Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-10-12

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bors, by denouncing men thousand miles away,
than'it is to gain influence by governing our walk
in life by the principles of justice or the dictates OF
q sound patriotism. CHEERS Is it not too true
that the reverse of this has been hurtful to the
morals of our people, and hurtful to the pulpit, of
which speak With all reverence, and to the holy
doctrines which should issue from the sacred desk
(Cheers.) Is it not too true, my Republican friends,
that rifle for Kansas or curse for the South has
weighed in the political scale than private vir-
tues or public service? tremendous cheers. y
Whence comes slavery? We have seen who pro-
ongcd it. Now, my friends, do you ever stop to en-
qure who upholds it 1t is sustained by the firm
of Weaver, Wearer & Planter" and two of the
partners live up North CHEERS and laughter.)
Every one knows that hut for the looms of New Eng
land and Old England it could not live day. The
l,ulest dcnunciations against slavery are made by
men with cotton shirts their backs. The most
fervent pulpit exhortati0ns against slavery come
from men who wrap themselves for repose at night
in cotton sheets; who lay their heads upon cotton
pillows, and go to sleep thanking God that they are
better than the men down South" (Laughter:)
was called upon some years ago, while Governor
of New York, by deputation of Quakcrs from Great
Britain, to lay before me testimony against
slavery. As they wished listened to them We
afterwards fell into conversation, and the question
arose why the people Of Europe were so oppressed
and burdencd 50 heavily by taxation. We attrbu-
ted it to the differences in their language-the great
number of natonaltics divided by imaginary lines
he petty jealo,lses and stres, and consequent
rcsSity for maintaining large standing armies We
then spoke of the best condition of Europe if all
heSc rival governments could be moulded into one,
Srerkins common language, having common SYM
p.thies, with no custom houses to annoy, and no
standing armies to threaten; and my Quaker friends
warme with enthusiasm at the glorious picture, and
expressed the earnest wish that such day might
dawn, for with it would come the true millennium.
"But,' said I, "whcn all this has been achieved,
suppose some man should rise up in England, and
say that all this genial fellowship among the nations,
this community of interests and of language shall
he destroyed unless ser,lum be abrogated in Russia
and polvgamy in Turkey What would you say
garlins such man ?" Say" said the Quakers.
tive would say that he deserved the anathcmas OF
I'll good men. traitor to the best interests of
mankind for doubling that God, in his own way,
and in his own good time would work out remedy
FIR all these wrongs" Now" said ], my friends.
when we drew this picture of Europe it was not all
f,ncy DIES ribed the broad land which extends from
the Atlantic to the Pacificfrom the great Lakes to
the Gulf of Mexico Go two thousand miles over this
land, and no custom house shall stop you-travcl to
its Erthrst limits, and you shall see no standing
armies-you shall hear a common language and shall
feel common sympathy. Then you shall know
what it is to live upon great, broad continent
where there is brotherhood unalloycd by your ha-
tre,S and antipathics. Why therefore, do you come
here to teach the language of strife? G.ong and
loud appla,lsc.) Now, my friends to make the APP
plicai,n: Had We from the beginning been array
cd one State against anothcr-had We tlisregarded
our community of language and of interest and
Dstcrcl the hatrcdS and ealOuSicS which are now
taught to cherish, this beautiful Minnesota would
yet have been wilderness the painted savage
would yet gli'lc down the noble Mississippi and the
waters of that mighty cataract, whose thundcrs
now almost hear that by the art of man has been
taught to leap forth to their labors at the rising of
the and retire to their rest at its setting would
still pursue their prcciritous course undsturbcd-
(Appl usc.D But lam keeping you too long. Island
before you to ght impressed with more than ordinary
feelings lnevcr knew the greatness of this country
Ofurs until now never knew before of the vastncss
of this great valley, whose beginnings you hold in
your hands, appreciated the influence which it
is yet to exercise upon the dcStncS of our country
And therefore it is that most earnestly cntrcat
You, as you about to enter upon an election not
altogether local. and which is to affect your position
in the confederation OF States to cherS and s,S ain
those principles which founded upon a love of
our whole country. and whose influence will tend to
cement it moro closely together. You have seen
the great of this republican party 20 up to their
National Conventions When the roll of the States
called. there was man there to speak for the
State where Washington was horn; there was no
man to answer for the State where JackSon's ashes
lie; there was no man to respond when the land of
Sumptcr and Marion was called (Appla,lsc) But
how will it be when our next democratic Conven-
ton is held? You will see then no such spectacle
this. When call the roll of States which COM
pose this Confederation. every common wealth from
Maine down to young Minnesota. and still younger
Oregon will attest the nationality of our party nv
the presence of its representatives. (Chccrs) The
Atlantic will shout forth to the Pacific the great
lakes to the Gulf: and when shall nominate our
candidate for the Presidency the loud voices of the
representatives of the whole nation will name the
who will administer its affairs for the next four
years. 0.onl cheering) Let me tell you nv fel-
low-ctizcns, that those who may anticipate political
success, basing that hope upon agitation and upon
injustice, will most certainly he disappointed be-
cause their expectations not founded upon those
great principles of magnanimty wisdom and patriot-
ism which undcrlie the political questions that now
agtate our country. And hcg and exhort of Won,
the people Of Minnesota, and you, especially, the
young men of Minnesota who have the future for
your hcritage-you are about to lay the foundations
of great Statc-to enroll it in the proud list of
democratic commonwcalths-o States devoted to
the maintenance Of the Unon-and that with them,
you will seek to uphold every star and every stripe
in our national flag may it wave forever (Deafen-
ing applause, with six cheers, during which the dis
tinglshcd speaker took his seat)
Ex-Governor German and Gen. Shields followed
in few brief remarks, and upon their conclusion
the club adjourned.
Gov. Seymour was afterwards serenaled by the
Young Mems club, at his quarters at the Winslow
House.
OUR SWAMP LANDS. We have several times called
the attention of readers to the great value of the
swamp lands of Beaufort and adjacent Counties
We are glad to know that the public mind is waking
up to their value In the locality OF South Greek
especially, within, few weeks gentlemen from