Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-01-02
#eekly Trimity Sparmal.
Weaverville, Saturday, Jan. 2, 1864

One WAY TO UNITE Us.-There was deal of
truth expressed in speech made at the Union
meeting held at Little Rock, Arkansas, on the
3lst of October. 1t was spoken by one Fishback,
an old gentleman of some local distinction, who
was member of the Convention which voted
Arkansas out of the Union in 1861, but whose
opposition to the fatal measure caused him to be
driven from the State. His argument-or rather
plain and homely talk to his fellow citizens
rested upon this ground that the South was
wholly ignorant of the condition and sentiment
of the North, and that if it had not been it could
never have committed so suicidal an act as Sc
cesson Fishback said
IA native of Virginia and an old resident of
this State, have been of you. The same dis
tincton has been given to my prejudices. was
taught to believe and did believe, that every
thing manufactured in New England was made
to cheat with that the religion of the people
was hypocrisy that their touch was contami-
nation. Fellow citizens, have seen New Eng
land and its people. | have been welcomed at
the houses of the rich-an exile, without de-
cent coat to my back, or money in my pocket
have always met with the warmest Southern
hospitality at the houses of their middle classes
and, my fellow citizens in one sense of the word,
they have no poor. have walked with awe and
a condemning conscience through the school
houses found at every corner of cross road.
saw her barren hills covered with plenty
saw her sturdy sons-every one of them an edu-
Gated man--hasten to shoulder their muskets
and place themselves in the ranks of the defenders
of their country and heard them make ex-
cuses for the South, much in the spirit that
kind elder brother would for his wild younger
brother and discovered, you have, that
they are not towards And, fellow citizens,
New England is representative of the North
He concluded by saying there &c no power on
earth below it that could destroy this Govern
ment for twenty millions of people like those
of New England have declared that this Union
must and shall be preserved" Now it seems
to us that this is much the truth, and
likely to do more good, than the foul abuse
which Seymour, Cox and Brooks are in the habit
of pouring upon New England An old writer
saws that no man thoroughly hates another after
he has once seen him. which is exaggeration
of the truth that we are more apt to like those
we know than those we don't know The same
remark applies to the different parts of our
country The more they shall come to under
stand each other the more they will like each
other /; and when that monster slavery which
has divided US has been destroyed, we shall coal
esce with a deeper fraternal feeling than we
have ever before manifested.-N. Y. Erening
Post.
Coon PLATFoRM-The Hebrew is the title of a
new organ of the Jews, in San Francisco. We
rather like the following extract from the editors
published platform
"We may be asked our particular views on
ceremonial questions of religion. We do not pur
pose interfering with the internal arrangements
or government of our Synagogues-that which
suits each congregation, so long as it does not
transgress the Law of Moses, suits us. We
are not of that class who see nothing good in
the DID, of the other who see nothing good
but the old. On all these questions we intend to
exercise truthful independence, hitherto I'M
known to the Jewish editorial chair of America.
Perchance, some inquisitive hombre desires to
know our political proclivities ? Well, avow
them. We Union, now and forever. The
Prophet admonished Israel Pray for the peace
and welfare of the land in which you live for
in its peace is your peace and security. This is
the land of our adopton-to it, alone, we ac-
knowledge our allegiance"