The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-04-27

80 SS~e>~SS Va t-iC ptOllb4tkou ptoCru VII |
them in relation to distilling fruits. Their
orchards blossom IN vain. To them, the
trees which their fathers planted and nur-
tured have ceased to become source of
income CT profit, and had as well bloom in
the forests as near their dwellings, or stand
upon the hills of Pennsylvania as upon the
mountain sides of the Old North State.
- We have set our face from the first against
this law, and would hail its repeal with re-
joicing. stillit il a lawand must be obey
ed and enforced. BUTT is grievious and OPP
pressiye, andwe propose to institute 3 move
mens for It's immediate repeal. " s
We call upon the people Of the West to
assemble in primary meetings and petition
Congress for q repeal of the law Silence
has ceased toibe avirtue Let every Re
publican demand its repeal. Give volume
and voice to your opinions, fellow-citizens
oft West. and write them down, that the
NationEmay hear and heed you. This IS the
plan. Speak out your sentiments | Let
your resolutions in all yonr meetings show
forth your grievances and spare no man,
while You obey the law. Resist it not, but
ask for its repeal Demand it in the name
of your loyalty and suHerings for the cause
of the Union-in the name of your isolation
and your poverty land instruct your repre-.
sentatives in every department Of govern
ment, County, State and National to assist
| you in your endeayors. S.. sisi'stiie = =
Weleam that it is contemplated to scourl
our mountain country, with an armed patrol,
fol the purpose Of destroying distilleries
The revenue officers know THAR business
better than we do, and are required to en-
force the law. But it Is hard law, which
should be repealed, It is q shame that the
most loyal portion Of our State should be
traversed by armed q. s. officers and soldiers
to 'ssmash upn a few copper stills, (many of
which are heir looms, older than. any mem.
Der now sitting in Congress, who voted for
the law,) and that no armed force can be OBJ
tanned to patrol disloyal sections, for the
! purpose of protecting life and property.
There is great wrong somewhere, and we
do most earnestly demand its immediate
correction.
We hope that our voice will be needed,
and that when the State Convention assem-
bles in this city in May next, that the West.
ern men will come in solid body, with
their resolutions and petitions to Congress,
which after being endorsed by the people at
large, may be sent to Washington City and
laid before the authorities for their action
Thus armed, our representatives there may
be able to do something Immediately. The
plan is worth the trial, because it calls forth
the voice of the loyal white men of the
West, who stood for the Union, when al
Others had deserted it, and who suffered and
were shot and hung in that holy cause.
| We referred a moment ago TO the fac
that armed men were about to be called fol
to patrol the West. The people ther,
should enforce the law themselves /; if they
viii not do it, we fear that armed men will
be sent there and that bad matters will only
3 be made worse. a 8e
But it is shame that armed men cal
patrol for the purpose of smashing" distil
leries and that they are denied for the pur
| pose of breaking up the Ku klux-klan ant
saving life and preserving individual liberty
1--WE had as well be under martial law a
once, and have the central government tax,
entire control, as to see it careful of the dol
lars and careless of the lives of its best citi
4 zens. eE saEsi tslEs y ist;isa- 'iht
+ wewarn Northern Republicans Of tn
event, which is sure to follow. In the cen
tire and East, the colored people, who ar
nightly liable to be scourged and HING. wi
cease to vote and. turn their backs upol
them while in the West. the loyal whit
men, who are prohibited from one OF tn
chief sources of their revenue, and other
wise unjustly taxed, will become soured AM
stand still, while the new rebellion gather
!, head like a rising storm. We believe it
be our duty to warn them; and We do so nc
only in the name OF the colored people {
) North Carolina, or in the name ofthe Unior
Io4ing mountaineers of this State but i
$ the name of the loyal people Of every mour
tain-traversed State in the whole Soutl
They Il feel as we do, and in each instanc
like causes will produce similar results.
r. We have and We still counsel obedienc
= to law. 1t is the only panacea for existin
Il evils. Evils which threaten the dissolutio
: OF the Union, and point the way down Ii
fiery road of war to empire and despotisn
Review the past. What thrill of horrt
t pervaded the entire North, before the W,
when some poor, solitary peddler was lyncl
: ed, because he was Yankee and an abol
i ZIONIST What ground swell of indgn,
r ton swept through the loyal States, whe
/. Northern publications were burned as il
r cendiary material, and Senators and Repr
sentatives in Congress forbidden to plat
5 the soles of their feet upon Southern soil
4 With what horror did they once regar
a the secret organization of the Knights
y the Golden Circle! How mighty was the
e rage at the assassination of their best believe
and most idolized statesman An
still they hear of assassinations, murder
secret societies and the exile of 10y
!. editors, with the destruction of loyal presse
0 they hear the stories of massacres, an
read the daily evidences of hostility to IL
+ government in hundreds of papers, supper
ed by thousands of subscribers, with a
q apathy which is fast breeding contempt fl
!. their manhood, their ability for self COVER
: ment and for the authority Of the Nations
government @N
+ | I'VE indulge in no such thoughts, but "
{ cannot shut our eyes to facts. We Ii,
amongst people, where personal prowess,
f cardinal virtue, and manhood means tt
{ actual enforcement ofpersonal rights, and NJ
the enjoyment of dreamy, abstract theories
Enahts. God forbid that the valor and oeurae
. of the Southern people should be diminishe
i one iota; but we desire to see 1t tempere
like the spirits Of their sires were tsmpere'
I to stand by the Union Of the States and
/ the Constitution as it is. Only by wise an
firm legislation can this be done. 1t ca
i, be accomplished only by making the go
i, eminent feared and respected. In order
g do this sufficient force must be at hand
quell disorders and enforce the law !; and
make the government respected, it shout
see that just laws are passed, and that Il
search for the dollar shall not be pursue
j with relentless severity, while life and pro-
e erty are left to the mercy of lawIess mobs.
i Already State Senator has been cor
-.