The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-11-13
keen Cool,-and stand Firm.

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We have vivid remembrance Of the pres
sure brought to bear on Union men in this
City and State, during the rebellion, when
MrGDasis and Gov. Vance were running
down poor conseripts, with their .blood-
hounds, shooting desertels and ctofturihg
women and old men on account of their
opinions hut We notify the Congress of the
United States and Gen. Candy, the comaiaa-
der of this. District, that under the auspices
Of the rebel State organization, through the
instrumentality of its efieeholders, tdeRsenl
dants and partizans, pressure has been
gotten up here against loyal men, which snr-s1
passes in intensity and bitterness that of 1864.
These partizans, office-holders and depen-
dants are riding free on our Railroads While
loyal men have to walk, and backed as.they
are by the whole power and treasure of the
State, they are rousing a large portion ofour
people to state Of fury against the govern
ment. No SANDER, too vile for them to ]
utter against their opponents No express
ion of hatred towards the g6vefnment is too
bitter for them to use. No language, to
hear them speak, can describe the aversion
and contempt which they appear to feel for
white Republicans and the coloredr race. rss,a
Gen. Candy, in simply performing his
duty under the law, in his Circular Of 0cto-
ber. 3lst, has struck an effective blow against
these incorrigible traitors but we call on all
men to bear witness that if the triumph of the
Republicans in this State should not be as
impressive and as thorough as it is expected
to be- twill be owing to the mistaken poll
cy Which continued over our heads the exe
isting' Rebel States % organizations. ri For ex7
ample. we have the North Carolina Railroad,
powerful q6fporation,s inths Ra6dss0f, d
Rebel President, under Rebel Governor
welding all its influence against reconsrfut- :
ton. The ATLANTIC RRoad rs another ot inflpqepi Y 95
tial corporation, is doing the same thing;
and the same is true as to the Railroad west
from Salisbury-all of them to a greater or
less extent State works. Then we have
hundreds, if not thousands of County off
GERS doing all they can to bring the recon
struction acts intp contempt among the ,peo-
plea9 We haze also, in Wake County, a Su-
perioraCourt Judge who isa candidate for
the Contention, taking the ground on the
stump that the reconstruction acts are IN
censsitutional, and urging the people to op
pose them on the ground that manhood
suEragei is fraught with woes unnumbered,"
and that qualified suffrage only Should be
conceded by our people. 4<iiis r. ~ = !
., We do not refer to these elements of op-
position because we dread them, but that
onr friends alta distance may see the weight
we have to carry. There is no doubt as to
the success of our principles. We shall
carry the State triumphantly. Let the Re-
publieans keep cool and stand firm. There
are many Republicans who do not show
their hands at public, meetings on account
of the pressure, but who will vote with u.s.
They feel most acutely the CALLING bondage
under which they labor, and they are anx-
ious for an opportunity to throw it off. They
can do it by the secret ballot, without incur
ing the risk. of lrsing trade or. being dis
charged from employment. They know that
they will be free as soon as Republican p,in
ciples aresestablished, and that prosperity
will soon follow the peace and good govern
ment that will flow from reconstruction. We
repeat, let every Republicankeep cool, stand
urn, and work hard up to the last moment
OF the 10th November, and glorious victo-
;ry for the Union and for good government
VIII crown our Efforts aets 1884 .sals,as2aI x