Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-08-20
DEMOCRATIC TREACHERY.

journal, in which the Standards course
relative to the North Carolina election,
was criticised and condemned. Notwith.
standing the length Of its article, the
Standard fails to disprove any of the asser-
tons made by the writer in the journal
1t gives no proofs and advances no argu-
ments against our statements, but only
defends itself by asserting that the Icon.
servativcs" represent all the virtue, re.
spectability aud intelligence of North Car.
DINA, and that the conservatives" are moi
hostile to government. This is the entire
sum and substance of its article.
The facts, however, by no means war.
rant the conclusion so smoothly given by
the Standard. On The contrary, they COM
pletely contradict its statements. We do
not suppose that the Standard is intention
ally deceiving its numerous and Intelligent
readers, but attribute its reckless state
ments to the fact that the editor knows
nothing whatever concerning the subject
which he has undertaken to clucidate.
That the conservative" party of North
Carolina Cor of the South, embraces all
the intelligence and responsibility of that
section is too impossible Il statement to be
seriously believed. even by the yeriest "old
bunker" who still holds that State can
not be coerced The Standard would
ranHarc hnlinro fbot tho rny,plt1t Ii
can party South is composed entirely of
.'carpet- baggers' and negroes. Blu, such
is very far from being the case. The re-
publican party of North Carolina, for in
stance, numbers among its members many
of the most eminent men in the State.
The leading ,urist, Il gentleman who be-
preme Court, is now republican and
holds the same Office in the present State
government, and there are hundreds of sim
liar cases. Even GOV. Holden, whom the
Standard SO virulently condemns, was, be-
fore the war, the leader of the North Car
DINA Democracy, and he is no worse now
than he was at the time when he was the
idol of the "great unterriled.' The re-
publican party of that State is in every way
equal to its opponent, and in loyalty to
its country is UNNECESSARILY superior.
The assertion of the Standard that the
men who have just triumphed under the
name of conservatives" do not not hate
he government, is false, and every person
who has been in the South since the war
must know that it is false. In their papers |
hey still send up the hypoeritical cry of
persecution" and "bayonets," and make
oud protestations of their wish to live |
quietly and unmolested. They did the
same thing in 1861, when all they wanted |
vas "to be let alone while attacking the
ration and stealing its property. Noao they
wish to be unmolested in their peaceful
occupation of killing and beating every
nan they know to be loyal to the govern
nent. The Standard, perhaps, does not
now that the test of Southern "conser-
atism" is hatred of the government,
nd the greater the hatred the better
he conservative" 1t affects to believe
hat the people of the South are completely
,econciled to the result of the war, and
IRE now firm supporters of that govern
nent, which FIVE years ago they were en-
ieavoring to destroy! Should its editor
express such a sentiment in any part of
he South his fellow conservatives" would
believe him either fool or a mailman.
When we stated that the only guiding
principle of the North Carolina "conser-
natives" was opposition to the government,
we stated only the truth, and we here pre-
dict that their first actions will prove the
truth of our statement
The Standard wishes to know why its
conservative" friends still hate the gov
eminent, and the people of the North, and
why they are not fit to be trusted. We
will tell it. 1t is more than all else owing
to the course pursued by majority OF
the Democratic party of the North, who
during the war were even worse traitors
than the rebels themselves, for the rebels
were traitors to the government only,
while the copperheads were traitors both to
the government and to their own people.
The course of the democracy embar-
raised the government and weakened the
army, and sacrificed thousands of brave
men who, but for democratic treachery.
would still be living. This conduct en-
couraged the rebels to prolong the war.
They looked upon the democrats as their
allies and regarded every political victory
of the copperheads as aiding the Conieder-
acy. Since the war the course of the dem
ocratic party has been equally hostile to
the best interests of the nation The rebels, |
worn out with war, We're at first disposed
10 accept the situation in which they found
quietly if not contentedly
They had no design of opposing the gov
They wished TO in good faith
'enew their allegiance and to repair the
wills wrought by the war. But this state