The North-Carolina standard., 1849-12-26
JUSTICE FROM THE HoRNET,s NEST.

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Some two or three weeks since the Raleigh Re-
gster anxious to turn the tables on us in the Slavery
discussion then going on between us, and reckless
oi the means employed, charged that we had admit
ted the power of Congress to abolish Slavery in the
Distrct OF Columbia; and to prove this charge that
paper relied upon garbled extract from the STAN
dard OF July last. Wecame forward at once to deny
that we had ever admitted, thought of admitting
IN the remotest sense, that Congress possessed such
power; and not only this, but we demonstrated, to
the satisfaction doubtless of every unpreudiced
that the Register had done US gross injustice And
what then was the course of that paper! Did it ac
knowledge that it had misnterpreted our remarks
Did 1t give us the benefit of simple statement
to the contrary of what it had made us saw No
far from it. 1t repeated the charge and the Nation
al Era, an abolition paper Washington CITY, hav-
ing noticed the position thus assigned us by the Re-
gster, the latter paper paraded this circumstance
proof before its readers of the truth of its allegation
against US. About the same time a writer in the
Hornets Nest, Whig paper, having been deceived
the Register In this matter took up and repeated
the charge Satisfied, from past experience that we
might as well ask for justice at the hands of an un.
futored Hottentot as from the Register, and being
unwilling that such charge should 90 uncontradict
ed IN the paper in which it was made, we appeal
ed to the Nest and to its Correspondent, "True
Whlg," to set us right. Our appeal has been re-
sponded to in the following handsome retrarit which
we copy from the Nest of the 18th instant:
" RETRAxTT-THE STANDARD. One of our cor
respondents, a 'sTrue Whg'' did the Standard, we
re instructed to say. unwittingy the injustice to
Tress had the power to abolish slavery in the Dis
rlct of Columbia The standard denies having
Omitted any such thing, disclaims all advocacy OF
Slnlon to that effect now and is entitled to this
:. 'fme"de. We did not attempt to make capital out
the supposed admission, against the STANDARD,
Heause we believed correspondent mistaken or
information incorrect; and never wish to be un-
tar enough, to gain momentary victory op-
phent upon such slender terms. A True Whig
Vfuld not sooner than ourself take similar advan-
tSe for the pleasure of so brief conquest"
The above, while it does justice, is a cutting
rouke to the Register for its course in this matter
Tat paper may perceive, if it will, that its in
fdnation' political topics is not always regard
edas by its own friends and that there are
sope, at least, among the members of its party
wh are not so bound up with Freesoilism - and
t Mi Badger as to be incapable of awarding justice
to political opponent.
While upon this subject, we may as well quote,
forhe particular edifcation of the Register, the fol-
loving extract from letter from prominent and
iyAential Whig of Western Carolina, just received
by he Editor of this paper. The writer says:
Il saw the piece and read it. which the Era has
quoed and the Register le-quoted !; but it made no
suc impression on my mind at the time that you
belived abolition in the District constitutional.
shoud never have thought of constituting it, even
fronia most latltudlnous definition of the language
and erms used. The cause the Era advocates must
be il hopeless condition, be bad off for argu-
meni when he tortures garbled extract, having no
morereevancy to the matter in hand than the quota
| tion le makes of, into crumb of comfort for
the ptrons of his paper. And that Whig paper is
wors off, that quotes palpable naisconception
a PrDer and correct interpretation