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

THE IAYQ-FACED CANDIDATE
AZ. Yenable, We learn, is endeavorino -
duee the impression a,ssossq Lemocrats that p pro-
SO favor ST Che acquisition 81 Cuba, While = w ~ Is
rs for exam e Robert +. Alorris--be hug .s's'
that he is be Wings On Cuba and the nnlr
lands, ana ougb heEstore to besupported br AZ
party His speech in Of Jam January 1 L~a'
shows that hs against Cuba. except in a ~"
tingency which viii hardly ever arise and ar ~
then, though he would advocate action br ', ,S
United States, he does not Considerable acoust;a u'
of the island as at all desirable.
he also strives, we understand, to produoo :.
impression that he is with Gen. jackson on ~ II'
question of distribution The extracts We MIL, "s
ed in our last from Old Hickory'sn land hin
of 1888, ere conclusive on this point Gen J.S
son was really State rights man, and tbe,.f,,,
opposed to distribution in every form in which :,
was presented, because he sawthat it was ~
another name for increased tariff taxes and wonI,
end in concentrating all power in the general -.
eminent; Mr. Venable pretends to be State ,;oI,.
man, and showed that he was on the q comn,oSs:
measures" and yet he voted for BENEFITS bill on.
of the strongest federal neasures-the alien and
dition laws perhaps excepted-ever introduced M.
the House of Representatives. Mr.. VenaHa Il,
declares, we understand that he is with ND.
Douglas on the land question, orrather that Judo.
Douglas is in favor of giving away lands to t6e
new States. The speeches and votes of JDdn.
Douglas will show that he is as sound on tba onsS
tons of dividing the lands or their proceeds .,
Gen. Jackson himself He fayors the erantiDc -
alternate sections to States in which lands liz G..
purposes of improvement and the result Of tbos.
grants has actually been beneficial to the pova,D
ment as landholder. That is, one SECTION h.,
been granted and another reserved alopp tba linz,
ofproposed Improvements; the Improvements have
been made by the sections granted, and forthwith
the reserved sections have advanced to the fill
price of both the granted and reserved sections
In such cases the people of the new States have
been greatly benefited, and the wealth Of the
country has been increased, while at the same timo
the government has not to say the least, lost one
cent. To this policy as we have heretofore stated
we are not disposed to object The idea of ex.
hausting the lands by these grants is absurd-the
sections thus transferred to States for wise pur.
poses, and the usual quantity of FIVE hundred thou
sand acres voted to all uew States when they enter
the Union. are no more when compared to the
fifteen hundred millions of public lands than ril
Is to the ocean.
The truth is, Mr.. Venable shows Wing face
on both the Cuban and the land question and
knowing this, it is not surprising that agentleman
Of his ingenuity should seek to create different
impression in Democratic District. But he will
find, large he is in his own estimation that the
masses of the Democratic party are just as capable
Of Judging of public questions as he is ; and that
they are not to be driven about deceived by dis
and pretended Democrats.