Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-05-08
For the Standard.
THINNER IN RALEIGH.

Mr. Error; NV former letter of g Ihunoe, RON Ii
the Mountains" seems to have stIIeu p,e;h The
ton of the same COMMODITY aoUut n. 80 a,
tips ond twill last longer" and design replying
nou, only IN The Register which Will also DC dill d-
ever tn the Times for the most part.
reoret exceedingly that cannot return si"s'I
Ss he REGISTERS many compliments to me.
So ion great regard for the rules OF Veracly 20 ac
cuse the editor the Register Of being guilty OF eneI
.sgenuine attic wit or pun ma. a'ii ell he
Democrat and " kicking" he admits; anu wen no
NAV for some of them kicks hit him. Asfo MS re-
marks about my " bombast," have no answer 70 70
make except that wrote as pleased and as sndlt
continue to write. But really think the edt"I u
The REGISTER is the last man in the State that ought TO
lecture any one on '' bombast" He thinks am W! -
nerable only in the heel;"-not even mere sill "
uOur shafts are all that to be aimed a. rue.
But will come al to the matter oy lhlrouuo
; ,Lo folIovipo extract from the Registers aTtlce'
Is Rnt there is more in all this flourish OF the Stah-
dard and the " lire Democrat than meets Ine eye a.
first glance. THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION fAss 49,
THAT MEETING AGAINST AN OPEN CoN'ENIloN C
one have been passed Were not its members LOT an
omen Convention, at least in the event 'ha 'ney eau
moi get their particular amendments through "ithou'
onel We Judge the EAST was looked to In all mis-
movement, for whilst opinion against ConVen-
ton was expressed in the meeting, yet that - hOe
Democrat" and the Standard both SEEK ny lmpllca
ton, to make the impression, thai there t0Gs
Gould one have been passed e. yes, sir. khe"
and copyersed with nearly every Democrat IN that
meeting, and found but a single one IN favor oil an
open Convention. The members OF that meetinG
thought resolution in favor OF Free ouhrage oy
Legislative enactment equivalent 10 an expression Oh
opnosition to Convention. But. since that meeting
1 have discovered that the Wing Candidates In the
West for the Legislature, who have favored inc pro-
iect of Convention, trW pledge themselves to 60 for
Free Suffrage by Legislative enactment and then go
for Convention also. This is the game they will
play and expect to hear some men who went 10
the last Legislature pledged to support free ounge'
and then voted against it, again making pledges in
its favor as last resort to secure their reelection ii
it be any consolation the Register man he may rest
assured the Democrats of the Vest are opposed 10
open Convention.
IS Were moi its members for an open Convention,
at least in the that they cannot get their Parc'
ular amendments through without one =
That is simply very silly question. IL we cannot
get our amendments through without convention
we cannot get Convention. If the members we elect
to the Legislature will stick to the pledges given the
peope before their election, and not be seduced by
Eastern wings, for party purposes, to violate those
pledges we can get our 81 particular amendments"
without any Convention; and If we are deceived
second time, will try third, and keep trying rnul
we get who are incoruptble and who VIII stand,
a1er their election, the pledges made BEFORE That
meeting based the success of Free Suffrage on the
Legislature, wthou: any alternative, and without con-
templating resort to any other mode.
W Judge the East was looked to &C..
Yes, sir, the whole State was looked 10. We had
patriotism commensurate with the extent OF the
State. We ask nothing but justice, and We ask that
for the East well as for the West. The Democrats
seek not 10 array one portion OF the State against
another The Wings, Fast and West, are divided
have divided themselves, and the Democrats are
united. This is what hurts the Register; and
'misery loves company" he would gladly see the
Democratic party split and rent as his own is. Party
ism is his ord for patriotism and it his own party
cannot be upheld by its own mers-f it has
rayng principle to lift it above the democratic party
then he would pull down the democratic party be-
meath him, not elevaIing his own, but owing his as
tendency to the degradation of his opponent.
am willing to take the line designated by the
Greensboro Patriot few weeks ago, dividing the
East from the West and let the portion allotted to the
West vote for " Convention no Convention and
it will give majority against Convention. The
Western Wing papers advocate a Convention, but
the people opposed to it except in few particular
localities. l am still LIVE DEMOCRAT.