Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-04-26


No man ever had stronger hold on the masses q
the North than AndfeN jacobson. Neither he nor
great rival stood before llcrth-
ithout being welcomed ith q shout of applause:
SThesvery many brave and gallant men who went
from the free States into the Mexican tell
their neighbors that the southern regiments > no
who were with them, that courtry on tho day OF
battle, stood by the Tors They have,
therefore, been constantly losing ground sFIe the
national have been gaining on them N ssste q
their alliance til the fanaties and sectiona pre-
judices of the antslayery party The issue IS upon
better footing to-day than It's has ever before been
placed upon, VIZ : the right Of every community to
regulate its own local matters withort the
ton of those having no direct interest in the
Ithas been vel said that there is great reseIn-
blance between this issue and that involved IN the
struggle between the Colonies and Great Britain at
the Declaration ofIndependence There is, howev-
err one great and striking difference between the two
cases. The Colonies in 1776 denied the right OF
Great Britain them to the smallest extent but
the people of Kansas and Nebraska say to Congress-
'sYou may impose any amount of taxation upon us,
and will cheerfully it you may make your dis
position of the public lands lay Oft your military
roads and post roads, you may establish your forts
and arsenals You may subject us to the action OF
every law of Congress that the citizens of any one
State in this Union is subject to but when you have
done all that when you have exhausted all your pow
ers under the Constitution of the United States then
we ask the poor privilege of managing our own To-
cal affairs according to our wishes" And why
should they not have it? Why should Massachu-
sets North Carolina control the people of those
Territories SIR the question stands upon the great
republican right of every community to lcgslate for
itself 1 know there are individuals who deny that
right 1t is impossible conceal the fact that there
is a large party do not know whether ought to
call it party, or whether it is mere fragment OF
party-in this country who have denied that right,
and who, in the bottoms of their hearts, do not be-
lcve that the people capable of sef-government
1t is the feeling that prompted the old sedton
act; it is the feeling which has thrown the in
luence of certain against all declarations OF pop
ular right Now, it is very hard for to desig-
nate them. do not know that l could call them
the AntiSavery party, for that would not be very
accurate designation ; nor the Federal party, even
though it might do well to combine the two names.
Perhaps might refer to of their leading organs
with advantage.
The gentleman from Georgia, mfr. Stephens Ire
member, commented upon the course of the Nation
al Integencer. Now think that journal is q faith
full exponent of the party aude to- Its regard for
the Missouri compromise has been assumed only for
the present occasion. l remember very we'll that
during the struggle mp to 1850 that paper never came
out for this Missouri line, although the South
battling for it for years did it assert
right to occupy the Territory in common with the
people of the North, clear and ndisputable that
right was. Its whole weight and influence was
covcrtly but adrotly thrown against us, and the
antislavery side. never attributed this course to
any love Of liberty the part of the conductors of
that paper. On the contrary, in every struggle be-
potsm in every contest between the United States
and any foreign country, it takes ground against the
United States. 1t scarcely be commended that
Government is in fact always wrong on every issue
with foreign nation. presume, therefore, that
it is because ours is the freest Government upon
earth that this journal always is always found taking
sides against it, and for enemies. AS to our
internal policy it is the faithful organ of that party
which has labored industriously, you and well
know sir to destroy all the limitations of the Federal
Constitution and substitute absolute central Gov
ernment in its stead These people have taken their
opinions mainly from the Tory press and the Tory
party of England; and they happen to be anti-sa-
very as we'll anti-republican. They seem to de-
sire no higher honor than to have the privilege of
adopting and defending everything which comes
from these sources If any gentleman will take the
trouble to examine of the British anti-slavery
journals, he will see the whole programme of our
abolition countrymen laid down there. They praise
and defcad the British policy in all things 4 few
years ago, for example, Great Britain voted $780,
900, 900 to bsrate her negroes in Jamaica, and
vert them into savages and since that event two
millions of her white people at home have persisted
miserably by famine. 1t is demonstrable that if
that sum had been applied properly at homc every
one of these unfortunate Irish men, women, aud
children might have been saved. Even if she would
devote the millions which expended a.Inu-
ally for the benefit of the Negroes in Africa, she
would the lives of her white people at
home Still her policy in all things is defended by
her allies here.
Great Britain is very sagacious Power, and not
less selfish than sagacious She knows well that in
future she has to dread from the United States
than from any other nation. She knows that our
people contrasting with her wherever the sea |
rolls, and wherever mind comes i'll contact with |
mind. But she is too cautious and farsighted to as
sail US on point where we are united Hence she |
attacks upon matters connected with slavery, and
you the Abolition party, headed by
such leaders as the gentleman from Ohio, MIR. Gid
dngs, at once arising in her behalf, and making t
terrific clamor throughout the land and distractng
the public mind and diverting it from the real issue.
And you that larger antislavery party, of which
is organ at once likewise taking
sides with her upon all such questions. Even |
though they do not succeed in effecting anything |
practically in the way of the abolition of slavery,
in bringing about collision between different sec
lions of the country, yet they do great deal for
her, our rival They keep us in an eternal agitation
about this question of slavery the neglect of great
rational interests. We do not put our public de-
fences in proper condition fail to protect suf-
iciently the rights of citizens abroad, whether
IN the fisheries of the Northeast in Central Ameri-
"a, in Cuba, or elsewhere; and therefore, say, it |
s wise as well selfish policy on the part of
Great Britain to keep embroied in such difficult
lies and discussions, that her abolition allies here,
Who very faithful to her. assist her in carry
ng out her policy.
desire, sir that this question of the organization
IF the Territory of Nebraska shall be treated
great American question, with no foreign influence
brought to bear upon it. 1t will be found, think,
hat | have done no injustice to any one in the
course of remark in which i have INDUCED. Who
is familiar with the political records of Congress
md the country which have merely glanced at
viii find my conclusions right. AT any rate, am
confident that shall be able to defend and make
rood every single allegation made Instead of meet
ng the Nebraska question on its merits its oppc-s