The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-11-11


the seven members of Congress. Applause.
The Republican members elect are all good
and true men, but we have special cause for
rejoicing over the election of our trend Col.
Dawecsc in this district, when we canslder
the INSCRIPTIONS manner III which lie was
assaled, and the exertions made here at the
centre to defeat him. Cheers for Deweese::l
And now, fellow citizens, what in this crl-
sis is the duty OF all good cltizensE L
thought, few days since, that the enemies
of the government under the stunning blow
they had received, might submit themselves
in good faith and give the Republican par
ty a fair trial. Their organ in this city was
very sick and very pious day or two after
the election but 20 day it bristles up and
talks in defiant tone, as If 1t might get
well again under the inspiring news from
New York and from the Ku Kux regions OF
Georgia and Louisiana. 1t reminds US OF
the old couplet,
''When the Devil was sick the Devil Monk
would be,
When the Devil was well the devil Monk was
he"
E Laughter
fear, my friends, we cannot trust them,
sick or we'll Applause. That paper, gen
tlemen, the organ of the enemies OF the gov
ernment in this city, advises the people to
hesitate before they trust their lives and prop
erty to our courts-in other words, it sug-
gests an appeal to lynch. law; and it also
says, '.tbere must be q caangs."-it advises an
''orqani.ationn to effect this change, and it
speaks of a proposed meeting of estate del
gates" with this view. Now, gentlemen, we
have Constitution, and IL government, and
laws in this State. Applausel That Con-
stitution and these laws are over all. They
bind and control all. Under Republican
rule no man is so high or so proud that the
laws cannot reach him and pull him down,
when he docs wrong, and no man is so hum
BILE or so neglected that the laws cannot sue
cor and protect him, when he does right.
Applause.
Honest people do not fear the law Honest
Conservatives, who were obliged to swear,
and who did swear to support this Constitu-
tiun before they could vote in the late cleo
ton, will keep their oath but the dishonest
and the bad will still plot against the public
peace-will stir up strife and i'll will among
the people, and all the time they will see
defects in the law, but none IN themselves.
thus verifying the adage, safr
"No rogue e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion Of the law"
[Applause.l
Now. my friends the law will be enforced
in North Carolina. These people, who advise
lynch law, and who speak of" organizations"
and Estate delegates" to effect any change
not warranted by the Constitution and the
laws, will be made to respect the Courts and
to obey the law. Applause. This law is
as much for the colnred man as the white
man, Applause as much for the poor man
as the rich man. Applause and that's so.
Next to the Divine Word, it is the laD that
governs every one, every where. There is
no appeal trom it but to the sword, and
they who advise appeal from it advise the
sword. Let them beware lest they perish
by the sword" [Applause.] l told you
when you nominated me for the place now
hold, unworthy as l was, there were but two
things feared. feared to do wrong, and
feared God Himself, in whom I've live, and
move, and have our being" Beyond this'I
fear nothing in the performance of duty.
tGreat APPLAUSE The enemies of the gov
eminent know this or if they do not. they
will know it, il they should resist the law or
attempt any chat ge in our affairs by force
[ Applause. go further and say, that with
out regard to prejudice, or passion, or po-
iitical feeling, 10 not fear to do them Justice
and will do it. l will protect them in their
lives, in their Liberties, and in their property
as l will protect you, as long as they obey
the law, Applause, and that's right, but
beyond that, so far as l am concerned they
will get nothing. [Cheers.] They are en-
titled to nothing in the way of honors or
offices at the hands of this people. ZAP
plauSe. ...-.-
Fellow-citizens, large majority of the
white people of the State have sinned
against the nation to greater or less extent
10y rebellion. Though my sin has not by any
means been as great as that of others. have
acknowledged it, and 1 am sorry for it.
Thousands of my fellow-citizens, brother Re
publcans, are similarly situated with N.Y.
self. Others sinned not Others threw
themselves into the fires of war, and fought
and died for the nation. Their blood is sa-
cred, because it was shed III holy canse
Applause. 1t cries no longer from the
ground for vengeance, but it calls for peace
| Applause. For incorrigible, unrcpentant
traitors have no favor and no respect |
could weep tor their innocent Children and
for the inheritance Of inlamy they will trans:
init to them, even the infamy of the tories
of the Revolution, unless they repent and
edo their first works y of fealty and affec-
ton for the Union but to the repentant,
the honest, and the true, who accept the sit
nation cordially, and stand by the govern
ment IN good faith, and cultivate those
things that make for peace and good will
among u.s. say, friend, give me your
hand" Applause. The past is forgot
ten, except for good to all of US. Let US
now go forward with one accord as the
children Of WASHINGTON, into .le great fu-
ture that is opening before u.s." Applause.
But the incorrigible and the impenitent,
who still hate the government and the flag,
must be madet to know their placcs-must
be governed until they become better men
and better citizens. [Applaose and that's
right.
And now, to my colored friends would
say, what has been the lessen taught you
since you became men? 1t is, that your sal
walton as a sef-governing people in COM
mon with the white race, depends not
partly, but entirely on your standing to-
gether as one man. Your advancement in
education, III manhood, in material strength,
in good citizenship, is involved in this.
Applause. Compact yourselves around
the Republican banner in solid mass.
like the iron wedge when it bursts
the oak or the hickory. Cheers Be
the iron wedge-never divide. Cries of
Yes, we VIII stand together"l You owe
everything under Providence to the Repub-
-iiean party. This party has saved the
couptry and saved you, and it can alone
make the country what it ought to be. APP
plause. This election for the first time has
given you practical assurance OF your free-
dom. That's So. If it had gone against
us, you might not have been reduced to tile
condition of persons called and known as