Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-14

sriacs 4sste Hood and treasures of our peo :
pie they will not give mp their own pas
sious for the public good. This Union is
not held asnnder by military ambition
II our political troubles could be referred
sto the peaceful arbitrainent OF the con-
a,teitding ARMIES In .the field, our Union
would be restored, the rights of the States
would be guaranteed, the sacredness Of
homes and persons be again respected, and
an ins'tlted Judiciary would again admins
ter the laws Of the land. Let not the ruin
OF our country be charged to our soldiers.
1t is not due to their teachings or their IA
naticisHl. In the constant official inter-
course with them I have never heard ut
te,ed one sentiment of hatred towards the
people OF the South. Beyond all other
men they value the blessings of peace and
the virtues Of mercy, of gentleness ard
of charity, while those who stay at home
demand that no mercy, charity or forgive.
ness shall be shown. The bigotry and ia
naticsm and the intrigues Of placement
have made the bloody. pages of the histo-
~ Of the past three years. 1t was a sold
Ter upon whom our Saviour bestowed his
only cammcndation when he hung Upon
the cross, and Pharisees mocked his suffer
ings. It-was a soldier alone who discerned
his divinity, when he heard him pour forth
prayer for mercy and forgiveness for the
authors of his suferings. This administra-
ton cannot save this Union. We can
Mr.. Lincoln views many things above the
Union We put the Union first Of all
lie thinks proclamation worth more than
peace We think the blood of our people
more precious than the edict of the Presi-
dent. There are no hindrances in our
pathway to Union and to peace. We de-
mp,ld 10 conditions for the restoration Of
the Union. We are shacklcd with no
hates, no prejndices, no passions. We
wish for fra.ernal relationship with the
people of the South. We demand for them
what we demand for ourselves-tRe full
recognition Of the rights Of tho States.
We mean that any State on our nations
banner shall shine with one and the same
lustre. In the coming election men must
decide with which Of the two parties, into
which our people are divided, they will
act. Ii they wish for union they will act
with that party which will hold the Union
together. They will act with that party
WHICH does now, and always did, love and
reverence. the Union. If they wish for
peace hey will act with these who sought
to avert this war, or who now seek to re-
store good will among all sections Of Our
country. If they care for their rights and
for the sacrednesS Of their homes, they will
ACT with those WHO have stood up to resist
arbitrary arrests, despotic legislation and
the overthrow Of the judiciary. Il, upon
the other hand, they are willing to contin-
us the present p,licy Of the Government
and condition OF affairs, let them act with
that organic ,fion which made the present
cn'iition % our country. There arc many
good men who will be led to do this by
their passions and pre- JUDGES, and our land
svarlns with p!acemen who will hold on
TO power with deadly grasp. But, as
for MS, we arc resolved that the party which
has made the history OF our country, since
its advent to power, seem like some unna-
tural aud terrible dream, shall DO over
thrown. -Four years ago it had its birth
upon this spot. Let us see that by our &C
ton it shall die here, where it was born,
We desire Union aid peace. The admin
istration deny lis Union and peace, for
they demand conditionsand exact price
which they know will prolong the war
and war undu'v prolonged becomes dis.
nnion. Wise craftsmanship can now bring
this war to elise upon the terms solemn.
/ iy set tort! by the government. at the out
Sc. Of tho contest. In the political contest
in which We are engaged, we-do not seek
partisan advantages. We are battling fol
the rights Of those who belong to all polti.
ca! organizations We mean that thsil
rights of'spaech shall be unimpeached, al
tlongh that right may be used to dcnounce
us. We intend that the rights of con.
science shall be protected, although mis-
taken views of duty may turn the temples
Of religion into theatres for partisan de-
nnncia:ions. We mean that home rights
and the sacredness Of the fireside shall be
respected by those in authority, no matter
what political views may be held by those
who sit beneath their roof trees. When
the Democratic party shall have gained
pow Oh we shall not be less but more tena
cions npon these subjects. We have fore
borne much because those who are now
charged with the conduct of public affairs
know bnt little about the principles of eul
government. We were unwilling to pre-
sent an appearance Of factious opposition
hut when we shall have gained power tina
official who shall violate one principle q
law, one single right of the humblest mar
in our land, shall be punis he'd by the full
rigors of the law-it matters not whether
he sits in the Presidential chair or holds :
humber office under our government
We have had upon this floor ,touchinl
and significant proof of. the folly of this ad
minis:ration, who have driven from thei
support those upon whom they chiefly lean
ed at the outset of the rebellion Tho,