North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-12
sos p11FF1N AND sTANLY.

urSsRs. RUFFIN AND STANL1.
~. COPY from the Goldsborougn hepuooll'0n or -
W., the following account Of the discussion
rIIohorouph on the 4th instant, between me'''0'
Rufin and Stanly We have
aTyr Discussion AT GoLDsBoRousH: ,ssion be-
~ time to make brief notice OF me Soronuh on
rceu Messrs. Rufin and Stanly a. eoEn o'clock UNI
!S fourth. The discussion lasted i. ttentivelv -by
the ioui, % NJ and was listened to atleh"Vey ~
the large audience. ,.-.,ssion. and spoke in his
usual manner. There hao os,;on Of mower between
last congress 10 South He proceeded lmmeGiateIy
inc Noll, az an course in Congress. HIS Vole oi uo
10 ueien If California was next TO the oee' " -
io !I:c He was for admitting her ; 'le NO. NJ ~"
his HE. the better for the Government. mo one
there WEI h, horrors we should now be enduring II
cau ; to had not been admitted line SECOND cues
CaiiIolA'ah .t Of New Mexico. There was danger of
uon W w.,ar Mr.. Fillmore made ProPostionto set
cM sn boundary and give Texas SlO,OOO,OOO He
Nc Ne Stanly) would have given S5o,ooo,OoO rather
MI coo a civil war. 1t was no bride.
tham S,anIv defended his votes also for Utah, New
MI and the bill aboishing slavery in the District
MrHJU "mbia. He voted for the last because 1t took
o. o., from the North all cause OF compliant ne
away "A tho masses at the North as being SOUND on
delenu euarr ouestion-rdculed States Rights as
ne .ri,ic5 doctrine-enlarged on Jacksons Procia-
HyP; and aruued that he was good Jackson man.
t1is doctrine of secession was dangerous one ne
md o for what Gen. Jackson did, go for the Force
RlI and send fleet to South Carolina II She sece-
oJ o keen her from entangling herself with foreign
Hiorces He discussed the Newbern platform, and
lI'niited that repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law
'ronld be most decided aggression upon the South
II. advocated change in the Tariff. Iron makers
had lost greatly by the present tariff, and ne lntlma
tod that he would not oppose change. AFTER DIS
,ssino several other points he closed.
CJ Rnfin made most triumphant reply. w e
10 seldon seen one man get much the advantage
oI another as COL Ruffn did of Mr.. Stanly. He
Commeuced by announcing that he appeared before
w. DoonIe of WAYNE to give them MS views, and he
%r do Sd now He travelled by different road
,nm Mr., Stany. The latter had declared in his
aoaocb in Congress that slavery was evil. He
Rnffn1 did not believe slavery to be either social,
HDo~aI or political evil. He entertained the old Re-
publcan Doctrines. He differed from MT. Stanly In
Si right of secession. He denied that he eth
or a sscessonist or disunonist, and he challenged
Va nroof He believed that State has the right to
"o.ede for adequate cause. The Wings had now got
~, the cry of Disunion against the Democrats. Wings
,Iways cried that the Democrats We're going 10
I,,;r the country. Such was the cry when the Dem
,r,ts nassed the Tariff and SubTreasury laws, and
snch was their cry now. But those laws had been
passed and had saved the country.
chi Rufin maintained that the right of secession
was the doctrine of the Fathers of the Constitution.
WASHINGTON had admitted it, Macon and Jefferson
had maintained it strongly, and it the doctrine of
Madison the father of the Constitution. In the Con-
vepon that adopted the Constitution, motion to
give the General Government power to Stale
had been twice voted down. The right of secession
was part Of the old States Rights doctrine of the
Republican party.
The COMPROMISE was next taken up. He held
that the South had received justice from the North
in this Compromise, but as they the laws of the
land and he wished show his devotion to the
Union he was willing 10 abide by them. California
had been brought in irregularly, in order enable
Gen. Taylor erade the Proviso and it had excIu-
ded slavery because it could not be admitted as
slave State. The South fairly entitled to a d.
vision of that State according TO the Missouri Com
promise line.
In the Texas question the South had been unjustly
dealt with. Texas threatened with the power of
the General Government, and she was compelled to
take the offer made her. The Abolition of the slave
trade in the District of Columbia had heen declared
by nearly all the Whss Of North Carolina in the
Legislature violation Of the Constitution. Yet Mr..
StanIy had voted for this bill and boosted of it, The
next thing done will be to abolish slavery in the Dis
lrict. There nothing TO justify the vote of Mr..
S,anly.
In the Fugitive Slave Law, the South had only got
rights and this had been carried through Congress
by Democratic votes He asked if the Whig's here
We're willing to support Northern Wings, such as
those Of Pennsyls ania, in warning upon this bill.
Col. Ruihn then examined Mr.. Stany's notorious
speech III Congress. examined the Wing platform
and showed up its Inconsistencies, discussed briefly
the Old questions, Tariff, &c. and concluded. His
speech was received with immense applause.
Mr.. Stanly replied in a very rapid manner, evident
" somewhat iFrltaed, and Col. Ruffin reoned. The
democratic Candidate sustained himself nubly, and to
The entire satisfaction OF the Democracy of Wayne