Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-03-10

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to benefit epy part of our Union; that follows the
nag OF our country, wherever il waves in defence OF
even me smallest infraction any portion of the
coan'rys rights Any political faction, then, formed
upon sectional OF geographical grounds. unknown to
inc creed or usages Of party, necessarily
themselves from II, and become RsNraADes. Thev
60 out IRON the universal brotherhood known AZ Dem
ocntlc Republicans, and assume an attitude Of hos
n'1y 10 tne'F principles aud organization. And not
oe'"g WIN. nor supporting, nor of our party, they
are' according to inspired teaching, dgainst it.
e" The trail of the serpent is over them ALL"
We make the following extracts from the admira.
bic and patriotic letter of Mr.. Hibbard: ..
I'm New Hampshire u the first of the series of
State elections which precede the Presidential contest
in November. She leads off in the great campaign.
This consideration invests the event with additional
Importance. Its progress will be watched with anx-
lous sollcltude throughout the Union. The success
Of the Democracy will be hailed by brethren in
other States with joy and Congratulations Il will be
fruittn! TO- present benefit and suspicious omen for
the'future. twill place New Hampshire still rmer
In her proud position of the Standard Bearer of tie
Democracy The Union. Our defeat, while It de-
presses our friends, would elevate the hopes and in
sP're the energies OF our enemies 1t would arm
them with fresh courage in their onset for the con-
tlnued possession Of executive power. 1t would be
greeted with the shouts of Abolition exultation the
roar OF Federal cannon would herald it through the
land.
The foregoing considerations, as I conceive, indi-
cate the issues really involved in this election Thev
are questions which opponents dare not and can.
not meet they have been too often aud too disas-
trousiy routed in former attempts not to be aware of
their inability openly to maintain them before the
people. Hence it is that these issues are avoided
and new ones attempted to be raised. For this cause
Tho uosYIfo L. L..
dragged into the arena as an element Of political dis
organlzation-a stalking.horse of demagoguism and
falsehood.
The Compromise measures of the last Congress
were adopted a settlement of the dangerous sec.
,ional controversy which had long distracted the
country. They were supported BY the Democratic
delegates in Congress from New Hampshire, and
have been approved by the Democracy of that State,
In common with vast majority of the people of the
country. But the forlorn hope of factious agitation
must have some hook to hang upon. The Compro-
mise measures have been selected the most eligible
subjects for that purpose.
The Constitution is The supreme law of the land.
1t is the great bond of union, by virtue of which
these States are one free and happy people, To it we
all owe allegiance. Its provisions we are bound by
oath to obey, and is the high duty of every man
TO obey them without oath. The makers Of the
fugitiveslave law meant TO frame which should
fairly give effect to that clause of the Constitution
not one containing provisions which they knew could
be enforced and which would render the law and
the Constitution nuliy. 1t is one of the Compro-
mise measures, without all of which could have
been adopted. In of its provisions is it more
stringent than the fug.ive-slave law of 1892, which
was introduced by Northern man, passed without
opposition in Congress, approved by Washington,
and has continued ill the present time; for is
now repealed. That law had no trial by jury, and
no provisions respecting the writ of habeas corpus,
"a right which neither law withholds.) different from
the present statute. Under this law OF 1892 Of
the present generation Of men have been born and
lived. No excitement has been raised about it. Many
ugitivesaves have been returned their by
to my has ever warned OF its enormity,
mathematical those who concerned in its
acment. That law imposed certain duties in the
tradition Of slaves upon officers holding their COM
missions under State Governments. The Supreme
Court of the United States, some years ago, upon
no, be cons,utonally enforced that it optional
with State officers whether they would act in such
cases not. The Legislatures of many Of the ort
ern States thereupon refused the of their jas,
and forbade State officers under heavy penalties from
acting in the delivering up Of slaves Hence arose
the necessity for the act Of 1850, which imposed
these duties upon the officers of the United States
instead OF the States. This is the main and essen
tal difference between the two enactments.
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The country is sick of this causeless and DANCE
rous s,fe Of sections. has declared that it s salts
fed with these Of adjustment, aad that they
shall stand. The leaders of abolitionsm know we'll
that attempts to disturb them will be OF avail.
Nearly three months of present session has elasPed
while movement for that purpose has been made.
That reckless spirit of dsorganiza,ion which, in it's
blind fury, like Sampson of old, wouk pull down
the temple of our constitutional liberties, crushing all
in it's ruins, has been rebuked. 1t is to be seen wheth
er it is TO be resusctated in New Hampshire-torul rule
the councils and utter the voice of the Gibraltar o.
the Democracy of the North.
is time that this accursed agitation should cease
Futile for good it has been potent Tor evil aDd that
continually. 1t has been fruitful of strife, heartburn.
ings, and peril but it has liberated no slave. II
has made his yoke heavier, and his chain tighter II
has set brother against brother, State against State
and section against section. At the North it has
soyn animosity towards the South at the South il
has stirred up enmities against the NORTH 1t has
tranged those whom God and nature designed fol
friends whose interests promoted as their inter
course is increased-their relations more intimate
their interchange of products and friendly Offices more
frequent. By interfering where it has no right aud
attempting to dragoon and coerce where it should
seek 10 c0nciliate and persuade it has exasperated
ing the slave. 1t has induced tho necessity for more
rigorous laws and stricer discipline. 1t has welded
the Southern mind to system it might otherwise
have been disposed in time to abandon, and rolled
back the car Of emancipation for half century.
Why should an eternal warfare be kept up between
the two great sections Of the confederacy1 Their do
mestie institutions are matters which pertain to eact
State alone with which no other State has any rgh
to interfere. Their interests not inimical, as
often falsely asserted but Identical and mutually de
pendent each Other They are brethren Of the
lineage, land, and language. They have one common
origin, and must have one common destiny. Side By
side they fought the battles of the Revolution. 70
gether they beat back the proud tide of British nva
sion in the second war of Independence They joinet
to add new lustre to the nations annals in the au
war With Mexico. Together they have grown up Il
greatness and empire. They are bound to each othe