Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-14

MEssRs. EDrroRs: In the present unhappy cJndi-
ton of our country, while the pillows Of Northern
fanaticsm rage furiously and the South seems so
bndly Indifferent to the results, is there patriot
not trcmble for the future? With the cry from the
North for anti-slavery constitution, ali at-sla-
very Bible, and anti-slavery God " continually
ringing in ears, is there Southern father bat
that shoulders % he looks upon his innocent little
ones, and reflects that if these doctrines prevail
If these principles triumph that the scenes of st
Domingo may be again witnessed at our own happy
homes, and the black hand of the nsurreclonlst yet
be red with the blood of these unosndng lnnocents!
Yet dreadful as is the thought how caous Southern
gentlemen seem, how suicidal IS their policy. rms
conclusion was forced upon me with painful truth
few days since by circumstance winch however
common it may have become in other sections, has
just made its advent in our locality. 1t vas after
dark in little village in the eastern part OF wake,
and Immediately on the North Carolina Railroad,
that my attention attracted by seeing number
of horses standing tied to trees posts, &c and upon
inquiring the cause of such collection at that IN
usual hour was told that it was Know Nothing
gathering. And this organization, Messrs Editors,
vet in its infancy, and with probably not more than
one democrat in its ranks, told IS constantly
receiving accessions and it is confidently predict
ed is to sweep in triumph over the whole dis
trct Be this it may, is it not the part OF wisdom
and patriotism to pause and ponder we'll; to see
what of the South to gain by such an assoca-
ton before we give Il counteuance and support
And the question arises what do we hope for-what
do we of the South expect to gain by such organi
cation? That organization North can't be regarded
as friendly to the South. | defy any man to point
to single act of theirs that would warrant such
conclusion. From tine first hour of its existence to
the present time, its every act has heen one of a-
erosion, insult and treachery to the SOuth-under
the guise of prescribing foreigners and Roman Cath
olics is endeavorng not only to prescribe, but CIR
cumscribe the South until it shall become as the AT
ricanised colonies of England and France? W hat
then repeat can the South hope for what can she
lin nv l. the
a separate, distinct body from the hnow-Nothings
North If So why not publish the fact to the world
and remove every doubt from the Southern bosom?
Why skuk about at midnight and plot and plan, and
as we suppose act in concert with their Northern
wing, when by word, one act OF the Order the
question would be settled forever On this all i'm
pOrtant point involving all that is dear to the South
they still as the grave. We hear no protest
against the insults that their Northern wing heap
upon U.s. If their stretched forth to shield
US from wrong tbs at midnight, We see it not, we
know not what they do; and we can't be disposed
to Judge hardly if we refuse to join orgaEiza
ton nav if look with suspicion upon aSsocia-
ton whose Northern wing IS thoroughly abolition
lied. If the organization North and South is the
have every thing to fear and nothing TO hope
for. Its Northern wing being III the ma joritv VIII
select men for office who will carry their prinCi
pies and Southern men are bound by solemn Data
to support them But if the organization South be
not the same bat Separate and distinct body with
a head its own. then what becomes OF the great
American the nutiUnnI party: It's nationality is
gone, an:t it becomes two factions divided ny Ma
sons and Dixons line and its Southern wing hav-
ing friends, organization North CT that line to
stand by them and the constitution, political or
ganization must be powcre>S. So that |
upon which horn Of the dilemma they their
cause It brings no hopes for the South. 1t does
seem that these facts ought to have wei t with
Southern men, if we leave out of the question en-
rey two OF the most Objectionable features of the
Order its prescription of foreigners and its religious
intolerance. 1t is urged however, it is to do away
with the old parties Messrs. Editors, why is this
desirable? Can it be that party spirit and the pre-
judice of party high in the bosom of some
Wing leaders that they willing to make any
sacrifice of principle, party, country, honor-a for
the defeat of the democracy: That democracy whose
Northern wing cheered on by CasS and Doug as have
proven so true to the Constitution and the South:
Is this the object of the knowNothings: This the
boon they crave?
Is it for this that North Carolina is called upon
desert the proud and lofty position she has always
occupied to take her stand by the side of MasSachu
'ctts-that Massachusetts whose capital is Boston
hat Boston that closed its doors to the immortal !
ebster? If it be not for this what is 1t: There .
ire scarcely any fOre Ron an Catholics among
Is, and can't be the fear of these that calls forth
his midnight association-the fact cant be denied
is the Democracy at whom Their blows are aimed
n North Carolina And now the question is, are
he Democrats to be thus foed i'll their noble strug-
tie for principle and stcalthily dec0yed into this
ociation: At a moment like the present when
nly y orthern hopeis in the sterling democracy
here. and when every mail brings US tItnSS OF some
oble patriot who has fallen by the hand Of the flu
ionSts while battling for the Constitution and the
;outh-are Southern Democrats to falter-are
lorious principle to pcrish-is flag which has
ften waved in triumph over Us, and on whose ample
dds inscribed all that is sacred in the past and
lorous in the future to be abandoned fer this Know
Nothing organization that we know not of?-a child
f night whose paths dark, and lead we know
ot where are Democratic fathers tC stand by with
heir arms folded, and see those in whom their
lture hopes all rest and in whose bosoms they have
to SOW the seeds of truth and virtue, go
orward and join association the first principle of
hich is to dissemble to deceive to deny the truth?
We trust not Messrs. Editors but fondly hope that
hey will prove what they have ever been, true to
themselves to their Constitution, and their country.
md those Union-loving patriotic Wings, who still
ling to their principles, and revere the memory of
lay and Webster, they too going to renounce
H. and shutting their eyes to the painful truths by
'hich they surrounded go hand in hand with
MS Order, and be luled by its syren voice sleep
, hncied security Pc rhaps they may but should
day of gloom arrive-should those reverses come
-hch all would deeply depore, they will look back
18th regret upon an infatuation, which has led them
fold the serpent of fanatcism to their bosoms that
great but national rival might be destroyed.
H.
VETO COLLINS MONOPOLY BILL President
fierce is welding the power of the executive veto