Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-03-31
THE STANDARD.
s,T,,1URDAY, MARCH ~, 1852.
u-nCE DOUGLAS-THE REGISTER.
RALEIGH, n. C..


uDGE DOUGLAS-THE REGISTER.
o.. Reojs,er states that Senator Douglas lodged
:. h,ifre.save law. The Editor knows This charge
~ untrue. Judge Douglas was absent on business
r,,b could not be neglected, when the bill passed
/, Ssoate: but he stated, on his return, that he
~,u have voted for the bill had he been present,
~, he was the first man of either party to raise his
,I,s on the stump, in favor of the law. Has the
9.dpr forgotten the Chicago scene, in which Judge
n,,cl,s confronted thousands of infuriated Atoi-
.,ss and talked for this law until its bi,terest ene-
is we're slenccd Has the Editor forgotten that,
,,gs the influence of this Speech, the Common
ruOeil of Chicago almost unanimously repealed an
s Of theirs forbidding their officers to interfere to
,ss fugitive! No, the Editor remembers all
hi, but i. does not accord with his business as
rtzsu TO state the facts.
The Washington Republic not long since, made a
.a,ss similar 10 tie one preferred by the Register
,nius, Judge Douglas but the Editor Of that paper
,ns forward soon after, under a commendable sense
d iusce and not only apologzed for his course on
e subject, but bore strong testimony TO the rmness
,pI PATRIOTISM of that distinguished gentleman. Will
he Register follow this example? Will it be hon
s. enough to do simple justice to political oppo.
un! These are pointed questions, but they are
sdsed BY the occasion. 1t is evident that the Re-
Gsu preparing for the campaign. The Editor IS
uipg lessons in stretching, to be able to judge
# his capacity in that respect before the heat Of the
battle is upon US. We warn the people, and We
vsn them in time, against his evasions, his tricks,
bis Interpretations, and unfounded statements.
The mos, enormous falsehoods will be brought in
use against the Democracy and the champions OF
hs cause. during the ensuing summer and autumn !;
and it is therefore important that the people should
isaonce put upon their guard. All we ask OF them
h "prore all things, and hold fast to that which
s, good" Let them take nothing for granted, but
islaud the proofs. cause which can be suPPor-
ted no other way than by Misrepresentation and
ilshood, deserves to 60 down. Such cause wiA'
1.-THE end, go down. 1t may prosper for time' and
the people may be, now and then, deceived; but the
loom Of the demagogue is as certain as the ultimate
rigmph of truth.
There are several points in this matter which are
ug annoying to the Register. They are these i:
Every Democrat who is spoken of for the Presiden-
cyl sound upon this law, and pledged in the clear
at manner 10 maintain it and enforce 1t, If elected
while on the other hand, Mr.. Fillmore, though he
came out for it in decided terms in his last annual
message would not sign it as President until he had
procured the opinion of the Attorney General that 1t
vas unconstitutional Such men as Mr.. Buchanan and
'udge Douglas were fer it from the first MIR. Fill
more seized upon it, az he admits, only in the last
resort! as the best law that could be obtained at the
ane and as part and parcel of other measures, by
'ash' as now generally admitted the South gain
g nothing. He was ready to march troops against
'sSasa savehodng State, and to do it promptly and
once; but he required time to deliberate, and he
sass full Of constitutional scruples that he had to
'an the opinion of the Attorney General, before he
'0ud approve law, the enactment Of chieh aoas en-
"''a 1y one Of the Iaines provisions Of the C0nstits''
""' 's Again: The present law is not such one as
.' "ebser preferred, as the records Of the Senate
VI" snow and Gen. Scott, it is well known, has re-
so 10 say whether he is for or against it. This
s'''aS we repeat, is annoying to the Register; and
-'ee The efforts Of that paper to produce the i'm
res0n that leading Democrats are in the same pre-
" sS''aen' on this subject with leading Wings. But
y such efforts mus. fail. The facts are with the
~ sD0eacy, and they will remain just as they are
, A'e0 iacts" on the records of the country. The
r rsAs OF partizans and demagogues can neithe: OBJ
d, ''e nor change them. We are content to leave
'" With the people, and to abide their judgment
Upon them.
W We have been requested to make the follow
correction in the names of Delegates appointe'
= "e orange meeting to the Hillsborough Conven
' % be held at May Court, published in our last
~ ~ 1. Linnir, read D. T. Tinnin-for Andrew
+, ''el read Andrew Turner-for John Tanier reat
'a y, lurner-and for George S. Coggin read Geo
49, 'oggln. The name of Dr.. Giles Allison wa
so oy mistake, and is added to the Delegation to
"' s'ate Convention.
"s Invite attention to the sale advertised in on
'o'day' to take place on the 9Th Of next mont
b..A A'4en' South Carolina. A good opportunity
tn q u 1t D>S