Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-07-06
TaIr-'AYAR. BEGUN--THE FIRsT Ro

ihers was quite large assenblage Of the people in
Court weekend much interest
vas manifested TO hear discussion between the
Champions of the respective parties. SPeculation
was rife as TO the resut-fhe Wings (as usual and
of course) holding the idea that their champion
was going TO overwhelm. demoiisn, annlhllate Df,d
Shaw while the unterrifed Democracy, with un-
daunled spirit said. let him dot il he can" But
we will not anticipate.
Soon after dinner, Col. Outlaw took the stand and |
his speech. We certainly do not know |
how he feH bu, if he felt badly he looked and
spoke, then was his most unenviable position. We
do not mean to say that Col. Outlaw is not man OF
fair talens-for he has tolerabie modicun of good
hard common sense and we suspect that that was
The very reason why his speech was " fiat stale,
and Improbable" How could any sensible man, in
the present condition Of the Wing party and Wing
principles, and upon such rckeiy platform that
thrown together at Edenton, stand up and make a
good speech The thing is impossible. Col. Out.
law managed TO founder through his hour, some how
or other, without having stamped upon our mind the
impress of single successful point. would VEN
refer to vague generalties, specous sxcep
lions The personal conduct of some OF dsilnc-
ton; but whenever he turned toward The consdera-
ton of principle, the frightful and loalhsome ghost
of dCtunct w hlggery, seemed TO rise up and cause
him 10 shudder and lremble. Ugh but il was sad
spectacle really intelligent man compelled
to occupy position in which the nobler faculties Of
the mind had to be prosIuted to the gnoble task of
tossing about upon the political ocean apparently
without object, and without an anchorage to which
could be moOred for any respectable length OF time.
We speak soberly, and intend disrespect. But
we have seen, before, political exemplifca-
ton Of Paganinl's mastery performance single
siring-and that weak that there seemed to be
constant dread of its swapping in twain.
Ttese our honest impressions of the speech,
to which attentive listener. But, lest
we should be charged with prejudice and unfarness,
will give it's main points and submit 10 the
did reader whether We have judged it harshly. Col.
Outlaw started out by referring to his nomination.
expressing his gratitude his feowcitizens for the
ted eVide which
confidence in him, and promising his best exertons
in behalf OF their interests in of his reelection
&c. That vas oil very well in its place, and ii was
handsomely said. He then proceeded to say that he
should offer tactlous opposition the administra
Iion of President Pierce; that, far, we had had
no other indication OF the Presidents policy, except
foreshadowed III his inaugural that that inaugural
with single exception the enlargement OF cur ter
ritory,) received his approval and that it the Pres
idenI acted upon 1t, he should be satisfied. $50 far
we'll enough but there is argument in all this.
The Colonel however, dove-tailed another little ex
ceplion 10 the Presidents policy, and that was
based upon his appointments 10 office. He charged
that the President had appointed Dix. the FeesOiler,
who had stood upon the Buffalo platform, and was
about bad man Seward Il at he had appoint
ed SouIe and De Leon, the Southern hot bloods who
had jeoparded the safety OF the Union, that he had
sent Belmont, a foreigner, to the Netherlands, &c.
This union Of extremes be regarded with great sus-
picon, and thought it was impossible for the party
TO hang together successfully for four years longer
| He wns opposed to hllibusieTing. He was In FAVOR
Of opening the inlet at Nag's Head. He was in ia
vor of Common Schools. He opposed to the
extension of national domain, except under GER
tain circumstances. He in avor Of Distribution.
He was silent Free Suffrage and the Maine Lii
quoT Law, and said word that we could hear,
about spiritual TGPpngs In the course OF his speech,
! he paid glowing eulogy TO Daniel Webster.
! Instead of making any comments of our own, we
prefer giving. substantially, the reply made by De.
Shaw the several points touched upon. First. as
to the an ointment Of Dix What right had Col.
Outlaw to object to it1 Did not Mr.. Webster, whom
he had just Landed the skies, stand side by side
18th Dix on the Buffalo pla,form1 Most assuredly
How then, could he, with any show Of consistency,
denOunce the one and extol the oiheIl Yet Col.
! outlaw had done so. Then Soule-whose on
crime even in the eyes of Col. Outlaw, was that
he loved the South not wisely but too well-an Of
fence which he Or. S. could readily forgive. Next
as to De Leon-he was objected to-he was from
South Carolina-he edited the Southern Press-a
paper whose tendency was to destroy tie Union.
DIR. Shaw's reply was whitening. He said that this
charge came with very bad grace from a man who, a
few years ago, fought side by eide with De Leon in
the ranks OF Qualification! COL Outlaw himself had
been cheek by oe with De Leon in The days OF Null
li6cation-then he Was ready to stand by Socth Ca
roina in her crusade against The Union; bet ,aas
how changed! He could not bear the sight Of man
who offered resistance TO the Federal Government
A quonda. NuAife~ denouncing Secession ist-Satan
correcting sin DR.. ). might also have added lha
De Leon had served his connection with the ''South
Press because that paper would not support the
Democratic Platform, upon which he resolved TO stand
and that as soon as he did so, the paper died y
Then as 10 Belmont. Col. Outlaw objected to hiu
because he was not born on American so-he was
foreigner by birth. This, remarked DR.. s., was
in perfect keeping with Wing policy from the day:
of the elder Adams, when the odious Alien and Sc
idition Laws were passed, down to the era of Gen
Scott, who anxious 10 exclude foreigner
from the country, that he proposed TO make the
the only avenue by which they could reach u! AS
TO fMiGusiering, DIR. s. much opposed to it al
Col. OulIaw-and he also warm a friend t
D the proposed measures of opening Nag's Head Ine
as the Colonel himself. AS the Distribution ques
ton, he made issue with Col. Outlaw on that. HI
was opposed to it, both to its impoicy and its un
conslilutionaity. lie showed conclusvely that Dis
tribution would entail increased tax upon the PEG
pie, who would be required TO raise the amount g.
distributed and restore il TO The Treasury and pa
the expense of the transaction to boot. The atten
O ton OF Col. Outlaw directed, with heartles
cruelty, of the position which he former
~ occupied before the people of the District and tina
= which he then occupied. Once the proud and boas
}, full champion of MI CIay's great American system
J., he now able to point only TO Distribution as
s 1.-THE in the wilderness blooming alone,
:, To show where the garden bod been."
But, as if resolved 10 test Col. O.s powers of en-
durance by the ordeal, DR.. s. subjected hi1
IL 10 the ehned cruelty of usitoria torture.
S dosed him with his own physic. He quoted to hir
his own famous anti-ScUtt speech-refe'red 10 hi
e subsequent: aPosiacy from the faith, therei
T. expounGed by himself and bringing the antagc
nisns together, fairly crushed the Colonel betwee
his own engines of destruction. There was no es
cape. The Colonel had " nursed the pinion tina