The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-12-04


will lay down specific rules on this subject
during the present term of the Court, but
we make the above statement in advance to
prevent future mistakes and inconvenience.
| The Revolted Spirits. eifas
| "What though the field be lost! e
All is not lost the unconquerable viii, 1
| And stufy of revenge, immortal hate,
| And courage never to submit or yield" re-
We had heard the rumor that a number Of
Confederates, drawn to this City by the Fed
eral Court and bya previous political under
standing, were engaged in caucusing as to
the best means of defeating the new Consti-
tuition to be adopted by the approaching
Constitutional Convention. The result of
this caucusing is seen in the Sentinel of Sat
urday last. The proposed Confederate or
so-called Conservative State Convention,
which was to have been held on the / 1th of
this month, has again been indefinitely post
poned, and State Executive Committee has
been appointed, embracing the leading Con-
federates or traitors of the State. We give
some samples of this Committee, that our rea-
ders may know who are conspicuous in con-
tinuing the work of strife and disunion among
our people: William A. Graham, George
Howard, Daniel G.. Fowle, Thomas Bragg,
A. $. Merrimon ]. R. Mclean, z. B. Vance,
S. J. Person, j. NJ. Leach, Bedford Brown, a.
E. D. Hall, &c. b.os T ia aisqa
These gentlemen have Just been voted
down at the polls by a majority of $4,000
of our people. Some of them were willing
and active parties in the work of secession,
which was accomplished, as far as it could
be, equally against the will of the people /;
some of them were ready and anxious to
fight it out" even with the aid Of colored
troops, urging oil our people-nay, forcing
them at the point Of the bayonet up to the
last moment into the horrors Of the struggle,
inthe vain hopcof saving slavery and Of Sc
curing that vicious bubble, Southern indie
pendence." At the close OF the rebellion
they were unwilling. as they are now, to re-
turn 20 the Union, except on their own
terms, with all the offices and honors in their
own hands; and from that day to the pres
ent they have heen as factious, as selfish, and
as persistent in their opposition to recon
struction as they were desperate and bloody
in prosecuting the war against the United
States. Their conduct proves that they are
determined nerer to submit in good faith to
the rightful authority of the government
and it will, therefore, be the duty of the
people of the State to vote them down and
goosrn them in the future as in the past.
The factious and selfish disposition oil
these leaders is most manifest, in that they
I do not propose to wait to see what sort OF a
Constitution the Convention will make, but
they are organizing ir advance to defeat it
whatever it may be. 1t is enough that aes
will not make the instrument that it will
not provide especially for them and thei1
followers-that it will be Constitution b,
the people, Of the people, and for the PEG
pie, and therefore it must be rejected. Blu
we have no fears on this score, if the Repub
lican masses of the State are only true t.
themselves and their principles. We rathe
rejoice than otherwise at the course pursued
by these leaders, for, in the first place, the,
have shown their hand in time to enable tn
loyal masses to circumvert them; and in th
second place, the agitation they are deter