The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-02-12
acapt. Jos. Davis, 47th N. g. Regt, who

@Capt. Jos. Davis, 47th N. G. Rcgt., who
was captured at Gettysburg and paroled
prisoner from Johnson's Island, will speak
in Louisburg on Thursday Of March Court
upon the facts Of his imprisonment and the
state of the country"
What did a paroled prisoner. who was
sworn to neutrality have to do with pubic
spcakings; inflaming the minds of the peo-
pie and encouraging them to resist the ar
mics of the United States2 Did any other
paroled North arolinian ever offer to do
such a thingg
Let us return to the spring of 1864. when
the Confederate of April 18th, let of the fol-
lowing sky-rocket: fe
take heart. O countrymen! Our cause
was never half 80 hopeful as now; our
strength never half so formidable; our re-
surces never half so abundant or so readily
within grasp"
What haldfaced falsehoodsi But in its
issue of May 4th, 1854. it spoke in an
other strain. 1t was thirsting for blood
Read it: -.a ..f-
I'VE hope the Eastern counties will soon
he cleared OF the yanFee allies and protec
tors of the Infamous herd of Buffaloes, when
the loyal citizens will have an opportunity
of taking their own affairs in their own
hands, by inficting summary justice upon
them. There is a fearful day of retribution
in store for them; and not only these, but
many others who esteem themselves out OF
harms way, far IN the rear, too cOwardly to
take up arms, or shoot Confederate sol
dier, but none of the less dangerous in plot
ting mischief and sowing the seeds OF dis
cord and strife"
Who after rcA1king the continued extracts
from these, the leading secession journals of
the State-all OF similar TENOR can doubt
this fact, that if the Confederate arms had
succeeded, Union men, and all who sympa-
thIzed with them. would have been driven
out of the State, some murdered and Others
MANNED for life, their property destroyed
and their families nlaltreated and abused
But now different has been the action of I'm
ion men since the success of their friends
With more cause; for vengeance they for
gave their foes ard treated all kindly. Tru-
ly they are the " salt of the earth" But
they have met with the ingratitude of the
viper, that was warmed into life. Hereafter,
we trust they will exercise little more jus
tice and less mercy. Amen
The military authorities of the Confeder
ate States, in 1862, first began to employ ne
groes in small numbers to build fortifica-
tons-gradually as their armies.grew weak
the sable sons of toll were drafted in large
numbers. The Legislat ures of the various
Southern States periodically voted to pay
owners OF slaves for the loss of their human
property, thus employetl-but forgot to re-
munerate poor white females for the destrue
ton of their husbands, SONS or brothers. Let
the orphans of poor Southern soldiers remen
Der hatl
This paying for slaves who died in the
service arnse from no love for the negro, but
because they feared the influence or disaffec-
tinn of the wealthy master. deprived OF his
property without compensation. In the same
spirit was the exemption clause inserted in
the CONSUMPTION law, shielding the owner of
twenty slaves from mlitry duty
Again we say, let the poor c,nscripts remem-
Der that!
But as the war advanced ind the rebel
armies dwiadled gradually aEay. the lead
ers OF the rebellion became desperate. Hav
ing forced every white man into the field,
whom they could reach, and still feeling
weak, with Grant crowding Lee into bis for
tifcations, and Sheridan adva 1cing through
the swamps OF Georgia, they first proposed
to ronscript every man, but recoiled from
that proposition SO soon rs it bec,,me evil
dent that they too would have to- go in, at
the front, 'close under the flasllin,, of the
guns" What was left them Only one and
the last desperate resort" arm the ne
groes," they said, "and set them frre!"
Thus they justified the emancipation and
enlistment of colored troops by the wise and
patriotic Lincoln.
The Confederate of February 1st, 1865.
said:
1--WE are satisfied that if Congress and
the States had taken steps early lass Fall
to have given Gen. Lee two hundred thous-
and negroes. We should scarce to-day
have had a yankee foot print ON Sourhern
soil"
The same paper of March 1st, 1865.
said:
If Congress were to pass the t,o4trest
measures, take 100000 negroes. add to these.
for reserve 100000 more, call upsa the
people to bring them up, and pile On the,
taxes and the peopfe-all the people-werc-
to say amen. there is no telling the wonder.
full effect such a spirit would have On the
universal yankee nation"
The same sheet, under date of Jan. 18TH
1865, spoke as follows:
Since the attest of our military leaders
from two points of observation has declared
in favor Of the employment of negro sol.
oilers, the spirit of the press is very properly
conforming to this standard authority. Of
the right VIC never doubted;. of the exsedi,
ency we are now convinced. If the South
ern negro be appealed. to. with proper raeraF
inducements to enlist his sympathies, we
doubt not either his capacity or Ills VIKING,
ness or his fidelity; and with this elc.
ment Of strength. our independence is GER
taiu."
The colorcd people should mark this fact
IN the history OF the past. Let them rezsemr
Der, that those who sought to establish a
government to perpetuate their bondage. t.
na'ly proposed to make them fight fog the
same purpose. to force them to slaugs9r in
the pens at Petersburg and Charleston, false
ly promising thenl freedom at the price of
their blood.
The followingis the resolution referred to
as being prepared by Gov. Vance, and ssEpp-
ted bya Convention of true Unionists at
Hendersonville,. n G., Aug. 18th, 1868.
which assembled to nominate a candidate
for the Confederate Congress. That sterling
Unionist, General George W. Logan, was
nominated. The following were the more
conspicuous Unionist present on the occas-
ION. who will be recognized at once as open
and avowed reconstructionists.
Hon. A. H. Jones, of Henderson, now
member elect to the q. s. Congress; Col C.
L. Harris and ]. B. Carpenter. of Rutherford
Col. ]. M. Hamilton, of Polk; and s. O.
| Beaver. of Madison That was the compa-