Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-02-10
WHO IS HENRY WILSON,

proof of the bitter abolition spirit by which he has
been uniformly actuated both in public and private
life 1t has been asserted, however, by the South
ern Know Nothing press, that he has been nation
allied by the new party; and that the South has
nothing to fear from him member of the Senate
Let facts which have occurred since his election give
the answer to this assertion.
We learn from the Boston Evening Telegraph,
that the tenth of the series antslavery lectures
ata fremont Temple, given few evenings
ago by Hon. Arson Burlingame. The Hall was well
filled. Gov. Gardner, Lieut.. Gov. Brown, Hon. Rob
ert Rantoul, Hon. Henry Wilson, and other distin-
gushed gentlemen ON the platform" The Tel
egraph continues:
"Mr. BurIingame received with hearty APP
pfause. He commenced by saying that in speaking
for freedom he should not be choice in the selection
of terms by which to characterize slavery Slavery
had betrayed u, and the time had come for an out
ragged people to express their sentiments in language
not to be misunderstood.
NJ. g. asc5'ibed the origin Of SlGrery to Pope Nag
tin T., aoho issued ball sanctioning Ataican Stare
ry 1t also sncti0',ed by seceraS Of his success
sors 1t brought to this country under the cross
and an tile 9ur6 Of humanity; but at Soas necer
sanctioned here by l,ositice lac.
He then asked what is slavery? In the language
of Wesley he would answer, 'The sum of all vlai-
MES" The fitness of this description then
shown by a reference to facts. Our fathers hated
IL,
gave it pecuniary power, and the slave representa-
ton political power which has controlled the whole
country, and prevented it's advancement. But for
its influence this nation of twenty-five millions would
have been forty millions. The prosperity of the
North contrasted with the poverty of the South
The idea of force being used by the South to extend
slavery ridicued. The power of the South is
a political one, and with that she has smitten
commerce. our manufactures, and every interest of
freedom. The very notification buttons worn by
the South Caroiinans in 1882 were made in Connec-
ticut, and their cannon came from w OonSocket, and
were cast off guns at that. The mobbing of Judge
Hoar in Charleston, the neglect of the general
government to protect him and the cause he repre-
scntedy while to enforce odious law in this city,
a cannon manned by aliens, planted in Court
Square, while our own brothers were called out by
illegal orders to be a body guard to them.
Some, he said, censured the soldiers on that oc
casion but the should rather fall on those
who issued the illegal orders. On the chief magis-
trate they had already fallen like thunderbot In
this connection DR.. Adams spoken of as being
disoyal to every northern sentiment.
The means BY which slavery has secured the con-
troll of the general government were then spoken off
The men Of the South are men of one idea ThcyS
make politics their study while at the North the
is true As a remedy for all this, we must
study politics. He could not agree with Wendell
Phillips in his plan of dissolving the Union, nor
with Ralph Waldo Emerson in his proposition to
purchase the slaves, a remedy for slavery.
If asked to state specifically what he would do, he
would answered.. repeal the -Nebrdska bill; 3D.
tie Di>t,ic: IF Columbia; 4th. ABOLISH tile inter
State STARE trade merit he acouLd declare that Sine
ny should not spread to inch ct the territory Of
the Union lie ac0uld Men PIT the G0rernnent &C
tirely and perpetuaIly the side Of treedom-by
which he meant that a bright-eyed boy in Massa-
chusetts should have good chance for promo
ton in the Navy boy of one of the first fam
lies in Virginia. lie would have foreign consuls
take side with the noble Kossuth and against the
Papal butcher Bedni. lie would have judges who
believed in higher law, and in ant-slavery consti
tutions anti-slavery Bible, and an anti-slavery
God
Having thus Genationalized slavery he would not
menace it in the States where it exists, but would
say to the States it is your local institution hug 1t
to your bosoms until it destroys you. Bnt he would
say you must let freedom alone. (Applause0
If you but touch the hem of the garment of freedom
we will trampe you to the earth. loud applause"
Mr. Burlingame them alluded as follows to the
election of Mr.. Wilson:
He soos encouraged By the recent elections in the
North, AND DEFENDED THE NEW MOVEMENT"
SAID WAS BORN OF PURITAN BLOOD AND
WAS AGAINST DEsPoTIsM OF KINDS. THIS NEW
PARTY SHOULD JUDGED, LIKE OTHERS, FRUITS.
1t had elected q champion Of freed0m to the United
States Senate for to1r gears to Jill the place Of
man ,oho tIsG TO JreedOm, ard not true to Stare
ry For himself he could say that so long as life
dwelt in his bosom, so long would he fight for ber
ty and against slavery. In conclusion he expressed
the hope that soon the time might come when the
should not rise a master, nor set on slave.
After Mr.. Burngame had taken his seat there
wei e loud and continued calls for Wilson" in
swer to which Hon. Henry Wilson, the Know Moth
ing Senator, spoke as follows:
Hr Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen -
This is not tine time nor the place for utter
word You have listened to the eloquence of my
young friend, NIGHT | ENDORSE EVERY
SENTIMENT HE HAS UTTERED II, public in prirate
life nanjorties in minOrities, at home abroad
intend to Ire md to die aoih unreenting h0stiI
tn to Slacery on ing lips. / make compromises
anyaohere at home or abroad. IshaU yield nothing
Of mig anti-slUcery sentiments to adpnnce my
personal interests to aIUd1ce party interest," to
meet the demands Of any State section Of
trY. hope to be able to maintain all occasions
these principles to comprehend in my affections the
whole country and the people of the whole country,
and when say the whole country, l want every
body to understand that include in that Mas
sachusetts and the North. This is the time for
unexpectedly to say word, and having done SO, L
will retire, thanking you for the honor of this &C.
cason."
A Boston correspondent of the Richmond En-
quirer, under date Feb 2 confirms the above in eve
ry essential particular
These, then, are the first fruits of Know Nothing
ism in Massachusetts,
Such facts need comment-they speak for
themselves. Let Southern Know Nothings serious
ly ponder them, and then say if the I" new party"
as it has shown itself by its fruits in Massachusetts,
is not an accursed thing. "national" party in
deedl What have the Star and Commercial to say
in reply to these facts?