Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-08-13
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN

The Raleigh Register of Wednesday last contains
the following very clear, distine and unequiuocal
marks in relation the election in this State. Speak
ing of the Democratic candidates for Congress that
paper says:
"The triumph of the individuals before mentioned
will be regarded very naturally as vacation by
North Carolina of the high position she has always
heretofore maintained as the pioneer in all measures
of law, justice and patriotism. That she still main
tains that position, no one who know her and her
sons will pretend to deny. Yet she will be commit
ted to by blind subserviency to party drill, and
noble, independent yeomanry will choose as their
representatives, who protesting love of liberty,
demqgogues has get conjured up, already erisring.
That the people of North Carolina are sound upon
the question OF Union is beyond doubt. That they
are equally as susceptible upon the subject of State
rights, State pride, and State interests is equally
tain. They will therefore feel pang of modification
the result of contest which is sure. by want of de-
termined and Independent action, to bind them neck
and heels to the fates of the demagogues they are
supporting"
We congratulate the country upon the above Ian
guage. The Register may be regarded as having at
last defined its position the Slavery question.
Those I" "provisons '-those necks - bowed for the
yoke and that "pective'' tyranny really such an
tcipations alarming.
due to the Editor If the Register to state that he
is absent at present trip to the North. If he had
been here, no such tumble Of nonsense would have
found place in his columns. He may we'll exclam
" save me from my friends! !" Butthis will learn him
one lesson, and that is, not to permit every little Con-
sodationstical Whig in town to scribbe for his COL
umns. Such has beenthe for some time past and
this is the main reason we presume, why that paper
has held many positions upon the Slavery question.
Every scribber has had his peculiar views and the
Whig organ has been made to bear the responsibility
of all of them. This, however, is none of our busi-
ness. The truth is, such policy is the very thing
for US, and if we were selfish iliberal we might
hope to see it continued. But not so. The above
is sufficient for US. Those pangs of modification "
and that "psctive tyranny" will do, to say nothing
of the necks and heels and other provisions
which revolve and glance through the article. We
are satisfied, and we hope we " shall ne'er look
upon its like again. 1t is worse than Dockery, for
even he possesses {" "irmness of purpose and great
strength of intellect though they do say" he has
an Indifferent way Of showing it.
We advise the writer of the above to try his hand
again; and if no will not regard US as obtrusive or
troublesome, will set him copy. If he should
wish to write small chapter in favor of Consolida
tion, let him begn for instance, follows: The
principles of Consolidation are equally possessed
of repugnant adhesion to such provisions be
conjured up, as any thing else Indeed, demagogues
have dwelt upon them with a subserviency which
drills US with surprise at the unalterable revolution
affective and CALLING to independent fates &C.,
&c. This will be sufficient. The writer will i'm
prove rapidly under such lessons; and if he should
persevere in his efforts, his fame will be in condi-
tion by the time the Editor of the Register returns,
to enable him to repose his laurels and-,crie no
more.