The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-09-09

The spirit OF Wilkes bOOCn Stl1 lives
thank God 7 Therefore take courage Sey-
mour, Blair and the revival Of the great
cause is the motto of every true man p
Pine Bluff DIRK, Viadicators .ss i; a.
"a Wade Hampton, OF South Carolina, while
on, his way to the Convention, at supper at
General Lees college, in Virginia, declared
that the rebel soldiers "had not fallen in
iyain-the cause for;which Stuart and jack
SON fell could not he vain, but in some form
would triumph" and after tho nomination
of Seymour and Blair by the New, York Con-
gvcntion. inspired by the platform and the
speeches of the nominees, proclaimed at q
Democratic meeting in New York. on the
evening of the nominations, shat
1--WE can have no relief unless this great
Democratic party will come out and pledge
itself that we shallh fair election that
the white people of the South shall vote;
and want you all to register an oath that
when they do vote, that these votes shall be
counted, and that if there is o minority OF
white votes that you will place Seymour and
Blair in the White House in spite OF all the
bayonets that can be brought against them.'n
The same evening Vance, of North Caro-
lima, another rebel delegate, declared that
they (the rebels) had bowed to the yoke
long enough, and it was now time that
they should arise and assert their manhood
under the Constitution. This great country
must he restored to its original position OF
grandeur and greatness, that means slavery
and aristocracy, or else constitutional I'D
erty is gone forever. ts
Last Saturday night Vance spoke at Rich
.s,,s, k<>o MN ~
all the other speakers were rebels, and one OF
them, Governor Wise, declared that the res
olution Of the Democratic National Conven-
ton, declaring secession q failure" was
falsehood; and added that secession was
more than ever living" W." '' "
Everywhere the venomous serpents of the
rebellion are coming out in support of Scy-
mour and Blair. When the news of their
nomination reached Atlanta, Ga, Howell
Cobb and Robert Toombs, two of the most
guilty of these traitors, addressed a Demo-
cratic meeting, and their speeches are thus
noticed by the rebel organ, the Atlanta Con-
stitution, of the 11th:
"When the popular favorites entered the
hall, they found at least two thousand white
men already there to greet the old champions
who led them in the past And they were
greeted with shout that had in it the ring
of the old metal When Mr.. Toombs rose
to address the assemblage. We can compare
the scene to nothing less than stupendous
camp-meeting, where everybody is CONVEX
ted, and vieing with each other to see who
car shout the loudest. Mr.. Toombs rose,
majestic as of yore. and entered at once upon
the great subject which had brought the
party together-the ratification of the New
York nominees.
''Mr. Cobb's speech was more lengthy
He made one of his happiest efforts, and adj
dressed himself more particularly to the peo-
pie of Georgia. Grant and the Chicago
platform were scared with the fires of his in
dignation. The election OF such man upon
such set of principles would be the great
est calamity that could possibly befall the
whole country" !t.5..H
These are the only firstlings of the response
to the Democratic platform and candidates.
Taken in connection with the fact that near
ly every speech made at the Democratic
meetings since the adjournment of the Con-
vention has been personally laudatory of the
rebel soldiers, we have the issue more boldly
stated between Peace and Union and War
and Disunion than at any period during the
rebellion ITSELF" q ~ 3l9iy- al5jI -s
This is, in fact, as Gen. Blair, on the Both
of June, expressed it "Thc real and only
question" 1T is idle" he said, ito talk of
bonds. greenbacks, gold, the public faith, and
the public credit. The President elect [Sey-
mour] must declare the reconstruction acts
null and void, compel the army to undo its
usurpations at the South, and disperse the
State governments" - i-s- l'5sf
Wade Hampton is proud Of his reception
and his influence in the New York 'Conven-
ton. iHe says in a speech that the Demo-
cratic leaders, after advising prudence in
language, promised ~ zoe 80 '7i
ITO help them once to gain the power
and then they would do their utmost to re-
ilieye the Southern States. and restore to us
the Union and tho Constitution as it had
existed before the war"
Toombs has not yet abandoned the idea
of calling the roll of his slaves from Bunker
Hill. He says:s,- 81. ..o nj. a5yu
"That all csereconstructions acts as they
arc called, these schemes of delusion, of vii
lainy, and of. tyranny, shall no longer curse
the statute book nor Cypress tho free people
of the country."-Speech in Atlanta, July 20.
He proceeds: .nsiig % -t.
"That these so-called Governors and Leg
islatures which have been established in our
midst, shall at once he made to vacate. The
Convention at New York appointed Frank
Blair specially to Dust them. Speech at At
hnta. 'a5s ep slIais 1so 10 t.0' se 5".sl
80 Gen. Cobb, who commanded the hell at
Andsrsonville, speaking of Republicans,
says: aHeJ aifa s-s3s T., .baa ot.'
81" Upon them there should he no mercy.
They have dishonoretl themselves and sought
to disllon0r you. Anathcmatize them.
Drive them from the pale of social and po-
litical society" -"
B. H. Hill, speaking in apostrophc, makes
use of the following language for Republi-
cans. He is speaking of the good time com
ing when rebel vengeance is to be gorged TO
its utmost capacity. Hear him, gentle ma
tured Republican, and then go and soon
ciliate:" ID -+t ''r'r ~ 81.
"a Then. all, then, what will become of you.
We isolated hypocritcss All power to threa-
ten gone; treachery exhausted. Relief meas
ures and reconstruction measures both dead,
the Radical party out Of Congress, how on
earth will you thus strip naked to the gaze
of the world in all your unhidden infamys
What will become of youl2 How will you
escape the damnation of hell 2 "a voice
There's no hell bad enough for i'en. That's