The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-03

ao'e dsfsnder Of the Constifutiou and the Uoiou.
Inc people Of North Carolina. Sir, are . laws
70 cone into tbs confsdsrscy and viii be one Of
tne last to abandon IL. We are people who be-.
iteve that lceutiousness IL not liberty, and that
liberty can only be true liberty whom governed
py wise laws 1t 10 these people who are now
around you, Sir. and who have come from every
portion Of the State 70 welcome yoa. Not, Sir, -
aeonQuering hero. We cannot be Indifferent to
the oonnict nov going on in Europe, where Kings
are leading embsttled hosts against each other;
and We cannst help rejoicing iu the different pic
sure presented here-a Republican people vel.
coming In peace and prosperity Republican Pre-.
sident.
Mr.. BUCHANAN rspiicd-Fellow citizens of North
Carolina: / cannst fail, while gratitude is an
emotion OF the heart, to recollect this reception
from North Carolina. My public life has been
loos one, aud have been engaged in many poit.
ical battles, and they are noe rewarded by your
smiles OF approval. am glad to be hero, 10 the
capitol OF North Carolina, which you have rightly
named Raleigh, TINS aiding in perpetuating that
goat name. He fell victim TO weak aud pu-
siliainmous .tyrant; but, thank God, nothing Of
mat Kind can occur here-no snch Injustice can
be perpetrated In this Iaod OF liberty. You, North
Csrolinians, were great rebels during the KevoIu
ffon, and very troublesome TO Lord CORVALLIS,
one OF Her Msjesty's officers He used to cay that
you rose In bis rear As fast he passed you, and
that be could never claim that he was master Of
any gronpd Ia North Carolina save thst which his
army stood upon. You 6rst raised the hsg Of res
sistnnce to Great Britain In the Western region
OF your State, and you have done better since
you lave stood by it, And You will continue TO
do so as long a. your youns men preserve the
virtues Of Macon and Nash and Casweli You
have scsttered patriots throughout the United
States, who. wherever they may be located, have
al ways given their fellow men a good opinion of
the Old North State.
1t has beconss f-shionable now-a-days to discuss.
thesaiue Of the Union. II was not fashionable
twenty years ago. 1t Was not every transitory
evil that leads us to division Of the Union. Let
the friends of separation of the Union succeed, !,
and the Cause Of civil and religious liberty through
out :he world will receive death blow. My
friends have spoken Of the war p ,ogressing in
Europe, in which kings are eudeavoring to over
throw dynas.ies and generals to win now gloriee,
while the poor people who are really the sufferers
are not th0nght Of This spectacle ought to teach
us the value Of our institutions. Here, you arc
to-day body cf sovereigus, who have elected me
your Exocutive-bot your ruier-wbose acts are to
be jealous'Y watched and accounted for, besides
some acts for which he is not guilty. Though the
sun ct my political life iB growing dir, shall
never Cease TO refer vividly and with grateful
emotions to this reception from the Old North
State. Loud cheers
Hon. JACOB THoarsoN.-Twenty five years ago
came to this city-a youth to undergo an exami.
nation to practice law in the courts of North
Carolina. got 1t, and from that day have never
been In the Old State. / pitched my tent In the
far West, and there the best exertions Of my man.
hood have been spent. Nov, 1 return among you,
not as prodigal son, but as affectonate son
to an aged mother, whom be has Dever for gotten.
have never forgotten North Carolina, and while
abroad have endesvored 10 carry out the great
principles held by her illusirious sons. Thi. is
an age when speculative questions, and not those
of utility arise. In the N rth have the leading
spirit of great party urging the idea that It is
impossible for the Union and the institutions Of
the South to exist together.
q the South new light has risen, which is TO
urge the abolition of the slave trade laws, and the
introduction of barbaric Africans into our midst,
eDdaDgeriog the very safety of peculiar insti-
tutions. These laws were passed by the strenuous
effjrts of Southern men. aud no W, all at once we
fiud men In the South who say that they are nm.
Why do introduce this subject
here and now? why, to say that when they tell
me that the Inhabitants ef this country can no
longer live together peaceably in the Union, wish
to run up the stars and stripes and declare that
for one l am ready to battle against these agita.
tors. again thank you, fellow citizens, and on
behalf of the President. told him how it would
be: that his own noble heart would nd response
quick and loud in the heart Of North Carolina.
THE PROCESSION.
The procession was then formed; the President
In an open carriage drawn by greys, and followed
by carriages containing the committees, heading
it then came the military companies to the num-
Dor of seven-one Of them being from Newberu,
and two others from Rowan, N c. The line Of
march being taken up, the President soon reached
Yarborougb's Hotel, at which he is quar- tered. He
held n reception to nigh: between and 'clock,
and holds another Tomorrow at O'Clock, before
leaving for Chapel Hill.
The train in which Mr.. BUCHANAN came from
Portsmouth TO Weldon was very handsomely dec
GRATED by tho taste of Capt. George Bourdette the
Conductor, who also had number of splendid
bouquets on board, some of which were presented
to the President, and to the representatives of the
press on board. o. d. Hall, Master of Transporta
ton, vas also On board, and aided greatly 10
making the trip pleasant one to all concerned.