The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-19
4 GRAND MEETING OF REPUBLI-
CANSiN NORTH CAROLINA.

4 GRAND MEETING OF REPUBLI-
CANS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
One Of the most magnificent political gath
crlncs ever held on this continent, was con.
veued at Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 10th
instant. The agent OF the Associated Press
In that city sent over the wires for all the
newspapers in the North and West an hc.
count OF the gathering which WAS designed to |
bcllttle II. II Is a tissue OF fnlsehoods and |
misgeprcseRtations,a and the papers that have
been thus imposed upon by this CoPpcrhcnd
agent, have u right to complain. 1t is time
that the managers of this association looked
after their agents. Such men are totally unit
to hold their places, and they are scattered
al through the south, and their spurious dis
patches are sent North daily.
on september 10th the agent At Raleigh tele-
rrapheL rs follows
The Republican msss-meeting and barbe.
.Ic, which has been advertised for some time,
,,rc oil to-day. The number OF blacks pres
emf Is supposed to have been I'VE thousand,
some san more 1t is said there were about
one hundred white men, delegates or visitors,
present Speeches were made BY Governor
InwIey, OF Connecticut, and others. Gov
Hawlry was the only stranger present. The
blacks are enthusiastic. Joseph W. Holden,
the Governors con, in q short speech adj
vised the blacks to go to the polls armed to
the teeth"
Now let US sec how plain tale shall put
this down.
The Raleigh North Carolina Standard gives
,trutArul and glowing account of this great
meeting, and the only wonder is how such an
agent can hold up his head In the community
after telcgraIhing to the North such lie.
hisisstrong language, but the circumstances
.ynaul that we should say just this.
The Raleigh Standard gives a full report Of
the meeting with display heading contain
.tHu loo nNta na-
publicsn Jubilee-OId North Carolina Nov
ing-Rebels Fleeing to the Mountains and the
Swamps-The People Coming TO the Front
The Greatest Meeting Ever Held in the CITY
GOvyy in Raleigh-3y,OOJ In PrOcessi0n-2S 900
Fed at the Barbecue-frand Illumination
Bonfres on Every CorneT-Torch Light Pro-
ccssion Five Miles Long--CreAt Speeches by
Gov. Hawlcy, GOV. Holden, and a host OF
North Cardinals most eloquent sons-Letters
from Hon. John W. Forney, Governor Bout
well and other distinguished invited guests"
In giving m account OF this glorious meet
lug, the SiGHdGrd says editorially;
"Itthere is a loyal man or an unreconstructed
rebel in North Carolina who does not beneyc
that peace will triumph BY ballots on the I'd oil
next November, In the election oil the man VINO
conquered 1t four years ago By bullets, we re-
greet that he was not IN me ely o. hsieigh
membeTed by every patriot in North Caroiina
who was so fortunate as to be present. FOR
two days every railroad In the state leading
TO the city was taxed to it's utmost capacity TO
bring the immense crowds that poured into
every station along the different routes Pas
seurcr care, freight cars, dirt cars, and every
old truck lying unused on side tracks were
brought iato service, and drawn by all The
locomotives the machine shops could furnish
came up in long trains, one after the other
until 1t seemed IA Il the entire population o
the old North State had abandoned their homei
and, Tor two days At least, were going 10 tak'
,l..tr 10 In nd
civ And not alone by rail came the count
less thousands. In wagons, in carts, on horse
back, on muIeback, on foot and hobbllng alon1
on CFutChes, came all who were Wlthlh walk
5The cotton fields were deserted, the ma
chine shops stood idle, the houF mills srouhI
no grain, the blaGksmith's anvil gave out nc
music, all were at the great meetings only rep
els, cursing the day and the men who made 4
glorious aud forever memorable remained a
home. TWAS spontaneous, hearty, loyh
and a peaceable gathering OF all the SOL,
worth OF North Carolina In money value, 81
old slave trader would have estimated th
colOred element alone at NIFTY millions oil DOL
lars. In political value Grant and CoiiaN wal
estimate the Same element At twenty thousAh
votes. In religious value, the Almighty, WI
made the human being, Will estimate II
twenty thousand immortal souls, who, unit
Abraham Lincoln cmanclpated them, DaTeI
knew that they had souls ana supposed NE
were to lie under the curse OF Canaan and tn
lash OF Jefferson Davis forever. But Abraham
Lincoln with single stroke OF the pen te
stroke Of his sword, struck from the hand o
the arch traitor the lashi and yesterday tn
free Inru who with solid tramp for hours, II
long and almost endless line filed through th
streets of Raleigh, drank IN the same insplr
ing sentiments OF freedom that Patrick hehr
and all the great orators OF the feVoiutlo
poured only into the ears OF white men,
The editor goes on to remark
wOu seeing the vast crowd Of human being
Of ali shades oTcolor, of all nationalities, 0
all positions, and on hearing them ~ 40
-.4.sl n
species, As one IN destiny though on uiHeTeh
planes ui pToSrcss, we could not put thlhk
The wonderful revolution through when w
have passed and through which we are stu
passing to-day. Men addressed the multitude
on yesterday who, but few years ago, be
nevel in their hearts that slavery was
divine institution, that the negro was curse,
In Ham, that the law of the white man coul
make him u chattel, that 1t was a sin aa 1t wa
A crime to teach him to read and write, An
that his moral nature, II he had one Whlch b
many was doubted, could grow In light onl
Though Intellectual darkness.
These men, we thought, as we llstcheu !
their uqueucc, are the ones who have bee
cmancipnted from slavery worse IMAM !Aa
which kcyt the negro to the eATth-the SLAYER
OF tradition, Of opposition, OF ignorance u
ngOtTy and Of Phtrisccism. Abraham LIZ
coin did not alone entnglpAte the hcgrO-wlt
the same pen he set the white man free an
told him 10 look At the sDtTi Of chTistianIt
mi not tho letter; 10 delve no more ami
Egyptian pyramids an4 Mosaic eosmogonteI
Al 'Itwls'I laws, aud Hebrew traditions bu
10 rise to u full comprehension aud ptActic'
,loptipu Of the Sermon on the Mount and III
Declaration Of Independence
This the great martyr dld, ana iOF l0lhg
all the chrittiln nations Of the earth wi
nOuOr han aud hold his name In deepest IeEe
oncr. Aud the time Will yet come when u
south viii place his name above that
WRshlLr'pn; when the white man as wen
the nero will rise up and cal him blesse
when he van be looked upon from one end
tho country 70 the other as the purest, Il
Elscst and the most merclful ruler and state
man tho nation has produced, When men,
lew years ago rich Ia slave property, yeste
!y steppcd out upon the platform and spoh
in behalf VI peace and all the blessings III
fpllpw and now out OF peace In behalf OF ire
eAVo!s and free churches, and Hce scope u