The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-02
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tire commerce with China, the trade with
East China will he enormous and of immense
profit: while England viii no longer centend
with us for the trade Of Japan. The English
trade with China amounts to 80 millions an
nually, while few years ago the trade of the
United States amounted to not more than
ten millions. but it has been steadily increas-
ing. But this rivalry for the trade of China
will, before many years, cease to have the i'm
portance wfiichis now, attached to It. Yhe
fact is, that the internal Development which
will be effected by the construction of the
road is of vastly more mogent than the re-
taIizdtion Of the most extravagant hopes of
Eastern commerce The Pacific Railroad Is
the last and highest exponent Of American
energy and vitality. eo ts.i ei sa..s5i7
a.eos baft 1860, 1864, 1868. iol Z! Us
The difference between 1868 and 1854 is
plain enough, -Four years ago, it WAS the
Northern Democratic party that cried for
peace when the nation was engaged in
war, upon the vigorous prosecution of which
its very existence depended. To-day, it is
the Republican party that insists upon it,
that all the hard earned fruits of that war
shall not be turned into ashes. In 1854, the
voice of the Republican party was for war
to the knife against treason and rebellion
To-day, these same Democratic turtle doves
of 1854 rave like lions for new fields of. car
mage. Four years ago, their hands were fill
ed with olive branches to day, they stamp
sparks of FIRE out of the paving stones as
they stride over them in their fury. -.
On the other hand, the behavior of this
Democracy in 1868 bears such remarkable
resemblance to their behavior in 1860, that
we almost doubt the reality of the war and
are led to Believe that we have been dream
ing and that it Is still the year of Grace 1860.
Now, these Democrats are peregrina.
ting over the country ~lamenting the shame
full Treatment of the generous and heroic
South, and they are Grating over "the
rights of the South under the Constitu-
tion," and holding up to the Indignation of
rebeldom the fraud and malice of the "Black
Republicans" They. hold themselves Just
as high, too, as they did then, when they
said one blooded Southerner could whip
five Yanks, and they say now that they will
not submit to the impeachment and reno-
val OF Andrew johnson, but will appeal to
force. ,,,,. %, .,-...-., ... .....-..s. b.. n,
|. Rights under the Constitution What
rights did these wretches .hsue s.,nder the
Constitution These men who slew half q
million citizens in their, stupenduous -trea--
son against the government? They had
one right and one right alone, and that was
the right to be hanged and to have their es-
tates cenfseated for the payment of the debt
which they createdi ai h1s sl;ai. ii''i.n
No where In the history of civilized or un-
civilized States has such magnanimfty an d
forbearanee been ex hibited towards traitors
as has been extended to the leaders of the
great rebellion. -Four years ago, if any man
had said that, after the rebellion had been
suppressed, no traitors carcass would orna.
ment the gallows, he would have been set
down for stark fool. And yet lie would
have prophesied rightly - a.1
This action on the part of the government
is an illustration af the old fable of the hus.
bandman who found viper frozen hard
and cold, and out of the compassion of his
heart, placed the serpent in his bosom until
he warmed it into life. The result has been
the same in both cases.
Immediately upon. the close of the rebel
lion, the Southern leaders were the frozen
serpents. with heads bowed down, and in
the most respectful tone and manner they
accepted the situation" How changed |!
The Inundated rebels of 1865, today put
the government to open defiance Nothing
less than the peaceful existence of the gov
ernment is the issue in thepresent campaign,
Let men ponder well before they vote
| Let them consitler well the result, and then,
if they are prepared and willing, let them
vote for Seymour and WAR. 1aJs 'a417
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