The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-10
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Gov. Manly out I'm favor of changing
81 the black or Federal Basis!

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We learn, from the best authority, that Gov. Man
fauor Of changing the basis Of federal numbers in
portioning the members Of the House Of Commons for
This State, and favor If the ,chte basis. This doc
lrine Gov. Manly and his partzans denounced most
bitterly two years since; and they charged that Equal
Suffrage was part and parcel of the white basis
principle, and they opposed that also. Are these
facts forgotten! Is it not kno,on that Gov. M anly
opposed Equal Suffrage two years ago, and, among
other things, the ground that it would lead to the
overthrow of the federal or black basis in the House
Of Commons ! Did he not dwell upon these points,
in The East? 1t was in vain that COL Reid defined
his position on the question of Equal Sufrage-in
vain that he demonstrated to Gov. Manly and his
partizans that there was connexion whatever be-
tween the two propositions-in vain that he told
them that he opposed to any change in the basis
of representation they persisted in the charge, de-
clared that he was arraying the West against the
East, and called upon all good citizens and all the
friends of repose and harmony in all portions Of the
State, to 60 to the polls and vote him down. Is
there Federal leader or Federal newspaper who
will dare deny these facts!
Two years roll round, and the same men are again
before the people for their suffages. The campaign
is too short to permit them to 60 East to the
middle region of the State. Gov. Manly goes West,
where there but few slaves and not only denies
that he opposed Equal Suffrage, but denounces
Col. Reid for having voted while in the Legislature
to distribute the School fund according to Federal
population, and comes out unequiuocaly for change
Of basis tn the House Of Commons What will hon
est men say to such conduct as this Can the peo-
pie of the Eastern, Southern and middle Counties
support this man! Can the West trust him =? Do
not the people of the West know that he took
ground, two years ago, agans, their vorte doctrine
Of Equal Suffrage and they so dull as not to per-
ceive that he is only bidding for their votes! Do
they recognize in Charles Manly champion of their
rights IIave they any confidence in his sud-
den change on this question! Are they prepared
to believe-judgng him by the past-tha: if he was
in the Eastern OF Southern, or middle Counties,
he would deny that he had ever advocated the abo-
ton of the federal basis
knowing the Wing papers and Wing leaders as we
do, foresee that they will deny that Gov. Manly
has taken this ground but We tell the Counties of
Anson, Beaufort, Berthe, Bladen, Brunswick, Cam
den, Caswell, Chatham, Chowan, Columbus, Cra-
ven, Cumberland, Currtuck, Dupln, Edgecombe,
Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene. Halifax, Hert-
forl Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, Mar
tin, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, New
Hanover, Northampton, Onslow. Orange, Pasquo-
tank, Person, Perquimans, Pitt, Richmond, Robson,
Sampson, Tyrrell, Wake, Warren, Washington, and
Wayne-that THE FACT Is so! We proclaim
it to THE STATE! We have not made this Sec
tional issue, and shall indulge in sectional ap
nea hntSv he at Of NIL ouY n
the fact, that it was left to the GOVERNOR OF
THE STATE now in office, 10 endorse and urge
this doctrine from the stump, without the authority
sanction Of the Convention which nominated him,
and fol the sole purpose Of securing his reelection!
What SAYS David S. Reid on this question, in his
Address to the People Of the State, published in
last paper! He says:
What is the dearest privilege of American citi-
zen? 1t is to exercise the great and inestimabe right
of suffrage. In advocating this reform do not now
have at any tme proposed to change the basis Of
Representation for either tho Senate House of Com
mons. Let that remain it is. What propose is,
to permit erery co is entitled to roe fer the
Commons, to rote also for the Senate.
Our basis Of Representation for one branch
Of the Legislature is taxation. for the other it is federal
population. The Aholtionists at the North wish to de-
stroy tho basis of federal population upon which
represented in Congress. regard their course OH the
gard similar movement in relation to representa-
ton in the Legislature aught with equal mischief and
danger"
Col. Reid holds the language for all portions
of the State. A Western man, he takes ground
against the proposition to change the federal basis
and what he said, years since, this subject
we'll as upon Equal Suffrage, he says now. Can the
people hesitate in their choice between the two men
We call upon the Raleigh Register to meet these
facts. We challenge that paper to come out and de-
fine its position on this subject. Is it with Gov.
Manly here, OF against him Can the Star still sup
por. Gov. Manly! Can the Newbernian, or the
Commercial, or the Edenton Bulletin OF the Old
North State, the Wadesborough August
Since the above was prepared for the press, we
have received the Greensborough Patriot containing
an account Of the discussion at Salem the Sd inst.
We quote as follows from this in the Patriot,
and we ask the attention of the people generally
what follows:
"Gov. Manly then commenced review Of the public
acts of COL Reid by calling the attention Of the auditory
his (Col Rs) votes in the State Legislature the
bill establishing Common Schools He gave brief his
tory of the origin and object Of this School fund. He said
the fund created school the white children of the
State and particularly the poor and ignorant portion that
the votes of COL Reid had .bcen to divert it from this
purpose and had been in part the of this fund be-
ing divided among the Counties according to federal
ber instead of being divided according to the white pop
uation, should have been done That by these
of COL Reds the West had lost thousands of dollars
nually and thus the wealthy slaveholdng counties of
the East where they able to send their children
abroad school, received undue proportion of the
School fund.
He next showed up to the satisfaction of all COL Reds
hobh of the If