The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-07-03
Reid and the sViImot Proyi>O.

Ddrid S. Reid The Locoloco candidate for
Governor of North Carolina, while IN Con
gress, ia l545 and lsl1, VOTED TWICE
for the Oregon bill, with the Wlimoi Pfoviso
in il, The establishment Of the truth OF this
charge ought o Kill him politically IN THIS
State and surely entities him to the execta.
ton Of every Southern man. What insult,
therefore, to the people of North Catollna,
for The Democratic Convention 10 nominate
such man for the highest Executive Office.
And now for the proaf. The fist time the
Wlmo, Proyiso occurred vas 90 the passage
Of the bill organizing the Territory o. Ore.
gan, on the Sd of Feb, lsi5 The bill ecu.
famed provision bat slGrery shopid atrer or,
isl in hat country, and thereby excluded Gil
izens Of The South from going thsrf uih ne.
eroes The bill, with this obnoxious and
unjust feature, was passed-fe cas- l40, Nays
60. Among those who voted for lis passage
we're forty aren Southern Democrats, Ddrld
s. Reid, A. II. Arlington, J. r. J. Daniel,
and James J. Mckay, from North Carolina
among ,heru,) White rvrry Southern wing
voted against lis passage. Had these South
ern Detaoc rats been true In the SCUM, theS
might have defeated The bill-m'nht have
checked Northern aggression upon Southern
ush,s. and thus secured those rights. But
no-the object was to make the Democratlc
pa,ty popular a, the North and hence South
ern Democrats 6eirGya ,Leif constituents.
Now had these forty seren Southern Demo
Gratis voted Nay, the vote would nave stood
Yeas 90 NAYS lO7, and the bll would have
been desef, ~ rgscfed Gao We hope :
obtain our rights, hen Siuthern Democrats
lhus rurn against usl Darid ), Rad BE
TRAYrD North Carolina, aGd sntrende &c
he right. OF the south when he gave ina
vote. and ought Ia hare no Office besto"et
onaf, hirn by North Carolina Ffeemrn. SEE
II use Jour. % Sess. 2sth Cong. Feb. 3
1915. page 22I. Tie Senate rejected lh'
bill.
BUr THAT Is NOT ALL.
Ay,in-DIrid s. Rid voted for thl
examination THE SECOND time, IN Ih'
House Of Representatives, the 9Th Janna ~
1917. rSee Cpng. Globe, 81 Sess. 29tl
Cong. page 1913. The same bill cohiainin
he same " ,moI pr.viso gain was put upo
is passage, and j passed, Yeas 1873, Nay
IS. Two thirds o( the Southern democrat
again voted for il while Southern Wig
ag,in opposed i, To prevent mistakes v
pise The "a nes Of those Dsmocrais-an
marx you Dard 5. Red IS again amor
them Here they are :
James B. Bow }, Lvnn, Boyd. W T.
PspAn, l.. Il Case, Howell Cobb. Ava
Cul!om, Jyha r. j. Dlaid, Geo. 5. llous
ION Joseph Johnston. Anirew Johnson, Geo
". J0ues Seab,,n mes. John Lnmpkin
.JIF. J. n, Nm Blciay Martin, Timoth
P,l.bury. DAVID :. REID, + ?. Siatoo
Jao. w. Tibbalts, Jnhn :. Phelps, Leon. II
SINS, and jacob Thompson.
The Senate again rejected this bill but !
1919 the same bill Was offered 10 Congress
and then passed both Houses, and was az
proved bv President Polk. Ia the Senni
there wss a ne between the North and IL
Snuih-hui fro Drmncratic Senators, hos
fl Benton and SimurI Houston betrayed N
South las i had become usual for Damocr raj
to da.) supported the bill, ADD II passed, :
.h;ch Il never could have done bat for Dem
ocrs,ic votes, Every Southern Wing 3oie
against the bill.
And nov Nsrh Caroinlan- are asked +
east their ynjes Cor a man for Governor, "h
s,s VOTED TN ICE fpr the odious an
aborninabie " iimut Pfo,iso in the q ego
Bill-anI vbo is fJrsr0ra a. Representa-
i've # he did mol believe that Congress ha
the power TO prohibit slavery
Look a, il people Of North Carolina u.
has twice betrayed he South and how cal
YOU trust him lib.