Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-02-25

have been pleased 10 take OF 1y eHOrt On tne occa'
sion referred to.
have the honor to be yours,
Very respectfully,
M: Q. WADDELL.
REMARKS OF MIR. wADDELL,
Or CHATHAM COUNTY,
Dslirered in the House of Commons Of tho General
Assem5Iy of North Carolina.
Pending the bill before the House of Commons
to increase the salary of the Governor of the State
and the Executive officers Mr.. Williams of Nash,
offered an amendment that the pay Of North. Caro-
lima soldiers in the Confederate State service be
,kree dollars per month in addition to the amount
paid them by the Confederate government Mr.
Harriss Of Chatham, moved to amend by substitu-
ting five dollars per month, and Sir. Williams &C.
ceptrd the amendment; this being the question be-
fore the House, Mr.. WadSell-of Chatham. took the
floor and spoke as follows:
Nix SpEAkER:-I am gratifed at the opportunity
this amendment affords me of saying something in
behalf of thes. gallant men who are fighting the
battles of the country; and it is fit opportunity
also to defend North Carolina from the foul asper
sions of those who have engaged in defaming her
gcolpame. hope therefore, the House will in
dulse me fora longer period than by the rules re-
stricting debate entities me to- Cries of "leave,
leave"
Whilst We are passing through the dreadful Or
deal which this war has naugurated-whilst ;ndi-
vidual heosm and national patriotism, have exhibit
ted themselves in majesty at once full of beauty,
propriety and eoquence upon the battle fields of the
country, we ought not to forge: that the interest
ing detail of events and the faithful delneation of
characters who have figured in this war, form the
grandeur Of the picture.
The amendment to the bill by my friend from
Nash, (Mr. Willams,) and amended by my friend
from Chatham, (Mr. Harriss,) not only meets my
hearty concurrence and support but in their advo-
cacy feel that am GischaTging holy, religious,
patriotic duty, which if left undone will be lasting
shame upon US, who are members of the first Leg
sa,ure elected by the people since the blood of our
ssldiers has flowed so freely In the cause of indie
PendeEce.
North Carolina, sir, has been abused vili6ed
aid traduced by the peopleof other States for her
supposed Indifference to the cause of the Confedera-
cy, but when We remember that North Carolina was
the last State but one which came into the old Uni
ted States government upon a proposition to adopt
the Federal Constitution and the las. State but one
if not the very last to into the new Confede-
racv; when we remember that the bloody scenes
of the revolution had not faded from the memories
Of cur people, and that there are now living wit
ncsSes of the anarchy, bloodshed and ruin, which
followed in the track of that seven years war; when
we remember that there are aged men now in North
Carplina who have lived under three governments,
all occurring in the life time Of one man. first under
Gacrge the Ill, Of England, then under the United
States government, and lastly, under the Confede-
rate States, how was it to be expected that our
people would, in moment cut loose all their moor
inys and throw themselves upon the wide ocean of
uncertainty with all its painful misgivings of the
fstuEe and without weighing we'll every step they
tsok.
Sir the long sought desire of some of the leading
politicians Of the South never met with response
from our people in the days of notification They
had been taught " the lessons Of wisdom and ex-
penience, which marked the administration of that
1nast remarkable man, General jackson, that the
Onion must be preserved. 1t was cardinal prin.
cple with them which no change of political econo-
my could alter They had witnessed tl.e fearful
conflict of the period have adverted to, in which
tho dominant party, 9Rder the lead Of Jack.
SOIL, was on one side, and the nullifers, under the
led of Mr.. Calhoun, on the other, and had seen
jackson triumphant; they had seen him, surrounded
by troop Of admirers, walk into the capitol of the
country on the last night of memorable session Of
Congress, and as the clock struck twelve, declare
that the damned rascals were defunct they had seer
him when Clay walked by the sidesof Calhoun
through Pennsylvania avenue to his seat in the Sen
ate to protect him from the violence of the Jackson
dynasty, surrounded by Onion Raen, who, when the
P esident swore that the first drop Of blood shed ir
South Carolina, should result in the hanging O
John c. Calhoun higher than Haman, echoed ant
re echoed the sentiment till it reached every loo
cabin in the South they had seen him M al thu
pamp and power of his distinguished position cu
up by the roots sny and all d;saection to the INV
= emmett. come fron what quarter II mieht. tbe,
h.d seen him disperse crowds of onnonents hv
SINGLE edict and mt under the han Iii Who dsnn
ted his authority: they had seen him when Mr
Fan Buren was forced upon the country as Presi
Gent ride by the side of that gentleman 70 the CAPT
tol 10 eurricle built out of the timbers of TIE oil
ship Constitution, whilst the band played Hail t.
the Chief whe in triumph advances" Thus ende.
the career Of Andrew Jackson an eight years Presi
dent the psfsoMhcation Of democracy, the man VIII
nso Ma,a e sss oPponea. p. oogn me Sank
,ssed posits tad drove back the hordss Of sece