Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-06-23

=
~. Each of the Eve hundred s equally interested in
the of his little mite either of the ten
Each one has perhaps made it by the labor Of his
hands: and by the sweat OF his brow. Il is all he
has. BY means of which to maintain and provide fol
his amiys 1t is the dependence Of his children for
eoueation-for sustsaance. And YET by the presen,
justice Is this liberty! '4-.', '7'., e. -
~ = -~ -. ~ ~ :
Save Us from such freedom-save 10 from such
equality 1t is no ffesdom-t is no equality. I, is
Downright tyranny-yronny in its nsost edious form.
The few grinding into the dust the many, under the
iron heel of Powerpower under the pretence Of be-
ing derived from IS the people only."'' - M.
The sgners then 60 present the issue, as they
regard il, ~ follows: go go '-s Pa ... /,
The issue. then has been fairly presented Free
Srage, or a Free >Conuenton, ssnrestrseted By any
khsng but tie sDiH Of the people,. = -: Z.
= we have chosen to support FRcE CONVENTION.
We opposed Free Suffrage, not because We thought
the people ought not to have it, but because we did
not like the manner of getting it. We can never
sanction the propriety Of amendments to the Con-
stltution by legislative enactment.
Here, then. we have the following propositions
Let. That epresent Senatorial basis 10 unjust or
the reason, among others, that nroes represens
ed in tie Senate. -
Cd. That the Senate ought mot to bs based upon
property" bot upon tie people is, on the
free sphite people. . ..
Sd. That the present Senatorial basis is an odi-
metropolitan remnant of feudat arstocacy -
that under it, ten white men in the East are equal
i've hundred - in the Vest; and the basis itself 10
declared to be against liberty against justice, against
equality, and "tyranny in it's most odious fonn.''
4th. That the issue is Free Suffrage or Free Con-
venton; and the signers declare that they opposed
| CnRe -e a.
its advocates. because they wanted free Convention.
We ask the earnest attention Of the people of the
State to these facts; and call upon those Of them
who have heard Nh Kerr to say, # he !. no. also opos-
ed to Free Suffrage and the adoocate Of this free Gnre,,-
tion. Will he avow himself, when he gets to the
West, the friend Of the present Senatorial basis
We predict he will not. We know he declares, in
his public speeches, that he has yet hear of the
who 10 in favor of the white basis; but this is to
say the least, an evasion of the point in issue. Is
Mr.. Kerr ignorant Of this Western address Does
he not know these thirty-six Western Wings! Is
he not we'll acquainted with their views and objects1
Are they not his friends political and personals And
do they not support him upon the avowed ground that
he Is ,cih them tie adroeate Of free COnoensiOn
Away, then. with this unmanly evasion! John Kerr
knosos that attack upon the Senatorial basis has
been made. is now going under his auspices, and
that he is party to the attack; and yet he has the
assurance to stand up before the people of the East
and substantially deny the facts!
We have scarcely begun the discussion Of these
important points. We shall continue our remarks in
relation them, and shall show, before conclude,
that the Whig leaders Of this S,ate with few hon
orable exceptions, are engaged in sectional crusade
with the view and in the hope Of advancing party
and that these leaders, backed by the Raj.
egh Register, bent attaining their end, soic
is the defeat Of Free Su6rege and free Convention,
| NO MATTER WHAT THE RESULT MAY BE TO TEE SEN.
AroRlAL BASIS AND TO <areRo RErREsrsrArioN IN
THAT BRANCH OF THE ASSEMBLY. The Register
may wri,he under the exposure, and cry out ' foul
libel the Wing party, and all that; but we shall
90 right on in the performance of duty. We are
no, dealing with the Wig party, but with unprnci-
pied and desperate Wing leaders. who. beaten at
every point on both Federal and State issues, would
now involve the honest people Of North Carolina in
all the bitterness Of sectional discord, in the hope Of
once more reaching power and Of thereby gratifying
| their love of Office and their selfish ambition.
a 1t is gratifying fact. that a vast majority Of
the landhoIders of the S>De are perfectly willing