Southern standard., 1851-08-23
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Our Prospects in the County.

Amongst the vast concourse of people who as
sembled here on Tuesday, we conversed freely
with very many who were entirely reliable and
well informed, and we gather from them the most
gratifying and cheering intelligence, from every
part of the county. The people are now fully ap-
precating the true issues before them. Artful
and adroit misrepresentation, for awhile, partially
obscured the questions in one or two localities
Wherever the State Rights candidates have ad-
dressed the people, their discussions have been
able and thorough, and their reasons cogent and
satisfactory. The empty cant of ':glorious I'm
i0n,' has grown stale and fat and the subms-
sion croakings about diSunion, are now we'll IN
derstood by the people to be bold attempts to de-
ceive them.
The voters of this county now understand, that
no issue of union or secession is involved in this
canvass. But on the contrary, an approval or
djsaIprovH of the Robbery and Spoilation Bills
which for the purpose of deceving the South, were
misnamed compromise. Knowing this, the con-
cihatory term of compromise, has no music for
their ears-neither names, nor hackneyed phrases,
coaxings nor threats, aluring promises, nor gotten
UP panics can ever fOist system of measures so
oiious and fraught with such dire portents upon
the affections, the tolerance, of the people
of this County. Their dissatisfaction is general
and deep-rooted Scores of men who had stood
aloof from either organization, or who at first fra
ternized with the submssonists, honestly, but er-
roniousy believing the misstatements of interest
ed demagogues, have now come out, and manful-
ly take their proper position in the ranks of the
State Rights party. They are fully convinced, af
ter hearing free discussions by the champions o
both sides, that the men of this party not only
the steadfast friends of the South, and of the
country, but the true friends of the Constitution
and the Union, and the only party who propose
any sensible plan of maintaining the one, and pre-
serving the other. Indeed so clearly and SO often
have our very able speakers, demonstrated thi
matter to the people, that the submission leader
seem to be quite ashamed of their silly raac-heac
and Noody-bones cry of dsunion. We under
stand, they now expressly disavow any intention
of charging disunion on our party. They COO
down into harmless assertion, that Congress ha
acted on this matter, we can get nothing shoul
we make an effort, and that these discussions of ou
rights, will have prejudicial effect on the publ
mind of the great North
Happy and free people we ofthe South Rot
bed of our constitutional rights, and despoiled I
our Territories, we are exhorted cheertully to az
quiesce, quietly and tamely to submit, without
murmur or a comment-to shout hozzannas to OF
oppressors and to reward with high dgnities, thos
OF our citizens, who unite in despoiling us. An
all this, because forsooth, the fastidious and del
cate sensibty of the northern people, cannot bes
any illusions to their conduct, and there is muc
danger that they may take offence, and make fu
ther depredatons upon US. Such position NEE
with little favor from the voters of this Count,
They are old fashioned enough, to believe that
is one of the privileges of men in free country,
ask the amendment of bad laws, and that tam
acquesence on the one part and demand for r.