Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-07

OF the new DIRK Express, nrSt addressed the meet
ing After denouncing the emancipation proclama-
ton:
He then spoke of the second proclamation, saying
to the people, if you agitate this subject you shall
De put in Fort Lafayette Let them try it.
Laughter) : Ii was proper coroiiary to the first
The provost marshall hsses of the State city of
New York is made the Judge Of our loyalty and any
personal enemy may obtain the Incarceration of any
one OF us. There are two points in the proclama-
ton The first is, the suspension of civil and the
establishment of martial law, and the second is the
suspension of the habeas corpus
That right which our English fathers have had
since the dark ages is annuled by proclamation,
and citizens are arrested without knowing why or
wherefore. Is UNANIMOUSLY Never, never did the
revolutionary fathers, who struck bright and free
the sparks of liberty, delegate such power to the
Executive Could they tell that for his speech he
should not be in Fort Lafayette tomorrow. No,
no.D fit was not period of war we should have
no hesitancy in saying, Resistance to tyrants is
obedience to God" tremendous applause.) The
balot-box is the remedy. From huge professions,
bearing the red cap of liberty and protect beg and
impore return of our liberties o. You're rightly
Read the Constitution of the United States. securing
to every man freedom of speech, trial by jury and
protection In his person and property. (Cheers.)
lie did not propose ever to give up the Constitu-
ton or surrender to the rebels (Appause.) But
he proposed to carry on the different priE,
cple, and taking sword IN his right hand and the
Constitution in the left and save the country through
the Consultation. (Cheers.) He would surround
the rebels and leave to sting itself DEATH
This geographical idea of overrunning the Southern
territory with unacclimated Northern men is theo-
ry that must fail. He abhorred secession and abo-
lition equally. JEFF. Davis is rebel only two years
old; Wendell Phillips is, by his own confession,
rebel twenty years old (Appause.) With the ex-
ception of the little Republic of San Marine, on a
peak of the Apprentices we are the only Republic
now in existence, and we are working out the grand
problem. Tyrants in Europe are using all their
power to subvert our PRINCIPLES. More than ever
now is. it necessary to impress upon the Northern
mind that Liberty, liberty, liberty, and Union,
now ndforever, one and inseparabe." (Cheers)
Mr.. Schnable, who was imprisoned in Fort La
fayette then addressed the meeting.
Mr.. Lincoln, he said, will be supported by all
when he acts constitutionally (Applause) We
have already buried 400, 900 men, or more and sad
died the country with a debt nearly equal TO Great
Britain's. There time when, if few men
had been treated for their attempts at destroying
the labor and peace of this country, as loyal men
have since been treated, by Imprisonment this
might have been prevented (Appause) The clap
trap knavery of the Secretary of State IS double
tongued, like the serpent When he utters any
thing he shapes it in such way that, if the party
he belongs to turns back somerset to morrow, he
can swear as we'll by his Interpretation he can by
the position of the party to-day. When imprisoned
in Fort Lafayette he was offered his freedom
lows: "And you do further swear that VOC will
never by writing or public speaking, throw any
obstacle in the way Of whatever measures this Adj
ministration may see fit to adopt" daughter and
hsses.) He refused to take that oath. Great ap-
plause)
The time is coming when he would revenge him
SELF (Cheers.) Remember that free speech will
not be crushed. Ono, never.~ Imprisonment
may begin again, but at last we will be triumphant
Men must depend upon public orators and the pub
lie press, and they must judge how near they are
right God Almighty himself, when amid the dark
ness Of chaos He laid the stagnant waters in order
said, LET there be light" (Applause) And now,
amidst the moral and civil, anf political chaos of
our country let the battle cry Of the Democracy be-
" Let there be light" (Cheers.) If the free North
ern white is to lose his liberty in the atrocous
effort to make the descendent of Ham his equal then
it is high time that We begin to investigate whether
the teachings of the party which is bringing about
this damnable result are right or wrong The doc
trine announced by Simon Cameron, the great
Winnebag plunderer, who has robbed the Govern
ment Golfers more than any criminal that ever dis
graced the annals of court of justice, as the only
plan by which he could save his igotten gains,
the Ublteraton of State lines and the elevation of
man of perpetual power, like the arbitrary Louis
Napoleon, or some one backed up by the Abolition
istS like that monstrous jackass John Charles FIRE.
mont daughter and applause.) The experience
of history teaches that whenever, from genera
ing classes of country to power beyond their
reach, in little while the child following the pa
ternal example, adopts the genuflectIon, and submits
until at length the chains bound upon it with
out any chance of breaking. 1t is almost the histo
~ Of poor Ireland 1t is the natural effect of the
operations of tyranny.
Mr. McMasters made q few remarks at the close,
and the audience separated quietly. At the next
meeting Richard O'GOrman will speak.
VIEW OF "LoYAL" BORDER STATE JOURNAL.
The Louisville (Ky.) Democrat of the Oath, has
long article on the proclamation, from which we
make the following extracts:
The President of the United States has shown
frequently determination to resist the radicalism
OF his party although his efforts to resist appeared
in the progress of events, 20 be giving way. The
proclamation of yesterday morning shows that the
abolitiOnists have pressed him into their service
not entirely, but virtually. The UNSOLICITED pro-
camation has come. 1t is virtually what the radi-
calls desire. Although they can still find fault with
it. they will accept it hopeful sign of progress
Those who desire the Union as it was and the Con-
stitution as is can now expect little aid from the
President.
He has proclaimed in bad, but ineligible Eng
lish that the slaves in any State part of State
in rebellion the first of January, 1863 to be
free. The army and navy are to recognize them as
free He does not say that the military power shall
enforce their proclaimed right to freedom; but they
shall not repreSS any efforts the slaves make to be
free. Here the President is not as explicit as the
abolitionists would desire. The army and navy
required to aid the slaves to obtain practical
freedom but they forbidden to put down an in
surrection among slaves if one should be started.
The right to freedom is, however, recognized; the
next step is a natural one, and will follow if the
initiative is taken.
On what shadow of authority can the President
rest this proclamation? Will military necessity
covers an act of this sort If it will then may not
State organizations be abolished and State lines be
obterated, by military proclamation? May not
political rights be conferred on slaves by proclama-
ton in all the States, free as well as slave? May
not Indiana and Illinois be compelled to allow ne
groes to make their homes in those States May
not all provisions Of State Constitutions be oYerrid.