The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-08-19


will will have repose, which it so much ~,
But elect the candidates of the otha, Needs,
rms certifies the freedmen, that. We party
content to- let things stand as tliey Ara e no. not
an open declaration of war, and thor Nk
stand firm in solid column against n. Will
ported Ivy what has been CALI SUP
derision, THE mean white men.n hu, IL
ported by enough to give them ma;sp'
of 90, 900 votes What is to be tho rSofils
Agitation, of course, but there is reaso Sati
fear worse may come Of has it ever 70
known that four millions of people. af,o "oa
joYing political rights for years. conld 20
reduced to vassalage without civil w.0
and such a civil war The mind revolt
its contemplation. The war we have ~
passed through is as nothing comparei
it. Some suggest, . how can our condi,aO
be made worse z We have Legis,a..Ou
composed of men who pay no taxes I'e
have unlimited power to tax us. We ho @
incompetent judges, clerks, &c. Our anc;a.
node Of judicial proceeding is torn nm IN
DE roots, sand many who are stranoar,g
i4are put in high places" So much of,h
al is true, is to be regretted. We mus,
cqpt the situation and make the most or !.
Divine inspiration teaches US "it is barl
kick against the pricks" Are we M,
friends, in some measure to blame for N.Y.
condition ofthings9 Had We at an porl's
day came out openly for reconstructlon .a
cording to the will of the general cow"
ment, is it not fair to presume that the r.,
sentative element would have entered mna
largely into the composition of the Conv."
tion and Legislature, and of the huh nl,on,
of trust and confidence? O.
|. My conclusion is, we must cnncele IA q,
freedmen political equality if We Can o",,
satisfy them we do so in good faith bv ~
ting for Grant anil Colfax. Then Their. r;p
be an end of strife. The contemplation a, ~"
and bloodshed will be put far iron us IT..
freedmen will become satisfied that il Is t'
their good interest to allow US to have W.
/ guidance of public affairs, and the i,,,'
J power and vigor of the white man will o.,
vince the world that we are able to c,r,r
weight of four millions imposed on ne
the unaccOuntable DEGREES of PROVIDE
and still work out our destiny, as the cram
est republic that has ever been known am
the nations. be- ssie
1t is said by some, "The political eoo.I
ity OF the freedman is a fixed fact i'm,
it's necessary to agirate and bluster aIun,
notification and war, in order to restor.,G.
Constitution and States rights, and t, tnrn
the Radicals out of Office"
| In regard to restoring the constituo,
and State rights, no one pretends that tba
reconstruction measures ot the president y,
OF the general government (for an act pa,aI
over the veto, is an act of the goyernm,l
are IN accordance with the provisionsahs
constitution. 1t is also clear that thn ara
not unconstitutional. but extra constitu,in,t
that Is, acts done 20 meet an emergency. MT
foreseen by the trainers of that instrumcu
Such is the decision of our Supreme Court
by the concurring opinion of the three
Judges, Battle, Reade and Pearson, in tive
cases-Ex. parte Hughes, Cook vs. Cook
Phillips reports. So the suggestion of re
storing the constitution is pretext, and
the notion that as the State has never been
out of the Union, she. instantly after the SUI
render was entitled to all the rights of a
State, as if nothing had happened, is a faL
lacy. Your son rebels, he is still your son
but is he entitled to the rights and privileges
of a child, until he atones, and is reconCiel
to his parents9 So restoring state rights Is
out OF the question. ~
j In regard to turning the radicals out
of power, it is strange, that men can
be so carried away by party prejudice,
as to be willing to put the lives and
4 fortunes of the people on a venture in orla
to obtain On object so ifiH-,.., --",i,s'I
WITH the fearful consequences by which,
may be attended. We igitated and bluse.
ell about secession and war, when not one
in ten expected it would come to that Shall
we now agitate and 0luster about nullifc.
ton and war and be surprised at a similar
result? Should we not take a lesson from
experience Such agitation and bluster for
4 a party purpose is not only deceitful. but it
seems TO me, wicked, as it may lead to such
awful consequences.
1t is inevitable, that the Conservatives must
4 split into two parties. The peace Conservp
4 tives and the acar Conservatives, or to avoid
i inconsistency, the nullisers The differences
SO vital, that they can not act together as one
d party. The nullitiers act with the demo-
Gratis. There can be no reason why the Con-
seryatives, without identifying themseve
with the Republicans, but keeping up Their
4 organization as party. and leaving the nul
li6ers to go to themselves. may not act with
the Republican party, and vote for Grant
MS the man for the occasion, who like Jack.
son, Will put stop to Modification, in the
new shape IN which it now Raises Its hydra
1 head; {ir,slie2 aae Y.s.r-F.
4 When the storm is over. the CONSERVATIVE
party, representing as it does the propert!