Year: 1863

make the following eBtract:


"In very recent number it 1.-THE Standard has
declared for peace lower basis than we are con-
tending for; that is it is in favor of reunion with
our enemies which implies submission to them"


There is not one word of truth in the above
We are not in favor of reunion with enemies"
or of submission to them."> The Sentinel does
not take the trouble to garbe our articles, as
the Enquirer does, but deliberately and grossly
misrepresents them without letting its readers see
a word we have said. The Editor calls upon the
jury 70 convict us, and the Judge to sentence us,
without submitting to them particle of evidence
in the case but, having condemned US himself he
calls US traitor and leaves "to the law
Well, that is more considerate than the Enquirer.
which would leave US to the tender mercies of che
mob We do not fear either.


The Sentinel says, in the article from which the


above is TAKEN that we are in the habit OF tying


ourself to Gov. Vance, Gov. Graham, Hon. BEDFORD


Brown, and other distinguished public men in this
| State, and "using them life preserVers- Our
- - ~ss,~ this 10 be untrue But the sen" -
says 'nis' because in the number of the oe0I""r"
'"i'n he nolces, we declared that IL we mao sucn
men In power as a II. Stephens, William l.. Shar-
key, William @. Rives, Herschol v. johnson, Bed





Robert P. Dick, aud others we might name, We
should have more hope of our final triumph" This
was gall and wormwood to the Sentinel and its
masters in Richmond, but it is the truth, and we
did not hesitate to utter it. OF course, every one
who dares to talk in such way about Mr.. Davis is
a traitor But we now go further and say, that if
the Confederate should fail its failure will be
Justly attributable to the President and his adVi
sers. The most magnificent resources any people
ever had with which to commence, and carry for
ward, and consummate revolution, have been
misapplied and wasted and the cause itself has
been prostituted to partyism, so that persons who
did not desire to destroy the old government, but
resisted the secession movement as long as it was
honorable to do so, have been marked and exclu
ded as general rule, from all positions of honor
and trust under the government We have uni
formly labored to prevent or remedy this state of
things but our feeble efforts have been of avail
And because we have so labored, and because of
our devotion to our native State, we have been ma
lgned and prosecuted, and the mob has been called
on to destroy our Office. This mob spirit is every
way worthy OF the desperate and lawless men un-
der whose auspices the national Democratic party
was broken up Lincoln elected, and the old gov
ernment destroyed


So far as Gov. Vance is concerned, it is proper
that should state that he is not responsible for
the course of the Standard The Standard is an
independent Conservative paper and is not the or
gan of either Presidents, Governors, or Generals.
1t is due to Gov Vance himself as well as to the
Standard that we should state that he does not
agree with US in our views on the subject of peace.
lie is as anxious as we to see honorable peace
established at early day possible; but he re-
CARDS peace movements among ourselves with no
overtures of the kind from the North, as premature
and inudicious That he IS honest and patriotic in
these views we have no doubt. Our views are well
known to our readers We believe that mere fight
ing will not bring peace. We are for speaking
among the people and in the public councils for an
honorable peace, while our soldiers in the field are
fighting for such peace. We think there can be no
harm and no danger in people responding to those
in the North who are anxious for peace. We hold
that peace movements, if are ever to have peace
again. must begin some time and somewhere; and
that the two governments are so infamed by the
war spirit, and so intent on mere physical triumphS
that unless the people of the two sections rise up and
demand that mental aud moral means shall be re-
sorted to to close the war, those means may not be
employed, and the war may be prolonged indefinite
ly. These views of ours may be erroneous, but they
are honestly entertained. 'hey do not separate US
from Gov. Vance, for both of US hold that we can
not cease to fight as long as we are invaded; and
both of US hold that liberty among ourselves must
be maintained while we are fighting for it against
common enemy, and that the rights and interests
of North Carolina as one of the Confederate States,
must be upheld and respected at all hazards. The
Vaccinations of the Sentinel and of Destructives
in this State to engender discord and i'll feeling be-
tween Gov. Vance and the Standard, will fall
These DestructiVes, who are devoted to the Con-
federate cause only as it enables them to enjoy Of
fee or indulge their bad passions towards their
neighbors, estimate every thing by the standard of
party; and they would be delighted to see feud
between Gov. Vance and this journal, though the
result should be serious injury to the cause itself
The souls of these people so small and mean
that they never rise above self We tell them that
they will be disappointed on this as on former oc
casions. Gov. Vance and the Editor of the Stan
ddrd are still on friendly terms personally and po-


tically, and we see no reason why they should not
remain so. "Cease vipers, you bite file"


SOUTH CAROLINA STATE TRooPs.-The Governor
of South Carolina has issued proclamation declar-
ing that "the present exigencies of the service
require the completion of the organization recently
begun under the Presidents call upon the Governor
of this State for five thousand troops for service
within the State for six months from the 1st of Au-
gust next" He therefore directs the five thousand
men to be raised from those between 40 and 45, and
Others and orders elections for officers for the regi
ments. Other States yield their conscripts to the
prnsident To he sent to Distant folds hut Snuth-