The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1851-09-13
VOL. 12-Mo. SIS.
From tho Raleigh Standard.
HON. A. w. vENABLE.

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A late number ofthes Fayetteville Ob-
server contains the following:
/ :. Hon. a. ~. Ttnable.-Tbe fear Of
defeat by Mr. Graves has induced this gem
tleman TO come out from the disunionists
and avow himself real 'ssubmissionist. >
| We learn from the Milton Chronicle that
he declared in his speech in Granville a
few days before the election. that he
:" scouid stncondifioadly abide by the
Compromise '---'' that he would do moth
ing to destroy it," that he would stand
by the Union upon the terms of the Com
| PROMISE
| OF course Mr. vcnabie will be at once
denounced by HE. Locofoeo brethren a.
''traitor to the South" AT any rate. he
| deserves to be, for moved BY the psitrv
| considera tons Of seat in Congress aud
eight dollars day. he has avowed his de-
Termination to submit to what he and they
have denounced az palrable violations Of
the Constitution and the sights Of the
South. -
Now. we have the best authority for
pron"uncing the above statement orthc
Observer wholly destitute Of truth. Nr
Venablc never made any such declaration
! in any Speech delivered in Granville, or
elsewhere On the contrary, he distinctly
and emphatically declared on all occa sions
during the campaign, that Of tire measures
of .'adiustment'' he voted only for the
fugitive slave bill. and regretted that his
vote against the other measures could not
defeat them. as such defeat would have
compelled the free States to do Justice to
the South. lie denounced the ad mission
Of California, the New Mexico aud Texas
bill. and the law aboiishing the slave trade
III the District Of Columbia as disgraceful
bills Of surrender Of Southern rights.
Being no Nuliifer, and owing his al.
Iegance to North Carolina alone, and obe-
diencc 10 the Federal Government because
she as one Of the sovereign members of the
Coufetleracy commanded him to obey. he
said he would acquiesce in these measures
as long as his State acquiesced and
while lie asserted the right Of accession.
he disarproved of separate State action.
but would act with his State whenever she
might determine in Convention to act.
lie denounced. IN fact, the whole policy
Of yielding Southern rights for hollow
truce. and declared that the South had
been deprived "f her Territorial rights,
and subjected to a confscation Df property
in the slave trade bill. for the consideration
of an empty acknowledgment of the Con-
st'tutional right /" recapture her fugitive
slaves.
These were the grounds occupied by
Mr. Vcnable in the late campaign and he
maintained them fearlessly. boldly, and
without regard to the so-called "union''
demonstrations which were made against
him lie has been endorsed by the people
by an overwhelming minority and ii he
IS Dis"n'onist. as charged by the Federal
organs. then are his con- tituents. or large
majority Of them. men Of the same stamp.
But they are all friends Of the Union ac-
c"rding to the Constitution. All Mr.
Fenabie asks is the Constitution in its
letter and spirit and il is because he was
unwilling to take less that he has been per.
secuted and denounced.
The Observer owes it to the cause Of
truth and Justice to correct the above mis-.