The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-06-03
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CHICAGO.
Mr.. -Hassaurek of Ohio, ex-Minister to
Ecuador, having been called out, said:
q. Often when travelled over the Ecuadorian
Andes, ascending and descending mountains
IN order to pass the western branch of the
mighty Cordiliera, it happened that hills
which was just ascending INSTRUCTED my
vision. As | slowly toiied up their steep
activities, saw nothing beyond or above
them. They completely shut out the horizon
from nv view. For the time being they
seemed to me the last boundaries OF the
world, with nothing to come after. But
when had passed them, when l had risen
to higher and more commanding elevations,
they had vanished into nothingness i'll the
valleys below. Gentlemen, we are In the
midst of period of transition. Every
period of transition has its difficulties and
its dangers These difficulties may seem in
surmountable TO the unphilosophical who
can see nothing but the present. The weak
minded and the Respondent may see moth
ing beyond them. But, when we shall have
emerged from the lower mountain ranges,
when we shall have reached the lofty sum-
nit to which we are slowly but steadily
ascending, the hillocks below will disappear,
and we shall spiiiiir ,itour faint heartedness.
do'not' shut my eyes to the magnitude of
the problem which this generation is called
upon to solver The task which has to be
performed is demonstration, as some
say. 1t is not restoration, as Others will
have it. It is regeneration. There aoas
South with Slavery as the cornerstone OF
her socih and political institutions, with
labor looked upon.as disreputable and I'M
becoming gentleman. Her real estate in
the hands of few wealthy families, WELD
ing irresistible political Influence. Her
agriculture retrograding,s her cities and
towns decaying, her industry paralyzed, her
commerce ianeuishing, her middle and lower
classes demoralized by the banefaTi influences
of slavery. Men bred in the belief that they
were born to command, and that traffic in
their fellow creatures was divine institu-
tion'; men who had been taught from their
earliest childhood that State had q right
to withdraw from the Federal compact, and
that secession was not treason or crime;
n These men now firmly believe that they
x have been outraged and oppressed by the
Government. Vast armies have marched
and countermarched over the South. The
torch of war has carried desolation into her
very, heart, The shackles of the slave have
,Sbeen stricken from his limbs, and freedom
has been proclaimed as the bir.hright OF
T. every individual breathing the air OF our
80 Republic Here you have two classes
- The one educated in the prejudices OF a
privileged aristncracy, still smarting under
the bitterness of defeat and acknowledgements,
r deprived of what they looked upon as their
u property, reduced to poverty and extremity,
81 and ready to fly to arms again at the first
favorable opportunity, unrepentant because
not convinced and characterized by all the
wild recklesncss and ferocity which the
demoralizing relation between the master
and slave must inevitably produce. The
other class, brought up in ignorance and hui
initiation, tyrannized and oppressed, and
enjoying no rights which white men were
bound to respect, just emerging from de-
grading servitude with crude and undiges-
ted notions of freedom, and perhaps an easy
prey to demagogues, blu, full of gratitude to
1.-THE Government which broke their chains,
=, OVERLOOKING with enthusiastic loyalty to the
D. flag which has brought them freedom, and
T. determined to defend their new treasure with
the arms, the use OF which they have learned
on many bloody field of battle. I admit
d this is great problem. To evoke order out
: of chaos to reconcile the hostile element
in the South, while party in the North is
trying, toits utmost, to fan the flames of
discord, resentment and vindictveness.
% Our first task will be to understand the prob
lem, which hope they do. The next will
be to find the proper means OF disposing of
thequestion. And first there must he peace
and security. Governments are instituted
for the protection of life, property, and lib
,erty. Their cardinal purpose is security. 1t
lis self evident that sudden transition from
Slavery to freedom, and such great revolu-
ton as the substitution of an entirely diff
ferent system ofsociety, will be accompanied
by great connections; but the sooner our /
countrymen in the South understand that
there must be peace and security the better
n 1T WILDE for them and for the country. b
q There must be no riots, no mObs, no burning
of school-houses and churches, no assassina-
tions, no Ku3klux Klans. A onion man in
Georgia or Mississippi, be he white or black,
must enjoy the same security of person or
/. property that is vouchsafed to any Rebel
who comes to live among US in the North.
A Northern merchant or traveller must be
able to pass through Southern State with
the same degree OF safety with which a
I Southern man may travel through Pennsyl-
vania or Ohio. The Union men of the South
who risked their all by their devotion to the
old flag, and the negroes of the South who
rushed to our rescue, fought under our flag,
saved our prisoners from starvation, and la
bored, fed, and piloted our refugees with
selfsacrifcing devotion which stands with
out parallel in the history of mankind,
4 must not be coolly, cruelty, and heartlessly
abandonded to the hatred and vindictive-
ness of those who seek to re, establish Slavery
in fact, after its abolition in name Hence,
while there are no local Governments in the
South, the former State Governments having
ceased toGexist by their Rebellion against
II the United States, it is the duty of the Fed
10 eral Government to provide that security of
person and property, without which Gov
q eminent itself would be sham and mock
cry, a mere machinery of vexation and OPP
preston. We protect orr citizens in foreign
lands; why not also protect them at home
The power of the Federal Government must
not be entrusted in the hands of those who
have brought all these troubles over the
country. 1t must not be entrusted to the
hands OF those who would unbind anarchy
u and remove the checks and restraints from
the Southern portions of out country, at
time wien they most need the protecting
care of the Federal Government. The pow
er of the nation must not be entrusted to
the Democratic party, which is and always
has been the party of lawlessness, turbulence,
10 and violence. 1t must not be entrusted to
party which, having been the advocate and
defender of Slavery. is identified with all
its excuses, and by Keeping alive the spirit
of rabnlliOp and Incurrncti0n oba roc NTH