Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-07-08

Extract from the Address of H. W. Miller. F.,
Dstieered at the commencement of the Uuirerx;,,,
North Carolina on the Sd June, 1857. ''9
Speaking of the assaults made on the rights or.
South by Northern fanaticism, he said: ''
"There is gentlemen, point of endurance have,
which for0earance becomes cowardice, and snHn,a
sion crime With nations as it is in social ~,
course, a tame submission to wrong, not onl. s''
suits in dshonor to the oppressed, but imparts os
ness to the spirit oftyranny in the oppressor WI 'u
people have forfeited their selfrespect- sn
or-they become fit subjects to gratify the , ""
domination in others. The fact Of being init s' OF
der the same government, for general purposes du
not alter this great rule of social Organization cues
preservation should be the first law of ciy, 1e
ment as it is of our social nature. Aggressions wh
would be just of war between independon"n ea
tions, cannot be expected to result in lex. than
enations and distrust under system like ours s''
we expected to submit with blind pusilanimitra are
the assaults which are necessarily made on o,' 10
cial peace and civil rights? Is not the cun 81 30
bearance already brim full? Can we be true 10 ,r'
ers-to the government under which we live;t'
are false to oursefoes In view of the dangers hr.
ened, in the face of the wrongs in store WIN ae
the sacred obligations OF duty to ourselves at TO
posterity, demand at our hands UNION the ANY,. cur
Of her sohoLe people, for the full decelopment of W
her resources moral, intellectual and Dbux;.,T w
alone saue the South from the dangers ach;ch nv. 81"
pending! However conflicting our opinions ,n n.y.
be on questions of mere expedencv or policy ""!
those which involve her rights-her honor-h..r ""
fety-her very existence a people-there SL,nS a
be no dference-no cOnf1ict-no wranu,;r
wavering-Unon in hand and heart-Union !, VI"
and DISTRIBUTION in purpose and action-is ,ha
only bulwark of her strength--the only c,,d,I ~
her safety! 10 waste her energies in idle and .u
cry discussion with her adversares on tboss a, "'
issues, would be playing part more foolish ,hs"
did the monkeys in Snbad who dashed tbe cos as"
nuts at their enemies. "Diuide and conouer "ba
been the stern maxim of the spirit of Northern .r
gressiveness from the days of Alaric and Am, =
the present period The destruction of Carth,so
was not more nfexibly resolved on by Roman n1
pidity and ambition, than is our social and noI;to
degradation desired and sought by the lawless s;r
OF Northern fanaticsm! We should be false TO on,
selves. false to the cause of free government ,nl
human civilization, recreant to the memory Of onr
fathers, aye, traitors to our ocn households, were
We to neglect to prepare for that struggle which i
foreshadowed by events that are passing around ns,
Were we to act thus well might the humblest of ou
people exclam in the language of the Thane of Seat,
land, as the tyranny of Macbeth rose to his view
Almost afraid to know itself! 1t cannot
Be called oul mother, but our gravel"
i nn,np
of the people of the South not for the purpose If
aggression and wrong to others-but for safety and
protection to themselves-not to engender sectional
prejudice and encourage fraterna strife but to en-
sure peace and harmony not to reaken the bonds
of our national union but TO strengthen them bv
staying the march of fanaticism-not in the spirit
OF empty bravado, hut under the influence Of that
calm resolution and unconquerable courage, which
in all ages have ever been able to set at defiance
ha he Of md n,,,
And what stronger inducements, gentlemen, could
operate on the human heart than those which appca
to every citizen of the South No country on earth
possesses in higher degree all the elements of wealth
power and greatness. With soil of inexbausbe
fertility, yielding every variety of production
sected at all points by navigabe streams-wh i'm.
mense water power, with some of the best harbors
in The world, with mineral resources unsurpassed,
with territory adequate to population of more
than two hundred millions of souls blessed in fine,
with everything that bounteous nature can besow,
nothing is needed to make her pre-emnently pros
porous, happy, powerful people, but union, industry
energy, enterprise and that high, indomitable, self.
sustaining patriotism, which will press her forward
to a full development of all those resources
With population of ten millions only, on an area
of nearly million of square miles, what vast space
exists between what she is and what she is capable
of becoming! With half the industry which has
covered, "as with velvet carpet the slopes of the
Alps" with one 1.-THE the energy which bridled the
stormy waters of the German Ocean, and rescued
from the Of the most fertile countries of
the globe. and studded it with cties-the imagina
ton staggers under the assurance of what she would
become as a people.
A distinguished European statesman remarks
eff we imagine universal confederacy of nations
we shall no longer find sufficient motive for exerion
to promote the prosperity, independence and power
of EACH" Here lies the danger to the individual
States of this confederacy. The glory of each, in
its appropriate sphere, lost sight Of eclpsed obScur
ed, under more dazzling brightness Of the glory Of
the whole! The consequence follows, the progress
of the nation is impaired by the want of devotion to
the interests and honor of the State in which live
The smallest planet, wheeling mistaken through
the void immense, is no less partof the great ys'
tenn of the Universe because the gorgeous king OF
day sends forth his rays in all their spendour. 1t
is the beauty and fitness of each revolving in its ap
pointed orbit, as well as the harmony OF the whole
which proclaim not only the wisdsm of the design.
but the power Of lis great Architect! 1t is by cul'
tivating the social affections by observing respecting
and strengthening the ties of kindred and friendship
that We learn with clearness and fulfil with alacny
our duties to the State Devotion to the former is
not more consistent with the prosperity ofthe UTTER
than neglect of our duties and obligations to our
State, is incompatible with the safety and glory oil
the Union.
Forgetting then, and casting to the winds in view
of the momentous issues presented, all minor dill,
erences of opinion, let us entreat you, unite as
countrynsen, in improving the vast advantages
with which We have been blessed, in educating our
youth, in cul,ivating pure heightened literature;
10 encouraging the arts and sciences; in nurtnrlns
the precepts of Christian love; in nusng into tn ,s
hearts of Que people an elevated patriotsm-a ooa
spirit of independence and self reance-in building
up and sustaining institutions of learning and bene,
Violence; in developing our agricultural, commercial
and manufacturing resources; and then, 'ndeeu,
whilst true to ourselves, whilst erecting around our
rights, as it were a wall stronger than adaman'
against the inroads of fanaticism; shall become
the advance guard of safety, the right arm Of strens
to the union of the States and to the great cause
free, constitutional, representative government"
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