The North-Carolina standard., 1846-03-04

4 Let the " Notice. be given, and allthe recon
mendations ofthe President be strictly adhered to
I'm word let Great Bsitain see that we desire
lpeace, but that at the same time we are determin
led to make-no sacrifice of honofsor of principle
for temporary advantages. We have the strongcs
confidence in the President and in the majority ir
Congress; and we look TO them to carry out al
the great measures they have so gloriously begun
"BARGAIN AND DhCoRRUPTIoN."
What islit the Whig press will not do next
Defeated for the Presidency and repulsed in theiI
attempts to get possession of the offices and money
OF The people, the Wing leaders and Wing press
es are trumping up cry against the Administra
ton of bargain and corruption" upon the Tar
if and Oregon questionsI The Register of thi.
CITY, appears 10 be quite serious about the matter
I-he anticipates an abominable bargain" and
warns the country against it. We confess We
are sorry for the Editor, and we would, if posi-
bic, relieve his mind upon the subject but it were
useless to attempt this. because he intends to pre-
tend to believe, just as long as it may suit him
the very charge Of" bargain and corruption p
contained in late number of his paper. We
fear he would not admit conviction-oasthis point
though one should rise from the dead"
| But what do the Federal leaders wanl2 Would
they rather have a war for Oregon than consent
TO modify the TARIFF Oregon they calra q worth.
less possession "-that they would yield 10 Eng
land; but the dear Tariff they would keep that
for the benefit of their Northern friends. And
where does this movement of the Register place
its friend, Gov. Graham? He voted against this
I@rif-will he now back his party in their cIa-
NOR against its reduction ? And hat we ask
the Register. of that better title" to OREGON
which the late Federal Con vention asserted to he
in the United States2 That paper charges that
Mr.. Polk is about to "acquire" this Territory
by sacrifice of American industry, and this it
seems to US, is a strange idea. Stransn. indeed
that we should "acquire" possessions to which
we have the "6ctter title stranger still, that a
bargain should be made and I" sacrifice" offered
for what already belongs to US -
The Register paints the immense advanta qes u
which would.accrue 10 Great Britain from a mo-
dlication of our Tariff but refuses to turn TO his
readers the other side of the picture. He keeps
back the fact, that under Revenue Tariff our
farmers and mechanics would get fabrics of ali I
rates than they do now, while the opening of the
British ports would at once create continuous
and extraordinary demand for all our products.
He does not seem willing to inform his readers
hat Free Trade is the best friend to Commerce
hat 1t proposes to give markets in England for
he Cotton and Corn Of the South, and the Bacon.
Pork, Lard and Flour of the North and West.
His party is pledged TO be charitable to the North
rn Manufacturers, and therefore it is that he and
Abbott Lawrence, and men of the same stamn
will continue to war against freedom of trade un-
il they are utterly routed and beaten from the
ield
But The bargain! the bargainl That haunts
bis virtuous Editor. He cannot rest, he thinks t
much OF this bargain. He. charges it upon
1r Polk and the democratic party, and we meet E
I'm with an answer. We tell him it is false :
alse IN the a0AoIe, and false IN erery particular.
is first cousin 10 his prediction that Mexico o
ould fight US about Texas-a twin brother to 5,
lat other prediction of his, delivered week or
70 since, that war would certainly grow out of ~
e Oregon controversy He knows that the
'mocratlc party went into power pledged to re- |
ice the Tariff; and he knows also that this ia
edge was made, as under the circumstances it 70
nst have been, before the Oregon question pass sa
into Mr. Polks hands. Bnt we will not ask VIC
m to take our denial of the charge; we point the
n to the late speech of Sir Robert Peel, who fro
pressy states that he is about to act for himself
reducing the British Tariff seithout ana under to
mding achGteUer a0iM other governments And Sc, s;n
'eIy Sir Robert Peel, the Chief Minister of de-
leen Victoria, ought to be good authority for an
Editor of the Register. ,rf ,e,h
We ask pardon of our readers for having de- an
ed so much space to this matter; but we felt it
duty to knock this last prop from beneath the
I'd of expiring Federalism. Let the monster ,;o
easy, for he is full Of years, and worn by d. in
hard knocks, received in the alleys and high T =
Us of bargain, corruption, and crime. Let pa he's
money be his pillow, and Protection his vault: ch;
may all generations, the world over, be warn. 10,
by his fate! g.
1SsRS PLEASANTS AND RITCHIE tha
IN Thursday morning last we were panied to the
OF duel which was said to have taken place dur