North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-16
THE RESULT IN NEW YORK.

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Hunt, the Wing candidate has been elected Govern
7for Of New York. The Congressional delegation is
about equally divided but the Wings have carried
the Legislature, thus securing Wing Senator in
/ place of Mr. Dickinson. rFF -
IL The election of Washington Hunt is triumph OF
Sewardism, and will have tendency to increase "a
Their than diminish the torrent of an;slavery aglta-
tion He was supported by both wings OF the party,
but it was clear, during the whole contest, that he
was the peculiar fayorte of Greedy and the Seward
ties. In his letter accepting the nomination OF the
Syracuse Convention he said
!" In surveying the measures of Congress connect
ed with the slavery question, we shonio IeJoiee III
the prohibition of the slave trade In the Disfrct OF
Columbia. hail this great measure OF Patfiot-
| ism and humanity. 1t removes from the capital a
traffic which shocked the sentiments OF the people,
and brought reproach upon our national character.
! I should be wanting in candor # omitted TO say
that depIore the passage of the Fugitive slave law,
in its present form. Recognising to the fullest ex-
tent the constitutional obligation which tits intended
to enforce regret the features of this bill, which
are calculated arrest agitation, but to make II
more intense and universal 1t could not have been
well considered and needs essential notifications.
The summary operation of its provisions confiicts
with all notions of personal right and security,
derived from the common law, and recognized by eE-
cry free constitution
| In the election of MI Hunt New York has, there
fore, spoken out against the Fugitive Slave Law.
He 6" deplores" its passage and denounces 1t as In
conflict with alp his notions of personal right and
security, derived from the common law, and recog-
nzed by every free constitution Thus It'll that the
Empire State puts her negative upon the only law
of the series of COMPROMISE measures adopted at
the late session, which was designed for Southern
benefit and We have no doubt that most if all
her members of Congress will vote for its essential
modification or repeal. The Union Meeting in the
City perhaps effected some good for justice and the
Constitution but there after all the expressions
which were INDUCED in against fanaticism and Sew
wardism, Mr.. Seymour, the Democratic candidate,
only obtained some thousand majority.
Mr.. Brooks, of the Express, who has recently ia
ken strong grounds in his paper for the Constitutional
rights of the Southern people, has, it is true been
elected; but he did not vote the Fugitive Slave
bi and he distinctly declared in Editorial, pend
ing the election. that he could have voted for it if
he had been in his seat. Like the President, and
good many others at the North, he talks very well;
but when the time for decided action is required he is
generally among the missing. h
The following the Resolutions on the Slavery
question. adopted by the Democratic Convention of
New York which nominated Mr.. Seymour for Gov
ernor .-..... .
RESOLVED, Thatthe Democratic party of New fork
proud their fraternity with and devotion
the great principles of the Democratic Party of the
Union declared by the National Democratic Con-
ventions held at Baltimore in 1910, 1874, and 1913;
and they look forward in hope and confidence to the
complete triumph of that party in 1882.
Resolved That we congratulate the Country upon
the recent settlement by Congress of the questions
which have unhappily divided the people of these
States. -r-s- E..- ..-. ~
ResolUed. That devoted to the principles and form
of confederation mindful of the blessings 1t
has secured ourselves and mankind, and regard
inn tho oifi Of all Ofo
members of common brotherhood, we cherish the
Union of the States the ark of political
nant and that deprecate all sectional agitations
at the North South, calculated to impair its sacred
obligations, to threaten its prosperity"
The election of Mr.. Seymour, undor all these cir
cumstances, decidedly preferred by the South
and his defeat must contribute in small degree, to
weaken still more that feeling of faith in Southern
bosoms in the good or just intentions of The Northern
people. Upon the whole. we consider the result in
New York against the South, and calculated to
increase agitation and mperl the Union still further
and deeper. .Ths fanaticism,'' in the prophetic
language of Mr. Calhoun tviH go 10 its end'' What
will that end be
1t is evident, also, that the Democrats were not |
united they should have been in this election. The
vote is considerably behind, and it falls off most in
the Barnburning' Districts This shows that these
men--ihe Barnburners are not to be relied up
on under any circumstances. Many of them pre-
tended to be satisfied with the nominations and cor
dial in their support of them, while the same time
they were leagued with the enemy and playing into
the hands of Seward. --
If the Southern people expect the Fugitive Slave
Slave Law to stand, and if they are determined, as
we know they are to insist for the future upon all
their rights, they must unite in compelling
Northern politicians to disregard party until Justice
is done them. Some of our politicians are talking
of" conservatism and of 's'Unon parties" They
forget overlook the fact that those are the best
Union men here who insist upon their rights, and
that love of the Union must first be revived and
cultivated among the Northern people. They are the
people to stand by the Union now, and to be con-
sentative" in their purposes and views. Will they
do it? The recent elections, we are panied to saw
do not furnish any satisfactory evidence that they
will but time, which tries all things, must determine
The COUNTRY YEAR Book" Our thanks are due
to Mr.. Turner for handsome copy of IS The Coun-
try Year Book; the field, the Forest and the fire.
side, by William Howitt.' We have read this work
with much pleasure. Mr.. Hewitt paints with Ma
lures pencil; butaside from his fine descriptive
powers, exhibited in this book, there is an eleva-
ton of tone and sentiment about il, which should
commend it to all seekers after purity and excellence
in literature. The work may be obtained at Mr.
Turner's Bookstore ssg# fEe5 aeEg
DEATH OF Mr.. MEREDITH. The Rev. Thomas
H. Dill ID.