The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-26
THE RECORD
OF THE
INSTIGAT0RS AND LEADERS
OF THE
REBELLION.
READ AND CIRcULArE--READ AND PRESERVE.
Treason must be made OdiOus.
rANDREw JOHNSON.

upon the doctrine of States Rights, and TIN
general government was denominated mere
ly the agent of the States. Secession at viii
was made the corner stone of the edifce, ant
the maintenance and propagation of human
slavery, if necessary even by the renewal o
the African slave trade, was proclaimed
primary object.
But we shall show that the Instigators anc
Leaders of the Rebellion abandoned thei
principles before the close of the war
and By their own actions justified the c0ercau
measures Of President Lincoln and has enamel
patton proclamation. In other words, that
they refused the State of North-C Carolina the
privilege of secession at willard threaten
ed to coerce her,-and advocated openly the
emancipation of slaves and their conscrlp
ton into the armies of the so-called Con.
federacy. For they discovered that in order
to maintain their spurious form of republi-
can government, they must adopt measures
in direct opposition to the fundamental prin-
ciples of their own Constitution, but which
were properly and legally in the hands
of the Executive and Legislative depart
ments of the United States government.
The Union men of North Carolina from
the first were aware of these weaknesses of
the Confederate government. They knew
that the principle ofsecession at will could be
welded to destroy that government, as readi-
ly andmore successfully than it was being
used to break up the Union of the States.-
Therefore it was their object throughout the
entire war to foment dissatisfaction, to keep
alive the embers of love for the Union, and
to urge an early restoration of peace. In
this State particularly, they advocated a
Convention of the people to withdraw the
State from the Confederacy, IN accordance
'ciM the principle Of secession at aciU. They
were, however, always careful to keep to the
windward of the Confederate powers; but
while they did this, they essayed in every
manner to break the heads of traitors with
their own bludgeon. There was also another
incentive ofthe most powerful character, they
knew that they were marked as traitors, and
their lives and property daily threatened {;
denounced as tories to be dealt with accord
ing to the rigors of military laws"-conscrip-
ted and ostracised-and therefore, for self
they were obliged to take Office,
md utter sentiments in support of the REBEL
ION which they loathed from the bottom of
heir hearts.
These are facts of history.
In reviewing the course of the leaders of
he rebellion, the Confederate of Jan. 18th,
1865, admitted that the Union men had
thrown material impediments in the path of
he rebellion, and advocated the broadcast
of power by the Confederate
government, thus ignoring States rights, Sc
ession at will. &c. The following is the
extract:
The material results of these impediments
n the path of the government have been to
weaken our numerical force in the field, to
lepreciate the government and break down
IS currency-to break the spirit of the peo-
,le with gloom and dcspondency-to cause
lissension division and discord, and to en-
courage the enemy to more persistent and
Energetic measures of war. In this state of
lie case something is to be done. 1t had been
much better if the Confederate government
lad, in the beginning, assumed its broadest
ttituae Of authority. and never permitted for
moment an undue impeachment to arise and
xercise its power. What it has neglected
o assume or forborne to exercise, it cannot
onger. without extreme hazard, venture to
lelay."
And the following from the Confederate of
he 18th OF January, 1865, to the same pur
,ose:
eff Congress has assumed to exercise the
ull power vested in it by the Constitution,
shall raise armies to a sufficient strength,
rgnnizc II Confederate militia, suspend the
abeas corpus, by which no good citizen has
een or will be wronged, and punish con-
piracy"
On the 7th Of September, 1854, the same
aper spoke as follows:
"Where is the Georgia platform and Gov
Brown, that brawling humbug Of States rights
o,os If he had been less a mar plot-more
n the platform of the Confectionery more
aclinsd to adjunct the Executive and to
trengthen the hands Of the Confederate Co..
r7ament than to be everlastingly making
oints and issues, Georgia would not have |
cen obliged to bow her neck to day to the |
read of the invader, seated in her midst"
Gov Brown, of &c orgia, resisted the con-
cription of magistrates and State officers
lie honestly held to the doctrine of States
Ights, and protested against Confederate
surpation. That was his Georgia platform,
ut the Confederate and its secession allies,
Tho never had any true principles at all, de-
om1nated him "that brawling humbug of
tates' rights" On the 9th of July, 1864,
hat journal further said:
"What does Gov. Brown think now of
inscription, when the necessity of universal
inscription is on him Where is his Geor-
ia platforms Alas, it is to be hoped and
rayed for-that his long deferred action
lay not be too late
"And to precisely this state of things
'ould Mr.. Holden bring us in North-Car
ma. He cries peace, when he knows that
e cannot do one act to promote it. He adj
coates the exemption of militia officers, JUS
ces, constables, jailors, &C., thereby weak
ming the army and compelling the enrol
tent of old men and boys And by his VIC
mt accusations against the government, he
lvites the advance of the enemy"
The above extracts speak for themselves.
hey show how utterly unprincipled and
'ckless were the instigators and leaders of
lie rebellion. To use figure of speech orig
lated by z. B. Vance, if the Lord had de-