The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-27
THE gyF,DEL,S PRAYER.

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soul, If I Ihdre one, prayed the weak
kueed infidel in the hour of his adversi-
ty: Register, Register! Register
writes the rebel press throughout the
State, accept the Reconstruction plan
of Congress, thus ,Jar, that we may be
able to incorporate our secession doc
trines into the new State Constitution,
if we find ourselves strong enough.
After denouncing the reconstruction
measures of fCongrcss with all the venom
and bitterness of disappointed and sell
fish party-hacks, after hurting all the
vile vituperations conceivable against
the authors of the reconstruction bills,
after vainly endcavorin@ to cheat the
people OF the United States, through
the Interpretation of soul-hired NJ
torney-General, when the emphatic
voice of the loyal masses of the Union
proclaims itself in the recent supple
mental bill of Congress i'll unmistaka-
bic tones of earnestness, the croakerS
of the "Lost Cause" suddenly drop
their belliSerent tone, and advise their
deluded followers to comply with the
reconstruction acts, at least so far as to
Register.
This sudden change of position on
the part of the enemies of the govern
ment, may well arouse the suspicious
Of the loyal men of the South. Why
does rebel press advise registration
under enactments and provisions of
Congress, which but few days ago,
they pronounced as :iumiliating and
degrading to the people of the South /?
A lew of the small fry Of the crew have
let the cat out Of the bag, plain language
had to be used to those that swont be
reconstructed,' in order to continue
them in the ranks of the secession
leaders, and accordingly it is insinuated,
what was apparent to observing Onion
men in the beginning, that the Rebels
advise to register, and the registration
on the part Of avowed enemies Of tie
government is not an evidence Of their
CONVERSION to the cause Of justice and
peace and harmony, but that it is only
one more attempt at reViying the Lost
Causc."
Driven to desperation by their failure
to establish government whose strong
hold should be slavery, the leaders Of
the rebellion and advocates Of secession
have at last resolved that if they cannot
rule they will use their best efforts to
ruin the land. They will register in
the hope Of defeating reconstruction.
Should they find themselves strong
enough. they will use all efforts to keep
the South out of the Union, hoping to
gain through subsequent enartments
more favorable opportunities for the
elevation of the enemies of the national
government. The masses are advised
to register, not for any specific purpose
or object now proclaimed, but that
they can be used against the govern
ment of the United States, as the emer
gency may arise, in the course Of recon-
struction. What can be more con-
tempti5le, in the eyes Of honest men,
than the desperate measures of these
secession leaders? Men who in one
moment denounce the enactments of
Congress as inimical O the South-as
humiliating and degrading-and in the
next moment ask their followers to
avail themselves Of the opportunity
profferad to comply with one provision
ofthe acts, for the sake of defeating
them as a whole. This is what party
blindness is asking of honest people,
VIII they find dupes enough to come
at their bidding? We think not
From all Indications, thus far received,
the mel who during the rebellion held
sway are daily sinking lower and lower
In the estimation of the honest citizens
OF N North- Carolina. Their aims Of self
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT are becoming more
and more apparent, and we doubt not
the White Union vote Of the State is
stronger to-day than it has been at any
tline since the close Of the war-Nea0-
"erm Repu6lican.
1.-Two Two Irishmen were n work in bog,
s0na "nsn one OF them fell on piece of quick
fria,bt ra% ana began to sink. His companion,
fa rnoe, 1ooent'', ran for assistance and finding u
como eI + begged him to bring rope and
in my teiore " it was too late. 'Heis already
desnpa;r ~ MS ankles" exclaimed the friend in
" then t, oh," said the farmer, reassurcd,
momnnt omen tnere ere Is plenty of time" Not, a