Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-07-26
55.I11GH WEDNESDAY JULY 26, 1854.
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H.en it before the People,

ia Federalist of the worst stamp; that ne
u. consolidation notions in relation to the States
'.d the general government; and that, so confirmed
these notions, and so strong his prejudices with
", sos States in the struggle of 1850, that he said
!, ,uould vote in Congress men, and money, and
,;ns Of war to reduce the State of South Carolina
.nd his own State into subsection to aggressive and
usurpng federal rule
Keep it before the People,
r,o+ bs deserted Millard Fillmore and went for
tr tho Presidency who was the Greedy and
c.u.o-d candidate, nominated over the political ruins
~ Fillmore and Webster; and that he said in the
s;s.usson in Raleigh, when asked what he would
IA under the cry of repeal raised in the free States
u tho Nebraska bill, and whether he would again
y, ;nto National Convention with party in the free
S.tes which had given vote in Congress in favor
of tho eouality of North Carolina with the nonsave
holding States that he would ''acait and ace" what
tba North did. before he answered-leaving thereby
tbp inference that he is still in alliance with Freesoi
and Abolition Whiggery.
Keep it before the People.
Thathe voted in the Legislature of1s423, against
Resolution instructng our Senators and Represen-
sOn the fine imposed on him by Judge Hall at New
Orleans-thus taking sides with Tory Judge, and
denving simple justice to Andrew jackson, who
had so often perilled fortune and life for his coun
try.
Keep it before the People,
That in the Legislature of 1913 after the Sem
ator from Onslow, Mr.. Emmett, had been expelled
under false charge, and had been unanimously re-
elected to his seat by the freehoders ofthat County,
Alfred DockerY voted with nine other Fcderalists to
| exclude him from the Senate-thereby showing his
contempt for the people, and acting in denial and
defiance of their right, secured to them by the Con-
s.itution, to say who shall represent them in the
General Assembly.
Keep it before the People,
That he voted in the Convention of 1885 against
amending the Constitution as to require members
Of the Legislature to vote rird roce or by word of
mouth for Senators in Congress, Treasurer, Comp
troler, &c.-thereby endorsing the secret ballot sys
TEN, and denying to the people the right to know
how therrepresenatives voted in the election of their
officers See debates Of the Convention, page 1e1.
Keep it before the People,
That he is in favor of Convention to amend the
Constitution, and saws he does not care whether it
an open not so the basis is preserved that
aConvenoH Of the people, called in accordance with
theprovsons ofthe Constitution, cannot be resric-
ted that there is no provision in the Constitution
requiring Convention to submit its acts to the peo-
pie for approval, and free and open Convention
could therefore change the basis do anything else
Nmlght choose to do, leaving the people without re-
medy that he says be is for Free Suffrage, but will
nave 1t no other way than by Convention, thereby
leaving the inference that he is really opposed to
the measure self, and showing his disregard of the
wishes of the people the subject who have here
'0iore declared by threehs oftheir representatives
and then again by two-thirds ofthem one, their
preference for the legislative mode Of obtaining Free
outrage over the mode proposed and advocated by
den Dockery
Keep it before the People,
lhat General Alfred Dockery declared, in his
onllhheld speech, that he gave Free Suffrage it's
nrSt long, big and heavy lick" when he voted in
ns Convention of 1885 to extend to the people the
hsht to elect their Governors that he did not vote
extend this right to the people, as the records of
me meConvention will show, but absent at the time
'uS vote was taken; that he now says he voted for
ANS measure on its enrolment, thereby leaving the
IMPRESSION that it enrolled separately, when it
"aS not but was included with the entire Constitu-
"'A that in voting as he did for the enrolment of
'D' ehllre Constitution he no more voted for this
MEASURE than ne did for the two-thirds principle for
'A""s Convention, which, as the record shows, he
"0saFofed " to have changed; that this furnishes
hot ba
s the election Of Governor to the people; that this
'aSure mad no connection whatever with Free Sui
oe as advocated by David s. Reid, and Alfred
Aery knew it when he made his Smithtield
.u lhat he claimed at one ine as above stated,
A' ae was one of the oldest Free Suffrage men in
b.' oa'e' Dut IN his Raleigh speech he denied that
Aau ever claimed the authorship of the measure
49, against Free Suffrage at heart as we believe
=, " Ills conduct is calculated to misead and deceive
~, p'0pe; that if for it, he is directly opposed to
N..s ground occupied on the question by both Gov
Dy and MIR. Kerr, and niisrepresents his party on
Tue greater portion oft has uniformly opposed
s,. i0 oailot-dox and in the Assembly, and as the
~ h' party refused, in the last Assembly, to save
br | eaSure from defeat when it might have done so
e"ne IT. just one more vote out of the large mum.
Der cast against it.
AeeP it before the People.
Moa- a' aired Dockery admitted, in speech liz
ol- county, that it was not probable North Car.
so. would get any lands or proceeds; that in the
axsa VI 'nls admission, which, by the way, he has
''p'eo to take back he still insists that we shall