The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-13
THE RANfsL1El::i 8

ThekeglStsr ehuoEiSs 6vsf 5Iis mst fkat Mr.
Manly has STACKED ue1t ia On 1ccodS of his vote
in 1s4os - relation Id Vagran. Law ,' Of sshis
state. STAT Tbs NV ~astspsled = ls4o L provided
were .sauntering about, endeavoring 10 maintain
themselves BY gaming, or other undue Means
might bo, in certain cases, imprisune and if found
incorrgible hired out--ahs very same law for which
Gen. Harrison voted in the Senate Of Ohio. Ia Mr.
Badgers celebrated Granville Speech, in lS4o, in
defending Gen. Harrson's vote in favor of this law
he said .Ea.s
!" The mode ofdisposing Of offenders, proposed in
Ohio, is not new Is North Cnrofina. By our own
law, man convicted Of being vagsant 10 directed
to be hired out for the coats This law has been in
force since 1854, and The statute of which it now
forms section, read three times in both houses
OF the General Assembly, and passed, late as the
session of 1867. Yet, you hear persons declaim-
ing against Harrison who voted for this very law
Now be it known, that Charles Manly. the Wing
candidate for Governor, endorsed this very language
In 1S4O as one of the members of the Wing Central
Committee, and recommended Mr.. Badgers Speech
the above extract included-to the attentive Pc
rusal " of the people Of the State, Surely Mr. Man
must be hard run, when he thus stulti6es himself
by resorting 10 such arguments against Col. Reid.
We copy the above from the Standard of the 18th
July. le4s. Mr.. Manly pursued the same course
towards Col. Reid in this matter, two years since,
that he is pursuing and still Col. Reid gained
votes. The Governor and his partizans ought to be
ashamed Of such conduct. Why do they back ou,
from discussion Of principles, and resort to such
low demagogueism as this Because, in the frs,
place, they have no principles that will stand the
test Of discussion, and BECAUSE secondly, they en-.
terrain such poor opinion of the peoples intelli-
gence, that they think they can work upon them to
more advantage with such stuff as this.
The Whiu nanors etafo fha< CoJ Qo;1 vo%.d .,
hile out and whip "poor men, This is false, and
these papers know it, He voted against repeating
good lava law passed by our revolutionary FORE
fathers for whom the Register pre.se, so much re.
verence-and which provided that persons who had
no honest calling and who " sauntered about, en-.
deavoring to maintain themselves by gaming other
undue means,' should be taken up, dealt with, and
made to ,oork. Does it follow because is poor
that he is rcgrant7 Is poor man one who has no
" honest calling "-who IS saunters about" in idle.
ness and meanness-or one who lives by "gamine
or other undue means! So says the Regisler ana
Times, and 80 argues Co., Manly! Such Statements
and such arguments are insults to all the poor men
in the State, and in their repel these insults
with the contempt and indignation which their au.
thors so richly deserve.
If all the "poor men" in the State will vote fol
Col. Reid, Gov. Manly is welcome to the balance.
The truth is, COL Reid has always been the friend
and champion of the poor. He started the issue o
Equal Suffrage for their benefit, and he still advo
Gates it, though it was opposed by Gov. Manly and
sneered at by the Register and other Whig papers
He wishes to give the poor men, who own no land
equal privileges at the ballot-box with the landhod.
ers but Gov. Manly and his partizans opposed
to this. Judge ye, honest poor men of the State
who are your friends-Col. Reid, who would enlarge
your liberties and rights, or Gov. Manly and his
hackers, who would keep you as you are, disfran.
chised, and deprived Of the privilege of voting 70,
Senators!