The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-01-31

mastery EFFORTS, MI. Benton IN his review of
Dred Seoul Gemonstratee .tnat the Constitu-
uon Is iol n.ases anu lof territories at
an Ierltqqes as oetslde dependencies,
ana gover44l py Solffes not under its
power limited pY me Constituuon, but byits
absolute power Hhe teupreme Court deci-
ded in CanterH case, and have often affirmed
the doctrine, that Congress possessed all leg
islative power over the Territories as abso-
lutte as in the District of Columbia
What, in effect, does the Senator from Mas
sachusetts and my colleague propose To
place outside of the Constitution and to gov
ern with unlimited power eleven States and
ten million people, nearly one. third of all the
States and people of the U. S. and without
any representation. And is this the way to
pacify great country and satisfy the wish of
agreat people se-s-s---.r---.s.-s.......-s--
The people of the South have been so COM
pletely' lprostrated sby this war that thew
would bear almost any humiliatiooSbefore
rising in arms again. But if there is any
mode OF proceeding more likely than any
other to provoke them TO 90 80 1t Is this pro-
position thus to reduce them to be ourvas-
sails. s'.. sps',tsse eN z5a.
What effect would 1t have upon ourselves2
It would turn the North into nation of
shareholders, the people. OF. the South being
our slaves. ALL slavery in the end destroys
both master and slsve.--This would very
soon make the South not fit to be free. and
we ourselves become too much connpted
and demoralzed by the exercise OF sucn pow
er 70 permit them TO DE 1ree
y 10 hold them thus would require the pres
ence OF large stanoing army, whicn, II Kept
/ on ioot ior long Time, Is sure In lthe end
70 undermine Tue virtue Oh repuplcan lnsti-
.u.lohs' anu Plepa,e INC wayi'o. conceh.ra-
teu despot,sn, perhaps an empire. Y,H.
IL wouia sun!ect US 70 incaiceiaoie ex-
pc sc, WINCH ule nnanclaio SITUATION Oh the
country Is IN no cohdiuoh 70 Dear.
+ IL wouio, IN my OPINION, ana IN TINS feel
tnat am sustained py tue OPINION OF the
Pto:o' ""'o no"A VI 'no Aie"suy, anocI our
national cleoit .lost u,s''strousiy al nome
anu acroad. II Is wen known tnat upon the
Ieception u une treslueh,s message at
rfan il Main' our Donds advanced
TWO per cent. reverse MS poiicy, ana treat
those states as snplect ana conquered prov
lnces, and our national credit Will sink at
once. oucn course wouid lnVite, II not pro-
duce clvll war siGE fg.fstv,
1t would keep the question open, to be the
source OF ever-lncreasing irritation, until all
hope OF union would be gone.
1t would demorallze and dishearten the
friends OF the onion at the South, and turn
their loyalty into hatred. IL, said Mr.. Lin
coin, I'VE reject and spurn them, we do our
utmost to disorganize and disperse them. II,
on the contrary, we recognize and sustain
them, the converse OF all this is made true;
we encourage their hearts and nerve their
arms to adhere to their work, and argue for
it, and proselyte for it, and fight for it, and
feed it, and grow it, and ripen it into COM
plete success" It would make those who
hated the Union during the war, and who,
upon the surrender of Lee, gave up all hope
or thought of further resistance, and were
ready to renew their allegiance to the Consti-
tuition, hate the Union more bitterly than
ever. 'a4 '
! Again. sir. other grave considerations plead
to sustain the Presidents policy. How can
we hone that the great mass of the people
South win engage earnestly and hopefully in
reproduction of cotton. the great staple Of
export. unless the pacification Of the States
is made complete. and in time for the coming
crop? ,S"7l t!
Our financial situation. therefore. demands
peace. and peace as a reality. Such peace
would be impossible if we attempt to re-
duce those States to the constitution of Ter
ritories. .f1-. IA, r.,
Some speak of the wealth of our mines. I
do not doubt it. !. But for present resources to
meet our engagements they cannot compare
with the cotton fields of the South. Every
dollar of gold produced in Colorado has thus
far cost two. When the railroad reaches the
mountains, to carry laborers and supplies,
that will be reversed but not till then.
But We're peace fully restored the cotton
fields of the South, worked by free labor and
free capital, this season would produce all
that our necessities require, and all that in
dustry should hope for to those who engage
in it. Is 81 lj,,'f, ~ .,e.e,s .i...,. 81.
Ihave just seen letter from, William H.
Parker, from Evergreen, Alabama, under
date of January 8, 1886, to the Commission
VI er of Agriculture in which he saws:
s.As It may not be uninteresting to you to
know what are the agricultural prospects OF
the present year in this section, will briefly
state the results of my observation in this
and the adjoining county of Monroe. There
Is vigorous and enterprising spirit preva-
lent. The preparations for the coming crop,
in the two respects of land and labor, are
more extensive than ever before The freed
men have shown themselves willing and
ready to enter into. fair and reasonable con-
tracts to perform labor, Nearly all of them
are employed. Planters and farmers are san.
guine. A better state of things generally ex.
lists than has been known for a long time in
this part of the country. There is less idle
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