The North-Carolina standard., 1847-07-28
For the North Carolina Standard.
To the Dem0crnts OF GasyveH.

10 tine Dem0cERts Of CasweH.
Ma. EDrroR: j ask leave ia your Useful paper In
say lew things 10 The people of CasweH, which /
hope will fall under the notice of every voter IN ihi.
congressional District Attempts are being made
0y the whg papers and otherwsesto to aid and assist
MT. Kerr In his election to Congress, whilst the
trends OF his worthy competitor MIR. Venab BILE
seem TO fold their arms, aud RELY upon his own ex
eItions and the BUSINESS of his cause for success
has, my fellow-citizens Of Caswel will not saiis-
~ you whose vigilant eye is open TO the true
interest OF youf country and the noble cause OF
am aware Of the fact that many of YOU know
MT Kerr as we'll as do, and have witnessed his
incessarf and untifing though unsuccessful labors
oy GAY and by night TO revolutionze the democratic
county OF Caswell. Soon after he located among
us, aud long before The memsrabe DAYS of log cab
ms, hard cider and coon skins, in which he -four
ished and figured so high around The old striped
horse trough carried by his friends to Danville ON
wheels and there introduced as canoe, did he
commence sowing among you the corrupting seeds
OF federalism. But they happened to fall among
thorns and on stony grouad, SO that with all the
skliiul cultivation bestowed on them, they perish
ed. Nothing daunted, however, and to answer the
political purposes of himself and party, always
striving for the mastery. he is now sowing broad
cast among you again the same kind of seed, hop
ing they may fall on good ground, and produce
crop TO his liking, on the day of the approaching
election. l am now at point from which L beg
leave TO ask you few questions, viz: Have you
seen any good cause why you should abandon your
Democracy, the cause too which ever governed
your beloved ANcY in his distinguished political
career, and take up fedeTalism with all its hdeous
ness and ruin TO Southern interests, and follow Mr.
Kerr down TO its most obscure depths 2 Again,
ask you 10 recoect that. crisis like The present.
mean the war of 1912, when your own Yancy
asked you for seat in Congress, you gave him
every vote that was poed in the county of Cas-
well, except thirteen which given to his fed
eral competitor, MIR. Martin. Stand up then, my
feow-citizens, for the glorious republican prlnci-
pies which you supported in the days of him who
never deceived you; and recoecr, too, that prin-
talented Abraham w Venable, the scholar and The
dIgnihed gentleman, in whose bosom the heart Of
the true patriot throbs. you will make safe depos
tie of your constitutional blessings, which trust
you will never regret! Again, | ask, do not
hundreds of you, men of Caswell and Person, re-
collect, yes, disIctly recoect, with what ZEAL fer
yer, and eoquencs Mr.. Kerr supported the existing
war with Mexico last winter, when volunteers
were being raised TO fight the battles of the coun
uy2 know that Mr.. kerrs advocacy vindica-
tlon Of the war at that time aud on that occas&l
ion is remembered by many of you, because you
teiI me so whenever we meet. l know that your
relations and mine, who volunteered in the presence
OF Mr. Kerr, aud are now in the army, must and
will remember that he told them, in substance, il
was just Noi word Of abuse against the
or against the President escaped his
lips at that time. But these things are now de-
MED fatty, but not by Mr.. Kerr, hope for in his
late speech at Leasburg, he said distinctly that. If
he had ever called it just war, he had no recol-
lection Of it, and if repntable men were 10 tell him
that he did he should not dispute for, coninHed
he, man when speaking in hurry often says
what he does not remember. But how he could
have said il often and forget il every time, is the
point TO look But respectable men will tell him
who heard Mr.. Kerr at Wlnstead's Store-and
hundreds were there the day the volunteer COM
pany completed and chose their Officers-If
he did not use something ike the following Ian !
yuage, perhaps not the very words Go, young
men, your country calls for your services in good
cause! Go on then, and LEI there be no backing
but! II would be better far FOR one guilty OF
'ueh an ef-n1a thar he naRer had been born Go
attend you, and the prayers Of the righteous and
he religious community will ascead 10 Heaven IN
your behalf! Go on then, and success attend you! t
His speech near DR.. Wiiliamson's, is also recol-
ecIed by large congregation that met on that oe-
:asion. So various other speeches OF his,
Ill going TO the same point-Ihe approval oil the
var-now 80 deteslable TO him and his followers.
Compare these, his war speeches, my tellow-ciu-
lens, with those made by Mr.. Kerr since he has
become a candidate for your sufrages. and see how
hey fit, and if such changing, shutting, wind
ng and twisting will suit your TASTE for member
If Congress. Recollect too, the manner oi Mr..
kerr's reply when charged at 1ancyVllle on the
jlh inst. by Mr.. Vena6e with changing his course
IN the war subj CT. Did he meet the charge fairly
,r did he dodge? Why he lodged, and pretended
o answer by prefering charges against Mr. ven
lOle, saying ne StuSS Oh 1atS
uy and other great questions, thus calling the at"
ention of his hearers from the point at issue. III
eplY, Mr. Venabe compared accounts with MS
competitor and said that when he changed II was
rom wrong 10 right, but not so with Mr herr,
Vho changed from right TO wrong. Mr.: Venaoe
i Yanceyvile also charged Mr.. Kerr with having
aid in Of their discussions that he did not see
low any one whose mind had been enllghtend oy
he influence of just God, could pray for the sue
ess of an army fighting in such cause, as we
we're now engaged in, thereby Withholding his
wn orayeTs of course. | do not here pretend TO
i've the words of Mr.. Kerr, only the substance.
But compare this declaration with his sPeech at
Vinslead's Store, and see what becomes OF his
romise that the prayers of the righteous would
scend 10 Heaven in behalf OF The Volunteers
Vhen Two armies engage in fight or conflict, he
hat withhoids his PRAYERS and wishes for the sue
ess of the army Of his own country must OF course
.an TO the side of the enemy. He cannot take
middle ground where there is but Two sides To the
uestion' and here the maxim will stand good he
hat is not for US is against u.s." Recollect that will
ou2 Will you let that part OF his speech al ancy-
lille in reply to the charge that his party by their
cts speeches, and writings, give aid and comfort
D Mexico pass with impunty Did you observe
yith what apparent heat and anger he attempted
D repel the charge unblushing gy giving 1t the lie
irect, when be knew that many OF his valuable
rIends and relations who had made the charge
nd were deserving better treatment at his hands,
we're then present listening TO his unparalleled I'M
udence2 Can he expect to pass nnnotIced under
uch circumstances, does he entertain the oPn-
On that was once expressed by YancyV vile whig
f his acquaintance his close neighbor while q
peakine on this aid and comfort subject2 Sir,
AID he in rage, "you have no right to. express
bat opinion.n | am not in the ha bit of dealing 10 ,
Duendos, but Mr.. Kerr will no doubt understand ,
he alluson. Here is whig doctrine with ven