North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-06-07
AN ABOLITION GOVERNOR.

The Raleigh Register, and other Wing prints in
this State, whose Editors appear to care more for
party than for the South, avail themselves of every
opportunity produce the impression on the minds
of their readers, that the main opposition to Slavery
exists among the Democrats of the free States; and
though these papers seldom declare it in so many
words, yet they always leave it to be inferred, that
the Wing party North is sound upon this question.
They thus hope to keep their /" great'' Wing party
or the fragments of altogether, so to be able
to make good run with some Northern man for the
Presidency, in the next campaign. Party! party !!
party right or Drong-South no South-that, so
far as we judge from these prints, is North Caro-
lima Whigism. We need not inform readers that
such course is fraught with lasting injury to the
South and to the Union. Every citizen and
feel this fact for himself. But while we regret this
conduct the part of these journals. and while
would gladly Danish party and party feelings forever
from all discussions upon this Slavery question, we
nevertheless constrained by our regard for fair
dealing and the of truth, to correct the false
impressions made by these journals, and to set forth
the facts as they exist.
There is one marked fact in connection with this
subject, to which wish to call the attention of our
readers. 1t speaks volumes, and is, of itself and by
itself, sufficient answer to the of these Wing
journals this subject. After violent struggle,
the Legislature of Pennsylvania at its last session,
passed law repeating the obnoxious section of the
law of 1s47 which prohibited the use of the ails of
Pennsylvania for the safe-keepng of re-captured fu-
gitive slaves. The Wing Freesoil Governor of that
State, brought all his influence to bear against the
passage of this law, but in vain. EUery Democrat
but one, in the Senate Of that State, Uoted for this
la,p; and epery Wing, but ttrO, Uoted against IT,
Well, the law passed. but it could not go into effect
without the official signature of this Governor; and
TO this day, this Johnston, who is the Wing
candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, refuses to
sign this a,D. He refuses, because he wants the Abb
clifton vote (; and the excuse he gives, we find it
in the papers, is as follows:
THE Union has never been in DANGER nor was it
at the present moment; and all that had been said
by the alarmiss upon the subject was mere gascon-
ade. These were his sentiments, and if the people
did not like them he could not help it nor did he
care much about ii. "
The same old song, which is sung by the Wings
South as we'll as NORTH the Union is in danger.
and all these demonstrations in South Carolina amount
10 mere gasconade.
The Raleigh Register has noticed these facts,
exposed this Abolition Governor in his true light
10 its readers and the why that paper has not
lone is, that Johnston is Whig! That paper can
1enounce, misrepresent, and abuse the State of South
Carolina, and lecture Us because we have thought
proper express sympathy for that gallant State
,ut it is silent the grave in relation this in
amous conduct on the part of Wing Freesoil Gov
ernor.
We ask the people of the State to look at these
facts, and then draw their own conclusions.