The North-Carolina standard., 1844-09-25

! c.. N1o'.ie VI sllelh 10 be asbar,
OF it. And get ii aSas Lbei1 Oscn cork, and t%
1are again put in power we have no sccns' Neg
ithey will not pass just such another law Aa
4-those ofyou who suffered by the ruf7s5p 1'pF'p
tupt-and vote for the party which moi on, O'NE
forms its promises but pays its debts with N F'
thing more substantial than a Certifca,, .Ss |Vos
charge in Bankruptcy - -.' &>
Let it be noted, and the fact procloir.a
where, that Mr.. Clay has shifted and rprn.s '1
changed upon the Texas question, within w. |N
few months, in the vain hope of making bis,
acceptable to all portions on that subject 'Ta ~
letter from this city, dated April, II, 1874 h.
the most decided stand against the anrora: "Os
Texas at any time OF in any manner bn, ''I VI,
says he now2 In his last letter on this snl. "af
says; p" Far from having any personal o5is., 3s~
10 the annexation of Texas, should be- 49, .'''
see It,. What does he mean by ;:per,onaI I oS
ton r Did he design tha. term for the sonr
ear, whilst his friends at the North were ,on.
70 the A0oli'iOnists what he said in his fl.t r.
That Texas ought not to be received in ada.I
opposition to the wishes off considerable and
pectable portion of the Confederacy"? And wSs
said the friends of MIR. Clay few weeks s;no. "u%
what say they now on this subiect2 He,r 'I' 4
louisville Journal, printeda short timo s;na u'
special organ of Mr.. Clay: '-'Ni
" Let the lone star of Texas be torr dou
.Edln Pied IN T. the duSf, and let the names Of wy
-lngton, jeherson, Madison and Claw he boa'% as%
yevery patriot, drowning the base cru S SS"Tut G
aud Texas and Tyler and Polk San Iao;, ANA
Sam Honston." 0@N ''''n'O an
And now hear the Baltimore American II.
gan of Clay in Maryland:
"lf those who really desire the annevo,i..
Texas would consider the subject fairly Ib"u WI.
probably ind that the chances in favor of :af0
secure annexation are greater with Claw in wv
f1esIdehlIal chair than any other man. We Sn~I
on this subject from differences growing out oFG
Clay's Known opinions, and former course wIb,.
gard TO Texas; and from these differences We ~,
persuaded tEat the chances Of ultimate spnpv.S
will be greater in the event of his election. IhsO.
view of any other event."
At the North Mr.. Clay is run on the uroml
hat ne is opposed to Texas-at the South The q
srai leaders put him forward and ask the nem.
0 support him, for that he. has no personal CGs
ion to annexation! We make these satemr.
nd defy successful contradiction. Mr. Hinem
40 Whig Central Committee" say that tbeA n
nocracy Of this State supported in the late eleua
ne !" affirmative" proposition in regard to anns
tlon-snd pray did not the Federalists supw
ne negative? Did not the Register argue, IN
way, against annexation Did he moi teuh
'eople that the project was dangerous-ba
you'd cause war-and that annexation WuE
the Stale by reducing the price
ands2 Certainly he did But what wjUht
ow2 Will he change as Mr.. Clay chanea
Viii he draw distinctions between Weston
sales personally and Weston R. Gales pOlSlicaQ2
Doubtless he will And doubtless we shall Aavsl
oiumes of tho same edition, such as George E
'adger personally in favor of Texas but polG
ztkg opposed TO it; and so on from the highs Il
ignitary down 10 the Little BLover. Peoph
Iorth Carolina, mark these things, and remena
at Col. Polk and the democratic party have ba
annexation Gitthe time that they have bm
favor of receiving Texas ever since it w@n
isefy ceded away in 1919 that they were Il
II of it in 1897, when Mcssrs Clay and Adam y. y
ade efforts to re-acquire it; that they were nh
r OF it. when Mr. Van Buren, as Secretary d q
ate renewed those eforts-and that, if Hem 8
ay is elected, Texas will not be annexed emq
the expense Of a long and bloody arar! 4d !, +
Iced should MIR. Clay wait, as he intmash
'uid, until the abolitionists consent 10 the ME- II
'e, Texas could never be ours under his admins J,
ton, for those fanatics are as hostile 10 Texasa m
an is to ri ghteousncss and truth. The follow
: article from the New York News, is 50 much 81
he point that we quote it in this connection adj u
$ close our chain Of remem5rauces foraI u
ek
"A LESSON IN GRAMMAR. n
.1s S How many degrees of comparisonn
3oy Three. -
Mister What are they 2
10Y. Positive, Comparative and SuperlalTs 40
|fdster. Give an exaInpie
5oy; .poSinre, bad Compar attire, wu'> Of
2ertdtire worst
Master. Give another. C
Toy. PoSittrc :-RALEIGH, April l7lh th
TX 1t Tar more wise and important TO comps ea
harmonic the present Confederacy as lIH
SITS, than to introduce new element of dBM ni
distraction into It. -. True wisdom, hs
ms to me, points to the duty of rendering pi
sent members happy, prosperous, and salsS"
each other, rather than to attempt 10 InW
e alien members, against the common cone1- IS
with the certainty Of deep dissatisfaction
erson expressed the opinion, and Others " 2
ed, that it never was in the contemplate
trainers ofthe Constitution to add foreign temE
o the Confederacy, out of which new Snn
e to be formed The acquisition of LouISaD eu
Florida may be defended upon the pecajp
ind Of the relation in which they stood TO u
tes Of the Union. After they were adntHs
might well pause while, people our "a, "a