Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-12-03

and tumble 10 ruinA T6e be9k gep0otsans -
onlv disrseard and trane,e 80 - - esossem
constituted, but sesm - ae&oee - ~ seHeme
the su6vsrs;on of-ths goveiesat and disess6ce
n lie Union. In wv o. m thess thlncA M =
oonsterna,;on ere sSkiqe shat htote 6ease !a
the eloquent language u, Patrick Henry. would
ssk. Are " 70 lie supinely On our hacks and hug
the delusive phantom az hope until our enemies
SHAH have bound US hand and footv Emphasicaily
do we expect every gale which sweeps rom the
North to bring VI our earn the clash Of !ssoondinE
arms, Is there, indeed, then no hope! Yes thank
God there is yet hope for our dsxpoadinS and BE-
loved country. I appeal to conservative and psss-
otto men everywhere North, South. East and West,
to rise in their sovereign might rush to The reue
defeat and overthrow at the ballot-box, the blsek
republican PARTY which threatens to desolate and
ruin the country. The democratic party. honsh
more national and integral than any of the Other
now existing parties is nevertheless unable o. u
SELF to defeat the black republicans unaidcd and un
cooperated with by the conservative elements Of all
the other parties. What then. Is to be dones-
Must the country b. ruined through the obssinscy
and xelfshncss Of parties or either through their
unwillineness 10 intcrposc their united and timely
efforts to save it? God forbid The only sltrsns-
tive, them seems to be this in vicw Of tho crisis
which now threatens the country, and Tor the SAKE
Of the preservation Of the Union with the COUNTLESS
millions Of concomitaat blessings which its pespe-
:uity and prosperity would retain and ensure; say
in view Of all these things let all the now existing
political parties unite with and convert tho demo.
cratic party into the Great Conservative National
Union party, and once moro in the political history
Of our country, a. in the Revolutionary Strugxse.
pres ent the patriotic and sublime spectacle OF .
united ard determined conflict at the bailolbox sor
the national existence and Independence OF our bc-
loved country BY defeating the black republican
party. Let this party then act upon the most en-.
larged, patriotic and magnanimous principles Let
the whole press Of the country (cvcn such Of the
3lack republican presses too, Is will repent. reform
and bring forth fruits meet for repentance lsbos
unitedy for the election Of the canddates OF TINS
one great Union party around the standards al Inch
the whole conservative country every here snoo'e
rally And let the stantar,i-bearcrs Of this grand
olive branch party be selected from among the
purcst most patriotic and greatest men in the
Union. limited We stand divided We iall !" Union
and liberty, now and forever. ono and unscparablc
should bc our notices and our watchwortlS Let
primary mass meetings be speedily held in every
city. village town and county with the view Of e.
fectng this concert Of action BY appointing delegates
to State mass meeting. and let the State mass
meetings act in like manner, and appoint delegates
to a national mass meeting. composed Of delegates
from all the States which shall lay down grand
national Union PLATFORM nominate one Of the great
est best most conservative and patriotic men In the
Union for the presidency, &c. &c. And suggest
the appointment Of the earliest possible day for
meeting to be held in the City Of Raleigh to put
this great ball in motion. md in conclusion, then,
and in the name Of the rccnllcctons OF the trials
and vcisSitudcs Of the past the glory Of the pres
ent and the future hopes and dcStincs Of our coun.
try; in the name Of the thousands 81 untold suffer.
ings and privations which our foref,thcrs cncoun.
tered while planting and rearing the infnt colonies;
in the name Of Plymouth Rock and Of the Pilgrim
Fathers; in the name Of the hold and determined
heroism which characterized the resistance to the
Stamp Act and to the Boston Tea Company; in the
name Of the Declaration Of Independence and its
illustrious signers; in the name Of the American
ington, and the long list ii his brave compatriots
and the heroes who fought, fell and died an the
bloody fields Of Moorc's Creek and Kings Noun
tain. Of Concord and Lexington, Of Bunkcr's Hill
of Brandywine and Of Yorktown in defence Of ths
liberties, and Of those great principles which an
now SO lightly esteemed, and for the Union which
is about to be madly rent asundcr and scattrrrS
to the four winds Of heaven; in the names Of An
drew Jackson, Of Henry Clay and II Daniel Web
tinguishcd generals and statesmen; in the name y
the oppressed in every land who are ,pvited b
come and make our country their home; IN tn
| name Of the religion Of the holy gospel which
tolerated and preached throughout the length an
breadth Of our va>t country; in the name Of Hcave
which has so highly favored and blessed as. ard q
God whose hand has so kindly and signally dirccse
and controlled us since the earliest days Of gu
countrys infancy in the name Of our homes, 90
wives, our children and Of oil we hold most dcs
and sacred, do appeal to and invoke al men. es,
rywhere to come to the rescue Of Our sinking cous
try, by rushing to the standard Of the great dem,
cratic conservative, national Union party.
A PRIVATE, CONSERVATIVE CITIZEN.
! Raleigh, Nov. 10. 1883.