Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-04-19


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&c and an invitation to the Democracy to tako a.
syandif they desired t. Jug
his invitation was accepted by our townsm,o
". r. Martini slEsqs VI q have lot a word of coa
ment 70 make upon hsfe n " should be char,
With beng biased. Il cessaEy to say that
bore himself with char Courtesy eIoouenn
and abIit But we " give q very brief outEno
OF Mr. Martin remarks, m order that al-lVbo ~
s well as Demo eige for themselves H.
started out ~ that upon the subject of edn
zcAtlon, all pa115es we're agree cd He would tbror
vide doors q the that rich streams
q the entire STATE
thence no dlscnssl on was that subject
s ne toek M t1sstra that the Yhig bar
nan sad great deal about the benefits that Wond
arise rom the distribution OF the proceeds of th
pnpiIc ianas-th 5tfhe " hgs) had the power
q IN 1874 70 pass the measurc-that they did pass i
that at the very next session they killed their f.
yoI1te pantng by creating the very identical con
flngency upon me happening OF which they had
scunnngly pfoVlaed Inc DIstrlbutlon should CEASE
!; W lth VIVA consist then; he asked could Tho
y lgs Of democrats for opposing the meas
.,Ie ls 10 6en. DIS. position
: that tne lands were being corruptly souandcred ~
the prejudice OF the old States Mr. NJ charged that
about as many bills Tor aProprlatng the public lands
3 mad peen signed Dy PRESIDENT Fillmore Wing 40
3 by all his predecessors put together What riobt
then had the w higs to complain sof the co,rnrt
squanderng OF the public lands? He also argued
tnal, as Ihese puonc ianos We're solemnly pledged
Tor the OF money borrowed to enable us ia
prosecute the war with Mexico good faith and CON-
mon ioIessy ,hat s.ney should fulfil that
oeloIe Dsihg otnefWise disposed Of He en-.
!oreeu is Dy an Illustration fa private
10 soiethy pedge ms estate for the
payment oi borrowed money, would it be honest to
alenate ina estate before the money was refunded
anu mus oepriYe tne ender OF his security? Heas
euec 'iie pioau gfouhd that tue lands Should be
useu toi 'iie OF Lne national debt and the
- oI ihe feaeral government; that
ensiee .He salue OF one poftlon II was deemed
70 alternate sectons the Government
%o,lia therepy lose nothing, out be gamer, and
'la ar ile'iee tnls Was Ieasohaple ana proper
~ next addressed himself to the Free Suffrage
ana Convention questions; he was glad to find that
the W hlgs We're at length willing to grant this priv
hcge 10 the ne preferred Legislative en-
aetInent as the means OF obtaining 1t; said that in
case case q convention, no matter what amendments,
good OF PAD We're the Constitution, the peo-
pie would have to reject It as whole or accept
Whole-Whereas,9 by the Democratic mode specific
aih . Was proposed winch the people could
OF reject upon lts own merits without at all
lmpalrlng the Constitution as it formerly stood
w ny. zen. DocGeT2 htanse.f, when member of the
ConFehuon Whlch formed the present Constitution,
had voted ior TINS very mode OF amending the Con-
stitutoli Whien the democrats were now advocating!
nay, morelhe had even sought to improve it, by
fhs instead OF vote of the Legisiature
lie argued the safeneSs and wisdom OF this mode
compared. With that by convention, which would
place the East at the mercy of the West; and asked
what guaranty the woud have for the encroach
ments of the West. Gen. Dockery had said that q
Wing paper in the JYestshad groSled little about
their Convention resolutions but gave in its adhesion
to the nomination; and also that Western Demo-
cratic paper was q rabid advocate of an omen Con-
vention. Very we'll said Mr.. Martin-taking Gen.
Dockery atshis word and surprising that both par
ties in thesVesfs wore IN Favor of an o0en Convon
tion that is the strongest roi,ment ,rbv we of the
East should resist both and save ourselves IF bot
parties in the West want chance in tho basis so
much the greater the danper TO the East Mr. NJ
bic rerooIIrc Nv obso-yo, +hot bo falt =
his duty to eiya Sen r fine reny and bE 70.
cunning thanks for the attention of the audience
Cen Docler,, roca tn ranlg-ond tb,+ ronIu ,ro4
IS hieh cnp,nI;mant as he 1-os saaIlo of Toy;ny
o his antaeonist His eyicnt esas,serat;onhis
of manner. his mpetuosity. all bore tes-
iinony to the effectiveness of Mr. Nortin,s veIldi
ectcd blows. Mr. MI had walked nm the ghost of
Holden again; forsGcn. D's first sentence was re-
iteration Of his coarse slang about Holden,s astri-
,ers." He charged that this occasion furnished an
violence of the truth of what he had said in the out
ct; and when called uron by Mr. Martin to know
phether he meant to scharacterize him as one of
Holden,s strikers :, he disclamed any speeific alu
ion TO MraM bnf smoke IN tho general Tn rafpr-
nee to lisyotipg to insert the clause in the Cons
ution providing for the amendment of that instru-
nent he entered into al sxnlanation He wanted
wo modes--and had voted for both TAccomno-
ating, vei.yt] IN reference TO Mr.. Martins areu-
1ent in relation to the public lands being pledged
Or theF m yment of borroyred ,,onoy no Said len
1ass had declared the money was not needed in the
'reasury. II Admirable Ioeict1 AS to Mr. Ms ale
alton that Fillmore had s;onad aboiIt &C Inanvland
as all his predecessors Gen D.
Hept over it at a brush but aCroitIy declined de-
wing its truth in terms IN fact there were re-