The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-05-15
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THROUGHOUT all the counties in the
State of North Carolina, from Cherokee
to Tyrrell, the one cry Of humanity is
eve want peaceAwe are tired of tu-
multi and stnfe;" and yet how few, how
very few there are who endeavor to
win peace to their homes-who exert
their powers for the restoration of har-
mony among men and the reclamation
of prosperity for our enfeebled country.
This is what the Republicans are seek.
ing; this is what they are working so
diligently for; this is why they so 81.
lently endure the harsh treatment and
bitter contumely heaped upon them.
The Republican press cannot be milder
in tone than it is, for the foul spirit OF
Rebellion, Kissing from the breast of
Democracy, compels it to stand at dag
gers, points.
The men of the great national Repub-
lican Union party of America are re-
solved to do or die. They have buck
led on the armour of truth and justice,
their shields glitter in the light of Ii
berty's sun, their strong arms are laid
bare for the fight, and on their stern
brows are written the ever mighty
words "Right shall Prevail"
The Rebels of the South-for such
they must be called until they them
selves profess desire to be rid Of the
name-still refuse to learn the lesson OF
submission. 1t is lesson which moth.
inc but absolute rightful necessity, for
the preservation of the laws of nation,
is warranted in teaching. There is a
necessity for teaching that lesson now;
and outraged justice sits upon the tu-
tors throne.
Six years ago the United States was
making more rapid strides than any
other nation on the face of the globe
towards the maximum of wealth and
power. With her flag unturled on
every sea, her banner hoisted in every
port, and her dignity represented in
every country, she would soon have
known no peer. But that cursed, hell
born spirit of Rebellion, parented by
aristocratic despotism and fostered by
ambitious greed, hung the mill stone Of
maction upon our country's loins, and
her struggle for life reduced her nearly
to the door of death. r.
And now these men, these very men
whose hands are reeking with the blood
of the Unions heart, denying even that
they were wrong, claim the right to
rule their conquerors. And they pirate
about oppression" Oppression ! Good
God !-go to the freside of the Union
homes in this State, and if you want
to hear of Oppression ask the poor wild
ow of her husband-ask the lonely
gray-haired mother of her son-ask the
orphan children of their father! The
dents of rude muskets on the door, the
broken furniture, the shattered house
hold treasures, the bruises on the bodies
of the helpless women and children,
and the sad expression of their mourn
full eyes will tell the awful tale-the
sequel to Confederate Consumption
Who hatag men for expressing political
opinions ?-who starved their families I?
who tied and chained honest men like
rogues and forced them to die for a
cause which they could not love ?-who,
descending to meanness equalled only
by act of the Inquisition, took the wives
and daughters of men who would not
fight against the flag of the Union and
mashed the blood from their hands 10
make them betray their husbands and
fathers into the clutches of ruffian of.
ficers ?-who hunted down deserters
from the Rebel army, Union men who
had been conscripted, and had them
shot without trial or moments warn
ing? Oppression, Oppression. 1t
makes the angry blood boil in mans
veins to hear these red-handed, hard
souled traitors talk of the injustice of
our national government. 1t fires the
Indignation of ones heart to see them,
conquered as they are, still splitting de-
iance in the face of rightfnl law.
The annals of history do not contain
an instance of such remarkable leniency
as the government of the United States
has shown towards those who fought
for its overthrow. The lives of Three
Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand
Men were sacrificed, and millions of
treasure expended, to put down the Re-
hellion and preserve the Union of our
fathers, and yet the cup of mercy is
held out to unrepentant traitors. If
the cup is not soon taken, vengeance
will hold out one of vinegar and gall,
and those who spurned the former will
have to drain the latter even to the
very dregs.-Salem Observer.