Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-06-28


France and England is unfurled upon the walls
of San Juan dUllos. Where may they not float
twelve months hence, If we, the natural guaIdlans
Of this continent from foreign interference, should
still be busy with dabbling in each others gore!-
Sir if there must be war, let 1t be against the nat
ural enemies of Republicanism, and as we have al
ready humbled national pride to conciliate the
British lon let make some sacrifice to win back
in amity, and not to suhjugatc the South that we
may stand again comrades in arms, to
Scourge these foreign lnteroperS back again within
their proper limits.
am no advocate of bloodshed, but if foreign
war should be the alternative of submission to for
clgn insolence trust that | should be among the
last TO fall PROSTATE that the hurricane might sweep
harmeSSiy by To subServe the schemes OF par
ty We have already Inundated the American people
IN the eyes of Scotfng Europe, and it will be task
hereafter to regain the caste we have lost in the
family of nations. No much greater evil could be-
fa US than to be forced from the position we have
hitherto assumed towards foreign powers. would
not have my country swerre one inch from any vi
tai principal of her foreign policy in any emergency
whatever. Above all things hold dear that nation
al honor which we have ever till OF late, preserved
untarniShed. However gloomy may be the aspect
of things at home, | would have our flag float as
proudly as ever abroad not even degning to make
domestic affection plea for humility an excuse
fol cOwardice, or pallation OF national shame
Whenever occasion demands tina; stand should he
minstered TO foreign PRIDE or n chastiSement IN.
hicted upon foreign insolence, | would have the
gauntlet thrown down upon the impulse of the ma
tional sentiment without reference to domeSt ext
gcncIes, or pausing to measure the strong proper
tons of the foe.
In the heat of our private di$cord we seem to
have forgotten that our great mission people is
to repubcanize the world to advance the principle
that men capable of self government, and to
check the progress of monarchy. Sir we are losing
ground in the fulfllment of that sacred mission and
monarchy has gained foothold while we have
been weakening SinewS with intestine strife
And to what purposey Is it possible that gentle
can hope TO reconstruct the Union by pursu-
ing policy of unrelenting severity? Can they eX-
pect to re-GstabiSh concord and Orotherly love by
pushing hOsulitleS to the extreme verge? What Is
the Unon worth without mutual respect aud reci-
procatcd amty to bind the sections What! Union
Of unwilling States, driven into companonshIp ut
the point of the bayunet, and held there hereafter
by military power! Such Union would not be
worth the shedding of one brave mans blood We
want their hearts or VIC want them not at all And
We cannot conquer hearts with bayonctS, although
they should Outuumber the spears of EerXeS. Ii
bron hit back by negotiation, in the spirit, they
gone from forever To conquer them may I've
possible. TO Stay their soldiers, lay waste their
iaINS, and burn their cities may be within pow
er. But 10 hold them in subsection. having con,
qucred them, would in itself he fnal Reputation
this war until you have accomplished the necessity
OF holding suhdued section in SutlcctiOn and the
world Will look in vain for republic Oh the western
hemisphere.
Sir, love to entertain the hope that our Union
vii. Ue restored Jon the foundation laid down 10y
fathers anu desire no changes in the plan nf
that glorious Super>tructure But am not
natural 4 worshpper OF the Union seek its al
walton with the destruction of those for whose wei
fare 1t Was conceived; to build it up upon the dead
bodies OF my countTomen. when other means ut
hand for It's reconstruction. | would purchase It's
redemption otherwise than by anarchy and ruin
| would not fling away the substance to perpetuate
the name. Every drop OF blood that is shed in this
struggle will weaken the keystone of the fabric for
whose sake the blood is pretended 10 be shed. One
word Of Cancellation at this crisis will do more to
the country than all the achievements, past and
to come, of your victorious Soidery.
Why should not that word 20 FORTH even now,
in the hour Of the triumph of the Federal Ii
there has ever been period in the history OF Re-
pubiicS when stronger civil strife has failed to
tail the lUerty Of the masses, | have not read that
history Alright; Already, with years bitter en-
perience, we have behcd some Of the dearest privi
legeS OF American citizenship wre>tcd from our
grasp. And how long, at the same rate, before up
ON the convenient plea Of necessity, shall be
stripped Of other rights which heretofore have made
Us deem ourselves ircemen {: How long, while per-
sonal liberty now depends the nod of an official?
How long, while irecbOrn American citizens can be
left 10 languiSh in BasteS beyond the reach of the
constituted tribunals Of the land and the mercy
Of the Executive for their liberation: How long
while the press the guardian of liberty the friend
OF the masses, Shackled, gagged, cowcd down to sui
len silence or worse yet, become the mniOn of a
party? Low long, while voters are arrested at the
polls by military process and legislators are hurried
Oft TO prison before they can assume their sacred
functIunsg How long while the Yartisans of the
immaculate Abolition party coming money
out oil the blood of their countrymcn, paradng
their snowy patriotism aud shouting Union"
with their arms up TO the elbows in the pubic Urea
sury: How long, SIR will the people Of the North,
taxed beyond en iurauce, robbed and cheated by al
ever.craving horde of political hyenaS-how long
will they have choice between freedom and an
archy, between republic and deSpOtiSm? Alas
we still cling to the name of republic but have
the reality? 1t is entirely at the option Of
man, of "A council of men, whether the citizen
shall breathe IN freedom the free air of heaven. At
the ''Olen Sesume" of the Executive the gloomy
portals Of the Bastilcs Lafayette Ind Warren will
cape to receive him. And this is the republic was
laugh to love!
Sir, it is only sign and lorerunner of what must
be inevitable, should the South be crushed into the
Union. You may bling the South to terms with
your oayonets but when you have done so, you
will have bond of air; covenant to enforce which
will necesStatc this government 10 assume the unc
tiOns of military despOtisn, and to break which
at the hrst opportunity Will he an aim ana pur-
pose the part of the subdued section. What they
have attempted once they will not fail to attempt
hereafter when smarting under the rcmem6r ance Of
defeat, when cherishing the deadly hate that war
to the utternost will engender.
For the sake Of union and Of union hereafter
not enforced union, but the strong union OF will
ling heArts-let the word Of peace go forth let the
hand of reconciliation be extended Why, sir, |
have heard such words of bitter hatred expressed
towards these SOutherners by Northern lips, that
fear it may. be already late ever to renew the
bonds of fraternity. Such sentiments have heard
of mplacable resentment OF thrStng vengeance, of
sectional antipathy, Hannibal was taught to nur
ture against Rome; as Rome, in her quenchcSS
jealousy, conceived towards Carthage to the end
MI the annII Of he ed the