Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-08-27
NORTH CAROLINA.

We copy the following from late number OF the
Washington Union:
! uNoRrH CAROLINA. We are grati6ed TO learn
that the Hon. w. S. Ashe, an uncOmpromslng de-
mocat, has been reelected to Congress in the Will
mnqton district, North Carolina, by overwhelm-
ing majority. Indeed there was no regular opposl'
ton TO the election of Mr. Ashe. appears that Mr..
Warren Winslow, a decided democrat, was voted
for by portion of the wings, with view to dimin-
ish Mr. Ashes vote. But are authorized to say
that Mr.. Winslow placed in the field without his
knowledge or CONSENT voted for against his
pressed Wishes and that he in favor of the elec
iion of the regular democratic candidate.''
This expression of qualification, by the Union, on
the election of Mr.. Ashe, comes in good tilne and
is nothing than that gentleman is entitled to at
the hands of the organ of the national Democracy
but this is the first occasion, We believe, on which
that paper has made any alluson to the Congresson-
al elections in North Carolina. The Washington
Union newspaper has been Of but little if any ser
vice to the party in this State during the late cam
paign and indeed, the impression of many of our
friends is, that it has rather crippled and injured Us
in our efforts against the common adversary. That
paper rhas been and is taking part with Cobb and
Foo,e against Med and Quitman; and we do
no! remember to have seen, at any time in its COL
umns definite and correct statement Of the position
Of the Democracy of this State, or OF the South gen.
orally, in relation to the sc-caled Compromise. On
the contrary, that paper has affirmed repeatedly, the
justice of the Compromise; and it has sustained it,
TO the injury of Southern Democrats who acquiesce
in it for the sake of the Union, but who have pro-
tested and will continue to protest against the injus
tee of some of its features.
So far as the agitation in the South upon the So
called Compromise is concerned it ought to be known
to the Washington Union that the Democrats not
responsible for it, but that has been brought about
and Kept up by Wing leaders, for party purposes. As
as that Compromise became the law of the land.
the Democrats of the South, out of South Carolina.
announced it their attention to acquiesce in it in
good faith, provided the free States would do the same
but because they would unquali6edy approve it,
which large majority of them could not conscen-
tousy do they were at once denounced by the Con-
solidation presses Disunionists, and as enemies
to the Union and to public order and this, too while
In the free States the greater portion of the Whig
party drrayed against the fugitiveslave law and
demanding its modification or repeal.
We observe that the Washington Union, the Rich
mond Enquirer, and other Democratic prints North
of this, have announced the " Union ticket" gen.
orally successful for Congress in this State. Now,
what have to repeat for the twentieth time is, that
there Disunionists in North Carolina and we
must express cur surprise that we are compelled to
make this assurance to friends, members of our own
party. The Democrats elected to Congress from
this State, are better Union men than the Wings who
have been elected they SO for the simple reason
that they seek to preserve the Union according to the
Constitution-the Union which our fathers establish
ed, and the only Union worth maintaining preserv
ing.
But We have no wish, at present, to dwell upon
hese points. We have been defeated in this State,
not by any Union test, but for the plain reason that
majority of the Districts are Wing Districts. made
BY the Whig leaders in 1876 for their own benefit.
This is the reason why North Carolina sends only
three Democrats, out of nine members. to the next
Congress.