Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-07-30
coRREspoNDENcE OF THE STANDARD


PHMADEIPHIA, July %, 1853.
TO the Editor Of the Standard:
The wire Telegraph may be, and undoubtedly is, of
great service to the community generally but to that
merritorious class the unapprecated and much abus
cd letter writer's it is an insuerable bore frequent
y draw up long and circumstantal item of news and
just am about to despatch it to your address,
receive copy of your paper and find myself antici-
pated. The upshot of all is, that have either to
travel on the " under ground in search of novel
ties or I have to become, as I have no doubt your
readers have discovered, decidedly prosy But write
must for habit in this in most other respects is
steam, and nothing can curb it.
There is one thing of which the Democratic party
is ignorant, to which it is cupably Indifferent.
When newly elected President takes his post,
makes his principal appointments, and, generally,
shadows forth the policy of his administration there
is nothing for which he looks with more concern,
than the result of the next succeeding State elections
If that result is favorable to the party that elected
him, he cannot but look upon it commendatory of
his acts if it is not he is equally liable to painful
disappointment. Notwithstanding all this, nothing
is than for the party to to sleep for
at least year after the Presidential Is not
this altogether censurable? If the party should not
go to sleep, it will certainly do other suicidal
thing, partaking of about the indifference to
the effect which may be produced. l say this is
worse than culpable the Administration with which
we all pleased and of which we all proud
should be zealously supported You agree with me
of course, and so do the political leaders of New
York, but how are you all acting9 mean your CO.
adutors in the party? Unwisey to say the least of
it, unwisely to yourselves and unjusty towards your
President. know you, yourself, will plead not
guilty, and in view, will not traverse, but your
influence is do you not call things
by their right names? l have entered your leader
in Wednesdays issue, to your credit. l see that
Venable has " DER stepped the modesty of nature"
and in other respects, looked sideways at the party
which has striven to do him honor. He will have to
go the Democratic party requires servants not
tiers. thought well of him, and my light
hid under bushel but he has backed water, and so
must l.
1t is plain to be that your district will elect
Wing; every body thinks so here. Is all hope of
reconciliation at end? Talk plain little and see
how that will work.
The Abolitionsts here have at last succeeded in
bringing about issue between the Federal and
State Courts. At this present moment the United
States Marshal for this District is in Jail for al
legged contempt in not surrendering to the State
Courts, negro man who had been placed in his
custody for the of his MASTER by the U S. Com
missioner. The collision was brought about in some
thing like this way.
The Aboltonists who care more for broil than for
the liberty of a negro, find runaway, they know
them all and contrive to betray him into the perpe
tration of small offence, assault and battery
for instance They then have him arrested and held
to bail. The next thing is to betray him to his
er; we then have an ISSUE the State holds the mere
offender, and the Federal Court demands the slave.
Both right, and both could be accommodated,
but that is not the object the object is to give trouble
to embarrass the owner, and finally, to bring the
Fugitive Slave Law into ridicule.
The Marshall in the case stated above has no doubt
acted under firm belief that the whole difficulty
plan l have limited at Tomorrow, however, will
develope little more. The Aboltionists in the
meantime, are in ecstacies. If they beat you here,
beat them when you catch them. Go the grape vine,
as have before told you. They are death against
death Show them red and the physic will work.
The Chrystal Palace is attracting some attention
at last Better late than never. You should come
on about September. 1t will then be full.
Su