Year: 1863

porary exemption BY doing what Kentucky
and Missouri and Maryland are deing, that
is, by allowing themselves to be conscrib-
ed in the Yankee army. That is the fate
OF those three States. They undertook to
stand neutral, and the consequence is they
have thousands of unwilling gsoldiers in the
Yankee army. But what advantage would
that be to our peace men? If obliged to
fight at all, is it not far better TO fight on
the side Of their neighbors and friends,
their section and their country, their honor
and their property, than on the side of the
mean and base and malignant and thievish
Yankees? They must fight on one side or
the other: which shall it bef Can any
sensible man, to say nothing about patriot
ism, hesitate to take his stand against the
internal Yankeess


Such are some Of the views which we
take of the present condition Of things.
There are others of more dslieacy to which
we refrain to allude. They are presented,
not in the usual style of denunciaton new
too common, but calmly, appealingly, even
beseechingly. Some may think it beneath
their dignity to appeal to the Standard.
We do not. The peace of the State and
the independence Of our country are objects
of incalculable value. They would have
been far more likely to be secure il we bad
had less of denunciation and more of rea-
son and pursuasisn. The only hope we
have Of their preservation is In the resto-
ration Of that feeling in which the whole
State, as one man, entered upon this great
contest of resistance to subjugatiOn. That
unity can never be restored by violence.
1t is possible that it may be by reason, re-
monstrance, forbearance. and justice. We
make an appeal, the most earnest that We
know how to frame, to the good sense and
patriotism of the Standard, to discounte-
nance those meetings, 10 forego the gratif-
cation of their endorsement of its course.
and thereby prove that it is in the highest
sense worthy of respect and praise ;--ts
discountsnance their assaults upon our
common Administration and their worse
than idle talk Of peace, which the Standard
knows they have no prospect OF obtaining
by such illegilimste and insufficient means,
These meetings are powerless for good.
and only productive Of i'll blood at home
and Of encouragement to our common ene-
my. So far as the Confederate Admins
tration is concerned. it is understood that
Nerth Carolina will.have no further reason
to complain-that the late conference be-
tween Gov. Vance and the President led
TO the most cordial good feeling, prsduc-
ing results perfectly satisfactory to Gov.
Vance.


| The Standard has for years past treated
the Observer with unifsrm and marked
courtesy. The Observer appeals to it.


implores it, not to pass unhsedingly BY this
opportunity to save the State. which we
think its Editor loves. from a bitter per-
sonal and party contest, and possibly from
anarchy or civif war, and thereby 10 make


for itself and him q reputation above the


value of ten thousand resolutions. 1t is


possible that such course will show eyen


to those who own and those who control
the party presses which seem TO have no


other food than abuse of the Standard,


that they may be better employed. Bot
even il il should fail Of 50 sensible an ef-


feet, the Standard. il il pursue so sensible


and patriotic course, may well afford to


treat them with scorp and contempt.