The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-11-11

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amongst themselves.
The Sentinel Advocates Lawlessness
and Bloodshed.
The Democracy is still rampant. There is
still disposition to foment lawlessness, riot
and general turbulence. 5,
We had supposed after the recent decision
of the country that reconstruction must be
maintained, our opponents would desist from
further attempts to obstruct the machinery
of the State government, would desist from
detraction, defamation and conspiracy
'accept the situation" and cooperate in pro-
noting harmony, industry, education and
general prosperity; becoming weary Of dis
tress and war, they would endeavor to restore
the waste places. -....-
But we fear that we were mistaken. If the
Sentinel speaks the sentiments of the Demo
cratic party of North Carolina, there is evil
IDENTIFY determination to protract the pres
emit unhappy state of affairs; to repel indus
trious immigration and profitable capital;
and expel honest, peace-loving citizens.
Yesterday morning in an editorial on
estate affairs the Sentinel affirms that the
control of State affairs 'has been placed in
the hands of the most Ignorant, incompetent,
depraved and irresponsible corps of agents
ever before entrusted with governmental
affairs" t.a
Citizens of North Carolina, mark these
words. The leading Democratic journal of
this State stigmatises in the hearing of the
whole country, before there has been an ade-
quate trial of these functionaries, your State
Executive, Judicial and Legislative officers,
men elected and elected by yourselves, most
of them men of fair political experience,
many of them literally educated, and not a
few not only members of christian churches
but of exemplary christian virtue-and some
of them holding for many years the most
| important offices in the State, as " the most
IGNORANT INCOMPETENT, DEPRAvED and
IRRESPONSIBLE corps Of agents erer before en-
trusted Nth governmental affairs" A most
villainous defamation! The author thereof
deserves to receive the intensest indignation,
scorn and contempt of the people Of North
Carolina. The party that endorses an utter
ance like this, or tOlerates it even, should be
branded as an inveterate and perpetual enc
my of the public good.
There must be confidence by the people
in the government, or peace and prosperity
are impossible. To SOW suspicion is to ruin
all. Stability and credit are based on con-
| fdence Confidence is the condition OF
peace. Do our opponents mean to say that
there should be no justice? We must have
an answer to that question.
Perhaps we have an answer at hand. The
same article already quoted contains the fol
lowing paragraph, viz: 20 20
"The character of our State Judiciary has been
| so completely metamorphosed by the change,
that men will seriously hesitate whether to resort
to the courts for the protection OF life, liberty
or property, or take their chances in lgh and
! fence of either"
A sensible construction of this language
compels us to regard and denounce it as an
advertisement to the people of this State to
henceforth ignore the courts, appeal to Judge
Lynch and settle their difficulties by vio-
lence and bloodshed. 1t is the language
and license of towards and traitors
By this language the State of North Caro-
lima is advertised to the country and the
world as place of lawlessness and perpet-
ual domestic strife. An enemy has done this
Its object is to produce ruin. If this init
nation is adopted the most terrible desola.
ton is the fate of this great and capable
| State. 1891 s;
1t cannot be that the Democratic party
is so reckless and debased as to suffer such
an expression to govern the country as par
| ty utterance, and suffer it to go unrebuked
/ We shall see.
We ask candid Democrats, men who truly
love their State, to weigh these words and
see whittier they are drifting. -.
/ We ask our Northern friends to mark this
exhibition of Democratic hate. Especially
are Northern Democrats solicited to behold
what manner of men their Southern allies
are. gl y.