The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-10-09


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a., ,,t,;o, l,,, to The afyontiop ofzti1e. pres-
asy sadera, - consr;tntion * saScfbe. peoi
TIs y and NOT 81 wsthes AZ "a lt Ms tbs
FATAL donna kh6f 3 IN xbirt6 10 the Virginia
aoTfsRfIA3} h&.s8i,,f;ons of ,qS which was
49, &c .acess;o, +, 1aeo r. n,e1,acea
u'e gusps, ~ liz sa,',;ss;o,, 81 M;sso,,r and
.no -, * n il;Sea.
u 81,
; ;ata The EFF, feI sn;r;t and nnrchased tempo
r rar1N peace by the-.compromises. q. 1850,
, which neacc WAS rIdi3tfl thau4kiss d 5sil ts56'
w"I" e"SS sth s rsn,orss when rebellion
. snu ;tssIf unnn the t;rst SECESSION ori
Pa, lived ;.sgun.,nnon Sumter -,
A TIs;sss nj; ~ at;nnaT narlU Ora snins in rs
Soonglsf ever &izdx for1elisf resitafs stol<6A'
,,Ssr;Ie n,afhod Of attemnt;no to found an ar
r nm . nlav mon s,sword. I'VE are
s,r,,,elr told tbat 7 re o, II v &c the
I To-; than Il ;s r,,htfn,lv ont that Il never
~. o, n,oss secess;an fna. + mi and I'D, Il
aosss;on reaIiv did fake + mt swbv then Sc
,sss;96 sa.ss1s valid act and then the war
1872 ia Statos x,as copse
nnently tyrann;ss & hfl udrs,,st This iSthe
;Iner;tahle dilemma Rnt prick it with a
min and # collansps at once. "a /
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; in ,pm,,lsvins the Word
;n fwo Al f,arHan IN
fact tho a;fsa,e,t. we'll defpsed and distinct.
;dsos ul;cb his sinole term serves to CON-
,a," ,;m,.s r;so ~ M little of the confused
tlon7ht which exists in 5tl,e tnubiic mind
about The relation of the rebel States to the
| ,,onoral ,rovarnment Had we a different
| SS-~~N
tar ,.,,,,,ia s+ond in a mpch clearer LIGHT. AS
=; ~ ~ orc oomnellad to use TIE word.
| mStates ta]e4nress 4, variety of different;
| n,ean;ngsr q Jtsst ~ ~ " Il r
For distance wbep we saw State is in the
HMM we mean one thing by the word
:. sta,s ~ when va ssya Stote Il orit of the
| JTn;on we understand another. and quite a
d;ffsrsa, tb;ng. by. tbe same word.
sf5e frst sanse we are Ia understand the
word g Staten in = geoorabhicai or territo-f
rial sense that il ne conveying the idea of a
certain district AZ country marked out.by,
mctes and bonnds Thus we saw. we live. in
the State Of North Carolina In this sense
| of tbe word North Carolina is as completely
in the JInion and under the control of its
laws sas Montana territory the District of
Co,nn,b;;sa, or tb,,s State Of New York =
Tn The second GAGE the word CONVEYS an
fla fotailv difarent from this. IN this:
connexion the term Staten has technical
mean;no We mean a constitutional State ::
an oraen;,e5 form of local Government
ha1ssna certain win defined relations to q
csrtra1 ,,oovarnn,ent sncb as sen dino 'ret,re
sebtaf;ySs ~ ,bes Conoress md iieonirinrr all
the officers to recognize the supremacy of
the General Government by taking an oath
| TO sapport its constitution. We saw State
is in.fh Union when all these attfibufes or
Qualities are in existence: when all the re-
Jations of the State to the .aeberaf on vernI
ment a,e undisturbed and unbroken. But
sunnose n State chooses to sseorn these rela.
tions and break away from the orbit in
which II had been moving in beautiful harmo-
nv. what then becomes Of fife State9 There
is not a sineIe. State officer that can be re-
copnized by the general government. be-
cause not one of them has ever taken the
oath prescribed 5y tie constitution Of the
limited States There Is then NO State ma
cbinery at all. There exists no yestiee of
constitutional organization. o Tie State has
abdicated. The body polite is dead. and
life can onlS he breathea info If from with.
out. Tn this sense North Carolina is out of
the Union. The Congress has SO declared:
and its legislation has ali been founded nnon
tb;s h y1otbes;sT What r;ght then has Laen
tr.mnIed mnona What nTecent of the con, con.
stitnf;on- has b,,en v;olated And finally
whence proceeds this reLell;ous crv aya;nst
the recent action of CONGRESS but from naa.
sion ,nreindice and the Inst for mower
Ali oentlemen those who lsd Of in ro.
beiI;on aid not thinL that The S,s,es would
lose mono If tte;r const;tnt;onai r;ojts IN
case thew were defeated in their desnerate
enternr;Se Thew knaw we'll that tba areat
hatt,a wss 70 bo fonoI,t oyer and .boye t,,a
constitution ,o hat tbe yero natnrs of tbar
;nstrnment ya NC" such that Il could hr ="
possibility provide for any such continseu.
CIV The battle. was5foupht unou the fioh
gronnd that the safety of the neon,e ;S The
Supreme law These leaders were we'll
aware that in the death orannle of warislIl
had1iasn 7sfaEed .5Tj,sv knew what wera,
the laws and nsages of war when tbev on
,,ao,ad -, ths 49, of.b a
Tbey well understood tbat thew threw awav
every right and privilege which thew en;ov.
ed npder tbe canSt;tuf;on ubon tbav mt
that constitution nnder their feet and trn ct
ed To their strong r;.ht arms Wbat ,raro
tLe anneals thew ma BE IN The neonlea Tbo
alarm Sounded ,,,n,on an osc,cas;pns ,os ,vhat
would be the fearful and inevitable resnlt Of
suiimosation and the neo,nje were inc;ted and
maddened ~ f;abt Il n,,t IN tba b;tter anJ
Tho rehel cb;efs tnow that e thau s,,naa.,1.,i
independence and ,sovereienity was before
them that if they failed, they were at the
mercy of the conqueror. In spite of the re-
monstrances; the entreaties, the prayers of