Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-11-12
THE STANDARD.
The Constitution and the Union OF the Statess
They must be Preserved" ="
AL Ell n
s.TuRDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1851.
THE PRESIDENCY.

The presses and public men of the country, and
ssoecaly those of the South, have been more back
r.,d and silent than usual in relation to the Presi-
Dental question. Heretofore, at time like this,
General discussion was going forward on the subject
Init about all that seems to be said conceded now
is that Conventions will be held and candidates
nominated. Indeed, Conventions cannot be avoided.
They must be held, if the parties intend to present
candidates for the whole country for, in the absence
Of Conventions, the result would most certainly be
sectional candidates and sectional organizations And
whenever parties become thoroughly sectionalized,
We may bid farewell to the Union.
What will the Wings do! Will they, already
tired of their name, become more and more as the
time for holding their Convention approaches, and
drop it! But this is not very important TO the peo-
pe except as it stands connected with the avowal of
principles by that party rather their non-avowal.
We shall look at the body, and determine for our
sves to its nature, without the slightest reference
TO the name. They may call themselves what they
please-we all know who and what they are. But
will they be able to unite and then make nomina-
ton We predict that they will. Will they endorse
and approve the fugitivesave law We predict that
they will not, and We give as authority for this be-
lief the opinion of Whig papers in the free States
already referred to by Blu, they will present to
ecountry ingeniousy constructed platform, half
compromise " and fanti-"compromise." !" leaving
the Sewardites and the Winthrop men to paddle ap-
penly in canoe, and the Fillmoreites in another,
while in reality they will be but crew, with COM
aims, making for the same harbor. Will they
elect their candidate! We cannot believe they will
but the contest will be close and hitter one, and
will be marked, in all probability, by more violence,
venom, and excitement than any which has taken
place since $500. Whigism will play, or attempt to
play of its very largest games of inposture and
humbug; but the present generation has been decei-
we'd once by these worthless, and cannot be again.
The next may.
We do not propose to discuss at this time the ques
ton of the Presidency but we may as we'll say that
xeexpect to support the nominee of the Democratic
party provided he be sound upon the subject of Sla-
very. And we entertain no doubt that he will be
sound for have in the free States of the right
stamp and the Convention, made up it will be oi
representatives. of the Democracy from all quarters ol
the Unon will do its duty without reference to Sec
aors or isms. We ask no new platform the old one
adopted in 1910, and reafirmed in 1914 and l84s, Is
good enough for US. We sincerely believe that the
success of Democratic principles in the ensuing cam
Pagn, is essential to the prosperity of the country
and the preservation of the Union. If those prnci'
pies had prevailed constantly in the government since
l'ao We should have escaped the perils in which
@e country has been and is now placed. We 60 for
ae Constitution, the rights of the States, and the
rights Of the United States; in other words, we GO
With the old Republican party of the days Of Jefer'
son. Jackson, and Polk. This is the flag we hold up
before the people, the safest and best ralying point
which can be presented to them in this or any othe
es's; and that flag, if all Of Us should do our duty
1852, will wave first and highest at the close ol
the contest.
We shall have more to say on this important sub
leea at the proper time. ...... ....'
An enterprising planter of this County told us, a
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