Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard., 1852-04-14
THE VOICE OF BUNCoMBE.

we invite the attefftion Of readers pro-
ceedings of the Buncombe Meeting in paper to-
day, and especially to the admirable and eloquent let
ter from Asheville, signed "a Live Democrat" in
relation thereto. l-EfJ94Z IIATf
The Democrats of Buncombe it will be seen have
spoken out in the cIearest terms for Equal Suffrage
by legislative enactpept and the sapcon of the peo
pie at the polls, and not by Convention !; and they
have also EXPRESSED, in the waIest terms, their ap-
probation of the Administration Of Gov. REID, and
their wish that he should again be candidate.
Our correspondent has most graphically and truth
fully forth the condition and attitude of the
parties of the State the Convention question. The
Democrats are just where and what declared from
the FIRST they would be-a unt-oh the same plat
form, with Equal Snffrage and David s. Reid on
I" both sides or sheiI banner with the face
for all sections, and tins friends of the ,Oho State and
all its interests; while our opponents. the resultof
party feeling and the promptings of par:izanven-
geance, dvided dsjointed, sectonaLized-the ma
jority of them bent upon defeating Equal Suffrage by
pressing change in the basis and by throwing the
whole matter into open Convention, and the mi
nority sefnly protesting against the dangerous and
radical movements and demands of their Western
allies. Our cores ponden is right in attributing this
Convention movem ent to party feeling. The :" whole
aim'' of the Whig leaders, as he well remarks. has
been to defeat Equal Suffrage and that aim includes,
of course, the restoration to power of those who
would shamefully abuse it, after having resdrted
to such unworthy means to obtain it's Ill
The following extract from letter in the last Ra-
leigh Times, written by &" Western FRIEND" fully
confirms this view Of ihe matter. Weask attention
to that portion Of this extract which we have iali-
cized .....-... -'- 'f-. '.a -'s.t : :
The lest is not radical and are not supporting,
rather demanding, open Convention from choice,
much as from necessity especially in this quarter.
Our Eastern friends forget this fact entirely.
When Manly came out against free suffrage, the
West supported him. When he came out the second
time for leaving the question to the people, ihe West
supported him. Nosv, cannot go back and rofe
free suffrage alone By standing up for our nominee,
haze last several Countless and lost strength in the
State. Is it good policy to carry this any farther?
that is the question. All the Intelligent portion of
our party in the West say it is not and they de-
termined not to fitter away their strength by pursu
ing such a course. We have heen acting on the de-
fensive long enough let US now begin to charge
the enemy do net shall be incUita5Iy ruined.
repeat that compelled to go for Contention
TN the Wcst or ,ce as q party, are diSOdnded. ' p
Comment upon such language is unnecessary. 1t
shows that party is at the bottom of this whole bu-
siness and that Wing leaders. who at time
SO conservative" that they would not listen1o
proposition to amend the Constitution in any par
rticular are now clamorous for Convention, to be
called ,Dith pie,r Of rerising the entire instrument,
and Of making the most important amendments and
changes. -.--5 s. ....
We here take occasion 10 say, that we have exam
ined this question with some care and that
poet CO. whenever it shall be necessary, into dis
cusson of it, and to show that the advocates of
open Convention, to be called for the purposes allu
ded to haue not inch Of ground TO stand upon.
The weight of the argument is all our side, and
that weight shall be felt.
ssThunder in the Mountains old Buncombe
right side mp !-her voice ringing upon all ears,
from Currituck to Cherokee, for Equal Suffrage
cording to the Cons,ituton-for DAVID s. REID, the
originator Of that great measure-and for the cardinal,
oldashioned doctrines of strict construction and JEFF
fersonan Democracy. We assure our gifted cores
pouiaent that we s'proud to prolong and spread
wider the of this first mountain Democratic gun -
and the part Of the East and the Centre can
pledge him that the echoes shall be lost, but
gaining volume and strength in every locality, they
shall be rolled back TO the confines of Cherokee,
ryng with them greetings of cordial good fellowship
and words Of cheer brotherhood and sincere affection
for the mountain-born Democracy of Western Caro-
lima. HuErah for old Buncombe and Equal Suffrage
PROF. EMMoNS. ~ 80
We shall lay before readers, in our next, the
interesting Report of Prof Emmons to Gov. Reid, of
his recent survey of the open ground prairie - in
Carteret County.
Prof. Emmons was at Greenville, Pitt, on the Sd,
where he had stopped TO make an examination of
some mari beds in the banks of the river. He was
expected 10 deliver an address in Greenville. On
the 7th he was in Wilson, Edgecombe, having been
engaged for days in examinations in that county.
He had also visited Nash, for the purpose Of making
examination of iron bed, by request Of sew
eral gentlemen who contemplate. establishing iron
works in the vicinity. We learn that he intended
to visit Halifax, for the purpose of exploring and
examining in that quarter and that some time in
May he expects to reach Hyde County, and after
ing the soils in that region, he has already had OPP
portunities of doing elsewhere in the East re will
be able to arrive at fixed facts in relation the
soils generally of the Eastern portion of the State.
Prof. Emmons has been constantly engaged from
the time he commenced his valuable labors and we
learn that he is much-grati6ed by the kind and
dial manner in which he has been received By the
people generally. . I...lrg -.,s,..e, -,
Mr.. Stanly has written letter 10 the Washington
Republic, in which he labors to produce the impress
sion that General Scott is sound upon the " "compro-
mise" He says he Z" knows'' him to be so, and |
he has accordingly issued his edict the Wings of
this State on the subject. He expects to support Gem
Scott, and evidently calculates that the Wings of