North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-24
tho North Carolina Standard of Feb e. 1891 i
" STAND BY YOUR COLORS!

thp North
STAND BY YOUR COLORS!
o.. observe. in various portions of the country
a,tempts are being made TO destroy otu w u ex-
TanHaa 1 ITo;on party These attempts aPPeal ~
themselves more decidedly IN the iee
,h siaveboIding and there IS DOL"
| I roason in this, for that IS the quar-: ~ ~ 10
:nnd and just regard for me 70 the Least extent,
'i ior o.a'o coded We hail this spirit In the Tree
anu n 20 and hope it may grow and spread put he,e
S"W,,b Carolina, where we ask only 10 Dc ie' an
ar as the Slavery questlonls concerneu' anu Hnion
IA I'D is lifted against the continuance OF tne nion
no nan perceive no good reason for estdohsnlhs
We I narty or for any organization Oh ''e 0n"'ao
mOhgH dad to- The truth is, these attempted Union
tel @ations are calculated by their very tendency III
Og;on: to reflect upon every cltlzen VINO stahus
tbs ri nth a determined spirit in behalf OF South-
""1;bt and to increase the very power In the
cru rsi Government which threatens, In the end' 10
averv valuable attribute of State sovereignty
aOS SIT have we in North Carolina done, that we
"n's oaIleK mon to apprOUe the late lad Iust-
sNV" md To vote for no man for President or vice
m'n Lent or for any other Office, who does mol APP
IT! We acquiesce in tive submit to It, and
O that sufficient! 1t is enough for US to say that
sill make the fugitive-save law test OF SOUND
| and it is for the better portion OF the Northern
e'S to coupel their public men to this standard;
FeOPs Southern man. and the Editor OF free
JUS we would 90 beyond this, and distinctly de-
o that we would support no man Tor pubic sIduon'
rbo did not emphatically condemn any ana all at
WI" VIZ n rive Congress jurisdiction in any shape or
trr character whatsoever over the Slavery question:
TT is the point after all, which this whole ques-
;~ turns If the people of the free States 1c'H agl-
Wv, This subject in their primary assemblies and In
& legislative chambers, let them do 1t, with the GER
% hat thew are thereby daily weakening the bonds
%, have made US one people but at the same time,
%iI we hear that as best may, let US demand, as
r;gM and insist upon it to the last extremity that
SorrU shall hereafter be an Unpr0nouncdOle to0rd IN
LrU of Congress. care the assaled and aggrleVed
Zion We have not harmed the people of the free
safes in either their character, their persons or their
estates and are we, under these clrcumsances-"ltn
hs ibupderbots which these people have launched
.rinst US still burning in our mIdst-to approve ther
,on TO Iaud their love of the Union, and to pro-
bp our own fellow citizens oy getting up these So
,Ipd Union associations There are no dIsunIon-
is in North Carolina, and there is, therefore, no ne
csssity for organizing Union party TO put down DIS
union: on the contrary in our humble Judgment that
man who stands up most unfinchngiy tor the reserved
rgbIs of the States is the best Union man, while he
who is eternaIly crying Union Union! is most to
be dreaded as the advocate OF consolidation, ana
of a course of policy which would inevitably tend
TO the destruction of every vital principle OF Union
and of Constitutional liberty. That is our opinion.
We state it generally. without any wish or intention
to reflect upon any one or any party.
1.-THE Democratic party of the United States had
remained in power, these Slavery troubles would
have been avoided, promptly met and settled There
can be no doubt that the Administration of Gen. Tay
Tor contributed than all things else to lnfiame
these troubles, and put the South to the wall in the
late exciting controversy. Always sectional, the
Who party, in the contest which resulted In his eie
yaon to power, pretended to be national and IN or
der to succeed in theI srugg for the spoils, they
managed array, under the same banner, the bit
ter Slavery OF New Eng land, who contended
that Gen. Taylor thought with him on this question,
and the ardent Southron who pointed with triumph
ant satisfaction his three hundred negroes evil
dence of his devotion to Southern rights. The result
Of all this is well known 10 the country. do not
propose 10 dwell upon it. If Gen Cass had been E.
iected, we have Mr.. Websers auth 0rity for saying
that the Missouri line would have been established
and that, with other measures equally fair, would
have given satisfaction to the most L" ulIra South
ern State.
But under any and every view of the question, as
aOw presents ITSELF it becomes the Democrals-the
old States rights Jeffersonian party, to island by
their coors." There is safety either in the ranks
OF the Federasts or under new flag. Let us stand
where and catch and let act, in the future
as just regard for vital interests may require
US to act. No one tell what another year will
bring forth. If the crisis he difficult, let prudence
Use with the occasion; and amid all difficulties
whether they present themselves in the shape of
Union organizations, diSuniUn organizations, en-
tangling alliances with the Federalists-letu remem-
Der that our principles secondary in importance
Ony to vital interests and honor citizens of a
siavehoding State and that after ALL the Constitution
the surest and safest guide in times of national
element and of peril to the Union of the States.
Wehave re-Published the above in accordance with
our promise in our last, for the purpose of showing
the sentiments entertained in relation to the i'm
PoFant subjects alluded to- before the campaign for
Congress opened in this State. Ourpositon then is
our position now. There is nothing in the above
which we feel disposed to retract qualify.