The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-01-23
THE RECORD
~ hor THE
IhSTIGATORS and LEADERS
s. OF THE
REBELLION.
READ AND CIRCuLATE--READ AND PRESERVE.

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READ AND CIRCULATE--READ AND PRESERVE.
81 Treason must be made odious.
TANDREw JOHNSON.
To-day we shall first call attention to the
following extract from the Conservative of
July 9th, 1864: ~
keep it before the people, that the Yam.
KEGS regard Holden as their friend, as evil
dence whereof some Yankee prisoners, pass
ing on the railroad at Wilson, cheered and
shouted for w. W. Holden"
Hurrying on to Virus graveyard at An
Jacksonville, --totorturc, starvation and death,
those federal prisoners shouted for their
friend, w. W. Holden. And We tell traitors,
that If any one of that devoted band survives
the horrors of imprisonment, Holden still re.
tains hi. friendship !! \;
At that day such an occurrence perilled
mans life, for it was esteemed crime equal
to high treason, to have loyal friends in the
federal army. Yet they cheered for Holden.
1t is sad but pleasing thought: for it was
the shout Of dying men-starving heroes, ex-
piring in the cause of Liberty and Union !
When did federal prisoners passing on the
railroad, ever shout for traitorsa
The extract above given, however, had
deeper meaning than merely to show MIR.
Holden's disloyalty to the Confederacy. 1t
was intended to incite mobs against him and
to procure his death at the hands of irfuria-
ted rebels Those who remember those
days, can easily conceive what terrible res
ults might have followed this publication,
but for the fact that there were no Confeder-
ate troops then located at Raleigh. When
ever they did come, he had to escape for his
life.
The following from the Confederate of
June list, 1864, published as communica-
ton, without comment, was intended to pro-
cure the same result:
"Whilc Yankee prisoners who were cap
tured at Plymouth by Gen. Hoke's Com
mand, were detained at Tarboro', awaiting
transportation, the following conversation
took place between one of the prisoners, who
conversed intelligently and certain gentlemen
of high responsibility, residents of Edge
combe County. The conversation was con-
Quoted by one prisoner and two citizens
One citizen only talked with prisoner at the
time.
Prisoner: What do you people think of
Mr.. Holden, Editor of the Standard?
Citizen: We think he is traitor. What,
DO you think of him
Prisoner: I believe him to be Union
man.
Citizen What evidence have you, which
induces you to believe him a Union man
Prisoner: l believed him to be a Union
man and that belief has been strengthened
from what heard two ladies say, who came
to Plymouth from Raleigh to 60 to Norfolk
to see their husbands. They said while in
Plymouth that Mr. Holden is Union man,
that he is in favor of reconstruction and
that he has many friends in Raleigh; that
his friends are largely in the majority, and
that he will be protected and defended. not
withstanding his sentiments are so obnox-
ious to great many people of the State"
The ladies told the truth.
We append the following from the Con-
tederate of June 22nd, 1864:
"We hold Mr.. Holden's disloyalty to the
cause to be clearly established"
!. And the following horrible threat in the
same journal, under date of July 10th, 1854:
"And to be slain by villianous tories and
traitors as Waighstell Avery was, Avery
was killed in skirmish with Kinks men,
calls aloud to our cOuntrymen and authorities
to Uisit upon all this class, and their sympathi-
GERS, the direct vengeance of an outraged
people and insulted law. And the day Of ret
ribution to all such sciU come"
The Confederate of the same date contain
ed the following additional appeal to the
passions of the people. How horrible! What
would have been the sufferings of thousands
thus summarily dealt with-crushed out of
existence! Read:
"The people of this State have stood upon
a volcano. They do so still, unless the loyal
sentiment crushes out this cile treason. If we
have not the nerve strength or zeal to eradi-
cate this evil, look to it, if disaster befal our
arms it will eradicate u.s."
What Secessionist has been eradicated |?
T Not one. And yet great many deserved it,
among them the writer of the above.
Is any intelligent Northern man now at a
loss to perceive why even the best Union men
|. among us were forced to identify themselves
somewhat with the rebellion9 1t was for
the sake OF saving their lives, and the lives
of their innocent wives and children; for
the leaders of the rebellion neither respected
age or sex, as the following from the Contsd-
crate of June Goth, 1854, plainly proves:
"TRA1ToRs. is said that the parties de-
tected in Augusta in communicating with
: the enemy are females They should he inn
prisoned forthwith, and kept in confinement
until the close of the icar. They are probably
high in social position, but we hope the au-
thorities have the nerve to do their duty"
What would have been the fate of " fe-
males, high in social position" thus impri-
soned in some Castle Thunder, for the war,
at the mercy of vile and brutal turkeys
Yet such was the hideous proposal; and it
came from the h-piece of "the chival.
ry."
Both the Confederate and Conservative, as
many of our readers well know, were pub
lished in this City up to the close of the war
: The former was the organ of the original
Secessionists, and the latter the mouth-piect
of the latter-day-war- saints Such authority
[ cannot be questioned in any particular, an6