The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-03-04

oh this honor from you, aCccP' ~ "
more proudly. Applause ;, A. S.,.o
sLalI bear your banner all over the state
-.;,I '" whatever of physical or mental powers
nav nossess. walk to certain Victory
n," :,,p more certain, because l know that
anu a.orr man, whom you will place upon TINS
.;orst beside me, will be a good sound radi-
caI Republican. Applause.
Now. gentleman, what is the politicai sit-
uation9 Long since North Carolina ought
70 have been restored to the Union. whence
fine impediments2 Those who involved us
in the war. the Yanccyites and Davisltes,
Gill hinder restoration They put the poor
conscrini in the war ard kept him there
four lono years. We can all see their form
ar iniouity. and how they have succeeded in
keeninp the State from the Union for two
long years, against the will of every Union
man and Republican,. The policy OF An
drew Johnson, on the basis of uncondlfionai
submission. was tried and failed. They de
sired the State to go back rebel end foremost;
These original secessionists were sus.alne.
ty those Union men, who tel inlo treasol
and rebellion in the midst OF the WhI' anu
became the worst of all IN treacheiy aao
blood. But when Andrew Johnson nfs' NC
clared his plan, every rebel seemea 10 SUD-
init. Certainly, for the first three months all
went on smoothly. After three months,
cannot vouch for Andrew johnson. He had
teIerraphed me in August, '65, to adhere to
the basis of unconditional loyalty, but after
that day by day, almost imperceptibly, lie
BEGAN to weld to the Establishments of our
WHY foes. They wound themselves about
him, and he forgot his high purpose to make
treason odious. Then l abandoned him.
fApplause.1 As before, had abandoned the
old Democratic party, with all its lifelong
ossoclations, when it dared to lay unholy
hands ON the altar OF the Union, l aban.
tlened Andrew Johnson. Applause. And
here to-day Ipledge you that In the future,
as in the past, he the opposition what it
NAV, shall stand amid every peril by the
glorious flag of the Union. Applause. =
What is any man or State compared to the
preservation of the Union2 CA voce-noth-
incl Yes. feil0w-citizens, without that We
are less than nothing.
Now, when Andrew Johnson's policy fail
ed, Congress enfranchised the colored peo-
pie. So far as they are concerned, thank
God for that failure, for otherwise they
would have been free only in name, and
we should not have been able to restore the
State on loyal basis. We can see it now.
We can see too how man proposes, and
God disposes [Applause.l
When the Howard Amendment was offer
ed, it made no adequate provision for negro
suffrage Yet the opposition Immediately
assaied it. They proclaimed the monstrous
lie of social equality. Why did they not
accept it9 Surely they were mad. 1t was
TO them a magnanimous tender, yet because
under It's operations few thousand men
were to be excluded from Office, they re-
iected it. 1t was well for us all, that they
did refuse that proposition.
On the other hand, believe almost every
Union man, and many of them banned,
chcerfully accepted that amendment. They
did so because it was the will of the law
making power of the nation. No matter
whether the bans ire lifted to-day. to-mor-
row, or never, they said, we accept it, APP
plause. l was the first man in the State to
take that stand Thank God, had the
courage and love of country to do it. APP
pause.
But it being rejected, the Congress with
great wisdom and forecast passed the re-
construction measures. They declared the
absolute political and civil equality of all
men. accepted all that promptly and
cheeriuly; and you and 1, fellow-citizens
then turned and breasted the blacklist storm
of obloquy ever poured on men for the sake
of Union. liberty and political justice to all
men. Aided by these colored men, and pos.
sessing more of the intelligence of the State
than the old broken down Copperhead party,
we intend to whirl the State of North Caro-
lima back into the Union so fast that it will
make every traitors head swim, his eyes
start, and his knees tremble. Laughter
and applause.
But we find here and at Washington seri-
Gus, though not insurmountable opposition
Certain persons there be that lift their puny
arms against the nation, and one by one they
are snapped in twain. Secession and nulifica-
ton, or in other words treason played out
on the field of battle, and renewal of resist
ance by those who survive to resist, is like
the hum of the school-boy's futterwheel by
the roar of Niagara. The power to do inju-
ry is gone, but the purpose is there. Poiti-
cally they are contemplate objects, given to
vile language and reasonable imaginations
Let them denounce and revie, we will take
the State back to the Union. Yes, yes1
One marked character among their throng,
has invoked Heaven to reign the liquid fires
of Sodom and Gomorrah upon US. Sustain
ed by the rectitude of our intentions, and
doing nothing in malice, we can afford to
smile at such ebullutions of passion. But
while we do so, l say it will be neither
comfortable or healthy for them to say aught
personal rejecting on US. Freedom ofspeech
is one thing and personal insult is another.
For one, w-citizens, am willing to
discard prejudiccs, and resort to fair argu-
ment. / shall labor in season and out of
season, upon the stump, through the news
papers, on the 10y roads and high roads, to
instil into the minds of our people, even as
the gentle dew falls from Heaven, the benis-
nant influences of the Republican party
Applause.
Truth crushed to earth, will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers,
But error wounded VIRTUES in pain
And dies amid her worshippcrs
Thus has the demon god of secession been
crushed, and thus the war-god of Vance
And so shall that other idol, not less DANCE
rous and vindictiye, he overturned Yea,
beneath the mild operation of. Republican
principles, Andrew johnson shall fall prone
in the dust like that COP, Da.on. who fell
before the glorious ark of the Covenant
Too long has he stood in the way of the ma.
ton, until at last it has spoken to him and
he must obey. Will he fight [Cries of no,
no. The man, who dares to raise his puny
finger against the American people will be