Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-07-04
Gov. Stanley's Address to His
Old Neighbors.


interesting account of Union gatherin,
at Washington, N. c., which was ad
, dressed by Governor Stanley. AS thi
is the first public effort of the Governor
and as great interest has attended hi
course in sme particulars, we make ful
extracts from his familiar, but earnes
and patriotic address.
After some pleasant Introductory re
marks relative % his position, Gov. Stan
ley says:
"Who brought his war about? No
the Northern peoph, or Lincoln, or hi.
friends, but those politicians who broke
up the Charleston convention, determin.
ed to nominate their candidate any way
on the gamblers prnciple-'Heads,
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. Remember that the President
had sworn by the Holy evangelist to up
hold and defend the Constitution, and
when South Carolina fred upon the Ma
tional flag, when the forts were seized
the common property of all States, and
the light houses destroyed-the common
property of all civilization, he but inter-
posed in the execution of his duty, and
called upon the people to help him. Sup
pose the Sheriff Of this county, in obedi-
ence 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 rebuke him for it g.? And now
when 10000 insurrectionary troops me-
naced the safety of the National capital,
and threatened to read the roll of their
slaves at Bunker Hill, you complain
that the President issued a proclamation
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 Jersey were to secede,
would New York or Pennsylvania refuse
he call for troops to resist the treason of
uch an act because she is a neighboring
,r sister State How foolish, then, your
is. 1t would seem as though
he moon had come nearer to the earth
o make men crazy. Just think Of it.
Yea, people of North Carolina fed to
rms, thinking their soil was to be invad-
d by an enemy, seized the forts and
ommitted like acts of folly. The pros
erity of your State was unexampled, i
our railroads were fourishing, educa- J
on spreading, and manufactures spring |
lg up. But all this you have changed. a
ly doctrine IS that of Washington viz S
ecession is treason, and you have heard r
lie same in times gone by from your own b
atesmen-Morehead, Badger, Graham, u
timer and DOnnell. What else could
le President do under the circum- q
ances? The argument otherwise is,
lough secession is treason, yet if a State
guilty of it, her neighbors must not do .
eir duty. A government so construct :,
| would not be worth preserving" o
The Governor then says that the - -
'actical question has come to be, whe- >,
er the Union shall be restored, or a 81
onarchy shall be established at the ST
outh, for no one, he says, supposeS that ,, 81
e South can establish its independence .,
ithout the aid of England or France. re
e then takes up and 'refutes the vari- OF
IS charges made against the Union 81
oops, in the course of which argument
says: i
"They have come to emancipate the tn
lves.' Did not Fremont issue proc !"
nation in Missouri? What did the ~
He rebuked him for it, and w
nulled it. There is Phelps, whose Of te
ers threatened to resign if he attempt tn
to carry out his projects with refer ."
&c to slavery. Hunter, in South Car ne
ma, declared the slaves of several re
,tes free; but the President rescinded an
proclamation and rebuked him. e4
hat foundation is there then, for the ne
Irge that the Union troops have come n,
the slaves5 why don't an
! send the slaves back ? You know Col .I
t the Confederates use them for dig w;
g trenches, building fortifcations, and rel
er military purposes. To return them, to
n, except to loyal masters, would be as aga
as sending the Confederates cargo W lns
she'll and a supply of ammunition. me
, slaves are not allowed to leave New olir
D; they have 10 opportunity of do. con
so. Yet during the past twenty years In