Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-12-13

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tiniated thatlt would be both more safe and IN,
for those now in opposition to his views prudent
acting with him, to resign themselves pass;uoos e
yield to the secession sentiment which ha and
bear every thing down before it. Are w. ssh
as in Paris during the French revolution :" ha'e
terror Are we to yield to intimidation and nd
If that is meant let me tell him that the eas:
the guillotine in France was among its first Of
This foreshadewed what we might expect 'I,CtGs
new Confederacy 1t would require no NIUE usf The
foretell when large army was established 1
other auxiliary means OF defence, no matto.I al
virtuons and attached to liberty the peonls :. nov
South were, the. army would become tbo VI VI The
nent. All history pointed to this ineyitaLss gwen
trophe. All history told us in warning 49, sHS
liberty 2erishes beneath large permanent ';I. mat
power. Nor would the Northern States wbfy
Union was dissolved so much desired nv ,ha tae
abotionists Of the North escape its calsrO;, iaOh
Their commerce, their manufactures. tbs;r r1:
would be involved in ruin. They would bo su'PS
to separate confederacies; for New England W." ~
habited by peculiar people, and New York SaS m
nosympathy with them, they would have to potSo mS
selves or unite with the Canadas. e''uen'
The Senator from Burke had said. that .hn-,
admitted that he, Mr. Brown, was in theory IL" ne
vocate of State right principles, that he had az
practically carried them out n01
Mr.. Brown said, he had never departed from H.
in practice or theory. He had opposed tba E +sm
Bill against South Carolina, and aided in ro5 rUle
the Tariff He had, during the administered"
General jackson, aided in overthroyinp tba pULT
of the United States, which would have Isft "nA
rights to the States, which had reduced the cor ="
merce and currency of the Southern States ,l,n"u.
to colonial dependence on the capital of the SorS
He had supported and aided in first ESTABLISHING tS,
great measure of the age, the Sub-treasurT do, da
at he inn tn hav 81, N
and system of such admitted excellence th,, =,
enemies dare not propose its repeal The nohtic.l
contest that had lasted more than ten yesrs-ond;
which his services had been rendered resulted II
the establishment of those great principles on which
the Democratic party then stood, and have owe,
since and now stand, and without which they wor5
have no basis to stand on-had been won bv the in.
domitable jackson Democracy, during the seyereSt
and longest political contest ever known in tbic
country. He looked back to no act of his nubI;c
life with much satisfaction, as the agency which
he had IN the first establishment of the SubtreaS,r
system.
Mr.. b. said that returning to the subject of a dis.
solution of the Union, he would ask if new Con.
federacy were formed ifthere would be no elements
of discord at work to produce another dissolution
divided into fragments as Italy had been for centu
ries, the prey of intestine connections and forecn
invasion? 1t was remarkable as she was emerging
from long night of bloodshed, disaster and misfor
tune, into more stable and united government, that
we were now menaced with the same calamity
Mr.. Jefferson peculiarly the founder of the State
rights school and the author of the right of State in
teTposition had in letter to distinguished patriot
of New England, written during her opposition to the
of 1912, ard when she threatened secession from
the Union had traced with pencil ofght and the hand
of master the ca}amities resulting from disunon
He remarked il the States then composing the Union
were divided into two or three COnfederaeies, it
would ;aost probably be buta few years before new
elements of strife would arise and new divisions
would be demanded He argued that the process
of dissolution once commenced would continue to
enter as disturbing element into the new Confed
eraces and factions would thus be perpetuated with
all the Instability, feebleness and anarchy incident
to such condition. Might not the reopening ofths
African slave trade be one of those disturbing ee
ments to interfere with the harmony and stability
of the new Confederacy Would there not soon
most probably be another North and South? These
were grave subjects, requiring solemn consideration
before precipitate action is taken. He again re-
peated that he would exhaust all constitutional
remedies, to obtain further security for our rights
from the Northern States. IL the effort failed, it
would be our imperative duty then to fall back on
the reserved rights of the States and resist at all
hazards and to the last extremity. If We left the
Union under snch circumstances, We should have
our quarrel just and by acting in concert and stand
ing together present invineible barrier to all as
saiants, foreign or domestic.