Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1851-07-16

Congress than Gen. Dockery. And will the people
of that District elect such man at crisis like the
present, when the country is in peril, and when the
best talents are needed in the public councils! We
cannot believe they will.
WHO ARE THE AGITATORS! .
Many of the Consolidation leaders and presses are
in the habit of referring to Southern Democrats as
agta.ors and disunionsts while they claim for them
selves, with true Pharisaical sanctity, all the love of
order and quiet and the only of devotion to the
Union which is worth any thing. There is a motive
for this conduct the part of these men their OBJ
ect is party pary party, to the end of the chapter
othing is sacred in their estimation that it may
not be used for party purposes. They have frequent
ly drawn the revered name of Washington into the
political arena, and claimed for themselves all the
merits of his principles and virtues and it is matter
of history that in 1883 they lched from the tomb of
the Revolution the name of Whig-a name dear and
common to al-and appropriated it to their own base
and selfish purposes. Now they are shouting Union,
and branding every man who stands forward for the
Constitution and the rights of his section, as agta-
tor and disunionist. They hope, in this way, TO in
duce the country to forget overlook their political
misdeeds, while they expect profit, in the way Of vic
regard for the Union. We have already exposed
these professions. We have shown their holowness,
and have demonstrated at the same time that the
course which these men have adopted is the very
course of all others, calculated put and keep
the Union in peril.
Now let US see ,uho are the agitators. A few
words, plainly uttered, will set the whole matter in
its true light.
The last Congress adopted series of measures
known as the " Compromise measures A large
portion of the Democratic party of the country. and
especially the Southern portion of it, regarded these
aggressive and unjust but they ANNOUNCE
ed it at their purpose to acquiesce in these
measures, for the sake Of the Union, provided the
people of the free States should faithfully abide and
enforce the fugitive-slave law. The Wings, on the
contrary, gave their sanction to these measures and
declared them, in their opinion to be just fair, and
thy of general appreciation. Well " hat next? Did ag-
itation cease! Ought not under the circumstances,
to have ceased! We have no hesitation in replying
in the affirmative, and we will now show why and
how it has been otherwise. The Whig leaders, North
and South, taking their doubtless from the NAM
ayers at Washington City, made these measure test
of devotion to the Union; and while thousands and
thousands of their party, in all the free States,
arrayed in open opposition to the fugitiveslave law
and were demanding its repeal, they began the dis
cussion the various points again, and called upon
the Southern people, and especially upon the Demo-
of the South merely to acqu;esce in these
measures, but to approve and commend them to the
people. This the Democrats refused do, and they
were forthwith denounced by these Wing leaders as
dsunionists and as opposed to the best interests of
L.. al A.
kcompelled to discuss these compromise measures,
and to show chy they could not approve them and
the Wing leaders and presses referred to- not being
able to answer the arguments of the Democrats, be-
gan to call them agitasors and promoters of strife.
These are plain, unvarnished facts; and now, who
is to blame for agitation! Not the Democrats.
they acquiesced, and preferred silence and the op
eraons of time in connection with these measures
but the Consolidation leaders, soho forced the discussion
for partv purposes. Will the Raleigh Register, any
other Consolidation organ meet Us on these points
| We find in late number of the Nashville Union
the following article in relation to Gov. Trousdales
support of the Compromise, which places in very
clear light the views we have taken in this article
The Union says:
aWe have heard the opinion expressed that Gov.
Trousdaes acquiescence in the compromise measures
IS inconsistent Win OO1ectOnS which ne urges
against these measures, when viewed in detail. II
must be remembered that Gov. Trousdae does mol
support the compromise measures because, in his
opinion, they do foil justice to the South, but because
it a choice between these measures and break.
ing up of the federal Union. He prefers to endure
whatever of injustice there is in the Compromises
rather than put the Union to hazard. His competitor
I(Judge CampbelO advocates the several compromise
measures because, in his opinion, they secure the
rights of the South, and because, understand
him, they are considered by him as administration
Tor whig) measures. These positions of Judge Camp
bell make it necessary for Governor Tfousdale show
where the compromise measures fall short of doing
Ijustce the South, and show that whilst his
Ipetor supports them for the sake of whigism and
whig President, he supports rather acquiesces In
them for the sake of the Union.
1t is singular fact, and not very creditable tt
Judge CamPbells intelligence, that he cannot or vii
not comprehend how Gov. Trousdale can see so many
objections to the several measures constituting the
Compromise, and yet show his devotion to the UnoI
by acquiescing in them. Judge Campbell seems t.
have erected in his own mind new and strange tes
of devotion to the Union. According to his philoso
ply, to be good Union man, one must believe tn.
several Compromise measures to be right and prope
in themselves, and especially must worship at tn,
shrine of President Fillmore. Governor Trousdal,
wholly repudiates and disdains any such test; h,
knows of no Union except that which resulted from
the constitution, and he knows of no other means o
tuition in all it's integrity. Because the several com
promise measures do not violate the constitutions h
bows to their legal validity. and acquesces in then
for the sake Of the Union but he does not understand
why free and patriotic man may not object to
measure the score of expediency, and yet acqui
Fl esce in it for the sake of harmony and peace. Th
truth 10, that Gov. Trousdale shows more strongly