Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-12-07
For the Standard.
AN APPEAL FOR THE UNION.

For the Standard
AN APPEAL FOR THE UNION.
To the conservative, patriotic, law-abding and
Tnionloving masses Of the South of the North, OF
the East and of the West; to all religious, well
as political editors in the country; to all political
parties Of the North of the South and of the whole
country; to all ministers Of the Gospel whose sa-
cred duties, at ordinary times. would preclude them
from being cassed and invoked in the above con-
nection; to the moral, virtuous and religious of
every community; to those in the humblest as well
as in the medium and most exalted spheres of So
ciey; in short to one and to every. and to all men,
in all Cities villages towns neighborhoods, counties
and States throughout the entire length and breadth
Of our vast country, who friends to the preser
walton and perpetuity of our great and glorious
Union; felow-citizcns and countrymen land oh!
how dear and inestimable, through the Providence
of God is the privilege of yet addressing you-
united, and in those fiaternal tcrms) to you would
! appeal in behalf of the Union; "Hear me for my
cause" Never before. since the days of the Revo
luton. has a crisis of such magnitude and so por-
tentous occurred in the annals of our country, as
the one which is now impending. Already has its
huge and hideoGs dimensions inspired gloom, and
forebodings truly unprecedented since the earlier
days of the Republic. Men everywhere are bccon-
ing justly alarmed and apprehensve in regard to the
peace, safety and preservation of the Union. The
blind and fiery elements of hnaticism and insubor
dination are seen mady flying to and fro unrcstran-
ed in their wild career, and threatening conflict
with social and political system, and to plunge
us into the dark abyss of anarchy, civil war and
fraternal bloodshed 1t is true that the mighty
fabric of our time.honorcd Union has been several
times shocked to its very centre by the stormy de-
bates of national legislation and the Earring elements
of sectional discord but, thank God the fury of
all previous storms has been quelled and abated;
statesmen have nobly rushed to the rescue, and
through the instrumentality of lofty patriotism,
magnanimous compromise and mutual concessions
the clouds have again parted and passed away the
heavens have again appeared, the stars again came
out and the bright sun Of the Union again shone
on in undiEmed splendor and glory. May God, in
His infinite and allwise Providence avert the storms
and control the crisis that threatens U.S. is the
prayer of all good men and patriots everywhere
But mark the difference between this and all prev-
GUS ordeas through which our country has passed.
Though the tempes: has ragged the lghtnings have
flashed and the loud thunders have rolled, yet has
the trusy old ship of the Union nobly breasted the
storm, bravely rode above the surgng pillows of
the troubled waters, with her gallant mastS still
bearing aloft the stars and stripes unscathed shred
less and uniform amid the crashing bolts of the war
ring elements Now what do we behold? thous-
ands of deluded men. swayed and controlled by some
of the worst passions which infest the human soul
and actuated really less by what is currently and
plausibly termed fanaticism than by sordid spirit
OF plumber and spoil, in connection with the wild
and long deferred hope of personal and political az
grandisement, have united and arrayed themselves,
under the name of the black republican party, in
crusade against the constitution and laws of the
United States. And not content with clandestinely
disseminating their reasonable ncendiary and nc
farious doctrines and plans; but disregarding alb
tram Mi ,pdo fnOff bol o 6
and of their country, they have melted servile in
surrection and rebellion, resorted to arms, and in
the darkness Of night, committed the highest and
most heinous crimes known to our laws by attempt
ing to overthrow the government, taking the lives
OF our peaceful citizens and despong them of their
prop rty. And is this all? No! mol would to
heaven that it were. When these outlaws have
been apprehended, fairly, humanely and i,npartiay
tried and condemned by the laws of their country
against which they have so felonio,,sly rebellei,
and startling disclosures in regard to the completely
OF hundreds of others are made known is this all /?
and are we to console ourselves with the reflection
that after these have been arrested tried and pun
ished that here the matter will end? No! no |!
would to Heaven that this eren were ALL When we
are told that the whole black republican party,
press and pulpit are vibrating with sympathy for
these awless marauders and that their tongues are
vocal and eloquent with the praises Of this fouest
grant, that ever will again blot and disgrace the
page OF American history, are We to conclude that
this is all? No! no! no! In addition to all these
Things, have not the dignity, the majesty and the
power OF American laws been insulted BY the vile
and despicable threats and overtures and treasona
Die movements which have been publicly made in
reference to the execution of old Brown and his de-
luded co-adjutors? And is this oven allY By no
means The ultra, revolutionary, blood thirsty
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mad career and are not put down, mean at the
ballot-box, by an overwhelming majority of the pa
trotlc, conservative elements of all political parties
IN connection with the great law and peace-abidine
ana Unon-loving masses Of the people, firmly be-
heve that they will as assured!y ruin the country
as that there is sun in the heavens, and that too
curing the next national campaign by eecting theii
candidate to the presidency. And are there any SC
weak or so blind as not to foresee what would be
!he inevitable consequences of such an event? Oh
there any one so recreant to the great interests
anu prosperity OF our common country as to think
LOT moment that any party which disregards anc
sets at naught the constitution of the United States
and in justification of which claims to be the high
er-law party, | say is there any one who thinks fo
moment that such party ought, could, or would
properly administer the government? There was
tine not iar back either in the PALMER and NOR,
Patrlotlc days of our Republic when such an idea
IN the absence Of all other hope, might have beer
barely tolerated and acquiesced in; but away will
with such nonsense in these startling times Of trea
son and political apostacy. The blood of our fore
fathers flowed in one common stream for the com
mon defence Of our common country; and after tn
God OF Battles had determined the victory in fayo
Of the American arms, and our country began /
turn its attention from the stern arts of war to tn
cultivation of the milder and more genial arts {
government, commerce and peace this compact ur
der which we have SO long and so happily lived, tn
result Of the matured wisdom and combined exp,
renee of the purest patriots and wisest statesme
the world has ever produced, was received and el
tered into by all the States, to be preserved sacre
inviolate by the coming ages of all succee
me- as the chief cornerstone, the pillar ar
npf the Union. Mutilate, disregard
N its teachings and provisions, and Il
Of our mighty Republic will tott