Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-04-21
ATTENTION, SOUTHERN

OF Slavery. 1t has fought for years. ,ta T question
me Union and the South in the midst ~ osee for
ADVERSE influences and never, unde, anr "e most
ces, has its voice faItered in this pob,o c0nstan
paper is entitled to the respect of all Se' Such
na.; %as Of Warning at this crisis, ought and
pec'a''y "eeoed by the Southern people. W. bees,
,"e particular attention of Southern Wbio. Invite
lowing article from this PAPER of the Io, 'hef
Read what follows, Southern Wings. AND . 'n'ant
It the weight in your minds which + doso. men give
LET THE SOUTH BE WARNED Nv n
proofs thlcken that the institutions If ~ iME III.
Sa1es are 10 be as violently assailed bv .SOuhp
hereafter as they have been heretofore ianaieisn
national man hopes for and pays for Every tnr
position TO any further agitation of the sI.H and o.
has, by common consent, been apraed aVe Question
Democracy OF all sections of the Un,o,u upon BY the
DO we see The entire whig party O IT. But what
marsnalng, Sy States, and refusing to eDd ne North
make their position more offensivev and as If n
forward, as their representatives in ,bo W putting
al Convention, the most embittered ~ "hlg Nation
'reme antl-SoutheIn doctrines! MeaUeeaates of e1.
clifton agltators take heart and BERN Nv the Alb
arrangements Tor the renewal of then make active
e ,nss' ',h o, .ne South. HAPPILY for upon
out as may be seen by the data which yearly made
TO lay before our readers. Let the Sorh enabled
ponder upon the prospect before if. "' pause and
A few days ago we had the Slave or,.,
worst aspect in the U. S. Senate, ION in Its
Verance OF the Abolitonists, and there T. "'s Pee
o. 'le leGe avs OF Congress, petitions in finance "
tine repeal OF the Fugtive-slave Law ~ favor Of
by Wm H. Seward, the Scott leader anS presented
the table. Upon the resolution to Law ,beSa aa
upon the table, every Wing from the Ms. petitions
except M Cooper, of Pennsylvana vO,aI mS Stes
The other hand, the Democracy of the NJ, w. IN
the West in the U. s. Senate, with siOO and Of
.ton' v0;eu III favor OF laying the whole matter
the taoie. various propositions were off, upon
with about the same result. Bpt tbo,a Oneleo and
ni6cant indications. 'e ore o'hersg
A bill is now pending before the Io.:.,
massachusetts lot Inc purpose of nulifvinC H. e.
gltve-slave Law in the State, and IN 'e fu'
ly imperative The measure has eyery nrnse en.re
success. AS sort OF contrast with this we c, ,S W
attention OF the South to the recent renea If al e
fensve Obstruction Law by the Legislature os ps o.
y'Vanla--a law which has led to the most fIiah,fu
results In our own State, and the repeal of wbiS
prevented by the opposition of Gov Johnston was
he was in power. Gov. Johnston was defs,o SI I
his hostility, among other causes to the repea nf
measure violating the rights of the South, bt bo.'
Gently been chosen Senatorial Delegate 10 he Ill.,
National Convention, and instructed for ScoTr TSs
Law has already been repealed BY Democ,,Go
Legislature, and the bill repeating it has alresdvh
signed by Democratic Governor But there aya nI
er weighty admonItions.
During recent trial before U. S. Commissions,
In New York city, for the recovery of fuoyesIavp
according 10 the plain requirements ofthe u Con'
st,ution, the Scott organ, the Ne,U York Tribun,
was distinguished for its virulent assault uuuD The
Fugitive-slave Law. Before the question was Jeci
ded il used the following language:
s. But enough IF such bloodhounds and iaekaA Of
sLarery. Enough of beings so miserably mean and
inhuman as to make business of seeking GU, men
engaged in honest pursuits, tearing them from hear.
broken wives and children, and sending them into
bondage. Enough Of Martins and Busteed's, Great.
ures that crawl so low that public contempt cannot
reach, nor public disgust and aversion affect Them
The spawn of an Infamous STATUTE they do the work
for which it has engendered and produced .hem But
we, who believe in libarty, who talk of its blessings
who descant on the glory of its attainment, who de-
claim on the equality of rights and universal justice
it establishes, ought at least TO that these slave
cachers do not succeed in Prosttuting all other laws
and overriding all the barriers of JUSTICE in the pros.
ecution IF their accursed trade"
| Since this case has been decided in favor Of the
claimant the same paper says:
You can probably force through the Wing Ma.
tonal Convention-you certainly through the
other-a resolve implying acquiesence in and support
of that law. But what will it be worth 10 you J.
that is the practical question. Doyou fancy that
great body of northern people will ever rally and
heartily try TO help you catch your runaway negroes
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you frankly that We WON'T and you rail at usiheTe'
for but there thousands ali around US who deest
slave catching az, heartily as We do, and will take
precious good care TO have nothing 10 do with III;
yet because they attend Union meetings and pass
compromise resolves. you pronounce them good PF
lows and true friends of the Union. Bah! You
don't yourself delight in slavery any more than They
do. You are simply talking for effect. and we Uh'
| derstand you. You want to be cheated by fa'sePN
fessions and protestaons, and your teud win
grows out of our refusal TO unite in cheating you
You will catch now and then slave under Inc
new Fugitive law, as you now and then caugn' Que
before its passage. But we tell you that nine TENN!
of the northern people consider savs-cachIng we
business, OF which they mean to keep as clear as ne
comfortably can. If there were five thousand ust
tives scattered over Stale to-day, 1--WE don Gus
how many there may beg not fifty OF them ~oulde'E
be returned to their masters and those almost eHUl
y BY the efforts Of officers who must each slaves
penalty of losing their places, or by those Oh mS.
working for pay; and who would do any dit'y JOO%
money enough. And yet you will never give up G'
Fugitive Slave Law! Hold on to 1t them anu in'''
much Of it - c..e
This is the newspaper which daily advocates oc?T
which constantly presents Scott as the only ave"
able candidate for the whigs-and wRlch deIus" If
ry effort to put up Fillmore or Webster Oee1T ~. in.
their NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as 1t was" "'
situations of the South. G.o Il
There are other instances, but these VIII suHUs m
is as we have repeatedly declared III there nal.
Abolition party North, there would be no Wns Ssc
! ~ North or Souih-for without the Aooln1n ma.
tonal strength, the Wings could never conduct ion
tional canvass. Tell US not, then, that the Com
upon the slave question is OUer. The foes Of .S day
stituton active ever. They are az
and night; and they are now eager for an mi
to secure, by the election of General Scout noteu
direct and unquestiona5ie triumph, at ieasI uom.
and commanding influence. The machinery y. Seen sci
nate Scott is at work butt is the same that has 1E
in motion to defeat the Fugitive Slave Law d
men Of Ahe South! Mark it, and do not De Oe'''''
THE COUNTY CONVENTION. -,
| twill be seen that the Democrats Of Mloole -