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THE STATE JOURNAL: 11ALEIGI1, N. C, WEDNESDAY MARCH 27, 1861. ii 1 1 If Hi a. v. - SC. vSi. a. 5 r; f.Jr III 1 r. p! i. 1 i'l 5 .-. 15 s. , He s :i rf Urn m" a V 3 U & -5 ( i . Si if m j . .:r &' - If M 1l mm, mm I', '-f;s'r.si: Ifif; if- 1 '4 :1 1 fi f h i y. . ft 'lllil: -f 4 t -h l; l . l ' " v : Reported for the State Journal, iaLl . olds Great Mass Meeting at Col boro. GATHERING OF TIIE PEOPLE FROM TIIE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEABOARD. OLD PARTY LI1TE3 IGNQKED. TOE IJXIOX OF THE SOHtt FOR THE! SAFETY OF TILE SOI Til. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. THE SPIRIT OP '76 AROUSED. THE BANNER OF SOUTHERN RIGHTS OFIBLEB. .ENCOURAGING SMILES Of TIIE FAM. ONES Patriots i of all Parties In Con erence; THE FIRES OF ' LIBERTY BURNING BKIG1ITLYL Able andt Eloquent Speeches fron I)is '!. j. iinguished '.'Orators. IMMENSE ENTHUSI SM. TO MEET AGAIN IN THE CRADLE OF IN -DEPENDENCE, : On Friday, the 22nd instant, in accordance with a ix a . tjf r " notice previously published, a porti M l " - the I State of : North-Carolina met r j . ' . - i , 4 m ion ot the people oil met. m tie town ot Goldsboikr, in compliance with an invitatflori trom; tne( citizens f that town, for the purpose o-consulting upoii -the 'important issues which are a it tting our ' country. This meeting M-A intended Urba n cojiven tion, butja Mass Meeting of the people tl tei lsrelvi's themselves; their own ;' delegates- for the irpose ot ' Consulting with' each otber, and effecting an bxchauge of senfiment iUKn the coiulitic n of our State. uS' primary meetings' had 1 een held to appiint deleg: there packing "had been no 'eaucusings for the .purpose delegations-but the meeting vvas comiM sikl of! the sovereigns themselves eacil man a ueleira ;e, repre lieart and sentina tlio honest convictions of his owik :, jriot hampered by the shackles of clique in Ht ijuctions. IIS 1 t p Tims assembled about .1,000 freemen' of IM State of iPvf;r'J Nb-iDartlina, on the morning of tle22d tlay of March, 1861J and actina: upon the rights if preenien, . they, met pi council for deinoratioii. . '',In4liatr vast owsemblagc there were ho' p WMgs, novUell. men, no" Breckiurid")fi dmocrats,; nienj no :;.'':lSc)Uglas nienfno submission ists, no secesvitmu ts; but ' they were all Sottthkrn Riohts Mks men who be- neve thattiNoith-Larfrtina. is justly entitle, r fights and privileges f(r'whieh their fathers T battles of the j Rev.olutioh and thus belie 4 mll dare maintain th ni at every hazard. to those fdurjht the !V1 theV ' . Askmbling'-in . the Court-house at . haljf bast . 12 1 o clock, , ' - - S l . 1 ll A H .t 1. uif motion ioi tnax gaiiam aovocate o Hnuthern Rights; Y;; C. Barringer, Esq., of Cabartui v ho pre- faced his- riiotiou.vvith a few patriotic and Hvdll -timed 4j L ' ' 1 - il" '1. Tl T 'lll'tl! rrinarKS, ine nonoranie ami veueraoie vv EKnoN N. EnwARps.t of jWarren, was unanimdusly jcl preside over the meeting. He was'conducjtei osen - ito to his taking seat amid the most deafening applaiise. On the chair he said : I My fellow-cbuntTymen: I . undertake the ( uties of the office tin which vou have choseu me witli distrust o'f toy ability to. perform them ; but 1 I nevertheless, for the compliment. No tailk you. lainahiaoje; oi mine can :;express the feelings of my healt on this x;casion.. i nis is no onunary occasion, u hps is no Mv;Qnvehtbn;but a s riff af-isvple .themseves. ; Su r l ' I freedom,; and, if con spontaneous outpouring df tLe iteo- Such meetings are the purest tvpe of conducted' wi t h moderation arid pru- . dente, tHey; must result in the happiest consequences. 1 . Thisxmcetitigis an teirnest that the popular m nd has -':'been touched to save the fortunes and honor of the I "good old North State.' Her; position is amost mdr- i i tifvinar onei and Mr. E. exnressed the fear thalt influ- r, JK i.nces were Fecreuy at worK, to epsnare the people ot ! ' North-Carolina in . the meshed of the Black Bepjublican 'J I! j. 1- int..f? Butr he could not believe that those jhiiuenccs O'Hii. S'irt 1 could be successful. He was not willing to receive the iVfi? , recent vpte in North-Carolina as the voice of the people. 1 'lie courd hot believe that North-Carolina wiiild yield t;:; ".her vights., The people were cal led upon in the .election to vvte. i)on a false issue. They tv en if., '.that the issue was-. " union" or." disunion.'', Ve ; recent e toui r was-. " union or." disunion. .V e allowed the aly.ersar'y to. lay down this test, when there was no lJi)ioi. Tle, true issue was, " will Nortli-C irolina unite witli r.er sistev Southern StiU-s in inain ainiug 'the ."rights of tlie S(-nith,nr will she sit supiiiely down and yield tlfose rights, waiting for her sisters tii do the w.orkl)r;hej,.?' That was the issue, . ; . I I . lit, ''gentlemen, ""these issues and tests are;no -moijfe. I ' Events treading rapidly upou each other, ha xk b ought lis to a -hewj position. The time for compiioniises is .past. (Applause.) the rtav subnussiom is past py. )t,i. i hongn a saa thought, the U iihu is distoived g -ii .? .-(Ki ii nowi ueaimes us ro meefa new, issuel We ix.. r: . ; . f ....... . i . must no longer lie beguiled hv the tatal fantasy of " watch and wait." (ApulauseJ If wis do ' we 1? sliall be betraved into the hands . rifecLl: :shall tlierebv yield our rights at: s jf our enertiids ; ,we bv yield our ricrhts and allow the ehiins of iii "Black! Republican tyranny to be placed hp u our . hands...- ' For what-Hre we. watching and waiting? - Hhfi not ;.cvery eftbrt of reconciliation' failed ? Has. .not every 1- e- tion is. w ncre-win we ! .' vitn the Black Ilepulilican ;-North, r with the sisters of the South ? ;H-ies :H; " with'the So uth--the South the South "I . ItIofp k . . ------ i . i . if- i: no safety for North-Girolina ; in ' this fragjm ntary tTiitau -She niust, slie will eonnect her fortune i with the South. (Applause.) With the Confederate tates lshti will findicomrnon sympathy arid have a tovnmoij I intrest.! jFo remain in this Black Republican1 1 nion, Is (Uod forbid jit!) lier position, must be one of decrada-i i tirvn;' and; bankruptcy. Her wealth will b4 (Iriven irom iiier . iwiers. feeeKin protection tmnh hpr jij'-f lHifLiiifn iiiiisivrs, sue win receive.insuit ana miury m I.e.- : .1' .... . . .'. . . . . i " I j. ;auswer io ner petitions; her helds will he laid N yr iK-r aerruor? coverea yith poverty and bankruptcy. and nun will cover .the land as with a pall of death. J hero is no escape from these evils but for North UmJina '.to unite her destnnes with tlie Suutli.' It pains me to itter such sentiments. Gan wej expect ympattiy irom a people who have wageil a war Upon uocmuuiu i!MivuLniiu lur inortj tnau a quarter oi a 'century; ? (Cries" no, no") We ni-ust go witli the vSontlu -i I liave but a few years left me. but so ielp nie,CKI,they shall be fpent in,the cause of the iii ghts oi tne-whole houth; (A voice " we will fo ldw Vjour v4fai. j. . ouiu to uoa mat i naa more years; to lead Gentlemen, J am' growing tiird.. I;am au oil I have Kyed before this Outstitution' wasl fon4-) nan. but, i Md. as' I; arii; rat heart will be with vou iii every V attle tor tne rights, ot the South. l'ro oned and d fen- mg applanse.) t j ' . . : ... ,.,.. . o. r A Men. 't . J . UrtVu, of arren, said : '. Mr. President, 1 wn present several m msters the gospel, 'vkul I hope, before entering uiwii the taut dtrtfcH 'of our meeting, we will invoke Divlnfe pjrr- aul and counsel. -XI .1; . , "The Rev. John X. Andrews, of the M came fornwrd.'bv reonrst "and: mail u E..Qh4rch, most aHpiNv .:. .j priate ail touching prayer, invoking the God nf fc'tions to rule -over ami guide- the people bf lheiS na- huth iirmeir snuggle ior equanry aim jndepe ?"V' l 'Tlie. following genflemen, whose name hdoncet S were; ht in nominat,n llvv Thomas 1). Men-rtsfEsd of Br tins- PlPi- ii--i.i"t-noii.or we sfineinem, oi mir nanonau omncu I'lgf., ;E .-Jjj. iKvn uuiieu uauh. imo our laces oy iue iwaqK it M ;: H 4U ,puoiicans ; lhe Union is dissolved and the Squjes rx ft wickwere' cbscn Yice Tresidonts; ' ' y j Lucius J: JolmsonV Perquimans: En . f ''Craven; Dr.;. Thomas J. Bunting Sa fit". f riThorntoh, Warren i R. A. Caldwell. R mmet Cuflhftert, mpsoh : FJ A. Caldwell, Riwlan ; Gent C. :... m m. Averv Pmrkci. On jnvitioit of Gen. Green, the meeting prx!ed (electitn;of Secretaries, resulting as! f(Ilowk : elded ,f. fto tliel ;;' ; .-It-! :' A- M. . Wadtlell, New Hanover: J. Li. Sreiwh fl-R ft, Aowati ; VrJ J . J. Lawrence, Wayne ; iC'l. ..t.l T 'Mil ;LMor"Oraven; R:!lI. WhitakerVWakej Dr. mi .i -SVi,rdl Onslov;' J. C. Gorman, Wilson, f ' -j' W ..jB. Sraitli.'Esq,. of Tarboro was cVnsn i? al- nig oecreiarv. i ; i i. ft . m ... ' . . - i ;.vi.;Ahe;di;.tore.-pnjcdedinst to busiuess, he ii lll .Mid tb the meeting that the. Hon. F. J. MosW l;v f hi vfl WinM- by the Legislature of SW teCaroilna a CoAiiriissioner to the proposed CimwntiA th Of -r-i --. 1 ir- : .:'. '.' - '. i . ; North-Carolina, was inlown; and te wou a move r xi v int1 tit wait; nnon thati a committee oi win w rr". " . " TJ i distinguished gentleman' and invite him to address this meeting, at his pleasure. -v. .r v5 ,.: r The President appointed Messrs. Ashe, Craige and n tusrfi.rm that task. ' . ; . r 'i n, Raid ha had seen registered, upon the ls:X-At'; f tW Hotels of the town; the name of Edmund Ruffin, of the Confederate States ; he hoped the committee, just appointed, would be instructed to wait upon him also, and invite mm to a i. m i rneetin o-.' iThe committee were so instructed, s nv motion of The. J. Faison, Esq.; of Sampson, the meeting proceeded to the selection 'of three gen tlemen- from each Uongressionai district represcuLcu, whose duty it should be, to propose business for the further action of the meeting and that they be in structed to "report to-morrow at 10 o'clock, i The following gentlemen were selected by the va- rioiim Districts: 1st DlSTRICT- -Dr. M. A. Wilcox, J. H. Prince, I)r. W. H. Hill. ' , - . i 2d District George Greene, Geo. V. Strong, and J.' A. Englehard. j tt j. 3d Distbiqt T. D. Meares, Thos. H. Holmes, Jas. Fulton, f 1 ; ,r , ; 4th District Gen. T. J. Green, M. J. Branch, Jiasil C. Maidy. ; ; ! 7th District Hon, B. Craige, Col. J. M. Long, David" Schenck. - T t' j iMr. Meares, of Brunswick, at the request of J." 13. WhiUker, Esq., to whom it Ayas addressed, presented tofthe meeting a letter from the Hon.; D.. M. BaVrin ger, of this city, expressing a regret that indisposition in his family prevented his attending a.meeting of the Southern Rights meriy in Goldsboro, expressing the opinion that the days of compromises had passed; pro-' uouhcing the pretended compromises of. the Peace Con-r gress a cheaj and a swindle, and urging the friends of Southern Rights to take a bold and decided stand in behalf of the South. ; ' i The, letter was read and ordered to be placed upon the Journals. - i ' j Mr. Craige, in behalf of the Committee appointed to wait upon the Hon. F. J. Moses, reported that they had performed?" their duty, and if it be the pleasure of the meeting, t lat gentleman would proceed to address them at. once. . . : The enthusiasm following. this announcement was; terrific. The shouts, hurrahs and applause of the multitude lasted for several minutes -exceeding anj' ' thing- we ever witnessed, Finally, silence en'sued,' and the distinguished stranger proceeded.' ' He said; .Fellow-citizens: Although belonging to a different goyernment, 1 feel that! may call you fcMoic-cilizens. ( Applause, and cries of " we are , fellow-citizens and v intend to remain so.") Yes, saiil lw, we are fellow-' citizens not only fellow-citizens, but bone of one lne, and flesh of one flesh. South-Carolina has only got a little, ahead of her Northern sister in the race of deliverance from Black Republican tyranny.. She ex pects J-oii soon to come along with her. ("We'll come.") I "--"'' ' .1 i South-Carolina has only got a little ahead of you in maintaining the rights tf a common people, Though ; much abused, she lias outlived infamy, and to-day her history stands, vindicated, before the eyes of the world. He felt proud of this reception: but what else could h? have expected, in a land that gave - birth to free-, doih and equality the land of "the Maeons, the Ashe's the C as wells' and the Davises ? He'hadJi)een appoint ed a Coiumissioher to the '.Convention of North-Caro-liiia, and he hoped and believed that it would not be Iohg before, h!$ would be honored with the privilege of meeting that -Convention. He was sure it would not. lie read from the history of North-Carolina, as well as in the faces of this' people, that it would not be t long he fore North -Carolina, like South-Carolina, would assfert her rights, and place one .more star in the galaxy of Southern States. The . remembrance of the 'scenes of Mecklenburg, on the 20th of May, 1775, confirmed .him in' this belief. . ' - 'i' He hoped that no citizen of North-Cardliua, like his aged friend from Virginia, Edmund Rufiin, would be compelled to leave his native State, the land of his birth, tine, ashes of his 'ancestors, in or'd'er that he may. find a borne among common friends. (At the men -;iori of his name three cheers were given' for Edmund liuum.) j:-. : ' ' : ''.? ' South-Carolina has seceded. She has cast off the yoke of oppression. She. bids you come with her. We are anxious for you to come, notwithstanding the lohgue of slander has told you that wediave no sm pathywith you. We love jrou as a sister, and wede- iipeyour eoiiipitinousiup. iui, io liiuuee you lo re- lain m a Blfck Republican government, 3Tou are told v the delamers ot South-Carohua, that our citizens are groaning. under a load of taxes. Such an assertion is false, even though it come from ex-Governors and disappointed candidates for Governor it is -false.; (Prolonged and deafening applause.) .' lie asked, has South-Carolina been precipitate in leraeiion ? He thought not. If. she had been pre cipitate six other States had followed her example; Imt she hail not been precipitate. She told the Repub licans that if they elected Lincoln, she would go out. She vould -have been" false to her principles,-and false t the rights of the South, had she submitted. When t ie vote was put in the Legislature of South-Carolina, " will you have a Convention' out of 170 men, there was not a single dissenting voice. His State was an dnitj in this matter. May the time soon dome when the same may be said of your State. He be lieved that it would. The time is not far distant when North-Carolina will, add her star to the Hag of the Confederate States, which now floats "in your town. (Applause.) He hoped North-Caroliuai would catch some of the fire of tlie venerable Edhmud Ruffing who, lis believed, had :bfcen at most df -the Conventions when the : Ordinances of sepession were passed. That dis ti l.gujsbed gentleman told . him on several occasions tliat.j-if Virginia Would not secede, he would leave her borders, for he never intended to be a subject of Abra ham Lincoln. He kept his word most faithfully, for, fr -in the liest informatimi. on the subject, Mr. Ru-ffin arrived in South-Carolina just one hoor 58 minutes ami a8 seconds bejtore the uiauuvatioii (Laughter and applause.) He hoTed of Lincoln. no citizen of North-Carolina -Would be compelled to leave liis onti v. Uy, because of the deeisio.n of his people, to prefer Abraham Lincoln as. a, ruler, and Black Republicans as brethren, rather than Jeff. Davis arid their natural brethren of the South. . : . . ; jYou have waited aiid- watched long enough ; you haiv-c wooed long enough, i, N youth ever followed his lady-love with. "more patient anxiety, and less favor fri m her, than have, the Southern States the North ; ye ;,S for every proposal of peace they have received an in4ultf-and for every expression of devotion to.ihe Uiiion; they have been mocked. After all this, 'is'. it not time for North-Carolina to cut loose? voices 3'esl ! yes!! . le Spoke of the secession of South 'Carolina ; that in passing her ordinance , the Omvention yas a uuit. Your women; said he, are for secession. They are for Southern 'Rights, and were the vote taken to-morrow they, would vote to carry the State out of this black rejiblican Union by thousands. Applause. j The wonwii are always right. If there is anything in this wofld a Wonian hates it "is a coward, or a man who wilj not ronteiid ibr his rights. That's s6. Yes fellow-citizens, the women are for secession, ami v.mr meili will, vote f r it at no distant day. You are bound to.gc tluj with the fx.uth. .lhey are your natural allies are your brothers and vour sisters thev aw -oujr;ins and your daughters; and thev 'have a'phice in their hearts for you at your c wiling and. besides tboj have a vacancy upon the flag ,.f the Confedelate Mates tor the Old .Nortii State: will she till h of 4shti will I" he . .wiU'in sho 'A;t-i.A. her pwition with her sisters of the South, or she must, remain the tail of a black republican government mi lder Abraham .Lincoln. " ' , j. .'.,,: j - atw? speaker here referred to the means of Lincoln's election, and to hU , creeping, into the City'of Wasfi-; jingtbn, and compared that '"old thing,",; as he c died J.ihooln. to flie lx)d. gallant, cliivalrous Davis, PresiJ Jdenti of the Confederate States." Which of' these Presidents, he iisked. do tlie. people prefer ? 1 Davis all the time-! , 1 ' ?- M. allutled to the reports which the croakers had ut in circulation against South Carolina relative to taxation. If was said bv her defamer -that. I..r Ie.-.je were groaning uifder taxation, tiiiswas untrue'; but le.cuuld sAv tliis!nii'ieli if amM.iAn v.v,i i ! everything, the lx-onle would have borne "th Imr. rather; than the disgrace of vicldihfr t.n acnvnTninnni ien tdiat did: not acknowledge their rights. -'It, was said nh-k e? Sat the neSr,,tls Wulllli become discontent. 1 his lud likewise proved false, for the negroes who went; to lhe F orts at Charleston, each, on returning to his master wore a. red cockade. South-CarolituTdid note to the cost of liberty. The old men gave of their i.means sons enlisted and went to the rescue with the mother's kiss yet warm upon their cheeks -youn men went with the prayers of their nm to inspire them, each kith the i Roman matron who told her - son to come home with his shield, or come upon it. '' .' i He" said that Gov. Pickens had been abused for Lis course m not attacking" Fort Sumter; but' humanity w..uld acknowledge the praderice of his action, While, he had maintained the dignity and honor of JSouth Carolina he : had not needlessly sacrificed the sous of gallant mothers, j r- . ' He referreil to the Forts in North-Carolina, saying that it would be better for the citizens of the State to possess them nowj than permitting thom to pass into: the bauds Ot aOOlinou iorces auu hiicu wj gusi me uves of thousands of North-Carolina's best men , to retake thera.i They were -not huilt for the subjugation or ; intimidation of the States, bijt for their protection. Will you allow a black republican force to menace jOUr seaports? To inspect your commerce and to '. -1 -. 1 a i r i .1 ' hold your State in military suojecuou r Liei; mem try it! -, ? ' "- l x i Mr. Moses spoUli for more than ah hour, arnid the most enthusiastic applause, and convincing every man present, w-e presume, that it would be to the interest of North-CaroIina, as well as all the Southern States, to join the Southern Confederacy The reportej does not presume to gfve anything more than a mere out line of this great speech nor have we written out all our notes. . At th ? conclusion of this speech, Edmund Ruffin,; the venerable farmer of Virginia, was conducted to the stand-by the Hon j W. S.jAshe, who introduced him to the audience. That venerable old gentleman, whose flowing white locks fell about his neck; but whose ace beamed with the enthusiasm of youth, pro ceeded to address the' audience. ' He said, he came as a spectator, and not to take pare in the proceedings. He appealed before this large au dience in no public, character whatever.' He was but a plain! citizen, thpugh he claimed for himself no par ticular State he was a citizen jof the giorious Confed eracy of the South.' He was not a talking man, and least of all was he. prepared to respond to so flattering a call at this moment. He would, however, refer to some puiints which his honorable friend touched rin the course of his abje and eloquent remarks. " He proceeded to show that the so-called border States, were entirely powerless in this Union, and while they might not have the power, constitutionally, to abolish slavery in the States, the day was not far dis tant when, by the introduction of new States, the North would have that power. He showed that, as the bor der States became more and more free-soilized, slaves would b!e transported: South, to the, amount, of mil lions off dpi lars; until the great burden of taxation would fall upon the land and the working classes'. Such a State of things would involve the country in bankruptcy. . : ' Mr. Rufiin alluded to the fact ofbeing in the Con vention jof South Carolina when tke'ordi nance of se cession jras passed. He said, whenfthT ordinance was introduced not a voice was heard for some moments. Not a vji;e-was heard by way pf. comment, objection or amendment, and when the vote Was put, one hun dred and seventy. men, the whole Convention, voted aye making a unanimous vote. Since that time he had spent much time in South Carolina, and he had yet to hear the first word of complaint or objection to that action, whatever you mayihear in the papers. to the contrary. It is false that the people of the South ern Confederacy are dissatisfied with 'their new gov- ernnieutJ They are. the most satisfieil people in . the worldy and they ask only to be let alone, to work out their future greatness., Mr.. Ii. concluded by' making a few remarks rela tive to the forts in ; North-Carolina. He thought, if they werje reinforced by federal troops, that reinforce ment woiild be for the sole purpose of intimidating the State. - . ." i . .-'. ! . ' - " ' Mr. Mayers, of Meckleaburg, said, lest there might be some idoubt whether the-Tth. Congressional District was represented, he would callbn his friend Dr. Young of Iredell. j ; xv Dr. Young responded to the callsaMy and eloquent !y, recounting the wrongs -whicli themith have en dured, and appealing to the peoplA of NorthCarolina to discard old party names, break flown old party finesj and unite! as one icople in defenceof SoutheriMlights:. He alluded to South-Carolitia, lis an example ofxtlie propriety; of such a course. There were . no parties there, and the consequence was! that all were Souths Carolina men. Old "parties must ;be broken down, and all Southern Rights men 'must ml?et -upon .a common .platform.) He was proud to meet here -"men of all the old political parties. The venerable President andhinhsClf .had. belonged to opposite parties heretofore, but he was proud that, to-day, they stood side by side upon a common platform. ' ' - - The meeting took a recess until 7i o'clock, P, M. I: ' . j w EVENING SESSION. The meeting re-assembled at 7J o'clock, thc 'Presi-. dent in the Chair. - ' ' '. The fol If wing resolution offered by Mi, pigpen, of Edgecolnbe. -w s adopted. .'" . UesolceH, That a list of Representatives, present frojn the various oouuties be furnished to the Clerks, and the same be recorded as members of this body. A call vas made for V. C: Barringer, Esq., of Ca barrus. - : ; ' Mr. Barringer said he thanked God for this day. He thanked God, that hq had lived to see theday when it 'might be hoped that a North-Caroliiiian would not be required to leave his native land in order to free himself from the shackles. of an unjust party govern ment. It 'was a bright day in the history of the Old North State. The light was breaking, and he hoped swn to see the bright day of deliverance. He .would, not leave j his old mother. Hej would not forsake the land of his fathers, but he wished to see that land, ere many months, a portion of that glorious Southern Confederacy wiiich lies on our borders. . He alluded to his-: venerable friend from Virginia, Mr. Ruffhi, and hoped,, that although now au'exile from his native State, he might yet; see her freed from Black Republican rule, aud that, when at last he fell, it might he, to repose' his ashes in'jtjie soil of Virginia, beneath th( flag if the Southern Cohfederay. ' These Silbmissionists, said he, want us to leave the j. HIIU jacU C IAJ ACL-p til OillUl der Black Republican rule, would be glad for S( Rights men'. to leave the State, but we will no Ntate. lhose who desire to keen' North-Carolina un- Southern not do it." We will carry the State with us. i H bnlievef-l. that . - ' , r J before the Autumn leaves had fallen, North-Carolina will have taken her position . with her sisters of the South. j ; j ..--': i ." , He contended that the people of Nxirth-Carolina had been educated in error. This might sound harsh , yet, it was true, nevertheless. We haVd been taught that we owe allegiance to j the Union. 1 This is false. We owe no allegiance, to the. Uuion. . We do nut,swear to support the jUnion, but, to siipport the O institution. We owe allegiance to North-Carolina. The great difficulty with which tlie Southern Rights party had to contend 'in the recent election, was in al lowing the adversary to state questions for us. The issue was falsely put.: It was made "union'!' or '"dis- union," when the fact was, there was ho Union. The Union had bieen broken up, and the real and true issue was, to which government will North-Carolina belong: with -the; free and happy South or ;with an kbolition- 1 hat is the issue. t ho home, therefore, friends, that thev must meet this ques aiKi toil your tion boldly, and- face to face. The Union is dissolved. and there- could he no reconstruction. '"'.Patrick Henry t!d the tories of his day, that a reconstruction. of the government with Great Britain was impossib e. It is so now'. " Watch and wait," said the tories, and Par liament may redress our wrongs -that is the bry now.. Do not be deceived by this cry. Our forefathers did not believe' it4they 'could nof be deceived, and history has shown that they acted wisely in not listening to the cry of '-waMi and wait." There is no more hope of reconstrurting tldsigovernment, than there was in ; the days of '?6, of reconstructing with "the, British government..!' "'..'. .. - . He 'called the attention of the people to the striking 'analogy bet ween the present grievances of thi South ern people, and the complaints of the .Revolutionists, and showed that our forefathers were less' forbearing than we had been. He alluded to the action1 of the Peace Congress, denouncing its.' so-called compromise as a cheat and a swimlle upon the South, which, as un satisfactory as it wai to the South, had been Rejected by tlie North. . v Mr. IV. in conclusion, paid a beautiful com alimerit to the ladies .of North -Carolina, and said that much depended upofi thetn in this crisis.1 , If they would but act well their part, this abolition storm will be met with all the patriotism and zeal that animates the .Anglo Saxon heart, and our good old, State wiSl soon add another star to the galaxy of the Southern con stclla ion. Applause. ; i : Loud and prolonged calls were made for the Hon. D. K. McRae, who responded in a few, remarks, in which he endorsed the action and speeches of the meeting. He said it had been said j the leaders of the "watch' arid wait" partv that it was a haA omen or tne success of a cause when he, Mr. McRae led in he movement: and lest there might be some truth in the remark he preferred giving place to others. He indicated his willingness to address the meeting at a subsequent tune, and gave way by calling upon O. P. Meares, Esq., of Wilmington. v j Mr. Meares addressed the meeting at length, and with ability.. So afeo, did Mr. Schenck, bf Lincoln, and Mr. lox, of Mecklenburg, but of these speeches, we took mi notes, atid therefore cannot do them the compliment of an extensive notice. Their speeches were eloquent and full of the fire of patriotism. At the coriclusioQ of these . speeches the meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock on Saturday. - I SATuWy, io o'ciLk. -List of gentlemen; present: from various Counties were hapded. m and ; it wa .ascertained that about twenty-five Counties1 were represented, besides the County ofxWayne, by about two hundred and fifty or three hundred persons. I I On- motion of Mr. Schenck the name of Gilbert Dickson, Esq., was klded to the list of Vice Presidents. -1 Hon. Burton; Craige oh behalf, of the Committee apixiinted to prepare resoltitioiis for the action of this ; meeting, made tlie following report which was unani- mously adopted, the resolutions being voted upon seriatim:' J j' '' :-; ; ; - WHKREAsrThe Genpral Assembly of the State of North Carolina, recently in"pession, passed, by the constitutional majority, anj aci aathorising the people of the State, in their : j discretion, th call a Convention for the consideration of the relations of th State of .North-Carolina to the Federal ' Government or agency of the United States, and to the f different States composing the. Union or Confederacy known as the United States; land whereas, the citizens of North Carolina, ardently attached as they have been and still are to the institutions under which they have been raised, and which havejbeun transmitted to them from their revolu tionary ancestors, have, in some cases, beeri unavailing, to recognize; the fact that these constitutions, and the 'true, principles uplon: which! they were founded, have been totally subverted, or if such fket were recognized, have still. hoped that some plin'of compromise or reconciliation might yet be agreed upon'; and, whereat, further events have suffi ciently and; most conclusively shown that so far all efforts to obtain any proper; and satisfactory guarantees for the protection m the threatened rirhts of, the Southern States (and North-Carolina claims to be in the fullest sense of the word. a Southern and; not merely a border State,)' have failed, and e b'elieve'will fail, be it . Therefore?. Resolved, That the interests, as well as the ; honor, of jNorthj-Carcjlina naturally and imperativelv de inand thai !her political connection hereafter should be with her sister States bf the South and not with the States j of the North, opposed to her as theyjare in social institu tions ana in pecuniarv interests, ana enemies as tney nave shown them'selve? to bb in both relations. j 2. Resolved That we respectfully recommend. the forma-. lion of an drganizatiou, to be known as the Southern Rights 'Party of Northtparofina, whose 'object it shall be to dis seminate the. facts and present jhe arguments bearing ; upon this issue-to the jpeople of every county in the State of North-Caroling, believing that Avheri the facts prior as well as subsequent toUhe day of election (28th, February, 1861,) are fully understood, jthe citizens of Ndrth-Carolina will reconsider i fheiij ! acticin and demand frbm their nerrant, jthe Governor;aatt Gt'niei al Assembly an opportunity to so j express their Wishes through;the ballot box. ?' 3.- Revolved,, That fir the purpqser of .disseminating these facts and pi-eseniing the aiunientsdeducibl therefrom, we suggest-1st;" Tliat; th preaident of this Meeting appoint a 'State Executive! Committee, consisting of two from each j Congressional 'rji'strici, whose duty it shall be to adopt all ' honorable and proper ftieasures for: carry ing out the objects and defending thjprinbiples of the Southern ttights voters ;of North-Cai oliiia. ! j I I - 4. Reiolvedj Tlidt we fespectfully recommend to the Sonth i.ern Rights; citizt'ii4 of leach county -in thejState to form, at ;thtj earliest; pracHcable time, county organizations, whose proper executive; liicer shall correspond with the Southern .Rights State Executive Committee. ! : i 5. Resol end, ' That the forts of the Federal Government on the soil 6f; North-Carolina were intended to defend and ipfoteet and riot tip ihenafe and subjugate her citizens, and that any adiditipnal ; forces placed in such forts, not simply without the -eqitest', hut against the wishes of the people and of the authorities ;of the State, must be regarded as 'a menace, and as' a preliminary step to subjugation, which, as North-CarplinariSi' we must not only denounce, but in the last resort resist at all hazard. , ; ., In aceordnblj iwith the third resolution the follow ing gentlerhen ere chosen' as an: Executive Committee o tne Southern:; mghts .party ot JNorth-Uarohna. to carry out the objectsjpf said resolution.! , .. . ; The: Presideufiiof. the meeting was made Chairman ,e ufficio o said;lC(.rnmittee. . ', .' f I 1 i I KxECdTivE Committee 1st Distli ;jiJi, Jlohnson, VMtvillti, Perquimans ; H. M. Shawj Indian riwn, Cutrituck. i 2'i ZW.-HJ(hp L. Bridgers,' Tar boro', Edgcombe; D.r. Mdtonl Selby. rlde. . A3d Disl0. P. Meares liake, Richip.hd. j ): New; Hanover: "W. F. 4thl)ixtb-hltt: Pritle .Jones, Orange toiij WVirreh.1 JH i'I '.. ; .' F. A Thorn- "bih' Di.st..J, 1. S. McLean, Guilford ,Sam'l P. Hilt Cavejlf ; j . . ' . , 4ilh Dist&-lb$ tockton, Iredell ;' Col. Sam. Har- . grave, DavidsoiiJ ifs-,-..-' ' . ': '': ; i 7i j9t.lliipipt 113. Hammond, Ansoil ; Rufus '.Barringer, Cabarrus, j x ': 1 ! Stfi. Dist.XiViG M. Avery, Burke;; N..AV. Wood fin, Ikinconllx1. ; . 5 Mr. Craigejb(iigfC died upon ;dclivered one of the ablest aud most Hmcliisive speeches we; ever hiiard.- He thoroughly- cKilosud the wickednesH of the Plack Republican partyt -tleir' jjbjccts iind aiiTs, and showed how.futiie it vnS ito ekpect to make anything by com promising a'fi idijgcriwith theni.; He ekposed.the de- prpmising any -kHigervitu tnem. tie exp formity of thj scf:all(d Pea.-e ' l.'ongress Compromise, and said it winill hof could not 'satisfy the, .South. i The North, lie said, -ivould not yield to the South her rights, and fihp dn:y way to settle the dj he dty, was to "Separate frohilthein. j Mr. C. spoke at great length to an enthusiastic iii lience. . ' . j in the aftejliooh, Vir. McRae addressed the meeting. Ile'saidhe hall ie used to respond to the repeated and fjatjtering calTsj wl ichjhad bee.n made upon him, not hecause he was In lifferent as to 'the cause, but from, a esjre to. hear ptju rs speak, who were here from a dis tance. He hejsila ed iot to saT- lie was for secession by the shoiie4t jr )iitc possible. . lie considered it a degradation ti re iiai l in a Unioii .presided . over by such a man as j Jjiijricj-ilianil he was -for taking the sliortest route out id. Ite alluded to Lincoln's 'Presi dential tour-JrphV ')rugti.eld - ito the -.National Capital, bringing dowrt thuiidbrs of applause as; he satirically omimenfed upbit ijlhejold rail-splitter's creeping into Washington;!: f :j i. . . 1 During Mh itc iliie's remarks; he waps interrupted by the presentatiyi j of ja beautiful bouquet "to t he Hon -; Mr.'?Moses, '0 .Soup-aFolina, by: the yiung ladies of Croldsboro' f Tlits Hvas one of the most interesting -features of; the;ttd)e proceedings.' J , N X i -L.;'J.-Johrisonl E4ql, -Aice-President, presented it in behalf (f. thlluti(i iii a most gallant speech. " . j Mr.:Moserqsrioded in amost beautiful and com-. pUnientary niahiieif ;to the ladies. He j told them he wias proud to! sec 'thJa there, for it proved to him that their liearts weroHnjie great cause of Southern rights. Women governed thj world at last, aud it was all im portant that, in: r4atjtr of so -much momeut, we should have their aid itod sJtliues. The hand that, rocks the cradUvsaid W, rilepje country.:' His remarks were well received) by !tB! ladies and enthusiastically ap plauded by the malojiportiou of the audience. . , jln this eouii3qtidii:it will not be amiss' to state that, throughout tlid en;ii-iieetin'g the galleries! of the.Oairt-: house, and frequent the jury boxes were filled with old Wayne's beatvtifjia daughters, .whose teaming faces proved how delighfeii ' they were -'at the scenes that wqre ibeing en kctudj May; the 'daughters 'of North Carolina nevet" have i;Iuse to' be ashamed of the action of j her. sons in yield.nii her rights to the aggressions of Black liepublan smj . G-eh. Greene, .'of y$irren, Mr. Englehard, of Edge combe, Dr. Wilco, 6f Halifax, and Mr. Bunn, of Wjlson, w'ere seyeralit called upon and delivered elo quent and soul-stijrifa speeches. ' It was resolved, Iptimotion of Mr. Englehard,! that when this meetipg aourn, it do adjourn to. meet in Cfyrlotie on thftiiljAtay next. i: i I After a vote of tjlfai!ks to the officers of the meeting and to.ther(jcWsp(V'Brass' Baud,! which!' was' preserit during the whole tirnfl, discoursing' soul-stirring jairs, mi(ier;the leadership: '0 Prof. Whitaker,) the meeting adjourned to tneet n Charlotte on the 20th day of May -birth day pf dependence, i ; ! We h ive thus givetij a brief report of the proceed ings pf the Grand MasjjiSleetihg of the Southeni Rights men, ,who met at GoUlsboro' on the 22ud and 23d insl Taking pt frohijljegiuning to close, it was one ojf the largest, niost; 'attentive and most enthusiastic meetings that it has been our good fortune toj at ten. We saw nor jerd)f anymnpleasantness we saw! nor heard fofaiiyDSivision of sentiment we saw no pnion men,' nor ari secession but all were South ern iRights meh Wetmined to have their rights or take the shortest cut that would lead North-Carolina " out iof this Black JReptilican Union. . it' was indeed Hi glfirious meeting the good ;old spirit of 1776 Was;fulljiarousetl 4he fires of inde)end enc4 were rekitidletL idid the ball fairly put in motion to place North-Catoria side by side with her sister Southern States. ; :i ., i The citizens of Wayrie, and especially of Goldsboro', deserve great credit fof being the means of inaugura ting! a new and enthusiastic impulse fn North-jCaroli- na. I May the oall whit n tney nave set in motion roll on, until the State'has chosen to prefer Jeff Davis to Abe Lincoln for President. . We must riot omit to state that thecommitte oi ar- rangementsiiad had mae'e. and run Upi, amost beau tiful flag of the Southern anTederacy which noarea from the top of. a pole over 100 feet high. The flag contains seven -stars and three stripesjtwo red aud one, whitetnetJmon in blue' ground.' -j ' Messrs. Gregory and Granger and Jj. B Whitaker are entitled to the thanks of the large crowd of strangers who visited Goldsboro',. for the very hospita ble manner m which they were entertained. The Re porter here tenders hia thanks .to Mr. Gregory, oi tne Gnswold House, for kindly attention. ,'' ,; ."" '" :!'-.! ' ' m 1 - -.V.I SPEECH OF HON. JOHN C. BRECKENEIDGE, Delivered in th 'l. . S. Senate, on the ISth of March, 1861. 1 rORtS IN THB SECEDING 8TATK5. , The "Vice Presiderit. . Does the Senator fFom Kentucky move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution indi cated by himself? , Mr. Breckinridge. Yes, sir. i The motion' was a creed to ; and the Senate resumed the consideration of the following resolution, submitted by Mr. Douglas on the 13th instant : ' i ' Resolved, That, the Secretary bf War. pe requested to inform the Senate what forts, arsenals, niavy -yards, and other public works within the limits of the States of South Carolina, Geqrgia,! Florida Alabama, Mississippi, Louis iana and Texas, are now within the actual; possession and occupation of the United States and by what number of men each is garrisoned and held, and whether reinforce ments are necessary to retain the same ; and if so, whether the Government has the power and means, under existing1 laws, to supply such reinforcements withh such time as the exigencies , and necessities of. the case may demand ; and whether the defence and protection pf the United States and their interests make it necessary : and wise to retain military possession of su$h forts, places, and other propertv, except at Key West and Tortuga, and to recap ture and reoccupj such others as the United Statts have been deprived; of by seizure or surrender J for any other purpose, and! with! a view to any other end than the subjur gation and occupation of those States which have assumed the right to secede from the Unin, and within whose limits such torts and other public property are situated ; and, if such be the motives for recapturing and holding the forts, and other public property, what military force, including regulars and volunteers, would be necessary to enable the United States! ito reduce the States aforesaid, and such others as are supposed to sympathize with them, to subjec tion and obedience to the laws of the Union, and to protect the Federal capital. ' " ; ! The pending; Question being on the motion of Mr. Clark, to strike out all after the words "United States," where they first occur j inj the following words : ' "And by ivhat number of" men each is garrisoned and held, and whether reinforcements are necessary to retain the same ; ani if 'so,, whether the' Government has the power and means, under existing laws, to slupply such re- inforcements within such time as the exigents and neces sities of the case may demand; and whether the defence and protection; iof -the United States and thtir interests make it necessary and wise to retain military possession of such forts, places, and other property, excepit at Key Westv 1 and Turtusrasi and to recapture and reoccubv such' others as the United States have been' deprived off by seizure ort surrender, tor: any ptlier purpose, and with a view to any other end thaii tHej subjugatiou and occupation of those States which have assumed the right to secede from the Union, and within whose limits such forts arid other public; property are situ a ted:, and. if such be the motives for re-; capturing and jhblding the forts and other public property, what military force, including regulars and volunteers, would be neeeijsiryjto enable the Lnited States to reduce the States aforesaid, and such others as are supposed to sympathize with them, to subjection and obedience to the laws of the Union, knd to protect the Federal capital." ' Mr. Breckinridge!. Mr. President, it is not my purpose to trespass, long ;upOn the patience of the 'Senate: but it seems to me, in ;th present anxious and distracted condi tion of the country, .that this body should not adjourn : Without expressihg some opinion uKn the condition of af fairs, and without giving some advice which may tend to allay the public , apprehension. , In the ollicial relation which I have occupied to the Senate, I have beeii of necessity a silent spectator of the scenos" passing before us. Since the Congress met, the 'Confederacy has been dismembered ; and, sn-, I have sat, as it seemed 6 mej looking at a drama thijit was rapidly enacting itse'lf'Whil many who might have Contributed to direct its course were either indifferent or paralyzed. : At a, very early period of the session, a nunjiber of gentle men (of whom fwai the humblest) made strjenuous efforts to have some measure brought to the attention of the Sen ate, and passed by it, to furnish the basis if a thorough , and satisfactory Adjustment. Unhappily, al those efforts failod. I foresaw, o thought I foresaw, at an early period ot tlie session, that s'they would all betufile; and accord ingly ,- more than tvio months ago, in a brief letter that I. had occasion tq' write to the Governor of Kentucky, I stated that, in ifly opinion,- no thorough and satisfactory plan of adjustment would be proposed b- Congress to the States. Unhappily,) that, sir, and other predictions in that letter, have been verified bv the result and no man can regret it more sincerely than I do. And now, the other branch of Congress having adjournedj, I should re gret to see tliis body depart the representatives of the States without ifhe expression of some opinion, or giving some advice which might tend to allay the exicitement and apprehensions of !the!pubiic mind. ; , . " Then, sir, as f t iseemed to me, and as" I saifi,the imme diate" question was one of ' peace or war. It remains the immediate question. j As it was then, so it is to-day. Whatever ''may ii tlie possibilities of an ultimate adjust ment that may reunte ail the States, unquestionably the immediate; question now is one of peace or war. .The issue, will depend upon' ihe! policy of the present Administration. What is that poffpy, 3j About, this opinions seem to be di vided, Th-j. Sen;! tor from Illinois Mi. Douglas construes the inaugural of the President to mean peace and concilia tion. The Senator from Maine .Mr. Fessenden also says it means peace and' Conciliation. The President himself certainly uses geijfral terms -of conciliation, snd expresses a desire foi- harmony and peace: bat it becomes us, .sir, to inquire what kind iof peace i'u:emt, and upon what terms that peace is to be obtained. We sliould not dt-lude our .selves, nor should ! thw ciiuntrv be deluded, bv treneral de- clarations in favOr of course -6V policy is to c,oiiciliation. and puacei unless tliat b2 pursued which willlsecure these results, I regret, sir, that Tf have not 'been able to poristrue the inaugural address of the President as it has been construed by other Senators.1 - freely admit, and I am gratified to be able to say so, thatithe general expressions Employed by that eminent gentloiian were expressive of a desire for conciliation, for havipony, and.the prevention of bloods , shed ; but. fear jthaj; the' policy , which he &eems it diis duty to pursue must inevitably result in a collision of arms and in the effusion of blood, unless it is afiseiitially modi fied. I will occupy bjit a moment in reading jthat portion of the inaugural iwhich seems to be the key of the Presi dent's policy on thisl important point. Aftijsr declaring that no State or States have-a right to separat themselves from -the Union, and that all resolves and ordinances to that effect are void, and that acts of violence within any . State or States are.either insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstjances that is to say, I "uppose,; ac cording to the number engaged and the magnitude of the movement he .proceeds to say: .. . "I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is u'nbi-oken ; and. to the extent of inv ability. I shall itako care, as the Constiltution itself expressly enjoins upon 'm-, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States. Doing this I. deem to be! only a simple duly, bn -my part; and I shalj perform it, so, far as practicatjie,) unless my rightful iriasters the American people-j-sliatl withhold the requisite means, or, in; some authoritative manner, direct the contrarj-.; I trust this will not bej regarded as a menace, but, only as the .declared purpose of fth. Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintaini itself. f In doing this there fieeds to be no bloodshed or violence ; and there shall be horie, unless it be forced upon the na tional authority, "The power confided to me will be used to holdr occupy, and possess the property and places be longing to the Government, aud to collect the) duties and imposts ; but. beyond what may be necessary for these ob jects, t,here will be no invasion? no using of force against or among the people kny where. Where hostility to the United States, in any interior locality, shall be so great and universal as fcbj prevent competent resident citizens from holding the Federal oifices, there Will be ho attempt to force obnoxious Strangers among' the people for that ob ject. While the stiict legal right may exist in the Govern ment to enforce the; exercise of these offices, the attempt to do so would be so ; irritating and so nearly impracticable withal, that I deem it better to forego for thi time, the uses of such offices." I ; j And again : towards 'the close of the address!,' be says; 'f In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. 'The Government will not assail yon. You can have ho conflict without being yourselves the aggressors." y The leading idea; very clearly put forth in what I have readf is, that the'' President does not recognize, in 'any sense, "the-existence of another! confederacy of States upon this continent, but that he regards all the proceedings in the lower southern States! as insurrectionary and revolution ary, and as the illegal acts of certain "dissatisfied portions of' his feilow-countryrnL'il," merely ; and that it U his pur pose, to the extent o'f the! power confided to him as the Ex ecutive of the United States, to execute the laws in all the states, including those which have assumed to withdraw. Beyond tlie power necessary to collect the dutie and im posts, and; to maintain', hold, and occupy the forts and other places within tho!e States, and to execute the lart s within their borders, " theijri will," he says, "be no invasion, n,( nsing of force among or i against the people anywhere." The inference is irresistible, that, to whatever extjent force or invasion may be necessary to collect imposts arid duties, to hold and maintain the forts' and. other places within those States, arid to execute the laws, force and invasion will be employed, he deeming it to be a simple, plain, cons stitutional duty to do so.i It is true, sir, that the president has qualified these clear and emphatic declarations by the following language :; j The course here'indicjated will be followed, unless cur rent events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper; and in every case and exigency my best discretion will be exercised, according to circumstan ces actually existing! and with a view and a hopeofa peace ful solution of the national troubles, and the restoration of fraternal sympathies and jaffections." I take that qualification to mean that he will not under take to execute the laws tor to hold the forts and other places within the withdrawing States, whenever icircum etances shall show his inability, to do so. Otherwise, and' if it means that he will not undertake to exercise these functions if he believes that the effect' would be further to irritate the public mind and to make the hopes of a peace ful solution more doubtful, then the course of the Presi dent, undoubtedly would be to pursue that policy which would prevent all irriUtion, and the .u. . cmnsion or oiooasneo ; i consU-Ud whipi niw V the leading idea of the inaugural t . ' i first -ul ' F duty and his purpose to bold tS twu T y S i' ' imposts, and to execute the laws- WT &m.H ' H be modified only by the necessities ot ti thU P"l -v?1 Otherwise, the noli r ! " ol.he. case. Fi c and immediate. - ' t vj iuc . i r. It wnuld be to withdraw1 d U cease to make confederate States, The viewtw.u-,tnt strengthened by the rPflanna Z "I Ills - --TV. taAfn . i rrL" . j:r7T ' '".as,'ua- otbecau ; " of the Admmration, the holding OTaS 1" the public mind and Tender cone il&l'n i r n.roIifKoillt. hnK.. . J..T n.?Il,"t"'n Wirt 1 'U''! more difficult; but because, with th forces now at the command of the Exeo r rV an'' docs not exist to penetrate in K n. t,utlVe. the ""inir other side of the Chamber know that ii tlTV1, th military, not a polidcal reason. Unlels th 1 M President is to employ force to thjextnt J"IT' "( 'h tne torts ana to execute the law? h V r"? t- Then sir. I think t .m i; A l" "Ulul Pa,'t.V.I W kin 1 n A ' ral to mean that the President will hoH th-2:,,e '""ci' places within the confederate teStates; thih7Ml the Jaws in all those States, and collect dutw tx''i-'' l,W)in HTtT,t k 1 ., .M ""HIS and IIY..... . In tho PxtfTlt nf hia niumw. n n 1 ii... ;r V i V f -.f""" mat wnerever i r rf tliu Hovia ciwl -v.. . a nu.(lifiril his necessities alone. : m resm,, Mr. Ppsiipllt.. in arlrliti'An 1 V . - 7 ,j iiiu reason fn r uating Fort Sumter, I may add that the IfXeVZ events around us impresses, me gloomily with h lt'"f" hension that it is not the purpose, or has not h.l ,Wrly. pose or policy of the AdminLtra'tion , to Turtl " 'lu' I'T which will prevent the possibility of bloodsLl Wh " fo biU passed during the last session for a certain n. 1 t,, steamers oflight draft and of heavy amament ?'ir "f it was suffffested there con .l . wilier DitrTta i. press oi tne dominant partv iu around to hope that the Wliw t k r r. " -i ii. . i- w Jtr uuiBUeU IS hill,, ,..!, will avoid collision and bloodshoH rrt.. ' . r n"'h i . . . 'ni in . i in ,,i Havaf that forca wiU not be used. I An "J Z. . US to h" those gentlemen at length ; but the - " " vic tun b 1 ... . Tr T 'nont'ii,n j ohn w in th Sttat Il i.L , "w l IP'Uleilla.t ""Y , Hal vujcui,, auuougn he breath- eral words of conciliation, declared, very reeei.fV ,, ?? floor of the Senate that )L AnA i 'lV. , U. "I'"1' the ii r ., ffcnik ior tne L nfi m I H mrn m Amur 1. .. T , v " fiorht. far hp Union Tf fhA k.., u.'- - K his views. I have never l.erH i, t ... 'T1C!U!l of V r"i . mvi c nan iicfri a n v- ...,l:f; .. V 1 reasury, the.Post master General, the A Uomey i,n 1' T ' - A 11 U n VTPIUM- . .V .1 1 opinions are unknown to me, is sunPosed by the ttmVrvE favor the pohev ot coercion; if it shall -become nLs"arV reducj? the Confederate States to obedience" ( I'may add that the very organization of this Striate the opinions continually expressed in our hearinr bv Z , i tors upon the other side, show that the purpose to! J uti iial'o c ci v inciiiiit-r in mar lohm.r . t j I " :v"r : iUC1:uci' government ver'th '"""jv.' urwHurjf, nTTie.organizati on of tin; uuuHHiiiws yi iujs uouy, mere is.scarnv a chain! ian whoso' Known opinions are not in tavor of tliolicv I cated. I have' scarcely heard one Senator upon fiave.iiiiti: at any time, express an opinion that dyes - not Mtify "Iny Then, sir, hit us not deceive ourselves or the I'- 4.:. qoutitrvj-4 m iiai is-meant dv peace 'f ilow is it to be obtbi incd ?i I aesire n as sincerely as any man, as I desire the I eunioQ of ail me states as sincerely as any man in AmeriH a., I'con- ,".,VlJ ?ua noi seen any hroad and prHdicM policy .which tends to secure thai result. We are ui or slant danger of collision and bloodshed. Perhai. in nJ other country -upon the globe could the same events have occurred without Producing the most disastrous and Uuo.lr " consequences. V e are liable at any time to hear of a !' iiuui.(iiui9.. xuc niguest political and, material nfor- 1 esis oiiuis country nave been tor verki, and are toclavv tne spqn gi accident and etiance. Siil let us establish snmw leading principle, and lot it ch l a W all it, nil.nnr nnnf..,., ces auerii. v.nat is uieMjue.-non V Shall the L'niou 1. maintained by arms? Shall.the aufhorWv of the Federal Government be asserted by fo,ce..nvoi' si-v-n Slaf'-s cim taining five million people, who ha ve orgauid th-i'nWlvw into a separate confederacy, with all tho mac-liin's'v ofg eminent in complete and regular .operation ? Tliat i tK. simple .question. It exhausts the whole yil.j 'ct 1 If i, peace or war. It is silly to take anv. lower vi-w 'of th question. If we mean to make wai'on th.'iii, l,-t n pareVor it. We are not prepared now. The ir.u t -, ,.,- torts and ymops throughout that confederacy- are i.e'f. .;). -tent for purposes of subjugation, and are signifi-'ati .i-i'V .as causes of irritation... -If the Federal Union is'to 1..- main tained by arms, let us get ready for the conflict. I;; 1 '.... executing the laws upon individuals, and collect iii , , iii-ai. jl,vi us cease to talk iM g:t:t!v-i nom oiitit-s urn represented in I'-vvin"- them, an will have no part in their experiditurt" If we w. Ul(l fill; ;' fl; iYls orawuie last-nope ot restoring the Union. let th De wuiiarawn irom the Confederate States, h "presence can accomplish no good, but will t-ertai duce incalculable mischief. ' Besides, siryou cannot disguise from rousclvcs rerth-ir f'pro-. Mi? fa ft uiat wnne seven Mates iave withdrawn" from th? I'nion, eignt orner Mates are discontented and gloomy arid Worn.- iMiJ,! iii Wrtirijiuu. -1 IH'ir COai'Af mar hP liotor-onnoJ li' halting policy is pursued, and a fort aban.lfm-d'h.-ile and. a ' (.oiupaui ai uu iiuiii-awn.tnercv under. t li. pjriiu in ruuuuiMmiwB, selling up an 'l-mpoetit claim t without the powor to do it, keping up a constant ft? rco dang 'r ot ccillisioii and tiloodshed : .it that -nnlirv'u ,nr..i,.a lisi-.n and '.bloodsh"d will occur: and! When it does. ! Mr. . President, you will have d st roved t he lt hope -which now remains of reuniting thu States: vou will hav d.'Htrovl , the last hoyye of maintaining, in its integrity, what is left' of the Coufedqracy.. . , t " v ': Sir, it may 'be presumptuous in me, but I shall tpcak plainly, yet with great respect.- I tlunk the Senate, rep resenting the States of this (mfederac-v, and being the con- -: stitufional adviser of the. President.' should advise !hijiii h resolution t. withdraw; the troojis" from the ('.niifeclei at. ; States, and to be careful not to collect forces in large muni' " bers in any of the Southern States,' nor to tak HnV-step t which would look like a menace to them; we should tln imt the who!;? question, where it really is, upon the chance of , negfitiation and amicable settleninnt. . The seveii States' ' who have gone out are a protest against (wee in an v form. '. From th3 eight Southern States that remain, making fifteeiv -in all, th.v o w also a prote st against force. Kenturk v,Tenn(- ' see, Virginia, and othei's.have, in direc-t terms andbVoVer- ' whelming majorities or their representatives, declared that . if force i employed they will consider the cause of Uh.w ' Stateg ;their own; and Maryland enndemned tosilenw ainidcones, that would move the utterance of a'mute yoicfless Maryland, unabK' to speak, Ipoks her1 Iprotect -against the pnlicy of coercion. . Thensir,' it may be un sullied that if this Administration propoS(!s to exec pt? the ' laws of the Federal Government w ithin the States that have , withdra.vn, it will array against it av, arid against the oh! f Union fifteen sovereign States of this Confederacy. Ihit. " sir, if the President, under the advice of the Semite! will : withdraw tnese scattered and impotent forcesrom th Coin federate States, he w ill give the country an assurance that , he really means peace. All good men will approve the act, I" and he will have adopted the only policv that leaves one' lingering hope of a constitutional' Union' that shall embrace the thirty-four States. - j , '- Mr. President, I shall vote with pleasure for the jresoliH tion of the -Senator' from Illinois, because its purpose seem1 to me to look in this direction.: I venture to add; however,, that it seems to me it would be wore direct and mo'rf efl-r ' tive if some Senator would introduce We a nisolutioh ex pressing it as the sense of the Senate that, under the cir cumstances which surround the coimtrv, it is the dutv of the President to withdraw al! the troops froin'the litriit.f of the Confederate States, and remove the, last possibility of; , collisipn and bloodshed. ' v . j 'i . I have spoken of the forts arid said nothing abi ut thci revenue, for obvious reasons. It is uuderstHKl that tli'j question was very thoroughly considered by the late Ad-1 . ministration, and the conclusion reached that?, undfi e- . isting laws, it will be impossible to interfere, bv taW"' . or otherwise, with the commerce of the Receded" Stilt; -s. 1 1 think, also, this fact was sufficiently demonstrated tlieotlier ' day by the Senator from Illinois'. Under existing law. ' the revenue must be collected within the ports. Mte f 1 the ports are in the possession of the United Statfk- It must be collected by Federal officers at thejrorts. No ofTt cers are there to act under the Federal laws. The t'ri dertt does not possess the right, nor has ho, the powfr, to Diocxaue tne ooutnern ports. 1 hen, sir, I apprehend' ttiere will be no interference upon the question of revenue. a:lca.-t ."until Congress meets and new latws are "enacted.- The sujr gestion of the Senator fi-ora ew York. (Mr. King,! that the imports and exports, to the amount of several fiuWi'd million dollars annuaU.v, might le stopped, under thej'hcad of preventing smuggling, is important only" as evidetice of the flimsy arguments on which gentlemen" rest their opm- j ions that anything can be done upon the question of reve-1 nue. ! Smuggling is the secret importing or exportiing of 1 goods contrary to law. There is no- law which prdvents ! these gcofh fi-orn going into the Southern ports. The (trade is not secret : it is ths open commerce of nations, carried inships and under flags; it has not one. f. atiire of smug- j fling,; and cannot be arrested upon any suc h ideas f Then, j apprehend we are in no preserit dang'-r of collision on the question of revenue, but only on the question of tht forts ; and it belongs only to this Administration and to iti kdvi1 sers in the Senate to say whether the country shall drift into war upon the question of holding a few soldier at a few forts within the limits of those States, only to be taken finally with'or without bloodshed. i " ' ButJ Mr. President, iftwecan pass that question foi the present, if the Administration, as ' 1 sincerely hope it may, will adopt a practical policy that w ill assure the' country we are to have peace Tor the present, then tliewjuc's-. tion arises, what are the chances of reuniting all the States, upon a thorough bais jof government? And upon that I shall trouble the Senate with a few obseryations. j. ' Mr. .President, for one, I prefer the present Federal Gov ernment, administered in the spirit of tha Constitution, to any othir Government on earth. I believe, thus adminis tered, it is the best Government on earth. 'J inherit,and all my life have cherished, a habitual and ccirdial attach ment to a constitutional Union, and now wo.iild be willing any day to die for it. But, while I believe, ''administered according to the trua principles of the Constitution, itithe best on earth, I also believe that, administered without the limitations cf the Constitution, and by the simple power of asectional majority, it becouief the worst on earth; andj for myself, neither in public nor in private life, will I ever on sent to sacrifice the principles of constitutional freedom, of municipal liberty, and of State equality, to the naked de: of Federal unity. ; , It is of the nature of all! great disputes to sift themseves. down to their underlying principles; and the time has come for us to determine whether this Federal Government can be preserved upon the principles 'of the Constitution, 'n my opinion, Senators, the Federal Government cannot) b restored or preserved upon the principle! which brought a peace yynyj , uk ui instantly withdraw th ? mtt-nd, that tort for political, not for military rea ,V("i military necessity is the only, ground- which Tt' n,i inent of Sumter is to be excused by the S "'W opposite trf me ; that is the only ground on 'Hf -T wlt ,,T cused by the public oress of th, 111 it u invade the shallow harbors of the SouthernStat' avowed on the other side that that was' the' iU J,8' U Ta should become .necessary. The whole tone of Vi lTV ,'1 not" 1' :4 f ! ' i i Ml ' i t:J ! ;). '.'T-- i- 'T'?Tf if ;
Daily State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.)
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