The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-20
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We hear that Gen. Saunders is addressing the peo-
pie of Wake County with great power on this ques-
ton. His arguments, as we understand from those
who have heard him, are in substance as follows:
Tha. the Whg Convention has expressed no opin-
ion upon the question, but has simply proposed that
the Legislature should provide for taking the sense
of the people; whereas the Democrats, through their
Convention, have expressed themselves directly in
its favor. He shows that Col. Reid is positively
committed in favor of retaining the present Consu-
tona provision of federal population in the Commons,
and taxation in the Senate, the basis of
tation in the Legislature; and he argues that when
the people, in the Convention of 1885, abolished the
representation by Countess and established the prin-
ciple of Federal numbers for the Commons, they in
effect declared that the House should represen. the
polls; and that when they likewise abolished the rep
resenation in the Senate by Counties, and declared
in favor of Districts, and that the principle of pub
lie taxes paid into the Treasury average of five
years preceding the laying off of the Districts
gare up the principle Of the freehold qualification on the
port the Senatorial roters, and should then have abo
ished tt.
in favor of changing the basis OF representation
taxation in the Senate, and federal numbers in the
House. Gen. Saunders would not say that this ru-
NOR was true; but thing he would say, Gov.
Manly was bound to tell US, under his own hand in
the papers, how the fact is. Col. Reid has done this
and the East well the West have been duly and
fairly informed of his position Why does not Gov.
Manly pursue the same course! This was matter
of too much importance to be left in doubt.
Gen. Saunders, we learn, then turned to the two
Whig candidates in this county, and demanded to
know the facts in the case. Gentlemen said he,
" tell us how this matter really is An article in the
Greensborough Patriot. Whig paper, copied into
the Star, another Whig paper, Says it is so. The
Register neither suPPresses nor denies the fact. We
have right to the truth, and not have it left to mere
conjecture, far the Whig journals Co. to be as.
serted in the West and denied in the East The ex-
planation apology of the Star for Gov. Manly,
will not answer That paper asks, very significant.
ly, why COL Reid did not come out in favor of this
radical change in the Constitution; and now ask
my Whg friends why Gov. Manly does not clearly
show his hand on this same question! Col. Reid's
course is known. 1t needs explanation. He is
for abolishng the freehold qualification, and for leav-
ing the basis Of representation it is. This, say
Gov. Manly's Eastern friends is what he is for
No. say his Western friends, he is for the uhite ba
SIS" Gen. Saunders added, that the very questions
as propounded by Gov. Manly to Col. Reid on this
subject, and the further fact that Gov. Manly was ar
ragnng Col. Reid in the West, for his vote in 1910
in favor of dividing the School money according tc
Federal population, satisfied him that the rumor was
true. Vague newspaper denials and explanations
would not do; and unless Gov. Manly himself
should speak out, in the most unequivocaI terms, ii
would be taken for granted, in all quarters, that the
fact He had disposition to do injustice tc
the Governor; but this was question calculated tc
arouse inquiry. and he but performing his duty
to the people in the comments he making on his
course.