The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-02-12


lives of their innocent wives and children;
for the leaders of the rebellion neither respec-
ted age or sex, as the following from the
Confederate OF June Goth, 1864, plainly
proves:
"TRAIToRs.-It is said that the parties
detected in Augusta in communicating with
the enemy are females They should be i'm
prisoned forthwith. and kept in confinement
until the close Of the war. They are probably
high in social position. but we hope the
authorities have the nerve to do their
duty" .-..
What would have been the fate of s.fe-
males, high in social position" thus impri-
soned in some Castle Thunder, for the war,
at the mercy Of vile and brutal turkeys
Yet snch was the hideous proposal and it
came from the mouth-piece of 1.-THE chival-
y."
And the following from the Confederate of
July 18th, 1854:
FOURTH OF JULY.-I 1t was once day of
sacred recolections COMMUNICATING as it
did, the pledge of fortune, life and sacred
honor to the principles of government
to the declaration of the right of the people
to alter and abolish form of government
which becomes subversive of their happiness
and prosperity, and to establish a new gov
eminent, deriving its just powers from the
consent IF the governed" Celebrated
through four score years with hontires and
rejoicings, the 4th of July had come to be
considered as the natal day of Liberty; and
everywhere throughout the wide, wide
world, age and youth. men and women, boys
and girls, the rich and poor, were taught its
glorious associations and bowed in homage
to its holy aspirations. 1t was left to the
hated and detested yankees tn make it day
of loathing and scorn. False to every pre-
cept which it taught. faithless to every
pledge it recognized, they have desecrated
its character and converted it into derisiOn
and by-word.
When history records the infamy of their
short comings, as they are now summoned
to abide the test, it will require neither in
vectIve or abuse to stain the page-the reci-
TIL of ignominious trcachery, untruth and
apostacy, couched in the simplest form of
narrative, will startle the world for their
mean, depraved vice, as concentered and de-
yeloped in the yankee nation"
Who that has recently witnessed Fourth
of July in the South can escape the conclus-
ion that those who applauded such senti-
ments in 1864. still secretly cherish and ap-
prove them 2-tllat the natal day of Liberty
yet remains unto traitors "day of
loathing and scorn!" And what North
ern gentleman, after reading the above, can
school himself to affiliate with such crea-
lures?
But Gov Vance not only counselled the
most desperate resistance to the Union a.
mics, he also advised the confscatiOn of the
property of Union refugees, or their punish
ment otherwise In his message to the last
rebel Legislature of this State, at its first
session, he said:
81 feel quite ashamed also to add that
number of Hume Guards in certain interior
Counties, holding both civil and military
offices. actuated either by treason or cow
ardice, or perhaps by both, have recently de-
serted and fed to the enemy. earnestly
recommend that you take such steps for the
punishment of such a crime by confiscation
or otherwise, as may deter others from such
cowardly and degrading treason. There
should he no more trifling in this matter -
Those acho seek the AID Of our enemies should
share the fate Of our enemies. The blood of
our dead heroes as well as the living, who
carry their lives in their hands every day,
demands that punishment should be meted
out to traitors. If there is to be no punish
ment for this kind of treason, loyal men are
entitled to know it. Whenever we quietly
suffer treason to attain greater immunity
from dangers and hardships than patriotism,
We tuay expect the cause to perish"
Those Home Guard officers had taken of
fee for protection from the CONSUMPTION law,
and their loyal sentiments becoming known,
probably because they voted for Holden
against Vance, when the issue was submits
sion to the Onion or resistance. as stated by
the Conservative of June 22nd, 1S66,-and
being therefore threatened with arrest and
impressment into the rebel armies, they left
the State. But that was not enough; hav-
ing escaped the clutches of Vance and d.
Wis, the former appealed to the Legislature
for vengeance upon their unoffending fami-
lies. Let their property be cor6scated, he
said, I" for those who seek the aid of our enc
m les should share the fate of our enemies |! 3"
Why does Congress hesitate to act
Echoing the sentiments of its master, the
Conservative of Dec. 21st, 1854, said:
"All bushwhackers and tories should be
tried by court martial, and dealt With &C.
cording to the rigors of military law!"
About eighteen months previous to this
publication, the people of North Carolina
were thrilled with the intelligence of the
Laurel massacre, where "tories were dealt
with according to the rigors of military
law!" But other murders followed in quick
succession, and at length the public ear be-
came callous to the appeals of humanity
Thus, also, the rebel Governor and his organ
had steeled their hearts against the cries of
the people for peace they threatened to
coerce them into the further vigorous prose-
cution of the war, and having succeeded, at
length publicly advised and connived at the
murder of Union men in cold blood, under
the rigors of military lawp
Most certainly there is great and pressing
necessity for General Amnesty. Who can
now escape that conclusion? However, if
the President or any one else grants it which
may just God forbid, no words which the
English language contains can wipe away
the stains of blood upon the consciences Of
these men, or lift the veil of dishonor from
their past conduct
At public meeting in Goldsboro', just
previous to its capture by Gems Schofeld
and Sherman, q. B. Vance delivered himself
of the following complimentary language
We extract from the report in the Goldsboro'
papers: ..i,s,s
cat this point. Gov V. drew picture of
that venerable, great man, Gen. Lee, the
greatest captain of the age bowing at the
footstool of low, BLACKBOARD Illinois cross