Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-02-06
Signs at the North.

In speech recently delivered in the fsdsra
House of Representatives, Mr.. Vallandigham laid
You can subdue The seeded States 7Oo yea.
fearful experiences haze taught you taa Why carry The
war? you persist it only end in final separate
believe 1T now, you did not my former warnings, ~
1ho North est Oia go sOh the South Believe me you
did not the solemn warnings of years past the day aoh
di0ides the North from the South The same day DEGREES
eternal dtOorce bVseR the West and tie East There is not
Northwest that does not find its home in the bosom of the
Gulf We must and a0U tooaO it, nth trdrel and trade
not oy treaty but by right freely peaceaby and without
restriction or tribute under the government and
Recently, very large meeting of Democrats was
held in the Capitol in Springfield Illinois, which
was addressed by Gov. Richardson, Senator from
that State, Judge Marshall, and others. Gov Rich
ardsoH declared his determination to oppose the
executive usurpations of the national adminstra-
ton, and to give no aid to war carried on to sub
vert the Constitution by freeing the negroes by a
Presidential proclamation. The other speakers were
equally decided in their denunciations of the
clpaton procla nation and the disregard by Lincoln
OF the principles of personal liberty. The most de-
termlned and enthusiastic feeling animated the peo
pie who were present. The following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
ResolUtd. That the emancipation proclamation of the
PRESIDENT of the United States unvarranted militia
~ as IN civil lava gigantic usnrpatiou, at convert
Tor tile vlndcat"n of the authority of the Constitution
crusade for the sudden, unconstitutional and violent
emancipation Of three millions of negro slaves-a result
which would not only be total subverson of the Federal
Uulon but revolution in the social organization of the
Southern States, the immediate and remote the present
ana lar reaching consequences Of which, To both
not be contemplated without the dismal fUrebOdngs
of horror aud dsmay.
The proclamation invites a servile instruction as an
element IN thus enamel patton crusade aud means of
fare the humanity and dabOiSm of which without
ample IN civilized warfare, and which denounce and
disgrace TO the American name"
large meeting was recently held in Hunting
don, Indiana, at which resolutions strongly con-
demning the policy of Lincoln were adopted.
Mr.. Boileau, Editor of the Philadelphia Eoening
Journal, has been arrested by order of Lincoln and
imprisoned, on account of the freedom with which
that paper has spoken Of his administration. This
arrest occasioned great excitement in Pennsylvania
and New York. Judge Ludlow, of Philadelphia,
charged the Grand Jury on the subject and told
them that the time had arrived to stop these arbi
trary and unconstitutional arrests. The matter
was before the Legislature at Harrisburg, and the
common branch of the City Council of Philadelphia
had denounced the arrest as unconstitutional.
These and other signs at the North are favorable
to the Southern cause but it must be borne in
mind that the Republicans are still in power in all
the departments of the government and will con-
tinue to be, until next December, when the new Con-
gross will assemble A speedy and radical change
IN the policy of the federal government towards the
South can be effected only by violent revolution,
or such movements the part of the people as will
force Mr. Lincoln, from fears of his personal safety
to make the change. We apprehend that the war
will go on. We can see no signs which will justify
us in saving to our readers that peace is near at
hand. That the great body of the people in both
sections sincerely desire peace there be no doubt
but how to reach that result is the question.