Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-06-02
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5eHN p. JORDAN, Ese-HIs GREAT SPEECH.

FOR the OtanoAIu'
5eHN p. JORDAN, Eso.-HIS GREAT SPEECH.
The distinguished gentleman, whose name heads
this article visited the village of Gatesville on mon
day, being County Court on professional ousIneSs ,
AS soon as it was known that he was there, many
Democrats and Wings called on him ana i s
him tospeak for them in the afternoon Dr. SPeeu'
ne of the opposition electors for the State al large
was also in town for the purpose Oh ''io
good citizens on adj ratorsI7 AT ciocA he 'ouN
the stand, and rode the little pony until ne, ana the
pony too were pretty near exhausted. immediate.
t. = cali was made for Jordanl Jordan Jordan!
from all sides lie mounted the stand amid the
eaoer expectation of a crowded audience and such
,caStigation was perhaps never administered 10 the
opposition eector as he that day received bis IN
troductlon to general politics was eloquent lie
dealt blows hard and heavy upon the charleston
!seceders and in an eloquent eulogum upon the
bound Cabinet boy pronounced for Douglas high
honors at the hands Of the people At this point he
was frequently applauded Mr.. Jordan spoke OF the
hard fought battles,-the triumphs of the Democ.
racy; and he declared that no man now living had
contributed more to our success than Judge Doug
las; quoted from his Alton speech to show his
soundneSs on the slavery question: and declared that
he had fought more battles for the Democracy than
any Southern man living, and that he deserved at
our hands the highest rewards,-urged his nomlna.
tion and said justice to him required that 1t should
be done by reclamation. :,
The speaker then passed to State interests ana,
grappled at once with the monstrous proposition oil
eastern men to change the Constitution and adopt
the Gd ualOrem system Of taxation. DE dashed on
in an eloquent eulogium upon the sacred compTo-
misses of the Constitution evoked the names of Gas
ton, and called his dsembodied spirita witness upon
the stand, and, pointing at the opposition eector,
declared that were the fathers OF the compromises
present, they would rebuke him and his party into
silence He called upon the living to bear witness
10 fha frT,fh 0f asked where
stood Outlaw and Rayner whose thrilling eloquence
heard above the din of party in the Convention
which framed the Constitution? Scarcely twenty
five years have rolled away, said the speaker, since
the adoption of the Constitution and few disSats
fled politicians the foSSiliferous remains OF an ettete
party, seeking to tear it into fragments and scat
ter it to the winds. The speaker Intercepted the
audience, and asked them if they were prepared for
it Who asked for it? Who wanted it? He then
went into the motive of the opposition and showed
that it was the want Of power which stimulated
them to action; asked what the people were to gain
by the change, and characterized the movement as
little less than moral treason-the arraying of class
against class and Installing into the masses the poison
of hatred, where our duty should be to cultivate
brotherly love, fraternity, union, harmony, and all
the elements of social strength!
The speaker then graphically went into an argu-
mentatiye computation to show that the rich and
the poor alike would be the losers by the proposed
cnanSe; that the taxes, under al CdtOrem, would
be stricken from luxuries which would benefit the
rich, and be made up by taxing the Chattes of the
pOor,-their horses, buggieS COWS, hogs, tin cups
all, all would be burdened with heavy taxation. He
reasoned that this was wrong; these were the nee
eSSareS of life, the poor mans staff. He here de-
picted in glowing colors, the utter poverty of the
poor, and declared that to tax his bread and meat
was a sin against high heaven Mr.. Jordan said the
rich would feel the knawing tooth of this new
taxation. They might feel relief indeed, from the
excess of taxation upon their silver plate and other
articles Of luxury which ministered to their pride;
but heavy and still heavier, year after year, would
the remorseess taxgatherer thin the ranks of their
material wealth embodied in their young slaves If
none were to be benefited, then why pass the mon
strous proposition? Was this the time? He allu-
ded to the approaching contest, when foot to foot
and face to face in serried ranks for the first time
in the history of this country the two great parties
stood in undisguised hostility. The heart beat fast
er and the pulse stirred quicker the mission of
each flashed upon his soul. He asked the opposi-
ton, in tones of thunder, why give aid and comfort
to their northern allies? He apostrophized patriot
ism, and Intercepted her abode.
The speaker closed, the effect was electric. |
have not been able to do justice to Mr. Jordan
Converts were made. I learn that one of the lead
ing oppositionsts. Mr. Mills Roberts, declared that
he would go with his party no longer Several 9TH
ers might name. For his great effort we will long
feel indebted to Mr. Jordan.
Allow me to say that there is no dsafection in
our ranks in this part of the State The most of us
are opposed to nd ralOrem Those in favor of it are
opposed to Mr.. POOLS PLAN
GATES.