The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-07-15

countrymen; They did honor to tho
tne DAY sned honor on them, as II baa uay and
latners before them, and as it wonlS on their
children after them. Their enthusiasm their
,nc return OF the American indepcndenec JOY at
' ne SAID increased hopes for the fuur. gave
"nT prosperity OF the country quiet
Inc orator regretted with sadness ,,
birth DAY OF American liberty was not sn the
regarded as 1t has been few wears ba.l "shiy
had grown callous to the WHISPERS of Jnt, Men
despite long lapse of time still came which
in our ears from the ashes of the dead oInglng
War and death and blood, the conseonennaioh
rasn attemPt 10 dissolve the Union had too mWl
was fought to establish it aud that blood winch
lily given by our ancestry to baptize Their po No
terity in the name of Union and indenena pos
forever. And yet he spoke with pain wh otthee
knew to be so, the truth of which he had IN; he
to shut his eyes, to what some of his old FRENZY
haa tried though unsatisfactory to find justss'
cation 1or-it was what he regarded as discraan.'
to the nation " that in the Southern county, oe
least there scds b one party TO celebrate The AZ NJ
July" He remembered "when the day was ~
of mutual reconciliation to oil parties, when m One
orgOt for once their struggles for power ami "@
nee, ana wnen wing and Democrat We'd with
each other in reverence becoming TO the oo" au
siOn". "That time was considered too sacroS "a
discuss politics; men talked about Georpc W.
ington and Thomas Jefferson and John Adoranl'
told old anecdotes of the Revolution, handnS;
down from generation to generation, cheered tSa
old flag Justify and were then true An,ericans.~s
He believed that the Olden time was about 10
come back once more 1.-THE political heoyeuo
look brighter now that the death floating clonSs
OF Rebellion are passing away, and methjnks
see in the near future the first rays of that SIM
shine oil Peace which once more gladden. onr
hearts and soothe our troubles" Snow man
we consult the horoscope of nations with mo ra.
confidence since the diso orx
pulseless planet" Secession, which seven veou,,
ago rose over Charleston harbor shot across ths
Gulf States and thence veered Northward to ths
Potomac, leaving in its track woe and want and
death, blasting its fair fields with DESTROYING rays
whitening the teat In Weymouth of infancy anS
while shedding its light to direct the frateTS,
danger waned on this day five years ago at Get.
tysburg, and on the Mississippi and then sank to
hell, in its original birthplace"
He spoke OF the changed political relations of
the country and exhorted the freedmen to show
themselves worthy of those rights given them
by the strong hand of war, and in deiendi hm,
which they would be sustained by the loya nil.
lions of the North The declaration, the canal.
ity OF oil men, in the immortal paper which has
just been read, meant not the equality of men as
to cOndition-as to wealth, as to brains as TO So.
eial standing, but equality as to right-in the
holding OF property, in the hdbeas corpus, IN fine
jury box, in the suffrage. They had been called
ignorant In the name OF God he asked who
had made them ignorant? Had not the Statute
book of every Southern State enjoined and en-.
forced Ignorance as their proper conditions
Was their misfortune to be called their fault p
II time and charity was given them he believed
they would prove themselves worthy of their
freedom, by acquiring property and educating
themselves and their children. The sad sanguine
temper natural to young man might be pleaded
against the truth OF what he set forth but he
gave it as his conscientious opinion. He went
over the history of the day and spoke of the flu.
ture coming from the political changes which
were to-day taking place in the Southern States
He wished to avoid the common style of July
orations and only desired to recommend all men
to the Constitution and the Union He conclp
ded 10y feelingly praying that the people from
one end OF the country to the other, might rally
to the cry of the immortal Webster, OF ''Liberty
and Union, now and forever, one and insep
arabic"
After long repeated and enthusiastic cheering,
the crowd withdrew to the grove where they had
assembled in the morning, where bountiful
collation. was served to crafty the creature com
forts. The utmost harmony and good feeling
prevailed throughout the remainder of the day,
unmarried by the accustomed annoyances OF the
unreconstructed of the vicinity.
FELIX.