Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-06-11
AN ABOLITION GOVERNOR.


The Raleigh Register, and other Wing prints in
is State, whose Editors appear to care more for
rty than for the South, avail themselves of every
portunity to produce the impression on the minds
their readers, that the main opposition to Slavery
lists among the Democrats of the free States; and
pugh these papers seldom declare it in SO many
rds yet they always leave it to be inferred, that
Whig party North is sound upon this question.
hey thus hope to keep their great" Whig party
or the fragments of it-together, so as to be able
make good run with some Northern man for the
esidency. in the next campaign. Party! party!
ny right or ,0-ong-Souh or no South-that, so
as can Judge from these prints, is North. Caro-
a Whigism. We need not inform our readers that
Oh course is fraught with lasting injury to the
uth and to the Union. Every citizen can see and
this fact for himself. But while we regret this
pduct on the part of these journals. and while we
Puh gladly banish party and party feelings forever
10 all discussions upon this Slavery question, we
nevertheless constrained by our regard for fair
aling and the cause of truth, to correct the false
pressons made by these journals, and to set forth
facts as they exist.
There is one marked fact in connection with this
|bec to which wish to call the attention of our
bders. 1t speaks volumes. and is. Of itself and by
urnals on this subject. After violent struggle,
Legislature of Pennsylvania at its last session,
ssed a law repeating the obnoxious section of the
of ls47, which prohibited the use of the jaiIs Of
nnsyIvana for the safe-keeping Of re-captured fu-
i've slaves. The Wing Freesoil Governor of that
ate, brought all his influence to bear against the
bsage of this law, but in vain. Every Democrat
one, in the Senate IF that STATE, roted for this
}; and euery Wing, but t,ro, uoted against ii.
ELL, the law passed, but it could not 60 into effect
lhout the official signature of this Governor; and
this day, this man Johnston, who is the Whig
hddate for Governor of Pennsylvania, refuses to
n this a,c. He refuses, because he wants the Ab-
the papers, is as follows:
" The Union has never been in danger, nor was it
the present moment and all that had been said
the alarmis,s upon the subject was mere gascon-
.e These were his sentiments, and if the people
not like them he could not help it; nor did he
Re much about it,
"e sdue oIo eouSs "nICu 10 eo"S W '''o W "'sS
nth as we'll as NORTH the Union is in no danger,
all these demonstrations in South Carolina amount
mere gasconade. .s ,-. --sa-.. ..... ,..
The Raleigh Register has never noticed these facts,
exposed this Abolition Governor in his true light
ts readers and the reason why that paper has not
y so is, that Johnston is Whig That paper can
ounce, misrepresent, and abuse the State of South
Folina, and lecture Us because we have thought
per to express oursympathy for that gallant State;
it is as silent as the grave in relation to this in
pous conduct on the part Of a Wing Freesoil Gov.
or.
We ask the people of the State to look at these
is, and then draw their own conclusions