The North-Carolina standard., 1844-10-30

faksfved lfese, to aalisfyIsef thai Mr. CLAW wa
tlefeatd; if some extraordinary Eexpedient wa.
mot rcsoltcd4o-i shows that the leaders Of wi1r
on them; and points to the fatal doom of thei
idol, Henry Clay, on the 4th of November next
i With what grace does this charge of fraud
upon the election, come from the organ ofa party
who gave paternity TO the execnbIe practice Q
4 {" pipelayiug in 1s4O2 and that too, after tn,
fruits Of their triumph in that election secured B,
such frauds, seemed, as by an avenging power
turned to ashes on their ipsi With what grace
fcharge they upon The Democratic party design
of fraud upon the election, when their ou n part
tlateiy in the Senate Of the United States by a
strict party vote, refused 10 fr the Presidential
election on The same day hrou ghovt the Uoi0n
With what grace can they. charge upon, US de-
sign against the Union, when alltthe recognized
organs of The Democratic party have indignantly y
lsaHowed 1t; when none bat few hotspurs in
South Carolna-uot the one-thousantth part oil
the Democratic pary-have given the least coun-
lenance to such an idea aud when their own
party are making, at this moment through such
men as Giddings Adams Webster, Ewing,
Choate, Seward. Cassius NJ. Clay and others,
the most desperate appeals to the abollionisls he
worst enemies Of the South to unite with them
in the support Of Henry Clay2 What reckless
lnconsistcncyIdo they exhibit Wherl, in the same
breath they charge" disunIon" upon US, they un-
blushingI = advise that :" If By any means, an ap-
parent sa5ofity Is eturned for Polk and Dallas,
~ NOTHING BUT REVOLUTION CAN
HELP U.s. En Here we have the spirit OF
violence overt bleodsbed, revolutions dancing in
the brains Of this rery patriotic, i" "l0ao-andorder
I0rang organ Of whiggeiy, casting its horrid glare
upon happy and contcnted community! And
by whom, and for what are the peaceabe citizens
of a. oI,,4.rE
Why, If BY any means" The good people OF the
Stale should happen to prefer Gov. Polk, her ma
tive son, educated in her schools, and true alike
10 the South and to the country, to Henry Clay
for their President, then we have the mcnaced in
lention of those who profess to be charged aoith
a general oversight of The aohig cause an this
Sfate," 10 excite IA revoluion'in The government
Ii this be not their meaning, what is it2 Con-
meet it with what of their grea, leaders in the
North, J. O. Adams, lately said, in an address to
he young mcn of 2osten, that "THE AN |
ION is THE BLAST OF TIE TRUMP
EFT FOR A FOREIGN, CIVIL, SERVILE
AND INDIAN WAR"
We have been forced into this def-nce bv
proper sense of what was due-to the honor and
lIgnlty OF The Democratic party whose organ
ne are We had hoped that the ensuing election
would have been permitted BY our adversarics TO
AXE its accustomed quiet and peaceful course
We had hoped that they wonid have consented 10
ddrcss the people of North Carolina upon the
,reat questions at issue between the parties, and
'articularly upon the Tariff aud the annexation
# Texns-qncsions of such deep concern to the
'outh: and at all events that they would have ex-
rted their influence TO restrain the public mind
-om any excesses Of vioence-not 10 exasperate I
nd prepare it for revolution. But we saw and a
~ 1t deliberately, too, that IT revolution and T
ioIencc must come, Democrats will be found /
attling for their country its freedom its laws and
publican Constitutions: and resisting every and d
j reasonable efforts to overthrow them by all the /
overs with which nature has endowed them s
This secret circular ought 10 caution the friends
good order and free government to be on their !
lard against false alarms, unfair means, and
olcnce, on the day of election. Efforts may be I
ade 10 drive Democrats from the polls. In the I
nguage Of this circular "truth should be made 6
lown ear y, and falsehood only breads examina-
m" Beware then, fellow citizens, of secret b
cans to surprise your better judgments and to in
me your passions There is much wisdom in y
adage that "the greatest thief is apt to cry the
udest," and they who are ever ready to charge 1
hers ought most to be suspected s.
LOUIS d. HENRY, Chairman.
Josiah 0. Watson, James b. Shepard,
Weldon n. Edwards, George Whitfield,
nomas N cameron, Thomas Bragg, Jr
Perrin Busbee, William White,
Charles Fisher, AIpheus Jones,
- Gabriel Holmes W. W. Whitaker Il
Joseph Allison, Burton Craig, :,
William r. Poole, John Hill, a
Louis d. Wilson, Castor H. Wider
B. B. Smith, Will: w. Holden. :,
Democratic Sale Central Committee =
Of North Carolina. q
RALEIGH, Oct "a, 1914 =