The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-20

be candidate for Office, and especially on subject
so intricate and important as this.
We heard Gov. Manly on the occasion referred to
with our own ears, and willing to testify to 1t
and should it be denied we pledge ourselves to pro-
duce the certificates of fifty respectable men as the
world contains.
We are not ambitious of appearing in the public
papers, but should it be necessary in order to estab
lish the TRUTH that this may be published.
+. B. WHEELER,
JOSEPH S. ROBINSON, Jr.
E. W. HANCOCK,
J. w. ELLINGTON,
II. RUFFIN, Jr.
The above gentlemen are as respectable as any
body of men in Rockingham or in the State; and
their veracity no man, who has any regard for the
truth, will call in question. They assert, The most
pos;tire manner, that Gov. Manly DID, at Wentworth,
take the most decided ground against the present
basis, and in favor of the white that he demanded
of Col. Reid whether he was for or against the pre-
sent basis, and that Col Reid unhesitatingy declar
ed himself opposed any change; and that Gov. Man.
ly then &c announced himself in avor Of the change, and
Better friend to Equal Suffrage than his opponent. "
What will those Whig papers, which have been
charging that this statement was false, and gotten up
for effect, say now! Does the Register still consd-
er this fact /" a miserable party trck'! What says
the Raleigh Star! Will tina. paper now have the
fairness to take back its unjust reflections upon u.s.
to confess it was mistaken in this matter, and do Col
Reid justice! That paper processes to be devoted
to Southern rghts-let it now provc its faith by its
works." This is emnently Southern question.
Strike down the black basis here at home, and with
what face can we send our nine members to the
House of Representatives and claim seats for them
Would no: Giddngs and Mann q demand their
votes for amendment Of the Federal Constitution
that instrument also! 81 Is the Star ready-are
the Wings of the middle and East, including the
Fayetteville Observer, the Raleigh Register and
Times, the Halifax Republican, the Wilmington
Commercial, and the Newbernian-are the people Of
the State prepared for this radical and important
change! Are the Counties of Wake, Granville,
Warren, franklin, Northampton, Johnston, Cumber-
land, Edgecombe, New Hanover, Sampson. Orange,
Robson, Mecklenburg, and others that might be
named, willing, each of them, to yield up Com
moner, and allow their power to be taken from them
and placed elsewhere! Are the Counties of Jones,
Craven, Onslow, Moore, Montgomery, Person, Cas-
we'll, Gates, Chowan, Washington, Pasquotank,
Perquimons, and others that might be mentioned,
willing either to divide their Senators with other
Counties, are those of them that divide now, will
ling to divide still further! If they are, let them
vote for Mr.. Manly; but if not, as Southern men
advocates of the present basis of representation
as men who would frown Indignantly upon every at
tempt to array the West against the East-as Patri
ots and the friends of State repose and State ad-
vancement, we claim their votes for Col. Reid.
| And what says the West! Can our Western
friends trust Gov. Manly! Do they not know that
he has denied, again and again, that he opposed
Equal Suffrage; and have they any assurance that he
will stand by them this question! Do they not
the net he is spreading for their votes Are they
willing to revive the discussion over this question:
which so happily settled in 1885! Would they,
if they could take their Eastern friends by surprise
and overwhelm them by sectional vote! Away
with these questions and these unworthy fears The
Western people content-all they ask is liberal
Legislation and fair play at the hands of their fellow
citizens. Demagogues, and Demagogues alone, are
making all this noise. They tried the same game on
Col. Reid two years since, the School Fund ques-
ton and still he gained potes in all portions Of the
Vest. That noble people know him, and they are
willing to confde in him and they respect him more
for his candor and his straightforward bearing,
though he takes his stand upon the Constitution
it is in this regard, than they do Gov. Manly, who
is every thing by turns to get their votes.
We call upon friends in all quarters, spread
these facts before the people. Tell the people, and
proue it to them, that COL Reid is for Equal Suf-
as he was in Is4s but opposed to any change
in the basis Of representation and that Gov Manly is
qgainst Equal Suffrage, and committed in the strong
terms, in favor of striking out the present basis,
and of thus eecting radical and vital change in
State Constitution.