The North-Carolina standard., 1849-07-18

the Southsas displayed in his Jefferson Citr
ana ID 1he next breath declare Mr. Calbon. PeecA,
Sgners OF the Southern Address to be Dsn.: The
and their course on this question indefoS'"sS,
You have not published either that sAdd.a' Ad''0le"
Mr.. Polk's Message, in which he protes,oa nor
the Ordinance of 's7 south of the Missonr; u against
any document calculated to arouse your 1,usnor
enlighten them on this question; nor is it %h
you ever will. F''"aOls
10th. You are now bound hand and foot
Administration controlled by such AbolitioDi..N az
Freesoilers as Fillmore, Seward, Collamer ~ a@
Truman Smith, and Webster; and no ma,,o. "lnS
that Administration may permit to be DONE in ,o wat
to Slavery either in California or in the Dia: ''O
Columbia, you will submit to it! "d
I1th. You know, as well as we do, tba, ~. o.
ton of Slavery in the District of Columbi. aO'h
give the fanatics common, central ground N
which they could throw their incendiarv HOa
ouEmidst; that to limit Slavery by the Wilmo<nu0 u0
viso would be to hem the slave States in: tb.tI
free States all around us-North, South, and W. ~
for our negroes to run to, and with such men ..
ard and Greedy encouraging them to do it. slavo
perty would soon become insecure, if mt n..r' r"
valueless: We say you know all this, and as Soan
ern man you must feel it; but then so great i. ~"
desire to hold your party together in all section.
so intent are you upon the " spoils," as the ,.sr
of this unnatural union, that when not comneloI
Democratic papers to speak out about these tbi..
you silent! = <5 ."
We could give more reasons if we thoupbti,,
cessary, but for the present we forbear. Out of ,.
O10n mouth and 6y your conduct are vOr. eon,;I
ed Of being unsOund upon this uitaI question Tb...
is still space for repentapce, and you NAV if w.
will, avail yourself of it. But whatever Won n,.-
do, there rs one of consolation in copDec,.
with this NATTER and that is, that the pesple Of M
State, of both parties, are, as general thinr sor
upon this question; and when the struggle Come,
(Which may Heaven avert y they will be found sida
by side with Virginia, Georgia. Tennessee. and
South Carolina, contending for their rights.
1t is quite natural that the Register vanuuisbed, >.
it has been in the argument on this Question sbor
on that account be little restive and irritable b
this fact can furnish good reason why that name,
should exhibit such bitterness towards us. It cav,
the Standard has been systematically enUaued
for years, in abusing almost every prominent mem.
Der of the Wing party in North Carolina" and
that we have not only "perverted and miseme.
sented their public conduct but "assaied" " bj,
"Personal relations" This is simply untrue. Does
the Register desire to have the past torn up, and
the facts, they transpred, laid before the pube
Does 1t call for contrasts or comparisons between
our course and its course! 1t is enough for US to
say, at present, that we have dealt with public men
frankly and boldly; that, when they have treated Us
roughly, we have paid them hack in their own coin;
and that it is certainly credit to them to have their
organ declare, whether truly or not, that then haze
submitted IN times past to haze their "persOnal rs
tiOrls " disturbed or ss 1ssaied'' The Register NAV
or may not have intended this for compliment We
cannot tell. That paper has often, heretofore perpe
trated as brilliant and as handsome thing.
The Register, by way no doubt of giving point
its wit, which is generally formal and solemna
that of certain other antideluvian newspaper the
National Inteligencer, goes back 10 Esop, and talks
about the talons of cat, - and the weakness Of
an 's unressting hare.'' The moral of the story is
as he says, that we took him for hare, whereashe
is cat. Very well. Perhaps he is right, for he
scratches (on paPer with right good will, and 6t
at large. We repeat, we shall not permit this con-
troversy, nor any other in which we may be engaged
to sink, so far concerned, into personalities
or unmeaning abuse. In these things, dislikng them
as we do, and having no right to annoy our readers
with them, we shall ourselves the defensve,a and
shall so act The Register pursue its course
We shall advance our principles candidly and res
ng it to an enlightened public to decide beween u.s.