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

we consider lniserably weak, to sereaO HhA
and The Wing Central Committee from n =, Nlnst
which must flow from their recent Nv ~: enst
threatening 'sReyOlution" if Polk and n,m ms'e
elected. The Editor does not publish hi. N
dental " CiTcular-As dare not. He !. %&
to let IL speak for itself and hence :; g'qi
so far as he is concerned, from the pubIi. NR
its contents garbled and misrepresented ,,s F~
parsons Instituted between it and certo;0
Buren Circular, which to our mind arnoo- w
; ly absurd and out of place. He wishes - ~s
the charges we collected from this CircnI. '"%
preferred against him and the Commiteo ~ a
ing that it was issued for the sole purpose ., Na
g0"s9'ng the Wing party If So, wbv d;T o.
the Committee confne themselves .tric,ir :" =. Na
honorable plan of organization WI H
charges of Disunion against the democ,. u%
North Carolina2 Why those vile usDn.,!
about frauds and forgeries? IF their ;n,oU.
were honest, why that hint "that the Cor.,;".
has provided no means for purpiup II. nom'
fraudulent votesT If they intended Deitb.,
alartn the tlmld into support of their card;J.'
nor TO su6rert the government, wbereforo 81
Ibold and dangerous assertion tb., m;c "'
faeGns, an apparent majority is returned e., n'% %
and Dallas, NOTHING BUT pFWo[ IDS "
ETIoN CAN HELP Usw ~
Couple this, people of North Caro,in, -,
the threat Of MIR. Preston and others in 1a.o
use the 6ayoret if Mr. Van Buren wos noI
PrIVed OF of1ice-with the expression of Mr. ~
fduring the same period, that we were in ~
midst Of a revolution, blOodlsss as vet"-wob%
announcement made by John Quincy Adam, Il, s.
the project for annexing Texas Is the signal6,,
foreign, ciriI, q serviIe, and an Indian mn,
and also with the spirit of despair now ran,,
IN the bosom of Henry Clay, and then pronoms
If you can, that there is nothing Of an aarmin,
or dangerous character in this secret CircDh,I
The Whig Central Committee need not bo,
to escape, By any means the charges preferred
against them. We have spoken from III. Cy,,
LGr, and appealed against them 10 the pcOUs
the State. That appeal will be taken up 10 rh
ballot-box, and judgment pronounced by lrbp
nal which no threats of "reroZuLions" can irln;
date, and whose decisions are as Just as thcvm
conclusive anl lrreversibIe Nor can hr
transfer the odium which has been fastened
their garments to the whig party of the Stale
is in vain that they call upon the wings to " gos
the polls like men, and rcfue this vile sIunder B
on their patriotism and devotion to the Union
1t is in vain that they make this appeal, form
charges of this sort have been made by us, orb
any democrat against the masses. of the whr
party. So the whig leaders, who have commit
ted the sin, mnst be content, if possible to endure
the punishment
Since writing the above We have seen The Reg.
Isler of Tuesday, which jnsri6es in substance thv
language uttered by this extraordinary CircuIat
The Editor says:
+" fhe Wing Central Commitee issue Letter
10 their own friends {not TO the pubIic) expresin:
he fear that unless, IN The present contest, With
every lDdUcement which should acIuete FatrIcl;
'eopie in our favor. we prove successful, there vii
'e no alternative left but Rev oEution. Not as sr
ng, this measure must necessarily be resOriedn
'nt feeling convinced that if there should be- d.
Elayed such blindness. on the part of the ptOpt
5 te prefer James K. Polk to Henry Clay, Iha
We must cease attempting to influence them b
ny motives, which should actuate free and sF
ghtened nation like that Of America"
The plain English of the above we concdn
} be as follows: The Whig Central Commits
rite secret letter to their friends-a letter DG
hendtd for the public eye-in which they U
ress the fear that unless Henry Clay is eIecpd
alternative wiH be left but revOlutiOn MOI
saying, the people mast resist the ndminsra
'n of Col. Polk, but that if they are such ioob
to prefer him to Henry Clay, our choice, then
e must cease attempting to influence them By
" motives (arguments( which should actuaD'
ee and enlightened nation, and resort to tkM
such measures as tUiH drive into them kDor
1ge Of 'OhGt is for their osOn good and tor%
This is substantially the language OF the Reg
er, and also of the Wing Central Commite
the people prefer Henry Clay to Col Polk
y are "free and enlightened" but il they
ppen to setup for themselves and vote for Col
'Ik in preference to Mr.. Clay, and in de6ana
the dictation of party masters, then they I'd"
1y such blindness" as to be unworthy to llSA
and become at once fit subjects l'@
creed by the bayonet and sword
As we prsdicted,. this sscrect Circular ~
used the democracy of Edgecombc. Th'%
thorough Press says:
FREEMEN OF EDGECOMBE!
READll READIll
We earnestly call the attention of every ToI
county, to the following infamous CTcuIa
ued by the Federal Coon Central COMMITTEE ~
leigh. Read it-hand it about among Wv
oh nhhoEc-rnr,no nonr.ln frnrn IhPH IelDM