North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-05
SOUTH CAROLINA.


reason why the people of South Carolina in favor
of the right of secession and the sovereignty of their
State. That paper notices the triumph of of the
Union Tickets in that State the late election for
Delegates TO the Convention, and says:
"The result gives strong cooring to the statement
of our correspondent, Zephyr, whose favor may be
found in another column, that the of the
agitation in South Carolina lies in the fact that the
masses in that State e rode over roughshod" by
few influential families and that the press is bought
up threatened with ruin by these masters, they do
not advocate certain measures. In the instance be-
fore US, few patriotic independent men had but TO
brave the bidding of these influential families - and
people opened to the true position which the
madness of secession would drive them. May the
day soon come, when the people of South Carolina
shall demand that political power and those franchi-
SEES, which the people of every other State enjoy.
At present they not sovereign! Let them become
so. and they will ''spurn alike their present leaders
and the principles which they hold"
We know but little of the - influential families :"
of South Carolina, as the effect on the masses
which their movements may produce; but do
know that the Raleigh Register ought to be the last
paper to complain Of influences exerted by Ger
tain families the destines OF anv State. Let
that paper look to its State, and the manner in
which, through party spirit, it has been controlled
for the last fourteen years. Party spirit and " an
ly influences - have done retard the prospe-
rity of North Carolina, and keep her back in the
race of competition with her sister States, than all
other causes combined. This is the sober TRUTH and
the Register knows to be That spell, however,
has been broken, and We thankful for it.
The Register prays for the day when the people of
South Carolina shall demand that political power
and those franchises, which the people of every 9TH
er State enjoy" This alusion is to the fact that
the Legislature Of that State elects the Governor and
votes for President and Vice President So the
| Governor is concerned, this State in the same
condition until 1885; and even then, we believe,
large portion of the Registers party opposed any
change. And SO far as voting for President and
Vice President is concerned, do not recoec: thai
South Carolina has ever made but mistake, and
that was ,Uhen she Uoted FIR Willie p. Ma,gum for
President. She will never cast the same vote again
She was deceived--that his fault. Should she
be deceived again by such politician, the fault will
be hers.
But we have no idea of defending this provision
in her organic law. We profess to be radical De-
mocra and such we think the people of every State
ought-not TO be nHOued-but to Genond and exercise
the right of voting for Governor and for every olhe
officer they may think proper TO elect at the polls
But the people of South Carolina know how TO man
age their own affairs. Within their own limits they
are sovereign, and may do they please. They are
certainly responsible fer their action either to us
or to the Editor of the Register Their machinery
may be defective, but the aOork it turns off is gener
ally of the best quality.
But here, again, the Register is involved in the
grossest' inconsistency. That paper denounces Ger
tain influential families of South Carolina, upor
the assumption that they stfe the popular voice and
withhold from the people their political rights How
is it in North Carolina Three years ago Gov. Reid
as the candidate of the Democratic party started the
Issue of Equal Sufrage-that is, the right of every
white man in the State vote for Senator; and the
Register opposed this issue with all its might and
has left no stone unturned to defeat it, Is this spe
cimen of the Editors regard for the masses and fo
political equality In South Carolina such courss
of policy is outrageous; but in North Carolina Fed
eraHsm it is the very thing. I" Thou hyPocrite! frs
cast out the beam out of thine eye; and ther
shalt thou clearly the mote out of thy
brothers. eye"
! The CENSUS. We publish to-day couple of val
liable Census Tables-one of North Carolina, and thu
other of the population of the United States
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