The North-Carolina standard., 1849-07-11
BREAKERs And DANGERS AHEAD!

bhEAhEnO AND OANOE1RS AEIGAD!
The Newbernian says the signs OF the times
portend, that the WiLnot PrOuiso acH be passed meat
avinter." How it be passed, if Gen. Taylor does
his duty? Is he to sit by with his arms folded, and
permit this enormous outrage to be perpetrated by
sectional and bare majority upon One-0 tie States
Of this C0nfederaey2 Will the Newbernian, or will
Mr. Stany, justify this nacton-this criminal indif-
ference on his part! And when the deed shall have
been done, will they point his Signal and Allison
letters, furnishing his pledges and his
this subject
That Proviso may pass both Houses at the next
session; but it ought to become the law of the
land, and cannot if Gen. Taylor will stand forward
like man for right and justice. Will he do it! We
cannot tell-0e fear he tOiH not. Some of the Whig
papers in this State nk'' he will and others, like
the Newbernian, characterize the measure as unjust
and wrong, while in the same breath they U0lunteer
the statement that they will submit to it We are
no agitator. We desire peace on this question, and
therefore it is that wish Congress let it alone
all its aspects but should be false to our duty and
to the responsibilities upon US, did the
people of breakers and dangers ahead Settle this
Provfso question, and what next! Are we to have
peace then? Never, SO long there is slave on
Federal soil, UNLESS MAN WE UNITE AND INSIST
UPON OUR RIGHTS. The next step will be, abolition
by act of Congress in the District of Columbia and
we now predict that when this question comes up for
the sanction of Gen. Taylor, Whig leaders in this
State, in order to keep their party North and South
together, will take the ground that this also
may be carried out, provided the people of the District
agree to it at the ballot-box. This, then, is the
next issue, and that is their ground.
How important is it, therefore, that we should have
REPRESENTATIVES in the next CONGRESS who will act
together On this question, and who, conceding nothing
but what is right, will submit to no act intended to
degrade US to destroy property. Small leaks
will sink ship, and constant dropping will wear
stone. We have yielded for years this question,
inch by inch, and now called upon to stand
upon rights or lose all. Gen. Taylor we repeat,
may US if he will but coolly told by one
of his Southern friends and by the organ of Mr.. STAN
y, that &c the Proviso lUiH be passed next winter"
If passed. will it not become law And if law,
will he not have deserted the South, allowed the
Union to be put in PERIL and played the traitor to his
own home and hearthstone1 And yet this paper, and
Others breathing this tone and holding these senti
ments, have the boldness and the consistency appeal
to the people of the Eighth, the Ninth, and the Fifth
Districts to vote for the Whig candidates, Messrs.
Stanly, Nash, and Outlaw
Fellow-citizens, if you would be satisfied beyond
all peradvenure that your rghts-your Constitutional
rights and your interests in this question will be safe
and in hands which will guard and defend them, dis
regard this appeal, and vote for Lane, Venable, and
Person. Party has nothing to do with this business
1t speaks to your dearest rights and YOUR strongest
feelings and it behooves you to look forward above
the msts of prejudice and passion, and provide you
best may against the dangers that threaten and perhaps
await US ALL