The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-11-12

la'uh ani lseau's Ns sail ~ only el5eri q
&c solihsrn Convention, - ~ - ara,asi, "a,
. iiks iaeiPisas sizPs . fam . souihsrn can,
tsasFaesi lrasins ]. = = iafsrrsd. srrosdins q
Tie Standards Interpretation. that Sc .-aaroe.,eI
lAs southern Convention as disuniaa srhemr.-
We lelieseis wilI mo- l< irnied lhs, lie M
mrni IN favor q Inc Ns.hri,le consenlion. Ma.
rinriPsiIy the rork a The advocs,es of srce..
son. And il Is lari u sane n0,orirly, dat The
Wilmington Aurora. and some oGhc oresns ..
That faction. openly ssorrd lhai Ihe institution
Of measures Cor the lormslion of souilsem Co..
iedersry was prime oljess Of The con.rnsion.
Thsse definitions received 10 rebuke fronf Tho
Standard; nor did il. though called upon, in the
slightest degree snIighlrn is rsadrn IS 10 the ma
iure Of The measures which The Nashville Con-
venii,n Was sxpreiei % esrses. RsS the Con-
venl'on was losked upon with jealousy thfovsh-
Out The Union. and especially in This Stair. Evil
only Was anticipated from il. Even the dele
gsiss from this Stale rhO were appointed 10 at
tend the Convention hcsiisiea, and IN The end
very Fsudenily. wisely, gave up The mission.
lodge Strange AMI Mr.. M.Ree. in their letter on
The occasion. spoke Of the Convention as cap.-
lie Of nothing bur mischicf;'' sn5 q The worse
than useless resolutions which might be passed
By itshsy say; Should those resolutions he er-
pressiss Of united purpose al the South 10
stand by iheiI rights al all hazards. VII t~y no,
justly he considered. thus uttered pending ne
COLLATION., as indecent christening or idle bIus-
irrins And IL conclliaiory and Mill. may ihry
moi beget doubts, in many minds Al Ieasi. whe-
Their the hearts Of Southern men are not falling
ihcmi" These were The words Of consi.lerate
men, the former 81 whom is Of high standing Ia
The Dcmocsiie party. The same views weie
entertained by thinking men Of ali parties. Yet
with all The su.pieiun thrown around the ol,jrci
Of The Convention, snd This extensive feeling in
reference 10 the eiri Of is most harmless action,
The Standard continued warmly 10 advocate ii
or. 10 u.s. his own words, 10 go Cor il bodily and
without reserve
This was while the compromise measures we're
untSi discussion. We did not suppose. in an
his buster. ihu he advocated the Convention as
a .disunion scheme II was reckless expert
meni to make capital FOR his party, in which he
was followed hy most nf the Democratic papers
in the Stale; and il was only through The COM
manding influence Of Judges Strange and ssun-
ders, Gov. Reid. as we learn. aud few others,
that the Democratic party in North Caroline
was not rushed hc,dlong into this " disunion
scheme
To be sure the Standard has prsfessed strong
attachment for the Union; he knows such pro.
fes,ion Is necessary 10 enable him 10 efrrct any
thing. But cannot the Standard perceive. thai
continued agitation at tlfc South will have quite
as potent an agency in dissolving The Union, a,
agitation at the North,
The Standard, in quotation which he nov
places before US, from his PAPER Of Feb. 1850
says. " We demand, in lhe namc Of the people
thai ihis question Of slavery he scsslrd now, =,
The present Congress and selIsj Coz evsr."' Wei
that Congress did, by the uuiied action Of th,
leading mcn Of both political parties, Southern
men and Northern men, make settlement Of III,
difficulties which haG so long distracted the coun
try. and upon . basis sufficiently broad, il wa
hoped, to secure permanent tranquility 10 th,
Union. But is The Standard any better satisfied
. He acqniesced," he says, in the compromis
" from the beginning hue docs he endeavor &
persuade his readers TO acquiescci' Has he no
rather, 10 the extent Of his power, endeavored :
render the compromise acts oiious TO the people
and lent his aid TO partisans who have avowe
determination 10 continue The agitation! w
are very willing to believe that the Standard
sincere in his professions Of love TO the Unior
hut so long as he continues, in this matter Of III
compromise. 10 run with The hare and hold wit
the hound" we shall be forced TO believe that hi
4 luSC W tuc tsltibll ~ VIVIAN NHtN
with his love for his party.
| five have misunderstood tho position" ofth
STANDARD, il is because Of the Inconsistencies j
tho tone Of lis articles. which have led others int
the same error with ourselves. Even the Wash
inston Union, paper belonging TO his own pc
! lilical par,y, was led into the same views, on
deal, very severely with the Standard on accour
Of its lisunion procliviles. We have no dispc
si,ion 10 misreprcscnt the Standard, and sha
heartily isIocc when its professions ofove for til
Union, shall be followed by corresponding ctfor
10 promote IFS tranquility.