The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1869-11-17
COnfdence.


In a recent issue of the Wilmington jour
nal, in an article relative 70 an article writ
ten BY Gov. Holden, we fnd the following
We are glad to see these pacific announce
ments from the Governor. We trust they
are the beginning Of better order OF things.
Governor Holden has no reason to act IN
hostility to the best interests of North Caro-
lima. and we have always felt that at heart
he was a true son of the State. He has
given way under the indictments of personal
ambition and party pressure, and done things
for which he ought and will be ashamed.
But we hope we see in these declarations the
promptings of his own heart, and that ne
will now be true to his better nature, unawed
by the frowns or threats of party managers.
Gov. Holden has possessed the confidence OF
the people of the State, and if he will only
again entitle himself to it. his influence will
return, and be can administer the affairs of
North Carolina without threats, without
spies, without the aid of State militia or
Federal soldiers. t.,..
Wedo not exactly understand the Journals
meaning, for we have yet Ito know OF any case
in which Gov. Holden has acted sin hostility
to the best interests of North Carolina" We
believe that Gov. Holden has acted for the
best interests of the State in all that he has
done, and know that be has endeavored to
do so. The announcements made by Gov.
Holden gere pacific His desire is, and always
has been, that peace should reign in North
Carolina.
His every act has tended to that purpose.
That he is true son of the State" no one
doubts-not even his most bitter enemy,
and those who have known him for years
are the last men who should doubt the fact
The disturbances in this State have not been
occasioned by any act of his, nor of the Re-
publican party. In dealing with them he
has but done his duty as the Chief Magis-
trate of the State, and no allusion to party
has been made by him.
The editor of the STANDARD has charac-
terized the disturbances in Orange and Chat
ham counties as Iartaking of political ma
ture. He did so because he believed 1T
right to do so, and has yet seen no occasion
to change his opinion. But, although
Gov. Holden may endorse the course OF the
STANDARD he is in no manner responsible for
it, nor is any person but the editor. We
say this simply because in no State pa
per has Gov. Holden ever mentioned party.
Therefore we cannot see why Gov. Holden
is any more entitled to the confidence of
the Journal now than he was before.
Gov. Holden stands now where he
has stood for the past seven or
eight years. Many who were then his friends
are now his enemies, while many then his
enemies are now his friends. Some have
left him, others have joined him, but he has
remained unchanged. The Influence" he
then possessed he possesses now, although
not only with the same men. 1t seems clear
to us that it is other men who have changed,
not Gov. Holden. Therefore we think him
still entitled to the confidence of the people,
for he has pursued a straightforward course.
If certain portions of the people have chosen
to adopt different course from that which
he has been pursuing, and have, in view
of some particular issue, left him to unite
with others, it does not, by any means, fol-
low that he has changed, or that he has
proved himself unworthy the confidence Of
the people.
For these reasons We cannot agree with the
implications of the Journals article, and we
believe Gov. Holden is now more worthy of
the confidence of the people of North Caro-
lima than ever before, for he has proved
himself true to their interests, even when to
be so was to lose the friendship of those who
had been with him for years. A man who
has done this can never lose the confidence
of the people. The wiles of politicians may
blind the people for a time, but it will be
but short time Gov. Holden stands now
where he has ever stood, in favor of the best
interests of North Carolina and of her people.