The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-11-02

Our readers WIFI DefntefeSCed III IIle lol-
10 wing extract fromla speech made by Gov.
,Hawley alta Republican meeting in Fanuel
Hall Boston. The attitude and purposes of
the Conservative party are clearly and accu-
rately set forth. sq',Hd 10 ,,s'r
We copy from the Boston Daily Adeer-
tiser.-I want to read very significant reso-
luton passed by the New York convention,
a very interesting one. The resolution says
that, aas many of the issues that divided
good citizens in thepast are now settled,we
invite all conservative citizens, irrespective
of former political differences, to unite with
us in securing the ascendency in the govern
ment of the principles on which it was estab-
lished. and which, while secured by the
majority of the American people, secured
peace and prosperity for all" Many of'the
issues that divided good citizens in the past
are now settled. I find in the New York
platform no reference to the war, not word
of the late war, or the warof the rebellion,
or rebels, or traitors or the 18th amend
ment, or the 14th, or the 18th, or reconstruc-
ton! Not single word about these matters
in the whole platform. Many Of the issues
that have divided good citizens in the past
are now settledl / thank them for the adj
mission. / doubt the good faith Of the dec
laration, but we have them on their knees.
They saw these issues are settled. Indeed
Then YOU are willing to acknowledge that
you have been fighting for ten years and are
now whipped. You said that we could not
recapture the southern forts; you said that
we had no right to coerce southern State,
but we did it. You said we had no right
to call out southern soldiers; we did call,
and they came. You said we had no right
to proclaim the abolition of slavery, but we
did it and enforced it. You said we had no
right to enforce the draft, but we did it,
You said we had no right to arm the black
man, but we did it, and he fought WELL
You said We had no right to adopt the con-
stitutional amendment declaring slavery
forever abolished, 2 but we proposed and
adopted it. You said we had no right to
exclude leading rebels from office they
must all be restored to their rights at the
close of the war but we excluded them and
kept them SO. You said We never, never,
never should let a black man vote, and he
votes today in every State in the Union.
[Applause.l thank you for the admission
that many of these issues are settled Laugh
teri doubt very much whether they divid-
ed good citizens We disliked to admit
very much during the war that there were
very many good citizens on the opposite
side. But now, rising from your knees
you cry Enough, settled! Now just let
us take the reins and see if we can run the
government" Not if the court knows her
self. Laughter You have heard the old,
old story about the man who fell off the
stage coach, little Intoxicated, and when
they said that the coach did not upset,
swell. "said he, i'if Thad known it, I would
not have got off," / did not hear, that be
insisted on the right to drive, from the fact
OF his tumbling off. They say the issues are
settled. / am not SO sure about that ]
find Senator Thurman of Ohio saying that
the 18th, 14th and 18th amendments are
illegal, and if the democratic party were in
power today they would endeavor to repeal
these amendments. don't know how much
they could do in that way, but so far as they
could have no doubt they would render
these constitutional amendments nullity