Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-01-12
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Keor edii:ri.l ot Saturday. under the head OF the
anigned the mea6sr from Wake, Chatham, War
rem. Johnston and Haywood, BY name q disorganis.
en, you cannot in common fairness fefase them
hearing. To feman silent Under such charge would
ee tacit admission OF its iruth-to refuse them
nsanng on your part would be adding injury wrong
lhis Jou cannot do after yoor disclaimer Of any in.
tenon to do them injustice. They Go not come be-
iore the public oler exesses for The course they
pursued. :" They in,end to occupy higher grounds.
asss Ss e hst ssa .s
punity. though il may be inflicted by The hand OF
Partisan press. under the claim Of !" faithful expo
nent OF the public feeling and the public will. The
" prescribed few intend no, only to defsnd. bnt to
tasuiy- to show, that If the democratic party
failed in the election of United States Senator,
oihers besides themselves are TO share in the respon
slblllty. You say" A caucus or a,meeting of ,hs
Democratic members was held, and The Hon. James
g. Dobbin, of Cumberland was nominated for Sena-
tor. He received not merely majority Of the mem.
bers present, but majority of the entire Democratic
representation in the General Assembly; and his
nomination was afterwards unanimously agreed to- -
This staiemen: may be true in part, but il does not
disclose the whole truth TLis the public have the
right to know in order correct understanding Of
the question. And this they shall know as speak
fiom the record. The Democrats had in the last
Legislature s6 nembers-the Wings S4-requiring
&c TO elect on joint ballot A caucus held about
the middle Of November. and after every effort 10
obtain full meeting. only sirty-e,ght attended. On
| the second ballot MIR. Dobbin received As votes-23
being cast against him and lS absent. The meeting
refused to adopt the 'sf,Do.thirds rule, " and voted
without any one being in nomination. Those that
were present pledged their snpport-the absent gave
no such pledges. Was such a meeting as this enti
tied to the character and authority of party caucus
claiming unconditional submission it's nomination!
We answer must emphatically no-and say eight
democrats refused to recognize it. To hape given
the caucus such toeight and authority, sufficient
Der to elect should hare been present, and the fwohrds
rule odopied. Without this the nomination was cal.
cuated to produce discord not harmony. and should
have been given up without a moments hesitation.
Had such course been pursued, either Mr.. Dobbin
other democrat equally sound and acceptable,
would have been elected. The alarm about the cleo
tion of Whig was phantom only intend 10 fright.
ZEN the iImd, and force submission TO the will OF the
interested. The great democratic party at Baltimore
had resolved by vote by States $50 10 l3, that in
all party nominations the two thirds rule should be
adopted-and whether just unjust, polite or i'm.
polite, the rule is imperative, and when called fol
must be observed, the nomination loses the weight
and authority of party nomination. And yet here
was Of only 6s out of &c preseni-ihe nomi.
nee receiving but IS voies-whlst the whole nf the
Sc necessary TO his election. To persist in such
nomination under such circumstances and that afie
rar.aiAd fa..~. .'s.ed degree Of ufa,uaon border
ing more on rashness than ndiscreiion. The opinion
you are pleased 10 express as to Gen. Saundes" the
moral force Of his example and his vote"-may 20 fo
what it is worlh-all he asEed was " fair play -
he felt neither politically personally bound 10 aie
in putting up those who had sought to put him jown
He recognizes such suicidal policy aud those wht
seek te enforce such obligation upon his part,
teach others TO do justice, before they can expec
submission to such wrong. Here this defence shal
stop for the present There other matters besides
Il Senatorial election connected th this discussion
which may be brought forward hereafter. 1t is no
necessary do al this time. This future evsnt
mus. decide. As TO what you say about Mr.. Love
that gentleman adhered to the pledge he gave to hi
people-snd he who redeems his pgnied saith 10 hi
constituents has nothing TO fear, whoever may be hi
: accuser. ONe OF The PRoscRIBED.'