The weekly standard., 1870-07-20
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Letter from Charlotte.

Letter from Charlotte.
Mr.. EDITOR: am in this fourishing
town after an absence of six years. Few
material changes are visible. Some new
buildings and considerable enterprise marx
it. 1t is destined to be the great central
trading pace of all this region. II deserves
the praise of North Carollnians for ITS pro-
grcssive tendencies.
But whilst so much may be said in its
praise as to these things, it is painful to see
old Mecklenburg bearing some bad fruit in
the way of strong and bitter conservatism.
This people do not properly sustain the
hands of the government. They have dan
gerous teachers, and they follow thenA
But the people at large begin tq and
feel that the government is to be ain
ed, and no opposition from any q gan
prevail Besides, the farmers gel )pt
being office hunters, but honest
i'll afford to run wild after thq
such town and city leaders.
classes are no fools. In the
are as smart as their would
1t is said that the rcaso1
Jones did not receive
Gov. Vance was tba1t|
( for the pcaple -!
thae; young bloods abofo
masses in the country cotSr
Hence they called for mild
Ex Governor and soldier Was
the mark, when Zeb. Vance is
crate man! When will wondef
However, he was too i'm mod L
pardoned by Congress, and so 90 Nc
board. We thus get at the textnr5 vold
Mecklenburg loyalty in 1870.
But there are many great and good men
here, and the soil that holds the remains of
the worthy Osborne is not entirely recreant.
The difficulty is we have not enough good
to leaven the lump. With Vance and Jones
and others of that ilk to sow discord it re-
quires a sharp eye from the government to
keep in check such elements.
We are thankful that we have wide.
awake Governor, else something worse
might come fit. With wiser men here in
this hornets nest, who are ready to see law
enforced and the Governor sustained, he can
have no hesitancy in applying the like
remedy as in Caswell and Alamance, should
it be demanded. The best cure yet seen for
rabid disobedience among a people, is the
soldier and his musket. 1t cures more heart
burnings than all the small talk at street
corners ever known II is q remarkable pa,lct-
cea for an ailing public.
The old time and knightly maxim was,
"crush out rebellion and disloyalty by the
heel OF power.n With US this maxim is
changed. 1t is now crushed by the heel of au-
thority, this being based upon the will of
the lawmakers, and is Republican in itself
It is not autocratic, it is the will of the peo
al rt,1a tnn
knightly; ours goes perhaps far enough
though slower, and in the hands of !; patri-
otic commanter-in-chief will answer
In few weeks therefore, we are assured
by those seeming to know, We shall have
quiet, better state of sound feeling among
the hot bloods The State has perhaps APP
peared rather weak in not moving before,
but we outsiders cannot tell how that is.
Four hundred dreadful outrages in a year.
do really seem offence enough to call for
vengeance. But suppose it will only make
the thunder-clap worse when it does come,
and somebody little expecting it, will pro-
badly be hurt. Thank conscience it cannot
reach me, for can show that l have been
opposed to outrages and have spoken out.
aud not quietly winked at them like sdne
others.
Being backed by the soberer sense of the
people and the Federal government too, no
excuse remains for not letting US have D.
A conquered peace is frequently tl
kind. whipped spanielloves bI
you must take care to whip him gods
1t Is said and believed that most |e
KukluN are sons of the better class falMtys
in the rebellion, and that the daughErs
know where the disguises are cut out ind
made. Ii so, the heads OF the families, bith
fathers and mothers are measurably guilty.,
and are thus silently and secretly hcaplng
up wrath against the day of wrath. They
are sowing the whirlwind
1t is really sad to see reasoning men, old
or young, run against the breastworks of
authority in this way. With government
of nearly forty States pledged to have peace;
how is it possible to conceive that 1t will
not be had by some means. Car State of
a million of people, half of whom are OPP
posed to disorder and crime, expect to cope
with all the rest The Federal government
has seen enough of this letting alone NAL
contents, to let them alone for the future.
THIS game has played out. 1t is too expen,
sive. Witness our war debt. Witness the
loss of lives in squelching the rebellion.
The motto now is: "nip it in the bud"
So 90 on, Governor Holden. and meet the
petitions of the people for law and order.
You have not the largest liberty, for you are
restricted by civil law, yet you Can accom-
plish much by setting in motion the ma.
chinery you have. We cannot afford to live
in this turmoil. Give us Il strong State gov
ernmcnt From Gov Bragg's recent letter
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