Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-03-22
GIVING Up THE CONTEST.

: The Greensborough Patriot is out, in most decid-
ed terms, against the Resolution OF the late Wing
Convention in regard to Convention to amend the
Constitution. 1t speaks of this Revolution as "nei-
Their MANLY nor WISE but ungenerous and RIDI-
CULOUS." 1t then copies the Resolution and adds
AS much as to say We believe the people de-
sire their Constitution changcd-we therefore recon-
mend that they assemble in Convention for such
purpose-but that they be not permitted to change
it in certain particulars which we point out No
matter whether they desire change in these particu
lars or not recommend that such change be not
allowed !!
We can never, with our republican notions of pop
ular rights, swallow such logic as this And we do
not believe the thirty-seven members of the Legis
lature who put forth the Address of 81, and the
thousands who approved the same enjoy any more
capacious or accommodating powers of deglutiton
than ourselves.
We are willing to trust the people with the arrang-
ing of their own Consttution-nay, willing is
tame word-we would place in the hands of the
honest freemen of North Carolina in Convention as
sembled open free and unrestricted all our politi-
cal rights with the fullest confidence that they would
be sacredlY preserved and respected. STILL such is
respect for time honored usage and wish to
present at this juncture of affairs united front on
the principle of federal population that do not
desire Convention other terms than the federal
basis. Our Wing friends at the late Raleigh Con-
vention it appears, could not say much and the
leaders of opinion in the Democratic party habitu-
ally laugh at and deride the idea of such confidence
in the people of the State"
The Patriot says further:
This same resolutions forms a crooked and I'M
sound plank in the platform 1t is Just such a one
has already tkroacn tco Of candidates for Coz
ernor We do not intend to be accessory the set
ting of another such trap. Self respect-respect
to the opinions of thousands of western citizens
our duty as public journalists, require that enter
this protest,-tte result Of deliberate judgment
and Of the experience Of tile Hhig party Of the State
an t1e0 disastrous campaigns.
We do not believe. and never have believed ot
the p1in proposition of free suffrage can be sue
cessfuly met in gubernatoria canvass in any other
ton"
This looks like giving up the contest
The Patriot concludes its observations follows:
As to Gen. Doc1ery, we know him to be a sound
and sterling Whig-abe and courageous in defence
of his principle entertaining unaffected sympa-
thy with the common people of the country. As
between him and any regular representative of the
Locofoco party as candidate we could not hesitate
in our choice As rule for the free citizen, with
few exceptions, it is his duty, between opposing in
terests and candidates, to weigh both sides and
choose the lesser evil the greater good whichever
way you choose to phrase it"
~ The Washington Correspondent of the Bait
more Sun says:
The message concerning the Black Warrior af
fair not received to-day, but the ecclesiastical
insurance from New England against the Nebras-
ka bill was presented, and produced in the Senate
an excited discussion 1t has been time since
the Senate was in this way threatened by the church
with :. the righteous judgement of Almighty God.
1t was during the late with Great Britain that
they denounced Congress in like manner. They
signed g round Robin also, in favor of the Viii
mot proviso. These four thousand clergymendo not
fortunately have the power to execute their threats
But it would, perhaps. have been as well for the
Senate to suffer this remonstrance, without notice
or comment stsss1<
Serious Acc1DENT On Thursday last Q6th) at
excavation on the Central Railroad Mt. Moriah,
Wake County, a bank of earth, upwards of eight
feet high suddenly caved in, overwhelming one of
the laborers at work underneath. After some time
he extricated from his perilous situation, with
thigh broken and several internal injuries He now
lies iii critical state, of DIR. Busbee
We were unable to learn the sufferer name but
derstand he is an Irishman only few weeks on the
road.
A Man KILLED On Friday night last collision
took place on the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad, near
Henderson, between the freight train and q hand
car. in which d free man of colors named Edward
Harris, was instantly killed