Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-02-28
CONGRESS,

IN I the memorial of citizens of Pittsburg, ask
PSonoress to recognise the law against the oTcioie
nslsryentiOn in the affairs OF other governments anu
lnavent the infracton of the same.
H. Soule presented the resolutions OF the legls-
NJ If Louisiana, asking the establishment of
Ialu yard and depot near New Orleans
navy 'Rrodhead presented petitions from Pennsyl-
M in favor of and against The extension of Wood
Va. L's natent for a planning machine; against Sun.
worn "iIs and for modification of the duty on iron
Gay Fieb presented the memorial of the New Y rk
Chamber of Commerce, praying the removal H o. Inc
RsoIuons calling for information as to the amount
~ Jnrinq 1851 on account of double rations, and
Pu,ount paid to brevet officers above their pay In
, ,be line during the same period, were adopted.
"9osoutons directing inquiry into the exPedIency OF
leasing the salarysOf the district judges OF Rhode
IIand and Florida were adopted.
ls M Cover from the judiciary committee, reported
nd asked to be discharged from the further consd-
anu If the memorial asking the release of Orayton
and Sears, now conhheu III JAN III 'i'o 0'S' "o
rePT,' Dodge introduced bill regulating the terms
The u. S. courts in Iowa. Adjourned.
The House did not sit to-day.
,ha S.nate on Tuesday the 24th, after the dis
,s;,ion of the morning business, MI Borland intro.
Pd mint resolution declaring that each State shall
,itIed at the next Presidential election to NUM-
her of electoral voles equdl " TIC aPPoi''e' uh-
Jor the census of 1850.
The Iowa land bill was then further discussed by
NJ Cever, who had not concluded when the Senate
adjourned. ,Donrosant.,;vos dnr;rr tho morn.
- the hill granting the right of way and max
ny dnations of land Missouri, to aid in the con-
my ,inn of railroads in that State, was debated and
the bill explanatory OF the bounty Land act OF Sep
wv % 1880 was further considered in Commit
'e ,ho whole on the state of the Union.
zee IT, he Hon. ]. F. Darby, of Missouri, appeared in
M Hall for the first time during the present session.
exad mon their candidate are giving their south
~ allies 10 understand that they expect him to keep
;ot upon the compromise measures and the issues
H?voIved in them. The kennebec (Me.) Journal
snms the matter up in plain terms, as follows:
1--WE ask no more of them (southern whigs) in
this case than we conceded to them in the election
If Is4s. We then accepted Gen. Taylor as the wing
candidate without requiring any pledge upon the sub
loot of the WiImot provso, and ask them to
accent Gen, Scott without requiring any pledge touch
ing the compromise measures"
The four principal northern States, in which whig
State conventions have nominated General Scott
as we recollect, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and
Maine. In Ohio, the same convention which nomi-
mated him declared that the Compromise open
oueston-that it not a whig measure, and that
the whig party in no way committed to its main
tenance. In Pennsy lvanla, the convention which
nominated General Scott did under the lead Of Gov
Johnson who, being nominated for Governor by the
same body, declared that st the fugitive law was as
open TO repeal modification the tariff OF 1885,.
In Indiana, the State Journal-the central organ oil
the wing party-proclaned, in the most explicit
terms, that General Scott must be taken without
pledges by the South, as General Taylor taken
in the way by the wings of the ORTIZ and now
the leading wing organs of Maine, the last State which
has followed suit in the nomination, all nging
the same tune.
Such is plainly at the North the popular under
standing Of the terms upon which Gen. Scott is to
be taken as the whig candidate. When the expected
letter about the Compromise appears, we shall learn
how the politicians have determined to phrase the
matter-we shall see how Gen. Scott will dispose OF
difficulty which has sadly damaged MIR. Fillmore
and Mr. Webster at the North. Surprising, we
must that Gen. Scott will, at all events, avoid the
position and consequent predicament of these gentle
men, it remains to be what middle ground there
is in regard to the Compromise which will suit at
once the Seward wings and the wings of the South.
One thing is cerain-the wing conventions of the
North have got the start in this matter. Their Is no
pledges" platform is first the track, and is backed
up by the force of the Taylor precedent. For them
to take ground now will give their whole party
organization fearful wrench. 1t looks if the
southern wings succumb, and take the northern
candidate the offered, else be voted down
by northern sectional force in their National Con-
venton-that is, if they venture to hold National
Convention. In this state of facts, it is not surpri-
sing that the wings of Tennessee have nominated
President Fillmore. Washington Union.