Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-05-14

PHILADELPHIA, May 9, 1853.
To The Editor Of the Standard
What is it in North-Caroina about Free Suffrage
Is there leading Democrat in the State, who still
adheres to the auq uated idea of property quai6-
cation The Convention of '35 purged the constit-
uency of your Legislature of Objectionable fea-
ture. Previously, myself, had voted at the same
polls with free negroes, who had the privilege of
ing for Senator well Representative, while nv
right restricted 10 the latter This was correct
ed, and whatever may have been the opposition to
the other acts of the Convention, the white mans
clause found no dissenting voice. No, not even the
peculiar guardians of property qualification, raised
an objection to the reform. But why did they :!
1t 1t was right that property should be represented,
why did they not favour less restricted restriction,
such one would have allowed free negro own
ing fifty acres of land, to vote as before Public
opinion was against both, against free negro suffrage
and against land suffrage. There might have been a
reas on for inserting property qualification in the
original Constitution. want of experience in the
practice of self government might have made it rea-
sonable at that time, to extend immunity to per-
manent settlers. and as consequence, to the holders
of real estate but self government is no longer an
experiment; the theory adopted at first, is now old
enough to be put into practice. In Of the States
it has been tried, and in every instance foundto work
well. Are the people of North Carolina less com.
petenr than those of other SIatesl If you have
statesman who think they are, why do they not order
band of missionaries thought the schooImaster
was abroad in the old North, The Convention which
adopted the Federal Constitution vested the priy.
In the voters of the several States Irrespective 81
property qualification. Should the President of the
U nited States. vouch constituency inferior that
OF your Senators2 You, yourselves, have done the
same thing in the case of your Governor. Do your
Senators claim mere select constituency than your
Chief Magistrate 2
What is it about Mr. Edwards, in this connection !?
He used to count in ORTIZ Carolina he used to count
on the Democratic tell him, and respect him
highly-tel him the Democracy of this country will
never plead to transcendenal declaration. How is
Mr.. Dobbin upon this point Right to certainty ;
and Venable and Daniel too. BY the way don't for
get to send the two latter back to Congress; they
have the respect of the party every where MI Dob
bin is already in the eye of the country.
Speaking of suffrage, the time is not Distant Just
over the way, when the oppostion in your State will
be compelled to yield stronger point Than the one in
question to them, ten to In less thanten years
North-Caroina will elect her Judges by the people,
The experience on this side of Mason's and Dixons
line, lncontesably sustains and vndicates the policy
Say what you will of the machinery Of party, there
is something in its operations which. when scrutin-
lied by watchfu public Press, will always sift the
corn from the cha The Judges oflaw, in this State
and New York, at the present time, and under the
present system, have been surpassed in any of
the attributes which adorn the bench Yes, Legis-
latures may .'log-roll" il, Councils of State may
sympaze with families aud friends,and Governors
may Pocise, but the people proverbalIy indier-