North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-06
Correspondence of the New York Herald

an immense concouTse of people rom an P0r's u
the Union Our town, otherwise a. luz a .o1j
was crowded in the extreme by Vls1erS W
States and the new States-Ihe oitiAels u - tb;s
being scattered over the whole county, anu LIE
t:S aotmralIv an occasion to bring many wan
SSo nas 60, home back to the scene OF his carry
obTJbood Judge Douglas, of Illinois, was sih1nS
tb;s number. He arrived IN town on Monuay i''SS
on visit to his native State, after an aosehoS "
t-,or+ years. He had sooner LETT the cans InS'i
tweny 5ecoo,n;sed by some of his old friends, who
ne +ooi charge of him, and conducted MN IN
. a: A. the Vermont House, the Prlnclpal no.
81 =, the Mace In the afternoon Judge u, es-
oortod bv the president of the College, the Rev.
M Iabaree and a very large number OF citizens
-;sted the monument of Sias Wright at way
80 The monument consists, as you may know,
f q s;mnle but beautiful column of pure white
marble. about thirty feet high, with no other IN
.a.;,t;on Than the name of Silas Wright, under a
bossoreievo likeness of the great New York states
man. A plain iron railing encloses the column
This monument was raised by subscription, and cost
$4,000. Great credit IS due TO Mr.. Jew1tt, the SUI
nerintendent who lives in the neighborhood, and
who never fails to Hospitality entertain the pilgrims
to the shrine of the great patriot OF the Empire
State Were Silas Wright now among the living,
there would be no difficulty in harmonizing the
democratic party of New York.
On the same evening, the Lowell Brass Band
plaved a serenade in front of the Vermont House,
oreoated. and where Mr.. Douglas had fixed his
Quarters for the night At the conclusion of their
DELIGHTFUL performance, three cheers were given for
Senator Douglas of Illinois, who had been the sub
iect of this polite attention. speech was of course
called for, and Mr.. Douglas spoke IN substance as
follows:
He acknowledged the compliment, and express
ed his qualification at the kind reception rendered
to him wherever he had been through his native
State, and especially in this place. This was his
first return to his native State after many years
absence, and he had hardly anticipated that he
should be recognised, or that his former towusmcn
should have kept trace of the wanderer. MIR. ID.
had never enjoyed the good fortune OF being
graduate of the noble institution whose anniversary
they were now celebrating; but he had, neverthe-
less taken some youthful lessons in our town, at
an institution somewhat less renowned, but which
he remembered nevertheless, with affection, and the
head of it with gratitude. His first visit after pay
ing due homage to the memory of Silas Wright,
had been to the old cabinet shop of Mr. Nahum
Parker where, twenty three years ago, he had been
an apprentice.
Here some one interrupted the speaker by the
exclamation, Three cheers for Douglas, the cabi-
net-maker.' The three cheers were accordingly
given, and made the welkin ring. Another voice
I'VE will soon have him again at work at his old
trade" Here the outhurst of sentiment ire
mendous. Judge d. could not resist it. If you
and you may rely upon it that the principal ma
terial used Will be hickory wood"
Judge D. then referred to the present distracted
state of the country, growing out of the agitation
of the slavery question. He observed that hav-
ing lived the greater portion of his life in free
State, upon the borders and within rif1e-shot of
slave State, he was unable to comprehend the eX-
element prevailing on that question in extreme
sections of the Union. Those who live on the Dor
ders were IN the habit of trading across the line
marrying, and visiting, and communicating with
each other they knew the conditions and institu-
tons of both the free and the slave States, and,
because they knew each other, cherished no I'M
worthy prejudices, and INDUCED in no hostilities
against each other. If slaves away and fled
into the free State the people of Illinois, like good
neighbors restored them to their with full
knowledge that they would be restored to liberty
if entitled to it by law. They do not interfere with
their institutions, they with the institutions of
Illinois; and for this reason they were good neigh
bors and friends. There were no time, during the
whole agitation of the question of slavery when all
points in dispute could not have been amcablv and
satisfactorily settled by the people of the border
States, by reference of all points at issue to two
justices of the peace indercntly selected one from
each side of the line. And yet question thus
creating no heartburning or unkind feelings among
those most interested in it, and who had the best
means of information in regard to it, in great
danger Of dividing this glorious Union, in conse-
quence OF the undue interference of those whose
position and residence rendered them ignorant of
the true merit of the essential points in controversy
There was one way in which the slave controversy
might yet be settled, and that one generally ap-
proved OF by the people of Vermont ON other sub
Jects, to wit: by every man minding his own bust
ness, and abstaining from all interference with the
concerns of his neighbor. If all would act on this
good old maxim, the Union would be safe, and
there would be no further talk about northern ao-
erosion southern dictation.
MIR. Douglas was repeatedly cheered during his
Speech and his concluding remarks, with many 9th
ers OF a similar nature and character were loudly
appiauded, even by those who were known hereto
fore to cherish very different sentiments on the sub
Ject volley of nine rounds was at last oiven for
the Giant of the West, and the young cabinet
maker of Middlebury."
On Tuesday the exercises consisted of two ora
hons-one by the Rev. Henry w. Hudson of the
Philomathean Society, and the other by the pres-
dent of Knox College, Illinois. The first was
Websterian in its views-fu of fancy, and brilliant
IN its conception and design the second was rel-
gIous IN its character, and strongly incinino to-
wards the higher law. 1t is remarkable fact that
MIR. Hudson was apprentice to wheel-wright at the
same time and place that Judge Douglas was an
prentice to a cabinet-maker.
The exercises Wednesday consisted of mus;c
and dissertations on various subiects-amono 9th
ers, on the following theme Is civilization nror
ressiye 90 The debate this subject evinced vary
high degree of mental cultivation, and much knowi
edge of ancient and modern history. Theyarione
degrees were then conferred on the members of tho
senior class, on several alumni and at last the do