The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-09

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We shall have no peace, no prosperity, n
well grounded hope for the future, until tn
national idea shall have thoroughly prevail
cd. The triumph of the nation will hav.
been III vain if the States are not restored
on loyal basis, and so fixed in this respect
by their organic laws as to prevent in any
| event the re-ascendeney of sectional or rebel
| ideas and sentiments.
The Sentinel, in hong, lugabrious notice
of the appointment of a loyal local police
for some of the Eastern Counties, among
other things equally unfounded ard unjust
makes an unfounded statement in relation
to the Sherifllty Of Richmond County 1t
says: ...... ....... g., ...!.........
1.-The same lawlcssness may soon be ex-
pected in the County of Richmond Some
| time ago the Sheriff was summarily re-
moved, as usual no reason being assigned
for his removal, and another appointed
The new appo1ntee gave no bond, and be-
ing Il native, could not take the test oath
Nevertheless, he was installed in office
and continues to act as Sheriff. An Off
Ger sent over there to inquire whether a
| oath, reported that none such could be
!! found" .-.-.... r. ;'f,s ...
The Sheriff of Richmond resigned, and
the County Court could find NO one who
could give the bond and take the oath. The
! Office, therefore, remained vacant until Col.
Cogswell. who then commanded that. post
sent an officer to make diligent inquiry on
the subject and find, if possible, some one
who could comply with the req uirements of
the law. No one could be found. The
commander of the post neither summary
removed the Sheriff of Richmond, nor fail
ed in his duty as to successor to that officer.
Richmond is now included in the post COM
manded By Col Bomford, and we have heard
the rumor that he has rendered the Sheriff
atty of the County to citizen of Wake.
The marlborough Argus also, in an
article commencing Capt. Mcfarland, does
injustice to Col. Cogswell, in relation to
some coiored people who applied to him for
relief while commanding at Fayetteville
These colored men walked from Wades-
borough to Charlotte, thence to Salisbury,
and thence to Fayetteville to make an APP
peal for justice against certain white men
who had oppressed or wronged them. Col.
Cogswell did not take action until after
proper inquiry, and in taking action he was
careful not to trench upon the authority of
others.
The State has had no officer who has per-
formed his duties with more ability and
tirmness than Col. Cogswell. No post was
ever commanded in a better manner than
the Fayetteville post, while he was at the
head of it. We wish all our post conman-
ders were just such officers as Col. Cogswell.
The Anglo-SaXon spirit is up, and as in
the history of the past, everything inferior
must succumb before it.-Sentinel. ''''
So we have understood. This spirit was
"up'' in Wake County in the last campaign,
and it has gone so far. up that the people
have lost all palpable trace of it. The '' An
gio-Saxon spirit" was never so commended
as in the recent elections in this State, and
the result was the Obstructives were defeat
ed by five to one Let US have a little more
of this spirit" 1t is a good thing with
which to defeat rebels. By the way, how
ever, will our disconsolate neighbor of the
Sentinel explain what this spirit is No one
seems to know. .. p
Senator Howe is said to have surprised
every body by taking the ground, that the
Southern States are entitled to representa-
ton in Congress whenever they send MEM
bcrs who can take the prescribed oath. When
will the most intelligent even of our North
ern friends learn all about the South? The
rebel leaders who are stillgoverning our peo
pie would scorn to send any man to Con-
gress who can take the test-oath. They re-
gard the test-oath as Unconstitutional, and
the reconstruction acts as not only despotic
and degrading in their character, but null
and void. The only party that will ever send
members to Congress from these States who
can take the test-oath, is the Republican
party.
W. NJ. Coleman, Esq.
- W. NJ. Coleman, Esq, formerly of Cabar-
rus, has settled in this City and engaged in
the ractice of rho 10 10 with Col John T.