The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-08
The Spirit d Progress.

The Republican party can attribute to it
self the glory of having done more for the
relief of the people generally, than any polit-
ical organization that ever existed. The
work has been slow, but sure. and out ofthe
ordeal ofnany unavoidable evils, grand and
most benificent results have been brought
forth. No party ever had more rugged OBJ
stacles tn surmount- more prejudice to fight,
Or more gigantic engines of wrong and in
justic to batter down. A fierce and blind
passion, superinduced by false teachings and
foolish pride, and the long continued and
cunning harangues of men too ambi-
tious of personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to
preserve in their hearts the love of coun-
try transmitted to them by their fathers, led
to the outbreak of the recent bloody rebel
lion, darkening the pages OF American his
tory with annals of crime, atrocity and
horror sufficient to eclipse the direful events
of all preceding ages. If, at the commence
ment of the war the men who became actors
in that terrible drama could have foreseen
the horrible results of their first actions,
many of them would have shrunk from par
ticipatiou in the struggle But here we have
an illustration of the adage that " all things
work together for goodn True, many waste
places are to rebuild, and many wounds to
heal, and our only obstacle ofimportance now
is the senseless, persistent and evil opposi-
ton of men disappointed by the results OF
the war, to the spirit of the age of progress.
This is, cmphatically, an age of progress.
| The minds of men are expanding, and their
hearts are being enlarged The scales Of
prejudice are being forced to fall from the
eyes of all who are interested in the future
happiness and prosperity of our country.
But there are some who will not see, and
none are so blind as they. Unfortunately
for US all, some of that class of persons arc
gifted with talent and genius which they
pervert to most base and baneful pur.
poses. With their hearts full of rage
engcndercd by disappointment they &c
out among the more innocent people and
scatter their fire brands of hate and discon.
tent They appeal to ignorance and pas.
sion. They take wholesome truth and
torture it into a monstrous falsehood. Bad
men have always had hearers and sympa.
thizers. We appeal to the people generally
to all the white and colored men of North
Carolina-to beware of such men. If your
own experience has not taught you the dan
ger of beng advised and led by them, read
the history of the world. No man, in any
age or land, who used moderate language
or calm council, ever led his fol-
lowers into war or ruin. 1t is only such
men as are by nature base and selfish, and
who either seek revenge or aspire to FAINT
at whatever hazard, that decoy their be
levers into trouble and destruction. Ani
we have many such men in this State. The,
seek Office, they speak from the stump, the.
write for papers, they edit papers; and the!
have their parasites who canvass the coun
try and the town. They need little or nj
description to be known. Beware of them
| The spirit of progress-progress in tn
philosophy of agriculture, in the science o
mining, in the development of all the laten
or buried riches of our State, and in tn
economy of governments being infused
in the minds of our people. Education j
laying open her store of priceless treasure
to all-the rich and the poor. Libera
views in all things, and liberal plans ant
principles, are being taught and adopted
The only drawback or impeachment to on
more rapid improvement is the violent op
position of some demagogues who have tn
cunning to appear wise, in order that the.
may elevate themselves and pilfcr to thei
hearts content. Let us spurn such men
Let us reject their advice and trample unde
| foot their principles