The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-10-07
SNEAKER Colfax in New York.

Union League was held at Their club house
on Thursday last; Mi. John Jay President.
The meeting was quite largely attended.
! Shortly after it organized the Hon. Schuy-
Ter Golfax entered the room and was receiy-
ed with loud and long continued cheering.
After a few words of introduction from Mr..
jaw, Mr.. Colfax thanked the company, and
alluded briefly TO the condition of the can
vass in few conversational sentences. thus
concluding: have spoken of the impor-
lance of this contest and the measureless
value of victory to the Republican party as
the party of loyalty and peace-the party
that seems, under the providence of God, to
be entrusted with the salvation of the Amer
lean Union. When, that victory is gained I
feel sure that traitors will cease to raise their
voices in behalf of the "lost cause" Jap
plause. Victory will rebuke them, and they
will appeal to the very mountains to save
them from the popular wrath. We have but
one motto in this contest, but one watch
word upon our banner it is that 10y
atty shall govern what loyalty preserved"
[Applause. Remember, my friends, as il
| Illustrating the spirit of the rebellion, the in
vective that was poured upon the head of
the lamented Lincoln Immediately after the
close of the war; Yet, Notwithstanding,
when the battle was over, the loyal spirit
that won the battle, strong at the ballot
with the strength of war, wrote Liberty"
upon its banners, and inspired with the same
patriotism and devotion. went on in its con-
quests from victory to victory. overwhelming
opposition. and gaining new honor and new
glory. Where Liberty" was inscribed we
have now written the nobler motto-"Loy-
atty and justice to all who maintained the
Union" We who wage this contest desire no
prescription, no persecution, not one word of
wrath, not one act of vengeance. We merely
want this Union to be ruled by men who have
shown devotion to the Union. We want no
war. we want no blood, we want no poverty,
we want no desolation, we want no drafts
we want peace, [great applause,l and only
peace peace in the North and in the South;
peace in the East and in the West, peace in
the White House, and no more endless ses-
sions of Congress in expectation of Presi-
dental violence, [applause,] peace all over
the land, to all the dwell.rs in the land, be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific, with peace
extending its glorious vista, bringing With it
stability, and with stability prosperity, and
with prosperity progress, and with progress
peace. Applause.] Gentlemen, say to
you, and feel that am invading no conf
dence in doing so, that have it from the
lips of our chief, that, when elected Presi-
dent-for L feel that it has been decreed that
he will be President, Applause no matter
what his administration may produce, above
all things else-we shall have the strong arm
of the Executive, representing the will and
majesty ola mighty people, declaring and
insuring to every citizen, black or white,
rich or poor, be he humble or exalted, the
safeguard of the nation, and protecting him
from every wrong with the shield of national
strength. Great applause.
He will use American power for the pro-
lection of the American people-to protect
the American citizen in the savannahs of the
South as we'll as in the prairies of the West,
whether he stands by the Atlantic that sur
ges along the Eastern coasts, or by the At
lantic that surrounds the foreign countries
of Europe, so that he may feel, as to Amer
lean citizenship. like Paul felt even among
his enemies, that none may lay finger upon
him, for he was Roman citizen. [Great
applause. Then We shall have no more war,
no more dishonor, no more differences be-
tween the Administration and the represen-
tatives of the country. Every dweler in the
land will be protected, uuder his own vine
and fig tree, with no traitor or enemy to mo-
lest or make him afraid; the national honor
will be defended, the national faith observed,
the laws of the land will be obeyed, and
from these swiftly-coming days of peace and
prosperity, blessed by our labors, and rich
with all that we have sacrificed, will realize
the most magnificent future that ever open
ed to people, and destiny ecIipsing in its
grandeur, its happiness, its public prosperi-
ty and private virtues, all that we find writ
ten in the records of the past. [Great ap-
plause.