The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-02
All .s5idJ di-qqb For the Standard.
The Lex TaliOnIs. =

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The ler tationis is not yet entirely absolete.
There are times and crises In which no Otherrule
can be adopted either by men parties Such
crisis has come upon the Republican party in
North Carolina Ohr opponents know MOI law
but force, and this they, must be made to feel
Accns: oinetl always to rule by threat and blow
they think the roles of bully may still be success
fully played. They are endearoring to pour
upon the Republican partya torrent OF abusive
black guardism, which shall .oyerwheim and dis
comfit from its very yileness 1t Is not strany;
that they Should expect to do this with IMMUNITY:
During the past year this has been their chief
weapon. Every man who has been affiliated with
the Republican party, it matters how pure his
life, or how spotless his reputation, has been as
sailed with everyspecies Of and abuse
1t mattered not how false the charge, or now trl-
vial. 1t served the party purpose, and Us moi a
copperhead newspaper in the State has any solld
basis nobody was responsible and there was no
redress. The Conservative press of the State is
simply the sycophantic parasite OF the rotten
aristocracy which ID kicking its last. Whatever
the leaders of this ee regime dictate, these pau
per panderers publish. They are like the pilot
fish which guides the shark to its prey for the
sake of reeking on, the garbage Of his victims.
Whenever q supcnnnuatcd old priest becomes
too worthless to obtain his bread by serving the
, devil in the livery of Heaven, or the son OF Il
pitiful pecksniff of Dutch peddler, whom the
children of the 'sancient fath'' have properly
disowned, o bloated putrid mass of scented vice,
or an after the battle hero, can be picked up
armed with quill and seated in the editorial
chair, to earn his bread and whiskey, the conser-
vatiyes have fit agent for their schemes, Then
falsehood and scurrility which shock the sense of
every decent reader, fills up the reeking columns
till carrion crow would scent the sheet almost
as far as decOmpOsing carcass. . F.a .
This has been the character of the copperhead
press of the State. Personal abuse, SANDER, fall
sfcation and obscenty, have been the only argu-
ments of the Conservative party, on the stump
or through the press, during the past year.
This utilization the Republican party hasjgen
orally endured in silence, considering it the most
manly and honorable course to have no contro-
yersy whatever, with such men, any intercourse
with whom must contaminate. This forbearance
they have mistaken for fear, as the cOwardly bull
ly always does the reticent scorn of an honest
man. They have grown more and more insolent
daily, until the Republican party are bound in
SHEER self defence to le aliste. We give notice,
therefore, that hereafter threat will be given for
threat, reviling for reviling, and blow for blow,
until the Conservative party can use respectful
language toward Republicans. f..-r .
We shall not advertise for the "pedigrecs" of
rebel conservatives We do not care who or
what their fathers may have been. We shall in
quire however, and put in the form of afiidayits
facts in relation to the leading eopperheads OF
the State. We shall explore the different branch
of their family trees and ascertain what degree
of consanguinity exists between these innumera-
BILE WORTHLESS and some anomalous representatives
of q varity of races. We have acted on the de-
fensive long enough. If the Conservatives choose
to continue their present course we will present
to the world an array of detestable facts which
have never been cqualled in history and cannot
now be parallcled in the history of the world
The history OF the Conservative party down to
the present moment is little more than the an
nails OF practical miscegenation. 1t is very doubt
full if there is prominent Conservative in the
State who cannot boast of at least cousins of a
doubtful hue. There are even now Conservative
officials In the State, whose venerable years arc
mace happy by the innocent praitle of dusky
grandchildren. There are others who can justly
claim nearer and dearer relation to as fine
specimens of the parti-colored biped Us the world
can exhibit. These delicate relations interper-
meate Southern headism as they warp the wool
giving dingy shape to ills brightest phase
(face y
These little relationships we propose to ipves-
tigate for for the benefit of our Conservative
friends and we will see who will first cry "hold
enough" We do not intend to neglect relations
of the half or whole blood, and in some very
interesting cases of distinguished lineage, we
shall show clearly that the blood of two or three
noble families of the old aristocracy meets and
mingles under the same dark skin. A gentleman
who has several hundred affidavits upon these
matters, has kindly placed them at our disposal
and we call upon our friends throughout the
State to send us remarkable instances of negro
copperhead affinity, properly established by
competent testimony subscribed and sworn to
before one of Gov. -Holdens Justices ofthe Peace
We would call the particular attention of our
friends in some counties to the interesting reve-
lation of their court records. Send on the depo
sitions. The Conservatives have dealt in viieti-
cation and falsehood We intend to show them
and the world the truth of the old adage truth
is stranger than felton," and OF the text which
assures sinners that their sins will find them out.
Come up colored friends and claim your 'dad-
dies" .e