Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-07-14

DISCUSSION IN GREENsBoRoUGH.

goth, between Gov. Reid and Mr.. Kerr; and we in.
formed readers the time that this account
from the pen of gentleman of undoubted integrity
and veracy and that the therein contain.
ed might be implicitly relied upon substantially
true This account produced, Of course, sensa-
ton in this quarter where Mr.. Kerr had VIGOROUSLY
taken the most decided grounds for the basis it is,
and for the distribution of the School Fund according
to Federal population; and forthwith the Editor of
the Raleigh Register, feeling that something must be
done issued an Extra in reply, in which Cores
pondent was charged with IS ,oiLGI and corrupt per-
version of the facts, and the people generally
warned in the elegant language peculiar to that print,
to beware of" ocofoco ISLANDERS " and's lies'' WE'LL
time passed. and the Register of Saturday last was
issued in due course; and we find in that paper an
admission, in substance, that the statements of our
Correspondent are true! Hear what it says:
1t is proper here, for to state, that ,Oih the
exception Of feoo particulars, contained in the letter
of the :. Standards" correspondent, which we shall
proceed to notice, the denial and denunciatio ,vere in
tended to be confined mainly to the differences ,ohich the
Editor of the - Standord' himself, had the disinge
4't'OuSneSs 10 proclaim as facts. In these particulars
however, to which we propose now to refer, there
are gross misrepresentation.
The Editor of the Register may denounce US as
severely as he pleases, but at the time ask
our readers to bear his admissions and what he says
IN mind. Couple the foregoing with what he says
as to these particuars,'' as follows:
'In the first place.-taking these PARTICULARS in
the order in which they come-the correspondent of
the " Standard asserts that Mr.. Kerr declared that
majority of the people had right to change their
Constitution and that of the peop of the Uni
ted States had Alright Ochange the Constitution Of The u
SL1tes And upon the strength of statement, that pa
per asks the question, with the view of representing
Mr.. Kerr to have taken position that would justly
subject him to the odum of the people of orh Caro-
lima, % 1" what safety would there be to slave pro-
perty, If the right were conceded by Southern men,
to the people the United States. change the Fede-
raj Constitution the result of the action of
a bare ma orlty.' "A Now we are Informed, upon
evidence that does not admit of disbelief, that Mr..
Kerr took this position He insisted upon the Re-
publican principle, that majority have the right TO
govern; and that, should majority Of the of
North Carolina declare in favor of Convention, all
though that fact would not, of course, of ITSELF be
sufficient for the calling of said Convention, still he
recognized political obligation upon the part of the
Legislature to carry the peoples wishes into execu
ton, which it would not do we'll to disregard. And
IN illustrating has meaning, here, and in enforcing his
own devotion to the sacred cause o! popular rights,
he remarked that if majority IF the People, in oil
and each Of tie respective States, decided aror Of the
amendment or thange Of Federal Constitution, the
man UhO denied their right to effect tooud' come to
the political bOck.'
In the first place the Register admits that, {" with
the exception of tew particulars his denial and
denunciation o. intended for the statements
of our " Correspondent, but for us, because had
drawn inerence5 from statements thus characterized
'felU particulars - in other words, he does not
deny the statements of our Correspondent except
these particulars. 80 In the second place, he
gives these I" particulars'-the first of which
have set forth at length. above. He then gives the
second Z" particular" as follows:
d" We authorized to state that Mr.. KERR did
expressly declare himself in favor of the present basis
of representation in The Legislature remaining it
is and that, In employing the term mixed basis,
he was unequiEocally understood, by every man who
chose to understand him, designating the present
baSis-a basis upon hich persons represented
the House of Commons, and property in the Senate"
The Register next admits by its silence that Mr..
Kerr did not "expTessIy " avow himself for the
present federal mode of distributing the SchooFund;
but that paper argues show that his for
doing that his position well understood
Here, then, the "few particulars alluded to
first, to the majority principle, advocated by
Mr.. Kerr; secondly, to the " mixed " basis third
ly, as to the School Fund. And now let see how
the matter stands AS TO the majority principle, we
call upon every candid TO say, after reading the
above extract, if Correspondent is fully sus-
tanned by the statement and admissions of the Regis
ter! Read that extract, beginning with the word
-" in - and closing with the word :" block.'' What
do you think of it? Has not the Register stated the
very thing, in substance. oUhich Correspondent
states Mr.. Kerrs position Read it carefully, and
then answer. Again The Register declares that
Mr.. Kerr did'expIessly declare himself in favor of
the present basis of representation and that, in
employing the term {" mixed - basis he was under
stood to mean the present basis. Hear Cores
pondent:
" He did not declare here he is represented in the
Raleigh Register to have done in Raleigh, that he
faror Of "the present basis remaining Isl
He contented himself by simply remarking that he
an favor Of a mired basis.''
But, We are told by the Register, Mr.. Kerr meant,
by using the term ,nired" basis have it under
stood that he for the present basis. All why
then did he not say present basis ? Why did he
IS mia ~ it! Did he say mired' basis, and omit
say present basis in Gatesville Plymouth Fayet,e
Vile, or Raleighs No such thing-he was eloquent
here, understand the advocate both of the pres
basis and of distributing the School Fund accord
ing Federal population; but in Greensborough he
avows himself for ''nired'' basis, leaving the
people infer that he the present basis; and
in Speech of two hours in length, he passes over
in profound silence the subject of the School Fund
We call upon friends who are candidates for
The Assembly, and upon all public Democratic speak
srs, 10 press these facts home the popular mind.
Show to the people the monstrous and dangerous
of Mr.. Kerrs majority doctrine with reference
both to our State and Federal Constitutions and you