North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-29
DEMOCRACY AND FEDERALISM.

candidates in the field for the Presidency, and the
result exhibited the following votes Mr.. Van Buren,,
1877 Electoral votes Gen. Harrison, 10; Judge White
90; and Mr.. Webster, ID. The game of the leaders
was either elect of their candidates by throw
ing the Electoral votes of all the States voting against
Van Buren,, for that one candidate; or to carry the
election to the House and take their chances amid
intrigue, bargain and corruption In that body But
the people defeated them at the polls.
The Whigs of this State elected their first Govern
or in August, 1886. They effected this mainly by
denuuciaons of the Abotonists, and by their oppo-
sition to National Bank and high Tariff; though
it was well known that many of their leaders had de-
serted Gen. Jackson account of his veto of the
Bank charter while many of them secretly preferred
Henry Clay the author and champion of the Amer
ican svstem,'' We remember we'll the emphasis and
feeling with which their candidate for Governor, Mr..
Dudley denounced the Abolitionists and warned the
South against their Vaccinations and growing infu-
euce In his letter of acceptance he spoke OF the
shirt of Abolitionsm spirit which oUershadOo0-
ed The land and threatened to cut Gsunder THE cords of
The Confederaey''; and though Mr. Van Buren, had
taken the strongest grounds various occasions and
in various letters, against the A5otionists yet he
was held up on all sides in the Wing ranks as an
enemy to Southern rights, and the people were told
that being citizen of free State he could not be
safely trusted They defeated the Democrats by ia
king Democratic grounds but in the Presidential cleo
ton, which took place the ensuing Fall, they were
defeated by some 900 majority. Since that day Mr.
Van Buren, has disappointed his best friends. and
acted treacherousy towards his party generally; but
il is fact nevertheless, that during his official term
he proved all the pledges which he had made
to the country on this vital question of Slavery.
In that campaign, in this State, the preensons of
Judge White advocated upon the ground that
he was a better Jackson than Mr.. Van Buren,
that he sounder upon the Slavery question; and
that he was in favor of low Tariff and light taxes,
while Mr.. Van Burens vote as Senator from New
York in favor of the Tariff of 1925 pointed to as
conclusive evidence that he against Free Trade
and disposed to Cypress and inure the Southern and
planting States. These facts, which be prov
ed from the record, if denied. Such North Caro-
lima WAigism in 1886.
But in 1910, the " grand campaign" came off. The
Wing leaders had been so often defeated, and were
become so hungry for the spois, that in that cam
paign they determined that appeals, no devices,
should be left untried which might promise
success. Mr.. Van Buren, again the candidate
of the Republican party. He had administered the
affairs of the country with marked simplicity and
economy but he had committed some slight bIunders
and mistakes. These mistakes were taken up and
magnifed into monstrous crimes. His recommended
ton that the militia of the country be improved and
some general and useful system adopted was tortured
into an attempt his part establish a standing
army-his approval of negro testimony in the Courts
OF the United States then denounced the rank
est Abolitionism, while it is quite common in the
Mates nudar I'll J,oip "
for few ragged free negroes to swear away the right
OF Southern master his slave-hs plan of an indie
pendent Treasury denounced as scheme for plac-
Ing In his hands both the purse and the sword of the
country, and for encouraging thefts, and giving to
The people worthless Bank paper and the govern
ment officers gold and silver-and his expenditures,
not more on an average, than fifteen millions, were
declared to be shamefully extravaganza while nOao,
under wing rule, fifty or sixty millions per annum
are expended and submitted to without murmur
In 1885, Gen. Harrison, citizen of free State,
was CONSIDERED too doubtful the slavery question,
on account OF his associations and we'll known opin-
IonS' 10 De put upon the track in the Southern States
"u' III lo4V' ne was brought forward the champi
oh Vi Soutnen rights and as of the best friends
~ our peculiar interests. In State he was run
% ne poor mans friend and the good old soldier; in
ahoner' as man who loved hard-cider and gIoried
In living In log cabin; in another as the advocate
Oh the Missouri Compromise; in another, as the
1rieno OF National Bank and Tariff for protection: in
dho'ner' as the advocate of low Tariff on salt and
otner necessarles, and special hater of black
cocAdue eaefaists; while in this State his election
was urged upon the ground that he was opposed 10
National Bank and high Tariff. and in favor of
strict economy and primitive simplicity in the admin
istration of public affairs. In addition tn tb =; oil
the States, he was pledged against removals from
otice for opinions sake and every where the doc-
'rine that "to the vctors belong the spoils was
held forth to the people hateful and odious in the
extreme He was elected, and Mr.. Tyler, who had
recorded his opinions against National Bank was
eaosen Vice President with him. He formed his
oaolnet from the ranks of the old Federalists and
e "ork OF prescription was commenced. In the
lace OF the most solemn promises to the contrary the
Vi Poilucal decapitation was welded day and
anu 90 clamorous were those virtuous patriots
OOnu'ou'ed to his election, for office, that they
0"ed the poor old man even into his private cham
anu deprived him, by their petitions and suppIi-
o'"onS' Oh the lew moments which, each day, he
Ouiu nave devoted to his family and his God Then
'."eG MIN 10 A1s grace. In one short month after
guration ne died under the weight of his la
ana sorrows; and Mr.. Tyler succeeded him.
80 OF their promises to the contrary, in manv
'ne States in the preceding election. the leaders
Ier w.. 0ank bill through Congress; and Mr.. Ty-
snb;o.. " MS promises and recorded opinions on the
vetoed the bill. In the estimation of the lea.
nDno;a. was no longer Wig. Fierce and bitter de-