The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-04-25

believing, I intend to stick 70 nay position,
RELYING on the Judgment the integrity and
1 the intelligence of the masses of the Ameri-
can people; the soldiers and sailors ex-
prcssiy. (Cheers.) 81 II
Then. for my life, cannot see where there
] is any tyranny. 1t is very easy to impugn
motives and suspect the purity of the best
acts of mans fife. If you come forward
and propose a certain thing your motives
are suspected and condemned, and II you
withhold your opinion, you arc regarded as
being opposed to the matter, SO That IT is
hard to move one way or the other, SO lar as
certain persons are concerned, on all qucs-
tions pertaining to the interest OF the great
masses of the American people, for IN them
is my hope and the salvation OF the country.
! 1 am with you citizens, soldiers and sail
ors Who has sacrificed or periled more than
the humble individual who addresses you 7
Has not my all been put upon it My life,
my property Everything sacred and dear
to man have been staked upon it, and could
1 now be suspected of faltering at the close
of this third ordeal of the nation?
Who is he, in public or private life, who
has sacrificed more, or who has devoted
more of his time and energies to the accom-
plishment of the great end than 1 And l
have done it from the promptings of my
own heart and conscience. believe was
right, and, with your help and your counte-
nance and your Judgment, shall go through
on that line CHEERS and laughter) And
when come to talk about sailors and sol
diers, about this to be done and that to be
done, all want is for you to wait and see,
so far as the future is concerned. Wait and
see if 1 do not stand by you although every
other may falter and fail. (Cheers.) want
to see measures of policy brought forward
that will advance the interests of the people
of that portion of the people who have
constituted the gallant and brave men who,
in both branches of the service have upheld
the national flag and sustained the country
in the recent struggle.
thank you, gentlemen, for this encourage
ment. I thank you for your countenance on
this occasion. 1t cheers me on and gives me
strength to perform the work before me- II
we are true to ourselves we are true to
the Constitution, the day is not far distant
when this government will be restored. Let
us go on and restore the government. Let
us enlarge the area of our commerce and
trade. Let US not only inspire confidence at
home but respect abroad, by letting the ma
/ ton resume its career of prosperity and
greatness.
l know that some will find fault with me,
and say am too lenient, too kind, and all
that. If we were all to be put to death or
punished, or thrown away for one offence,
or for the second offence, and were to be
lost and excluded from society and com
munion with our fellow men, how many of
us would be left
l have felt when have done wrong and
repented of it, that / was as sincere and
honest as he who had done no wrong at all.
Then we must reason with each other and
understand our nature, and what is necessary
to restore peace and harmony and concord
to distracted and divided people. In time
of war it is right to burn villages, sack cities,
and qevastate fields-to lay waste a country
and cripple and reduce the enemy-but in
time of peace, the converse of this course is
precisely the right one
The true policy of nation is to rebuild
its cities, restore its villages, renew its fields
of.agriculture, and let all the avocations of
peace and prosperity be restored. 1 know
there are some who have been at home cal
culating during the war, and who hung on
to the consideration of questions of peace
and harmony, and the avocatiORs of civil
life, all the feelings of resentment which an
mated US, when the excitement was up and
running high. But, take the brave men who
sustained the flag on the field, and on the
wave, and you will find better feelings, and
better judgment on these questions, than you
will find with those who have been sitting
up in the closet, and never smeled gun
powder (Cheers.) Yes from the private
UP to the Commanding General they know
better how to treat the present circumstances
than any of these closet patriots and human
itarians.
Them my countrymen, felow-citizens sol
diers and sailors, let US rejoice that peace
has come. Let us lcjoice that the relations
OF the States are about being restored. Let
us make every effort We can on proper prin-
ciples to restore the relations which existed
between the federal government and the
States. thank God that peace is restored.
thank God that our brave men can return
:, to their homes and resume their peaceful
ayocations. | thank God that the baleful
planet Of fire, of blood, which short time
ago was in the ascendant, has been chased
away by the benignant star Of peace.
Now, that the star OF peace is suspended
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relations of peace and all these associations
which appertain to men in peace The time
is not distant when we can have political
millennium political jubilee-and when
we can proclaim to all nations of the earth
that we are again united people, and that
we have triumphantly passed through our
third ordeal, having peace at home and
power to bid defiance to all the world
loud cheers.)
Remember one thing, gentlemen, that in
my past life, though SANDER may misrepre-
sent, no man can say that ever deserted or
betrayed him. 1t will be for you to see in
the future who will redeem all his promises,
and will be most faithful
thank you, gentlemen, for the compli
ment you have paid me.
As the President closed his speech, he was
loudly and continuously cheered. The band
performed patriotic airs, and the immense
crowd dispersed.
Speech Of the President to the COlored People.
The colored people of the District of Col
umbia celebrated on Monday the 10th the