
and thus far succeeded in thwarting its full
-flment They should be held up to their
promises, both high and low. Let them be
forced out of office. 1t is part Of the bar
gain-they have acknowledged it, and now
all that we claim is that they be made to
stand up to the contract. vs
1t is only necessary to say that John D.
Hyman, the writerof the above extract, was
candidate for the Legislature and defea-
ted last Fall. Has his mind changed2-
Is he prepared at length "te be exalted
upon the downfall and ruin of his coun-
try" Or was he only seeking a position
under the government to again betray
it, and pull down upon us all universal
and irretrievable ruina
The confiscation act of the so-called Con-
federate Congress was approved by Mr.. jeff.
Davis, August 3Oth, 1861.
It declared that all and every, the lands
tenements and Entertainments, goods and
chattels, rights and credits within these
Confederate States, and every right and in
terest therein held, owned, possessed or en-
joyed By or for any alien enemy since the
21st day of May, 1861, except such debts
due to an alien enemy as may have been
paid into the Treasury of any one of the
Confederate States of America prior to the
passage of this law, be, and the same are
hereby sequestrated by the Confederate
States of America"
The 2nd section made it the duty of ecery
citizen to give information to the officers
charged with the execution of the above.
The Srd section declared any person will
fully failing>to give such information, or
rendering an account of sequestered property,
guilty of high misdemeanor, and upon
conviction should be fined S., 900 and impris-
ed not longer than six months
Under this law officers were appointed,
who executed all its provisions promptly J.
Debts due to Northern merchants were paid
to Confederate Receivers, under fear of fine
and Imprisonment, and they were then paid
to the Treasurer of the Confederate States,
and of course all lost. Our people acere thus
deliberately robbed By traitors /; while citizens
of the loyal States were likewise plundered
of their real estate and other effects, which
were sold and used for four years by rebels,
and for which no compensation has been
given or thus far demanded We learn
that in one instance even hat, shirt and
bride belonging to Northern man, were
publicly soldby one of these Receivers. What
then can those, who justified such outrageous
measures, say in opposition to the confsca-
ton laws Of the United States, which, with
remarkable magnanimity, have not thus far
been enforced They can only rely upon
the mercy of Congress.
Let those, also, who suffered themselves to
be imposed upon by the confscation act of
the so-called Confederacy, and who are to-
day laboring, as they never labored before,
to make enough money to pay off these debts,
which have been already pail under COM
pulsion, rememember aoho it aoas that rolled
them
The Unionists of North Carolina, at that
early hour of the rebellion. did not dare to
demonstrate openly or organize resistance to
this law, but many of them concealed their
debts an; allied so far as they could to pre-
vent the confiscation of property. We know
several instances one in particular-in
which gentlemen for four years ran imminent
risk of fine and Imprisonment under this
law. Since the surrender, they have paid
off their debts to those justly and lawful
ly entitled to claim them.
On the 21st of Sept, 1864, Jno D. LYMAN
retired from the editorial control of the
Conservative. VIM. E. Pell. now Editor of
the Sentinel, then of the Allocate, commenced
writing for the Vance organ. He continued
to do so until M. S. Robins took control.
and perhaps afterwards, for there are many
"gcdly comments" in the paper subsequent
to Robins advent, which strongly SAVIOR of
Brother Pell. The Conservative of Septem-
Der 2Sth, 1854, said > > -g...s.-s s., -
The Rubicon is passed, and we cannot
retrace our steps without dishonor. The
time was when many of US battled against
the causes which brought on the war
The crime of bringing it on does not rest on
our hands. What then, shall we after hav-
ing spilled so much blood, sacrificed so
many lives and so much treasure in defence
of the principles of right, shall we back
down 2 Never! Never
Our people do not mean to back. No
such craven heart beats among us. We must
be up and at the foe. The country needs
every man that can be spared. Let the peo-
pie at home, yea the women. if need be, go
on with the work of enrolling and the du-
ties OF commissary and quarter-master's de-