Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-23
THE ISSUE

umph over your principles, and to return to Con-
gress at the expense of organization and Of plat
forms! There it is in plain words, and no one can
truly put it in any other shape.
Parties formed on principles, and they de-
vote themselves to carrying out such measures as
are ia consonance with their principles. But prin-
cples cannot be carried out without the agency of
men, and they are, therefore, used by the people
for this purpose They called into service, not
wholly because they happen to have enthusiastic
friends-not wholly because they possess personal
merit superior intellect, but because they are at
tached to principles and can be relied upon to adj
here to these principle and maintain them under
all circumstances. Is not this so? Is there De-
mocrat who will Say that his first choice shall be
the first choice of every other Democrat, without
reference to prnciple? Is there one who will cling
to after that man has turned his back on
his principles? Is there one who will contend that
a public man whom he admits to be unsound non,
ought to be sustained because he was sound
No, fellowcitizens, such logic as this will not do.
Principles first, measures next men last. Is not
this so! Was it ever disputed in this District I'M
til MIR. Venable raised the front of dsorganzation
of Benefits, and took ground against the party
in relation to the acquisition of territory, and
planted himself against Cuba, and lauded Fill
more for his course concerning the brave men
who were shot down like dogs and without trial
by the minions of detested despotism Look
at these things, we conjure you, and reflect.
Follow not the dictates of your prejudices or your
passions. We have served you for years, and we
are your friend, because we dare to tell you the
truth. We can have no interest in this matter fur
ther than to advance and maintain principle, and
to guard against dissension and bitterness in the
campaign Of 1854. On the contrary, if we had
consulted our pecuniary interests We should have |
thought more of policy than of principle, and
should have gone for MIR. Venable. Our course is,
then, disinterested one, and it is the result of
calm reflection and of deliberate Judgment. We
have not counted the costs, " because we are de-
termined to adhere to principle, happen what or
fall who may. We tell you that the issue is be-
tween q man and your principIes-that that man,
if We are not greatly mistaken, will neither apollo
gize for his conduct, nor retrace his steps, but
will defy and fight you to the last. We know
him. We have taken his measure, and sounded
the depths of his vanity, his ambition, and his
selfshness. Elect him. and you will but arm him
for larger and more lasting mischief. Elect him,
and you will send member to Washington who
will vote foy bills to divide the public lands, and
thus provoke your own cherished President, FRANK
PIERCE, to the exercise of the veto power Elect
him, and two years hence, in all probability, you
will be precptated into still deeper strife and dis
organization. Elect him, and next summer you
will be called upon to contend against his example
and his influence on the questions of Cuba and of
distribution? Elect him, and you inVite division,
and contention and wide disagreement in our next
contest for Governor and the Legislature. Elect
aim, and you thereby put under the ban, so far as
you can do it, such men as Craige, Ashe, Boyd,
Shaw, and Rutfn and not only this, but
you will condemn every Democratic press in
he State and cast aside your platforms both
your backs on General Jackson's sentiments
md opinions announced in his land bill veto of
1888! Can you do this VIII you do 1t? -,
What says Orange Are such men as Allison, :
md Jones, and Pratt, and Durham, and Lyon, and .
NcDade and Bailey, and Kirkland, and others ::
who might be named, ready for results like these
We know they are not. What says Warren ;
Her response is that she is the land of Macon and
hat principle Republican principle has ever
been her polar star We appeal, then, to her spi-
tied and efficient organ, the +" Warrenton News
o such men Thornton, and Baskerville, and Ed t.
wards, and Williams, and Drake, and to the Haw-
linses and the Alstons-pilars they are of the
rouse themselves to sense of the dan
ger that impends, and to take the field, not for a
nan, but for their imperilled principles. What :
avs Nash-Nash, whose Democracy has always =
been true--Nash, the " banner County," in the =
wo last contests, and whose light is on high and
burning, as a warning and sign of hope, amid T
Ill gloom and storms We call upon such men as =
Drake, and Bryant, and Taylor and Battle, and :.
he Arringtons, the Morgans, the Harrisons, and "
hers to shake off their INDIGESTION or their lethar-
y, and out to the rescue of their principles f.
What says Johnston Her Democrats have con-
ended for years against the adversary, and Just
ow they are ascending the hill of permanent tri- o
mph. They are bold, honest, and devoted band. 9
portion Of their Delegates have already repudi-
ted Venable and endorsed Lewis; but they must . :.
york if they would make good their endorsement. =
We feel confident that such men as Linn b. San
ers, the Watsons, Hobbs, the Smiths, Leach, the o