Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-08-23
SPEECH OF HON. 1. e,D. BRANCH,

SPEECH OF HON. b. 0sB. BRANCH,
$3.50 OF NORTH CAROLINA,
In the aHSas Representatives., July "a 1856.
The House being i'm the Committee of the Whole
on the statesof the Union,
Mr. BRANCH said
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: A great and vital contest has COM
menced, and is now raging before the people OF this
country. five estimate its importance by the mag
nitnde Of the results to flow from it, SUCH one mas
not in my opinion, occurred since the estaoiishmens
of the Government. The portenous flag OF black
Repubcanism has been raised, and around IL nave
rallied not only the fnatical and political Abolition
lists who proessedly aim at the total aoohton Oh ne
rro slavery everywhere, but also body of men far
more dangerous who would reach the same result
by rendering odious and prescribing the Shareholder,
and limiting the influence and checking the growth
of those States in which negro slavery exists. Un,
der the folds of this flag are found these who would
refuse equal privileges to the citizens OF the dnercht
sections of the Confederacy, and who seek to destroy
the equality of the States of the Union. The party
formed of such materials, and aiming at such OBJ
iects is of course and must always remain, strictly
sectional in its organization. has no existence out
of the non-saveholding States. But as those States
have large majority of Congress, and OF the cleo.
torsl college, its success in getting entire control OF
the Government is not at all impossible, nor, under
the state of things now existing, at all improbable
am no disunionist, nor alarmist Nor is Mr. Fill
more. But he has warned us against the election OF
Fremont, and tells US that one of the consequences
must be dissolution of the Union.
Mr.. A. X. MARSHALL. l think the gentleman
from North Carolina does not correctly state Mr..
Filmore's position. He says that, if MIR. Fremont
carries out the policy of appointing none but nor
thern men to his Cabinet, it would cause dssolu-
ton of the Union.
Mr., BRANCH. Ny friend from Kentucky is correct
as far as he goes But Mr. Fillmore says Mr.. Free
mont would necessarily take all his high officers from
the North and that such course would dissolve the
Union. understand him to intimate very distinct
" that the South ought not to remain in the Union
under such circumstances. Against such party,
openly avowing such purpose, the friends OF the
Union and the Constitution should be indissoubly
united Certainly nothing less than the arrant folly
of the mailman could produce division in tho minor
ity section at such crisis. The noble and patriotic
citizen at the North, who, scorning the demagogue
cry of saveocracy" and /" southern domination"
stands upon the Constitution and fights for the Union,
regardless of sections, encounters preudices which
denagogues excite against him. He maintains
cause which the ignorant and uniformed in his own
section have been taught to believe hostile to their
own interests. Ignorance, malice, and fanatcism
taunt him as doughface and traitor. He with
stands it ALL because he is conscious of right, and
fearless of consequences But when he finds himself
yillifcdat the North and unsupported at the South
when he sees powerful party organization in his own
section for the avowed purpose ogvng that sections
prominence over the South and citizens preference
over tie citizens of the South and when he sees
large party at the South refusing to cooperate with
him to defeat that party because he cannot consis-
*ently with the principles on which he has planted
himself advocate discrimination between the for
eign-born and native-born citizen, he may fater in
his efforts When he sees large part of the South
advocating discrimination between the citizens of
the country, therein differing from the black Repub
Iicans only as to the class against whom the princi
pie is applied, may he not commence to inquire
-, ipctitiohlo
tional in this respect than those of the black Re-
publicans? We have slaves to perform our labor,
and no foreigners. The North has slaves, and its
labor is performed by foreigners. The North may
claim that the Constitution guarantees to it its for
eign labor much as it guarantees to us our slave
labor and the foreign laborer being indcpensa-
BILE to the North as the slave is to the South, the
northern statesman may refuse to defend US from
unjust discrimination so long we insist on dis.
elimination against himself and his own section
By such course Of reasoning, large number of
voters at the North, who would otherwise act with
us, may be kept from the polls, driven into the
ranks of the black Republicans whilst another large
number of intelligent and influential men, disguised
alarmed at the folly and ingratitude under the in
fuence of which we refuse, account of minor
questions, to give effective support to the only
party which has national organization, and holds
out any hope of defeating black Republcansm, will
stand aloof from the contest
The continuance of Mr.. Fillmore on the list of can
didates is dividing the friends of the Constitution
and the Union. Without possibility of success he
has not friends enough in some of the northern
States to make it worth while to run an electoral
ticket in his favor. Without reasonable prospect
of carrying one single electoral vote, he yet has
friends enough in many of those States to cancel
the Democratic maj orties The whole country knows
that the great bulk of the Know Nothings North
have through their convention nominated Fremont,
and that the small portion of the party who are sup
hoyro ,,n1o roNo
refused to support that gentleman. Hence, it is
wel!-known fact, that two thirds of Mr.. Fillmores
friends at the North if compelled to choose between
Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Fremont, would vote for the
former.
The Joy of the black Republicans at the continu-
ance of MIR. Fillmore in the field is not restrained
even by obvious considerations of prudence and
policy. As showing how they chuckle over our d.
visions, and what effect in their favor they expect
from it, present extracts from the two leading pa
pers of that party:
Such is the programme Of the next presidential
campaign and free to confess that we are
most thankful to Mr.. Fillmore and his friends for
having produced this result. OF course, nobody
will vote for Mr.. Fillmore who would not, in the ex-
listing state of affairs have voted for the Democratic
instead of the Republican ticket; and therefore, it
necessarily follows that the third party will draw
votes only from the Democratic ticket. The only
question of principle involved in the next contest is
the extension of slavery, by the direct legislation of
Congress- into territory free through the repeal
of the Missouri compromise, made in good faith in
1920, and resistance to that act of bad faith.
Of course, with three tickets in the field the tri-
umph Of those who oppose slavery extension by the
General Government the violation of plight
ed faith and the revival of slavery agitation-and
insist upon the right of the people, whether of the
North or the South to regulate their internal affairs
to suit themselves without molestation from any
source whatever-is placed beyond all question.
We feel assured, that in the approaching presiden-
tial contest We, the aggreved party of the North,
will triumph, -New York Courier and Enquirer,
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