Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-20


sented or the fclicitious illustrations by which he
enforced them. Still less would it be practicable to
give to the reader impression of the earnest tone,
the imprisoned manner, and the patriotic fervor
with which Mr.. Stephens appealed to his fellow-c-
tzens 10 beware of the mad folly of continuing in
this Nothing organization. He stood like
Prophet, warning them of the evils to their country
but especially to the South, that must result from
the predominance of Know Nothingism. He paid
Just and eloquent tribute to those true of the
North who had so long aud so periodically stood by
the South in her struggles with Abolitionism. He
pointed out who it was that had voted In Congress
with the Southern delegations, to spare the South
from the Wilmot Provso that badge of inferiority
and degradation, with which she was threatened
that had relieved her from the Missouri compromise
restriction and opened Kansas to the influx OF her
citiZens-and aided her in the enactment of the Fu-
gitive Slave Law. He referred by name to the no.
BILE exertions of Douglass and Richardson of Illinois,
to protect the Constitution and the rights of the
South under it, and who had sat up with him two
days and two nights without rest to the pas
sage.of the Kansas Bill. He stated that these
the men at the North that Northern Know-Nothings
were endeaVorng to beat down-that of all men
elected to Congress since the passage of the Bill
there not one Know Nothing who had voted for
the measurement one but who was hostile to it
that OF the forty one Northern men who had voted
for it. twenty had been defeated on account of that
vote, and that the twenty-one that were left
the friends of. the South-that it was our duty
to stand by, to encourage and to cheer them
The danger to our rights was not at the North, if
ourselves. We had friends in every Northern State
patriotic and true men, who would stapd by us if
we would stand by ourselves, and be true to our
own principles. There were true men even in Mas
sachusetts There were one hundred guns fired on
Boston Common when the Governor recently vetoed
the bill to remove Judge Loring from Office for is
suing w2rra&nt to restore fugitive slave to his
owner. But there was not Know-Nothing gun
among them. They were fired by the true men of
that State, who still felt the spirit of 76 that baZed
on Bunker I'LL. There were true men national
men in Ney. Hampshire, in Connecticut, in New
York, i'll Iowa, many in Illinois, and that policy
not to join the Know-Nothings, who were fight
ing these men, but to stand by our friends there,
and soon they would rally again. and gain strength.
From twenty-one, that they would swell to thirty,
to forty, to fifty to hundred in Congress. They
would stand by us and our rights. and with save
the Constitution and save the country.
Mr.. Stephens concluded by saying that reviewer
of his letter had said his late letter would prove his
political windng-sheet. If the people OF the 9Th
Congressional District willed it, he ready to
go down to his political grave. In doing so, there
was only one winding sheet he preferred above all
others to be wrapped around him. That was the
Constitution of his country. Next to that he de-
sired no better winding sheet to be wrapped around
him than the principles of that letter. and he wished
his epitath to be- "Here lies who deceived
friend or betrayed even an enemy"
Mr.. Stephens beautifully compared the entrance
of this order from the North into the South, the
of Satan in the form of the subtle serpent
into the garden of Eden, with lie in his mouth
should not surely die.
He concluded amid great cheering.
Such is an imperfect sketch of this eloquent
speech, in which we have been compelled to prune
away many of its beauties and in an abridged
port to impair the strength of its arguments. We
were forcibly reminded, while Mr.. Stephens
speaking, of event in the life of the great Roman
orator, to which there is beautiful al1usion in
recent literary address, by the Hon. F. W. Pickens,
of South Carolina. 1t at the time when An
thony was attempting great change in the form of
the Roman Government, which escaped the obser
walton OF the people, that Cicero came forth from his
retirement to warn them of their danger Unaided
and alone he pointed out, but they needed not his
warning voice, and the destruction of the Roman
Republic was the consequence. Let the reader make
the application to times and circumstances.
Mr.. Toombs was then called for, and responded in
most eloquent and impressive speech, and in his
happiest manner He fully conceded in Mr.. Steph-
ems sentiments and uttered splendid cuiogum up
on the principles of American liberty, civil and re-
ligous-upon the noble feature of religious tcler-
ance which characterized institutions end the
wise policy of inviting to our shores foreign emil
grafton.
We regret space will not enable US this morn |
ing to give sketch of his very interesting speech.
Mr. Thomas, of Ebert, responded to loud calls for
him. in few appropriate remarks, which were we'll
received, after which the meeting dispersed in high
spirits, and in good order.
Some called out for Sam to get up, but Sam felt
completely demolished he could not RISE and had
not word to say. He had probably heard of thg
Virginia elections.
RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE CoMMENcEMENT.-The
exercises of this occasion came off on Wednesday
and Thursday, the 18th and Is inst.
The exercises of the first day consisted in ad-
dress to the two Literary Societies by Lttleton Taze
well, Esq, our fellow towasman, and an address to
the Alumni by the Rev VIM H. Christian Pro-
lessor of the Physical Sciences in the Warrenton
On. CO. Female College. Both addresses highly
spoken Of and unusually felictous for such
an occasion.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Plant, says the evening
transpred with a ball at the Exchange Hotel, Boyd
ton, where large of the gay the brilliant
the young and light hearted of both congrega-
ted. We take it a matter of course that great
execution done in the ranks of susceptible young
men, Since no occasion is well adapted to such
result and where such brilliant coterie Of
beautiful girls 1--WE like that word assemble at
Randolph Macon Commencement
The graduating class delivered their addresses on
the second day. The following were the names and
themes of the graduates:
"Consciones Sa!utatorise, Thorn. A. Catch, Nor
folk, Va.
1.-The world is still deceived with ornament" O.
&. Smith, Lousburg, n. G.
" Watchman, tell of the night" Jas. G. Hanes,
Va
1.-The Christian Scholar Geo. E. Booker, Cum
5er]and, Va.
1.-THE true Statesman ever lives" D. R. Duncan,
Va.
Poetry" JAS B. Digger Boydton, Va.
Charlotte, Va.
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