Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-06-11
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and hostile to Mr.. Filmore's Administration. This
is small game. We have forborne, for some time,
to allude to party in connection with the Slavery
question and only do it now in selfdefence 1t is
question which rises far above party, and both sides
in the South should be careful not to say any thing
about it calculated still further to distract and divide
our people. When the shock comes, if come it must
the South will need every arm that be mustered
in her defence. . ..s. f.
We know not what Sumner is, nor do we care.
He was elected to the Senate by coalition, formed
by portion of the Democrats, portion of the Wings,
and all the Aboltionsts proper of and
this coalition, Notwithstanding the statement to the
contrary in the last Register, denounced and ex-
posed at the tme The true state Of the in Mas
sachusetts is this About Democrat in ten in that
State is sound upon the Slavery question; but the
balance of that party, and all other parties in that
State including Of course the Wings, rotten upon
the subject. That is the truth, and we challenge the
Register to show the contrary. Will that paper point
Us to one Whg even in that State who ia disposed to
do the South justice on the Slavery question
But as the Register w;Hhave comparisons that
paper wA drag this question into party politics. we
speaks volumes. At the last State Convention of
the New York Wings, (Mr. Fillmore's State,) held
last Fall, the following Resolution adopted by
large majority:
I" Resolued, That our thanks are especially due to
the Hon. WIN. H. Seward, 70: the signal ability and
fidelity with which he has sustained in the United
States Senate, those beOued principles Of public policy
so long eherisAed by the Wigs Of tie Empire State
expressed in their State conventions, as well as in
the votes and instructions of State Legislature.
Those principles emnently national and republi-
can, because they are just and equitable"
The Raleigh Register ought to be the last paper
to charge unsoundness upon Northern Democrats
upon the Slavery question. For years, while the
Democratic party were taking the true ground upon
this question in their National Conventions and while
the Wing party in their National Conventions res
fused to touch the question, the Register. and
many Southern Wings and Southern newspapers,
were engaged IN charging hypocrisy on this very
Democracy for party purposes, and in contributing
their strength TO Danish them from public life In
one quarter of the Union, Webster and his allies
would denounce them obedent vassals of the slave
power. while here his hands were Strengthened in
this warfare by the cry that these Democrats were
only protesting to be sound, and dishonest and
thus thousands of our friends in the free States
repeled-d,iven off from aid, and compelled eth
er to be silent or join she ranks of enemies!
We challenge the Raleigh Register to dispute or
to meet these facts. ...
SLEEPY-NAPPY-
Our venerable friend of the Wilmington CONNER
cia to sleep several seasons since, and en- wax
ing up week two ago, perpetrated the following
1.-THE JErrERsoNlAN. We learn that the Neck
nburg Jefersonan, printed at Charlotte in this State
has been discontinued-is dead. 1t was conducted
with considerable ability. and we considered it one
of the frmest of our periodicals. Its politics was
Democratic, and the Southern question it joined,
we believe, the most excited portion of those who
defend Southern rights"
He went to sleep again, was aroused as before,
and forthwith wrote again on the same subject, as
follows:
1.-THE JErFeRsoN1AN. We noticed the discontin-
uance of the Jeersonian in las-having received
on the day before, the first notice from the Postmas
ter at Charlotte that it not taken out. That pa
per was published by neighbor, Mr.. Fulton Of
the Journal, who has been here year, or more. 1t
is case of absence of mind part, and a case
of something Of the same sort in the Postmaster at
Charlotte"
This is just as rich as possible. After such dis
erable friend towards Us on the Slavery question.
Some two three weeks since he was pleased to no.
tice an article of ours headed IS How to save the
Union -; and he did in a style which impressed
US with the belief that were together on the ques-
ton. On that occasion he said-quoting portion
of our article-that he liked" our language, and
he added:
..We shall be glad to see Mr.. HOLDEN pursue this
subject in the spirit and in like rational man
ner. But hope, for the sake of the cause of the
South, and Of the Union, so far as his influence ex
tends he will keep out of this discussion the awful
and preposterous political humbug, conveyed to the
mind in the words. q" the Democracy"
But, waking up again to party interests, in his pa
per of the 3lst May. he says:
ssWe had some misgivings when we spoke, on
Thursday, in terms of commentator of the remarks
of our friend HOLDEN Of the Standard, the slave
ry question. We find it was but CLEAN of sun
shine, amid the gloom of party desPotIsm, and that
the cause Of the South has nothing to hope from that
portion of the Democratic Party of North Carolina,
who constitute the I" army proper, being under the
drill and management of the Raleigh Junto."
Our venerable friend must excuse Us if we hint
the belief that he is decidedly nappy. Party feeling
and his dislike Of the Democracy have involved
him in limbo, vast and large," in which he sees
nothing clearly, nor holds to any view or opinion
with assurance or certainty. We beseech him to
.ay awake, and look into this Slavery question with
new par.of spectacles and without prejudice.
Should he do this, he will find nothing to complain
Of in our course. We have uniformly held the same
language on this subject the columns of this jour
nal will show. z1aE'ga q. eSs..'".H. :. '.'a't
We learn that at the late Term Of the Federal Court
held in this pace-Judge Potter presiding young
man Harvey, of Newbern, who was held for trial on