The Portland daily press., 1862-06-27

Address of Governor Stanley.


correspondent of the Boston journal furnishes
quite full report of it. Below we make a few
extracts, which will be read with increased in
terest when 1t is remembered that Mr.. STAN
ley's course a short time since, in relation to
the contrabands and the schools established for
colored persons, called forth severe animadver-
sions from the loyal press, and was thought to
shadow forth disposition to make the saliva
ton Of the Union and the suppression of the
rebellion subordinate to the interests of the
"pcculiar institution" The following extract
shows that the Governor is disposed to place
the responsibility where it belongs, and has no
sympathy with that quasi-treason which insists
that all our woes have been brought upon us
because of the sins of northern men and the
prevalence of northern anti-slavery sentiment.
He says:
Who brought this war about? Not the
northern people, or Lincoln, or his friends, but
those politicians who broke up the Charleston
Convention, determined to nominate their can
didate any way, on the gamblers principle
Heads, l win; tails, you lose' Now what
does North Carolina complain of? She had
no grievance, they tell me, up to the time of
the Presidents proclamation, when North
Carolina was called upon to take up arms
against her sister Southern States. Remem-
Der that the President had sworn by the Holy
Evangelists TO uphold and defend the Constitu-
tion, and when South Carolina fired upon the
national flag, when the forts were seized-the
common property of all the States, and the
light houses destroyed-the common property
of all civilization, he but interposed in the ex-
ecution of his duty, and called upon the people
to help him. Suppose the sheriff of this coun-
ty, in obedience to the solemn obligations
which his oath and Office have enjoined upon
him, should summon assistance to help him
arrest and subdue certain malefactors, would
you rebulxe him for it? And now, when 3d.
600 insurrectionary troops menaced the safety
of the national capital, and threatened to read
the roll of their slaves at Bunker Hill, you
complain that the President issued proclama-
tion calling on you for troops to fight those of
your sister or neighboring States. You know
the teachings of our forefathers, that rebellion
must be put down by war. Suppose New Jer-
sey were to secede, would New York or Penn
sylvania refuse the call for troops to resist the
treason OF such an act because she is neigh
boring or sister State? How foolish, them
your complaint is. 1t would seem as if the
moon had come nearer to the earth TO make
men crazy. just think of it. Yea, people of
North Carolina fed to arms, thinking their soil
was to be invaded by an enemy, seized the
forts and committed like acts of folly. The
prosperity of your State was unexampled, your
railroads were fiourishing, education spread
ing, and manufactures springing up. But all
this you have changed. My doctrine is that
of Washnton, viz: secession is treason, and
you have heard the same in times gone by from
your own ACKNOWLEDGMENT, Badger, Gra-
ham, Gilmer and Donnell. What else could
the President do under the circumstances?
The argument otherwise is, though secession
is treason, yet If State is guilty of it, her
neighbors must not do their duty. A govern
ment SO constructed would not be worth pre-
serving"
He defends the government against the
charge Of designing to destroy the institutions
of the South, or of sending its armies out
simply for the purpose of emancipating the
slaves, and replies as follows to the question:
which he puts into the mouths of those whom
he addresses, s,-"Why don't you send the slaves
back?"
"You know that the Confederates use them
for digging trenches, building Notifications,
and other military purposes. To return them,
then, except to loyal masters, would be as well
as sending the Confederates a cargo of shell
and a supply of ammunition. The slaves are
not allowed to leave Newbern they have no
opportunity of doing SO. Yet during the past
twenty years they have been running away
from you every day. But now their escape Is
effectually stopped. What more do you want?
Did the world ever see the parallel of an ar
my which possessed the power to injure and
yet protected the rights OF property, nstitu-
tions, and even families of those who are its
enemies? They have come to involve us in
the horrors of a servile war; What truth is
there in this charge? What slave in North
Carolina Is allowed to possess musket? Has
any soldier dared to raise his voice for such
purpose? Give me his name. What officer
has done so? What Union man is there who
is not allowed to retain his musket? They
had school for the education of negroes in
Newbern. They asked my opinion about it.
/ gave it, kindly, and suggested il was iniudi-
cious. The Presidents policy is to conciIiate
you, and have you lay down your arms-not
to interfere with you or your institutions. An
abolition soldier there was rebuked by his su-
perior for an incendiary speech to the slaves;
and you, had you been present, would have
shouted for admiration before that champion
of his country's flag, that officer who thus
sought to protect your rights, you who are his
enemies. tell you that Gov Stanley was
sent here 10 do his duty; and he will ~be up
held by all the forces in North Carolina"
To the stale cry that the Federal troops had
been sent to crush the South-to subjugate
them, the Governor replies:
~LunaticS see more devils than vast hell can
hold. (Applause.) There are some men at
Raleigh who see devils in the Yankees. The
United States Government wishes to restore
to you and to your posterity all they have and
hope for IN good government, and secure to
you blessings which have not been equaled
since the time when God expelled the first Sc
cessionist from Heaven. What are those sol
diers fighting for, but this? Let that glorious
old flag, which is borne at their head, go tell
your convention to make peace on honorable
terms-and see how soon il will come. Give
back your forts, and arsenals, and lighthouses,
and send members of Congress from North
Carolina to Washington, and in thirty days
every soldier will be withdrawn from your
State. III reason has not fled to british
beasts you viii do so. And now does all this
look like robbery, murder, desolation, ire
deemable misery and hopeless ruin? Was
there ever such conflict since Satan rebelled
and Cain slew his brothcr?'
The following paragraph is pregnant with
suggestions:
Il come TO serve and save you. Listen to
me ere it is too late The march of this army
cannot continue with the same policy. Tell
your secession brethren so. In ttcetue months
more there tcont DC room enough In North
Carolina for sldoe's foot. In the name of
reason, stop it. Lineoln's rebuke of Hunter is
significant Heed the warning he gives. Why
not have peace? Your patriotism and inter-
ests are involved in it. The result of the ,cor
must be emancipation or Union-eyils unnum-
numbered, or blessings such as no nation ever
had"
The following is the conclusion of this plain