North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-23
coyERNoR's MESSAGE.
TO NE General Assembly

,ves of Freemeu to enact laws to PROVIDE LOT lhelL
equal and just administration, and to promote 'ne zen
eraI welfare of people, is OF high sovereign
tv uresents occasion of the deepest interest," 10 all
classes of the People, and suggests 10 every DePar-
ment of the Government the solemn uuV OF IetuIh-
ing sincere thanks to the Great governor OF lhe
ITn;verse for continuing to u.s. State. those boun-
tfl pifts of His Providence, health, and peace, ana
plenty. tI
our country has passed through hery ordea OIL coh
ictinp passions and sectional interests resulting from
the ACQUISITION of vast regions OF distant Territory,
causing lust alarm to the friends OF the Union and oil
free government throughout the Earth. curing ms
perous conflict in our National Councils ana amidst
the agitation Of the people OF some OF the States
around u.s. North Carolina has remained silent,
but not an unmoved nor listless spectator.
Ardently devoted the perpetuity of our Union, to
the Constitution Gas 1t as, " and at the same time
knowing and daring maintain and defend her rights,
granted or guaranteed by this National Compact, no
State reioced with unaoyed satisfaction at the
amicabe settlement of this disracting controversy
The late adjustment, by Congress, OF these dlhcul-
ties was proud triumph of patriotism and compro-
mise over fanaticsm and the spirit of disunion; and
exhibited to the world the possession by our people,
of that noble public virtue and devotion to country
the of the inestimable value they place upon
the Union, and the har5nger OF the staolily y"
our Government.
This adjustment, and the acts by Whch IL "de zee,
contaminated, are now, however, met VIZ" t
denunciation and opposition, among sumo ~ Jul
brethren North and South.
While at the North, dsorganiZers and ianatics are
confederatnr toeether to nully and obstruc the exc
cution of the laws of the land, certain Sounern pol
tcians are zeaously engaged In concocthg pldns anu
associations which, however designed, may lead TO
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Union. Extreme facuonlsts
and agitators, exertng for their own sensn ehoS Sill
lister influence upon the public mind, have always eX
listed in our Government, and Will so contlnue' Mn'e
a nopular form of government exists among u.s. Their
Vaccinations have hitherto yielded to Inc force Oh lea
son and enlightened PATRIOTISM
The spirit of disunon, heretofore conhned 10 some
particuar section of the country, Is now, however,
aconirino an EXPANSION and strength that demand the
combined counteraction of the sons OF freedom and
friends of the Union throughout the land. In Ihls
parricdal strife, let take neither lot nor part Let
ms hold fast the union of the States. The last to come
into the holy alliance Of the old thirteen let US be the
last to leave it. The footprints OF Washington and
his matchless compeers, may De loho"ea without
doubtfulness or wavering. 1t is union wnlch gives
us all we are or hope be- 1t is the key-arch OF our
liberty and national greatness and claim the prvi-
lege of my official station, solemny N invoke lhe
people of North Carolina and their Representatives.
to beware how they hold communion with caoal or
Convention to sap and overthrow It.
But let not be misunderstood. Let IL not De
supposed that our deep and abiding devotion to the
Union is such to render US lnsenslble TO the Just
appreciation of our rights caous to the stain OF
dshonor. AS southern portion OF the Union, we
have rights which are by the Constitution; ours
by compromise, and by the supreme laws which gov
ern u.s. These 1ciN be surrendered NE fake our
stand in the ranks of southern destiny we nave been
assured bv patriotic statesmen OF the North, that, In
the free States, the of the people are sound
upon the question of negro-savery and are opposed
to disturbing the institution as 1t exists: hat the
spirit of abolitionsm is confined to body OF fanatics
contemptible for numbers responsibility. AS they
value the union of these States, let them to it.
Let these patriotic rise In their strength
and put down the treason and rebellion which are
expanding and rioting in their midst We offer no
menace but let the sad and sober sense of our peo-
III, II theVh yer
amidst abotve efforts at agitation, be to patriots ev-
cry where a solemn warning, trumpet-tongued, when
North Carolina does summon to the rescue, that the
Union is in danger! What spectacle sacred !
alliance, nav, more than that, Constitutional Ma
tional Union of noble people in peril of being dis
severed and broken by gangs OF runa way negroes
and their crazy allies! How humiliatng the con-
temptation y!
forbear to enter into any particular discussion of
the various adopted the basis of this adj
justment by Congress- at its late session, to vndcae
them from objections taken in different sections OF the
country to one more Of them. This were by no
means difficult task but would seem scarcely APP
proprate the purposes and character of an Execu
tive State Message; and would swell this commune
cation an nconvenient slEe refer to the subject
at all, only because high sense of duty seems, in
the existing state of affairs, require it at my hands
and having thus briefly done il, submit the subject
your calm, dspassionate and patriotic consideration,
with the expression of my deliberate opinion that
highest interest and true duty, require OF us
in oil lis paris yielding, for the sake of the Union
and of the Constitution, such objections may
have particular measures, while we insist upon the
faithful execution of such may be most acceptable
and necessary US, from those parts of the Union
which may conceive them to be objectionable. Thus
will North Carolina set noble example worthy OF
her spirit Of patriotic mod eTation example OF that
true principle of mutual Difference OF the various parts
of the Union, towards the interests, wishes and views
of the others, in which National Government
originated, and by which it must be maintained, If
maintained at all. Let then support, for the sake
of the Union, the whole adjustment and while we
demand this of others, show that understand and
mean to fulfil, that duty ourselves.
Since your last adjournment, too our country has
passed through another eventful scene, witnessed
where else, and justly awakening the establishment
of the nations of the Old World.
OUR PRESIDENT HAS DIED!
Without tumut public commotion, successor
takes his place; clothes himself with the panopy of Ex
ecutive authority; the control of the Army
and the Navy, and the still mghter engine of politi-
cal power, Executive patronage; while no voice, a.
mong twenty millions of feemen, breathes even the
whisper of dissent Although his successor had
been designated amidst fierce and ardent opposition,
and the supremacy of that arbitrament is acknowl-
edged and acquiescsd in by all sections and by all
parties @ ....a
Many subjects of paramount importance to the
State, will claim your attention during the present
session.
The duties of the Executive of North Carolina
have, by cumulative acts of the General Assembly,
become multfarious and heterogeneous, that any
reference them, must of necessity, be succinct and
desultory In giving, through you, to the people OF
the State, account of the manner in which they
have been discharged, shall, at the same time, take
rapid review of the general condition OF our State
affairs and shall, with the candor and becom-
ing respect, make such suggestions in judgment