The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-05-05

The Standard and Southern Can
At last one Democratic paper bs'ee. b,s
fessed that good may come out from N .On'
roth. The Democratic papers have ooa. na@'
cred, because the STANDARD did 10. 'D''d
with them in politics, that it could be s'ee gre
IN nothing We are glad to see on.- sus
own that this idea IS wrong. Tho g. 'ne
DARD will yield to no paper, Democra,iA niAS'
Republican, in its efforts to build ~ .Of :.
SOUTH and to restore to it that prosns.;4 sae
which it had before the war. 1t is son"y y
ern journal, and is devoted to the into,a.
OF the South. This very fact oS'
strengthens it in its devotion 70 ~, Ony
ernment of the United States. for on tl,a eD'' ~.
bility of the general government denaa
the prosperity Of the Sonth n s
advocacy of the interests of North Caror i''
and OF the South, the STANDARD will 10
cramped by no paltry local considera.;a
but viii support that policy which will, n;
i the greatest good TO the greatest ppmI Ine
70 every measure calculated to benefit ~
South, to increase its commerce to 49,: "'
to the high position which it should ooa"
to add to the happiness and prosperity Of ~ ~
people, the STANDARD will ALWAYS eiro ae :,
awarmest support. In politics we will neith'
give nor accept quarter, but we will cor,l,n
JOIN In any measure that will add t0 ~
good of the people and to the glory of m h
South. With this preface we publish ths
following article from the Richmond Wz;a
"The North Carolina STANDARD fan
treme organ of Southern radicalismi i :, "a
warm advocate OF q commercial pol,cv ,has
does credit to its intellect and atores as fas
much OF Its political wrongheadedness T,
looks upon Norfolk as the natural or.,-.
OF North Carolina" and deprecates ,la.
narrow spirit of localism that regards WITH WITH
Jealousy and i'll nature all places outside of
ltsell-that dog-in the-manger surliness tb0.
denies to Others benefits that are beyond iss
ownreach. 40
The STANDARD says "We believe that
Norfolk, Virginia, should properly belnnr
to North Carolina" We want the neon!a
OF our sister State OF North Carolina and of
Others OF our sister States to feel that thew
nave common interest and ownership
with ourselves in Norfolk, and to assist us
In bnlidlng her up as a great commercial
centre. She IS as necessary to our Southern
w estern and Southwestern neighbors as she
is to us--and belongs by nature. bv geo.
graphical position, and by the relations of
commerce, as much to them as to Virginia
As there are certain men born for the uni.
verse;" as was written of Edmund Burke 80
there are certain seaports that are designed
by nature for whole country. Norfolk il
such city.
The STANDARD points out the true and
only mode by which Norfolk can be made
to fulfill her appointed destiny. 1t is forthe
people OF the whole region naturally tributa-
ry to her to build railroads pointing directly
to her, to open up the avenues of trade and
thus acquire cheap and ready success for
their produces to the best markets of the
world. The STANDARD says that "prior to
the Revolution Norfolk was the first CITY of
the colonies" but has fallen far behind
other cities because the interior populations
tributary to her have neglected to establish
the necessary communication. All that pro-
duction wants is cheap and direct way to
its proper outlet, and when the communi-
ties naturally tributary to Norfolk construct
such way, then, in the language of the
STANDARD, Norfolk will be the successful
I" rival of other great American commercial
centres, which have been built up by in
terror populations that availed themselves
of the advantages vouchsafed to them by
GoD and nature.n