Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-09-05

head man on the Electoral hcket-the man WIZ
leads the ticket-whether in the event of Lincoln
being elected, the Southern States would be justified
in dssolying the Union; and whether l would on
for enforcing the law IN the event of the Southern
States secealngk A good many present at the time
said that ought not to answer the question he.
cause the gentRrnan was opposed to Ine, and that
under the circumstances, II was discourteous for
him to PROFOUND such question: told them
was ready to answer1t told them that in NV
opinion the election OF any man according to the
forms ana PROVISIONS toi the constitution, by the
votes OF the American people, Is ne excuse for dis
sowing TINS glorious Unlon. tApPiause) / would
regard the eiectlon OF Lincoln as great calamity
70 DC asoidea ny1 All honoraoie means, by all pa.
lrioec ci,iIehs, NORM ana Sonth. But will not
consent .hat 'ae mere act OF the eiecton OF un-
worthy i'a'', oI eitner oy the people
aeeorulng 70 tne lofhs Oh inc constitution, any
excuse OF ustncasoh lor orsakihg up this union of
States. lApplause.} IN the other hand. said
then what = say 70 you now, mat am in favor of
the enioIcemeht 81 the iaW unaer All circumstances
ana ID every Contingency Z: tApPiause) If Lincoln
sneuia De eecteu fTeslueht ol lhe United States or
Breck,nrogeeor any otnef man, alter such election,
shooio attempt 10 violate the constitution of the
country, or infringe any Jaw or right under it
wouio nahg MN nlgner man haman, according to
iaW l0reat appianse:t 4 Wouid have no more
hesicatoh ~ haDghg snch man IMAM Virginia felt
on hanging Jonn brown Eheh ne invaded her do
minion. taPpianse.) 90 not think it would do
the country any harrn 70 ny an experiment of the
klnG tLaugnisr. we nave already demonstrated
10 the "orld that we are tne greatest nation on
eartn IN many RESPECTS. He grow iaster than any
otner people, we spfeau "loer ana more rapidly
aao we annex an countries ADJOINING US with greater
sPeeu thah can os uol.s oy any other people; be-
SUES S We oana "nip an eVhe IN contact with.
we are become model LOT tne friends of liberty
throughout the world ana we are the admiration Of
AZ VINO love nee lnsutntlons, while We are the
terror Oh All tyran's. applause We have DEM
strateo our great 'hatlohai wealth, our military
power ana proves. ne nave proved our CONNER
ciai power ana our productive capacity; but there
is one thing remaining to be done TO prove capa-
Die OF meeting any emergency, and whenever any
suGu emergency ARISES, trust tnat the government
VIII sno" tnat NIs strong enough 10 execute that
nhai act-tnat is, 10 hang all traitors before it
thinks OF dlssolvlng TINS glorious Union "a burst
OF Appause.l IL pad man OF dangerous man,
or ianatic, shoaia oe made President OF the United
otales sustain tne constitution preserve the Union,
stand 0y .ne enforcement OF tae Avs see that they
are submitted 10 ana oo- yea, and hang the man
VINO refuses. (APpianse.)
IL VIII not DO for THESE gentlemen to get up pro-
gramme, ii not designedfy, knowingly leading ineV-
tably to the election of Lincoln, and then to come
and ask me to help them to dissolve the Union be-
cause they elected him. If Lincoln is elected and
does not give the Seceders all the fat offices in the
government, l say he will be the most ungratefnl
wretch that ever lived daughter and applause.)
Fhe repetition of this sentence was called for and
1t was received with fresh applause.) IneVer would
receive such support from body OF men without
acknowledging it afterwards (Laughter) hope
my friend is satisfied upon this point CA voice
yes, well satisfed) have been talking at random,
taking up these topics as they occurred-changing
the threads OF my discourse as suggestions made
or questions proposed for my object has been to
answer frankly all these points upon which my enc
mics have been attacking me. i did not come here
to solicit your votes. have nothing to say for my
self or my claims personally. i am one Of those
who think that it would not be favor to me to be
made President at this time. Not that / underrate
the honor and dignity of that high Office but be-
lieve that can render my country as much service
while in the Senate ofthe United States for the
next four years. l can there make as much reputa-
ton for myself in the Presidential Chair, and if
any attempt be made at disunion, leave record to
my children of which they will be more proud than
they would be of my election to the high Office of
Chief Magistrate of this glorlons Republic. (Great
applause.) And hence, my object in visiting the
South is to explain how it is that these feelings of
fraternity and kindness and brotherly love have
been severed and hostile sectional parties organized
in their places Idesire to know wether there is not
some common ground on which all Consttution-loV
ing men may rally and unite in putting down North
ern A5olitioniss and Southern Disunionsts? Voices
there is. y
desire to know whether the old Democratic mass
es are not content to stand by their time-honored
organization, by our time-honored platform by our
time-honored principles, to save the Union now as
we have saved it on many occasions before? loud
applause.) tell you that intervention by Congress
means disunion, care not whence it comes whether
from the North or from the South. (Applause)
have too much respect for the intellect of all the in
terventonists in Congress, to believe that any one
of them thinks that the Union could exist unless
through the doctrines of non-iHteryention In 1850
the agitators North and the aetstors South got upa
similar trouble TO the one which now threatens U.S.
The Northern freesoilers demanded the Wilmot Pro-
viso prohibiting slavery wherever the people wanted
it. Yaneey at the head of the fire-eaters of the
South demanded that Congress should protect slave
~ wherever the people did not want it. The issue
then is precisely the issue now. That issue was