Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-11-28

Resolred, That We hail with delight the late sig
nal triumphs in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine and
other states including Georgia, of the Democratic
Party, and of the patriotic Whigs who co-operated
in achieving these results over the know-Nothing
organization, conclusive evidence, that in the
greatpractcal questions involved in that contest,
Southern men may honoraby and successfully COM
bine without regard to past political distinctions, to
save the constitution from dissertation, and the
South from being prostrated before the power of
Northern fanaticism and misrule.- 80 - '.r
q Resotped, That the Democratic and anti-Know
Nothing party in all sister States and especially
OF the Southern States, are respectfully and earn.
esty requested to take the foregoing resolutions in
to their early consideration, and cooperate with us
in the policy and objects intended to be thereby Sc
/ cured" ... 9-a g. -s.-.s,..s... -Es.- r.
The "Union" thus refers to the speeches on the
occasion of the Hon. Robert Toombs and Hon. A. II.
Stephens: l-..,,.. ..,.-> .,g -..-rz-
I" Mr.. Toombs reviewed the history Of parties for
twenty years past, said he could not continue to
fight the Democratic party after the developments
of 1854. When ne saw fifteen Senators from the
North (all DemocratsO stand by the South and the
Constitution, while three Senators, from the South
(all Know Nothings) voted with the North against
as he could not hesitate rs to the course duty and
patriotism dictated. But we cannot follow Mr..
Toombs in his able, eloquent, and convincing argu-
ment against the proscriptve doctrines of the Know
Nothings-our space forbds further comment at
present. Suffice it to say it the link that bound
together the anti-Know Nothing elements, in union
which we predict will be fuitful of untold blessings
to the Union, and strengthen the hope of the sue
cessful maintenance Of the rights and interests of
our beloved South. .-... ....
On Tuesday night of last week verify large
and intelligent audience of citizens Members of the
Legislature and strangers, assembled in the Repre-
sentavc Chamber to listen to a speech from the
Hon. A. Ii Stephens. So great treat was antic-
pated by the audience that few men except the dis
tinguished Representative of the 9th Congressional
district could have realized their anticpations. We
believe however that Mr. Stephens fully realized the
hopes of his friends and the fears of his enemies.
He tore the mask from SAM and exposed his hidcous
features in all their concentrated ugliness He de-
monstrated to the satisfaction of all who were dis
posed to listen to reason, that the triumph Of the
Know-Nothng party would have been the overthrow
of our Republican form of Government. The grand
Know-Nothng council would have controlled the
action of a Know-Nothing Congress and the State
Legislatures and would soon have become the Gov
ernment \ secret conclave Of irresponsible men,
bound to each other by oaths and mystic ceremonies
would have ruled the destinies of this nation Mr..
Stephens showed up the Ant-American principles
and practices of the falsely called American party.
Every new principle advocated by this bogus Amer
ican party is in opposition to the great principles
tablished by the American Revolution and vindcat-
ed by the of 1912. The speech Of Mr.. Stephens
was mastery vndicaton of the principles of that
great national party North and South that has sus-
tanned the Constitution and the rights of the States,
and most severe castgation of Sam and his Nor
thern allies 1t was listened to with profund atten-
ton and called forth fequentand enthusiastic rounds
of applause"