The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-07-24


the broken hearts with which it fllcd bfuis-'
ed and troubled bosoms at home; the man
gled bodies with which it filed hospitals
eyeryWhere. and the lifeless forms of manly
beauty with which it filed hundreds OF
thousands of nameless gravesOn the far-oH
battle plains of the South. They seem to
have forgotten the bitter scalding tears that
rolled like floods of lava down the fair
faces of the loyal mothers, wives, and ais
tiers of this land when the names inefabiy.
dear to them were found announced in the
long lists of the killed, that were published
as sequel to the first flash of the lightning
that reported q battle had been fought; and
I dare say they have forgotten that there
ever was such prison as Andersonville, and
the long. long catalogue OF horrors that
brave men had to suffer there for being true
to themselves, their Constitution, their flag,
their homes, families and country. Well
for such gentlemen would it be if they could
occasionally meet, as they wander daily over
this broad country, few of the many wan
specters of suffering and woe who were cap
tured by the sanity Southern brethren OF
Northern Democrats on fields OF strife, thrust
into prisons unfit for dogs, and starv-
ed till hale constitution was wreck, and
then left to suffer the worst penalties incl
dent to weather and climate. could give
my friend from Brooklyn illustrations OF in
dividual suffering at Andersonville that
would make the hair stand on his head, the
blood freeze in his veins, and curses spring
involuntarily to his lips. remember one
poor boy from my immediate vicinity espe-
cially. His name is Dougherty. He went
into Andersonville prison without scar on
his young body or cloud on his fair brow,
but under the humanitarianism of Southern
chivalry he came out without foot to
walk on. They were literally frozen off in
prison. Is rs
There are thousands of such instances that
might be paraded if had the time or incli-
nation to do it to justify the stern, uncom-
promising disinclination I feel to call by the
gentle term of brother these rebels of the
South When find in their conduct con-
elusive proof of contrition, and find them
openly opposed to becoming the instruments
and tools of Northern Democrats, who,
while the war was raging, accepted the pro-
lection of the stars and stripes, and now have
the graceless effrontery to Drag that they
were false to it, may, and probably will,
then be glad to welcome them back into the
Union. But when I do that l wish to be
able to go home and face the widows and
orphans that swarm the broad prairies of the
West, whose weeds of mourning meet us
there on the highways and the by-ways, and
answer any reasonable question they may
have to ask Recognize the responsibility Of
Representative here to his. constituency,
and feel that a woman or child that can
not vote may have as sacred right to ask
me question as a man that can, and / am
simply anxious to prepare myself to meet all
such corners. In the silent yigils of the
noiseless night many time and oft l fancied
I could hear, coming on the soft-whispering
breezes of the South, from the iowly pillows
of loyal soldiers sleeping sweetly where they
fell CALAMITY, the affectionate message: Be
of good cheer: stand fast and firm at duty's
sacred post 1t was standing there we lost
the crown of life to win crown of glory,
and we appeal to you now, from our bright
home here in Heaven, to save our offspring
from the dire necessity of having to perish
as we persisted to save from destruction the
affairs and temples of liberty" And how
are we to do this, fattering rebels, tolerating
treason, and petting political profigates2 I
do not recognize the right of the rebel States
to insist that no issue not made with them
during the the war can be legitimately con-
sidered now If they had established ma
tionality. and had been recognized and treat
ed with by the nations of the earth, then
such proposition might perpossibility have
had some claims to consideration, but other
wise certainly none.
The position l wish to assume so distinct
ly that it will and cannot be misunderstood
is simply this: that treason IS crime, that
traitors are criminals that the law is supreme,
that when it is violated expiration must fol-
low and hold that mercy to the wicked is
cruelty to the just Here is presented an is
sue, admit, with the President. He does
not proceed upon the proposition that trea-
son is a crime, that rebels are criminals, and
that legal penalties are enforcible. He is so
eagerly anxious to forgive that he seems to
forget that no forgiveness has ever been
proposed yet save as sequel to pennitence
Having failed utterly to establish anything
resembling nationality, the Southern
States can properly claim the protection of
no laws international upon that subject. My
consent can never be commanded to ignore
the claims that l feel the gallant dead who
fell fighting under our flag have upon my
devotion to their fame while live. Let
the poets tribute to the soldiers memory be
eternally illustrated in the practical graft
tude of the American people when he said /:
son fame's eternal camping ground
80 Their silent tents are spread, ,fy--
While glory guards with solemn sound
The bivouac of the dead"
And how Others feel cannot tell; but am
free to confess that feel that it is the men,
DRY of those who fought and fell under our
flag. who charged rebel batteries, carried re-
bel heights, vanished rebel legions, and final
" crushed the rebellion, that has claim
upon our respect, care, and veneration far
above office-seekers and political partisans.
The gentleman from New York says that
he and his friends are bound to have the
next President, and that we are bound to
impeach him. We have not yet impeached
any President. and if in the past we would
not, it is hardly presumable that in the fu-
ture we will. =, -
IA Member. You would if you could.
Mr.. Logan. shall not say what would
do, but until the wishes of the people COM
mand here proper respect do not think
the gentleman need to feel very serious
alarm about what we will do.
The gentleman has nominated General
Grant for the Presidency, and if General
Grant has any enemies I dare say the gen
tleman's nomination must have made them
profoundly happy. General Grant rarely
has anything to say, and when he docs
speak it is generally directly to the point,
and from that fact the inference is fair that
he will be found more than equal to any oc-
casion that may call on him to take care Of
the true interests of his fame and fortunes
whenever and wherever they may be direct
ly- or indirectly threatened. But were
General Grant and really aspiring to the