The North-Carolina standard., 1840-05-27
Washington City, May 18Th, 1910.

Mr. Editor Sir: For the benefit Of General
Harrison in the south, the aboltioniss in Con-
gress are more quiet than at former sessions, for
the last few years past They are afraid to
agitate the subject until after he comes in, should
he be elected, knowing how intimately connect
ed he is with the subject, and TO keep it alive
would be of vast injury to him in the South as
we'll as knowing that should they succeed in
quilting the south and prosper in eleVating their
iavorite, they would then have boundtess sway
in carrying out their unconstitutional and anti
southern views 1t will be said that the gag"
as they please to term those preVentives of the
presentation of abolition petitions to the House,
passed by northern Democrats, is the cause of
their quielude on the subject; but such has been
the case for several sessions, and who does not
recollect that Notwithstanding those guards of the
southern rights, placed around the House, that
on every petition day Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Slade
and others now in the support of General Harri-
son, the two named gentlemen particularly, used
every stratagem In their power and made labor
ed efforts to break through and pass those guards
TO innovae the rights of the south2 Ii is not the
case now. Mr., Adams, instead of keeping an
eternal row in the House about his dear aboli
ton petitions submits like every orderly mem
Der should do; hands over his bag of petitions
that the proper officer of the House may select
those that cannot be received under the rule and
return them to him, which he takes back with
out murmur; the time has been that such
would not have been the case Well, / am
pleased to see that it is so, and wish to see
linuance of quietude on that subject, and doubt
not but it will he the case but what the south
ern Harrison Wings calculate upon in the course
they are pursuing in investing their political
ca pital in abolition stock, can't divine That
the fanatics are for Harrison is what none but
the most hardy will pretend to deny and that
he is debted 10 them for his nomination and
will be- under deep obligations to them for his
success, should he be elected, all must agree -
And what then will be the state of things? In
that event will they not have made one long
stride towards the management of affairs? And
would they not be the same abolitionists when
in power that they have fully proven and avow-
ed themselves to be out of power2 | thiak no
one will doubi it. And what then may the soath
expect2 What ought to be thought of southern
gentlemen who lend their aid 10 bring these
northern vampires anv nearer the reach of the
reins of Government than they now are2
The House has been upon private bills to day.
Mr. Jones, Chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means moved to suspend the rules to go in
to Committee of the Whole House on the state
OF the Union. and gave notice that his wish and
intention was TO call up the Independent Treas
ury bill. The House refused 10 suspend. 1t
will probably be in order to bring it up about
ueSuay next ana whenever IL is taken up you
may then set down one month for log cabin and
hard cider speeches
The report on printing occupied some days
this week, but has been disposed Of The re-
port on fighting, being question Of privilege,
was taken up yesterday and occupied the day.
A motion was made to expel both gentlemen.
Messrs Bynum and Garland, but all that was
done to recommit to the same Committee,
with instructions to report 10 the House what ac-
ton it ought to take upon the case
The Wings boast a great deal about their
prospects, but really can't see anything a.
head but their certain defeat.