Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-01-31
GEN. WILLIAM O. BUTLER.


regulate and maintain unmolested her domestic poll
cy and institutions. The perfect sovereign equality
among the States has ever been with democrats a
cardinal and cherished principles, never to be yielded
or sacrificed TO policy.
The integrity and harmony of the Union are best
preserved by a strict observance of the powers dele
gated to the general government. Therefore,
l. ResOkUed, That the Congress of the United States
has power to control, regulate, interfere with
the institution of slavery as it exists in any of the
States.
3. ResolUed, That Congress has no power pro-
hibit citizen of any of the States, where slavery
exists by authority of law, from emigratng with and
holding his slaves and inhabitng any territory
quired by the blood and treasure of the whole peo-
pie, and held by the United States for the benefit of
all the States.
3. Resofred, That will abide by and maintain
the several acts recently passed by the Congress of
the United States, known as the compromise meas
ures, as final settlement of questions which threat
ened the harmony and integrity of the Union; and
that we will not consent submit to a violation of
the principles of the compromise acts, and especially
that which proposes to surrender in obedience the
constitution, fugitive slaves to their legitimate
ers. We require of the general government prompt
and faithful execution Of this law in its letter and
spirit
4. Resolved That the democracy of Kentucky are
true 10 the faith of their fathers. and require of all
inirused with power that construction of the federal
| constitution which limits their action to the powers
plainly granted.
5. Resolued, That it is the duty of Congress faith
fully to apply the of the government to
economical administration of pub lie affairs and the
speedy extingushment of the public debt.
6. RESOLVED, That the application of the national
| revenue to the purposes OF internal improvement,
upon objects merely local and not national, is uncon-
situtions, and tends to extravagant, if not cor
rupt, use of public money.
]. ResOfued, That the democracy of kentucky are
opposed to any innovation upon the principles OF the
| tariff of 1916, and especially to substitution of
specific instead of the ud uuLorem principle embraced
| in that act.
8. ResoLued, That the democracy of the nation can
boast of many good men and true, who would faith
fully carry out the foregoing principles and ably adj
minister the government; and among these we rec
ommend to the democracy of The nation our distin-
guished fellow citizen, WILLIAM 0. BUTLER, and
ask for his claims at the hands of the national
democratic convention just and impartial consider
alton.
9. RESOLVED, That we approve of national demo-
cratic convention to be held at central point,
some early day, and will appoint delegates to repre-
sent Kentucky in said convention, and hereby pledge
the sincere and Jealous support of the democracy of
Kentucky to the nominees of that body for the offices
of President and Vice President"
| The Washington Union says it has been inform
ed, from high and responsible source that the fore
going Resolutions were submitted 70 Gen. Butler.
and were approved by him before they were offered
! for the consideration of the Convention. The prn-
ciples announced in these Resolutions are sound and
are such as would meet the sanction of the Democ-
racy in all portions of the Republic. There is nc
Freesoiksm about them-on the contrary, they occu-
Py the true ground the question of Slavery, and
they marked and clear in the importance they at
tach s. faithful execution Of the fugtive-slave
law in its letter and spirit. -
The Wing presses Of the South-those of them,
we mean, which 60 for party right or wrong-have
been endeavoring for time past to produce the
impression that Gen. Butler is unsound upon the
Slavery question. We have watched this movement
in silence, feeling assured that occasion would
soon arise when We could come forward, and, by the
record show the utter groundessness of this impress
sion and glad to have it in our power to do
so now. The above Resolutions doubt embody
the opinions of Gen. Butler and. holding these opin-
ions, he is as sound Democrat as breathes.
| And now, just look for moment at the double
distilled hypocrisy of these Wing leaders. They
kno.O that Gen. Taylor owed his election, under their
auspices the faces which he presented to the
country on the Slavery queston-they know that,
during his brief service, he controlled by such
men as Ewing and Seward, rank Abolitionists-they
kneav that Willard Fillmore acquired all his notoriety
and distinction before his election the Vice Presi
dency, by his open and unblushing advocacy of Alb
clifton docrnes-they knoU that he is at this moment
a Freesoiler at heart, and opposed under any and
| all circumstances, TO the spread of Slavery-they
kno,U that Daniel w ebser has put his foot down.
time and again, and declared that Slavery will get
help from him in the way of extension, and that he
is nexorably opposed to the admission of slave
holding States-they knolc that Gen. Scott, their
probable nominee for the Presidency is not only OPP
posed to Slavery as an "evi" but has refused, thus
far, even toapprove the fugtivesave law-they knoc
that among all their leaders in the free Staes they
cannot produce man who ever has or ever will
consent to the extension of the institutions either in
Territories or by the admission of new States; and
yet these Wing Editors, Sewardized as they are In
New Y ork, Cor inzed they are in Ohio and
throughout the great West, and committed as they
are every where, aspirants to the Presidency who
are either silent upon the subject of Slavery, radi
cally unsound-these men have the impotence to ar
raign such man asNGen Butler, and, without proof,
to charge him with holding Freesol Abolition senti-
ments! We call upon all honest men to look at
these Editors, and to them we'll, so that they
may know them in the coming campaign.
We are committed to man for the Presidency,
and for this very reason, have it in our power to
do justice alE the distinguished Democrats who
have been spoken of for that Office. Ger. Butler has
been mentioned in this connection, and have. there
fore, felt duty repel the charge of Freesoism
attempted to be fixed upon him.
And now, in conclusion, we have but one point to
put, and it is this: We challenge the Wing Editors
of North Carolina to produce the first of their
he free States those no have been