The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1850-07-13

obJections would have been more particu-
larry confined to the details Of the bill.
do not assail those who voted for the bill,
Tor l believe they were governed by high
and honorable motives. The stock in that
Road has been secured. and the charter
has become the irrepealabLe la,o of the
State, aud this is no longer an open qucs.
ton.
The State is now largely interested in
the Road. Under these circumstances,
as citizen Of the State. desire to see
the faithful execution Of the law and the
success of the enterprise. These views
would govern my public conduct in regard
to that subject.
desire TO see our system OF Common
Schools encouraged and improved. until
which it was established. This has ever
been 3 subject in the success Of which
'.ave felt deep interest. voted with
great pleasure for the first act ever passed
by our Legislature to establish Common
Schools. During the last canvass IN The
Hest. Gov. Manly assailed my vote on an
amendment to that bill, to distribute the
School fund according to federal population.
Whether he will do SO again, l know not
In his published speech lately made before
the whis Convention, and which presume
was intended for circulation IN the East
as well as in the West, observe he does
not make this point. l make this remark
because the experience Of the past has
taught me what have to expect for the
future. voted to distribute the School
Fund according to federal population, be-
cause thought that. upon the whole, it
as any principle we could adopt. Since
l hat 70 LAT,
have convened, and once, at least, whig
Legislature has re-enacted the whole
School law, and this principle Of distribu-
ton still remains. For the part acted.
think it has fallen to my lot to receive
more than my share Of abuse.
The views | expressed during the late
canvass on the question OF Equal Suffrage
remain unchanged. Justice to myself and
to the friends Of this measure. requires a
particular notice of remark made by
Gov. Manly in his late speech, before the
whig Convention in Ralei gh. In relation
to the origin of that question, he uses the
following language:
Whence did it come ? In vain was
it sought for in the primary assemblies Of
our people. They had not spoken nor
moved in the matter. The great lever Of
public opinion. the Press, had been silent.
The Democratic Convention which had
just been held. had publicly recommended
no such rule of action for the guidance of
their nominee. From what region then
tured that it smelt Of the chcr,ael house of
the Washington city tactics, and that it
had been sent on ready made to frishten
the wings of this State from their proprie
ty, and to place them in false position
III the election of Governor. What was
conjecture then, has, in part, at least,
become history ,aoW. 1t has been public
ly asserted and admitted at Washington,
am told. that it was gotten up and man.
ufactured there and sent on for North Car
oina use quoted and signed and gloatcd
over as the infalliblc Democratic thunder
as their patent exploding blunderbuss for
demolishing every thing
Again. in the same speech, he says:
1t was not to equalize the voting rights
Of the & people" Of North Carolina but
to elect the Democratic candidate, Gen.
Cass. to the Presidency, that set that
bal in motion.'"
am no stranger to the inventions of
Gov. Manly's fruitful Imagination. AS
to the charge that this question was start
ed to elect Gen Cass l have only to say.
that made several speeches in favor Of
Equal Suffrage before Gen. Cass was
nominated. Gov. Manly must know this
fact, fer some Of these speeches | made in
his presence. The charge that this Gues-
ton ''was gotten up and manufactured"
elsewhere. and d" sent ON here" is totally
untrue. 1 have frequently, in public
speeches. and in private conversations in
the presence of Gov. Manly, cohtrsdicted
this and similar insinuat!ons made by him
and others. 1t would seem strange that
he still persists in such an iliberal course
towards this measure and its friends.
Perhaps when he made that speech he did
not expect me to be candidate again;
but do not think .hat justifes him. He
says it ..smelt,' Of :. the charnei house
tactics Of Washington City," and in the
last canvass he said it smelt Of - .7boli-
tion;sn." No wonder this question of
popular rights smells tad to Governor
Manly. ,cho ap0s a Fcderatst during the
last W,ar. Toung as he was. his prococ
ious developments then, but foreshadowed
that in mature age he was to be the enemy
of Equal Suffrage. 1t was mt because 1t
smell Of the .' charnel house, that he op-
posed it, but because it was favorable to
popular rights, and inconsistent with his
notions Of Government. 1t was too ''lesel-
ling" and too" Agrarian'' for him. He
argued. that If the principle Was carried
out. the peor men would make the tswe.
and divide the property Of the rich among
themselves. No wonder he does not like
Equal Suffrage, for it came near do
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