Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-06-23
SHALL THE PEOPLE BE HEARD1

~ discussed, both before the people and in the Leg.
isIa'ors and the act itself 10 now in course Of pub.
lieat'on in all the newspapers of the State. The
people, therefore, know what the act 10 and its oh.
ject rhey have already, we repeat, directed their
memhen Of Assembly 70 give it .hethree.6fihs vote
IN accordance with the requirements Of the Consti.
tuition. and they have thus far been obeyed and the
question now 10, shall the bill be passed by two.
thirds vote n the next Assembly, 90 AZ to be laid BE-
fore the people for their approaaka at The polls! SHALL
THE PEOPLE BE HEARD, is their voice to be stiAed
by party management and party triekery That is the
question; and how is John Kerr upon it. He ID
wiliing-thanks to Mr.. Kerr for his kindness and con-
desesnsion HE is willing to aosU the nolanholders
this great privilege, provided they will consent to
arrest this measure now in progress, undo their own
work, call Convention, and then take, with this
measure, other amendments which they have not de-
manded and do not want or, he is willing to leave
It with the Commons and Senate to say, during the
next two or four years, whether Convention shall
be called in obedience to the UiN Of bare majority Of
tie people, while in the mean tine Free Suffrage s to
be turned out of the Assembly, withheld from the
people for their approval at the polls, and left Ian.
euish and die. =. ,.. -,
This, We repeat. 10 Mr.. Kerr's position; and the
question recurs, shall the people be heard is their
voice to be hnshed by party dictaon, and their favor
its measure to be thereby defeated Remember these
things ye mechanics, ye merchants, ye traders, ye
schoolmasters, re laboripg men of all classes and
conditions who are not fortunate to be the own.
ers Of fifty acres of land perhaps not worth more,
as Mr.. Macon said, than twenty i've cents acre.
Rememberit. returned Mexican volunteer and battle.
scared veteran, and act upon it at the polls.
THE REGISTER AND GEN. SAUNDERS.
No one can read the leading Editorial of the las,
Register without feeling indignant at the gross attack
made on Gen. Saunders, and that too without cause
or excuse. We should think it necessary to al.
lude to this shameless assault which has been made
in spirit characteristic OF his would-be Excelency
but that the article contains direct charge agains,
Gen. Saunders of dereliction OF public duty. We
learn from the other Commissioners appointed to re-
wise the Statutes, and authorized stais tha,
the charge preferred against Gen. Saunders 10 totally
untrue. No delay in the business of revising the
Statutes has arisen on account of Gen. Saunders
Absence az he has been in the City ready to attend
the Commissioners since they have been in session.
The insinuation in regard to Gen. Saunders visi,
to Greenville and Washington. is equally destitute
of foundation. 1t had been his intention, learn.
to vs. those places, and the Delegates 10 the BaIti.
Convention from that section had been au,hori
zed to give public notice Of the fact; but his
turn he found it out Of his power do 40, and his
friends were Immediately thus Informed.
The pitiful surmise that Gen. Saunders had no in
ten,on to meet John Kerr, is unworthy of serious
notice. Those who recollect the canvass Of 1910
when Gen. Saunders, as the Democratic candidate,
had to contend not only against his competitor, bu,
to meet single-handsd the whole band Of Whig ora
tors West, can hardly imagine he had any thing to
fear from the redoubtable John Kerr; for however
reckless John Kerr may be on the stump. fortunately
for the Of truth, the assertions Of no politician
in the State or out of it, entitled to less credit
We doubt not, should Gov. Reid yield to the request
of Gen. Saunders to allow him to reply TO Mr. Kerr
a. Alamance, the Register would be the first to raise
the cry of interference and attempt thereby to get
sympathy for it's candidate. .-... ..-.- .'r
GEN. SAUNDERS. -...-~
The attack by John Kerr, in his speech this
place, upon Gen. Saunders. was as unProvoked as il
was low and malignant. Gen. S., as citizen OF the
State, had right to catechize Mr. Kerr others had
done so-we had done so and shall do it again if we
choose for the best Of reasons, wits MI. Kerr ID
candidate for public s,ation-his opinions upon
grave issues were unknown, and the people are con-
cerned in knowing what these opinions are so as to
be able to vote 1nderstsndingly at the polls And
for this Geo. Saundsrs his absence, was denounced
BY John Kerr in the most unbecoming terms, and ev-
ery effort was made to cast rdicule upon his Preen.
sions and his character as public man
The course of the. Raleigh Register. for the last
two years towards Con. Saunders, has been as full
of meanness it has been destitute ofdecency and
good taste. We have not stepped forward az the
champion of that gentleman, for he needs not the
championship of any one. nor does he sooP to ask the
sympathies of the Wing leaders but we may say,
what every liberal and high.minded person in this
community will sustain US in saying, that such at
tacks ss those BY Mr.. Kerr and the Register upon
man venerable for his years. respected for his talents
and bis virtues, and often honored by the people
with their support and confidence, reflect disgrace
upon those who make ,hem and npon the party lead
ers who Justify and endorse them. ,'1F' : '".. "
But Gen. Saunders leaning as he does on the strong
arm of the people, and proud Of his principles, which
hs has maintained from his boyhood. and which are
once moro ON the hie ,road 10 brilliant tsiamph
bo. in the State and In the Republic. may smile al
his assalants and defy them oil. - - 90. ::
BswARE OF CounrrarElrs. A friend writes os
from Williamson, Martin County. as follows: s. !
saw this morning what pufpor.s to be a one dollar
note on the Bank Of Wadesborough. which of Course
is counterfe as there are 40 notes Of that Bank Of
less denomination than three dollars. give this 10.
formation az caution to the public"
We invite the attention Of our. r.rsads1s generally
and especially Of the people Of Chatham. 70 shsable
and interesting Speech Of the Hon. Ab'aham Reaches
in the late n pocn.ie State Convention, vhich "
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