The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-10-10

Just and right and fair; accept it n you
will come in and be equal to us-a
white man in the South equal to whit
man in the North. We will ask moth
ing of you except the simple thing not
to elect few men to Office IN little
while. and in short time | have no.
doubt that the requisite two-thlrds OF
Congress will relieve them Of that
We give them these terms, liberal, fair
terms, Just. Now, if under all these
circumstances they should refuse to ac-
cept them after a full and fair trial,
then, my friends, there are but two.
courses. One is to let these rebels
take that increased political power to
govern our country again and make
laws for us, or to place the platform OF
the Union party upon the doctrine OF
universal suffrage. Tremendous ap-
plause. Ny friends, | am not IN the po-
sition of the man who makes all offer
and won't give the other fair chance:
1 hope that every Northern State will
adopt the constitutional amendment.
New Jersey, the least, has taken the
lead. Let, then, the Southern States
contemplate for awhile the spectacle
Let them look at this thing as we look
at it. Let them debate it among them
selves, the dominant controlling power
there. Let that offer stand as the last
offer by us, and the most liberal that
will ever be made. Let them under
stand that if they won't take that, the
same power that conquered them once
will impose terms upon them that they
won't like so well. Great applause.
say to those North and South, OF all
political parties, never saw man who
would take up these constitutional
amendment, and read them fairly, but
what said that it was liberal and man
ly offer. If it is rejected-if by the
treachery of the man whom we elected
to power the Southern people are final
ly led to reject that constitutional
amendment-then let us place our SUI
perstrdcture on the rock ofeternal truth,
where all the powers of hell shall not
shake it. [Applause.] They ask how
you will do it? l say we will tell them
how when the time comes. Great ap-
plause. The day has not yet gone by;
and l believe the solemn Judgment and
determination of the American people
will be, that if there is no other way to
deal with this people, we will take the
most radical doctrine that the widest
man in the country can think of and
adopt, great applause, rather than to
surrender again 10 the rebellious power
not only over our negro population, but
power over ourselves. We never will
let these unrepentant or unreconstruct-
ed rebels vote three times the political
power to legislate for the brave soldiers
who have carried our flag all round the
coast. No, my friends, let the Union
party stand as it is, as heretofore, on
moderate, conservative grounds. Let
us only demand what is right. From
the beginning of this contest we have
been driven on. When we formed the
Republican party it was merely to pre-
vent the extension of slavery over the
Western territory. Finally they drove
US to war. They took up arms against
us, and we were compelled to abolish
the Internal institution which was the
pretext for the war.
Senator Sherman's statements in re-
gard to the treachery of the President
produced profound sensation, and his
declaration as to the terms the South
would receive in the event of the rejec-
ton of the constitutional amendment
caused the widest enthusiasm. The
city to night is wild with excitement
five thousand "Boys in Blue" are
marching through the streets. The
work is done in Ohio, and the back
bone of the opposition broken. We
calculate on sixty-thousand majority.
Pendleton will be badly beaten in the
lst district.