Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-04

tobacco and naval stores cspeciay-shall DC ship
bed direct to foreign ports, on assignment until we
can build ships of our own Many of our merchants
are opposed to importing. They say they can puy
cheaper in WORK Philadelphia and Boston;
unmindul of their thus Gripping the planters IN the
renlittanceas it will take probably ten shlps ioau
ed with cotton, tobacco and naval-stores 10 pay or
the dry goods ship will bring 10 our poits.
This is equally disastrous to both. The importing
merchants with their once dgnified and lofty mem,
are no longer seen in towns and cltes-they are
cut down to shopkeepers If they have ihheiiteu
the pride of their ancestors, they will be ready 10
make effort to regain the dignHied station they
so proftably occupied 1t has given to the North
a tonnage which must exceed that OF all otner ma
tons, and commercial marine, at our expense, as
formidable as it is un'iendly. Take from them the
products of slave labor and, except rumercai'y,
they powerlcss Let the worst come, ana tiey
could pay neither seamen nor soldiers; IL IS need
less TO disguise it, the Union can only De preserVeo
apart from the workings ola experimenting fro'Ir
dence by q Conventional movement on the part OF
the slaveholding States, called and protected by.leg
isative enactment. Such alliance violates mel
Their the letter spirit of the Constitution 1T is to
preserve not to destroy. Under our patrarcha
system they possess lever of unprecedented pow
er. If properly economised and wisely directed
they may defy all opposition, either domestic
or foreign. "Cotton is knight is treasure
more commanding than that which all the bankers
of Europe possess. Mr.. Turnholm, in his able re-
port to the Chamber of Commerce sitting IN Char-
lesion, in April 1854 states that the transportation
for the freight thereof the producers are taxed
twelve millions of dollars. This statement is from
memory. The inference then is Irresistible: With
draw from the North the products OF slave LABOR,
and rapid declension will ensue, and the cities OF
the South will become great Emporla OF Com
merce. Such movement will arrest attention and
excite enquiry. New England is utterly uhprepar-
ed for such an event-interest and not humanity, IS
to her heart To pay cash for cotton or stop
her mills-to be cut off forever from supplying
four millions of slaves and their increase with nine
teen twentieths of their cothing-her tonnage de-
prved of the transportation and driven abroad for
employment, are imposing considerations. 1t VIII
cause the fanatic pause, and business men to act
Boston, New York and Philadelphia, absorbed in
CONNER &C. in exporting and importing for the South,
and dispensing treasures that have destroyed the eul-
librium of the government. and opened the door to
an alarming centralism, hath not deigned to dwell
for a moment on the weakness and uncertainty OF
the tenure. The question arises what are the re-
sources and powers of the South2 Her statesmen
are now called on to portray them-to reduce them
to order and give them effect.
For the Standard.
MEssRs EDITORS 1t is the privilege of freeman
in this our country, to write his thoughts Tor pub
licaton, provided he puts down nothing that inter
feres with the rights of Others is repuSnaQt to
good taste. Exercising this right send you tins
pencil sketch for your columns. Besides do so by
special permission. Ofcourse every man is respon-
sible for what he writes-answerable for his own
sins So if John SINS blame not Peter; and II Peter
has sinned, blame not John.
Last Saturday tax-gathering day in our town.
Peterborough, Chatham. \ goodly number Of our
citizens were in to leave their contributions for the
support of the government Things are greatly
stirred up in the political world, You know-and
here in Chatham the political disease never fails to
incorporate itself into the very flesh and blood of
our people. | think from recent deveiopementS that
E. G. Reade will carry Chatham by nearly two
third vote though shall take great pleasure in vo-
ting against him The gallant Kerr has party
to be active in his behalf His old friends have
nearly all tackled about and are destined to gain an
nglorious victory over a true and tried man. The
Democrats of the District generally vii! cast silent
vote for him. but would much prefer OF
their party. But he Isl gaining a character
for fearless independence, supported by a high
order of abilities, that WILL in all after life with indie
pendent men, be argument in his favor Reade,
besides the benefit of a organization, has men
stumping various parts of the District in his behalf
.Jno II. uaughton, A. j. Stcdman, DR.. S. \. Nc
Ienahan and last but probably not the least active
the Reverend Wln. p. Taylor in this county alone
are named Don't certain good book say to a
certain class of fellow citizens, 60 We into all
the world and preach the GOSPEL "O is not very
difficult then to account for the statement above
made. j. j. Jackson by way of defence against
charges made by those from whom he withdrew
himself has made some few speeches in the county
Thus it was Saturday last we had discussion
here the politics of the day, Know Nothingsm
in particular. The speakers Col. \. j. Sted-
and j. j. Jackson, Esq'rs, As took no notes,
and do not write Immediately upon hearing the dis
CuSS!Ol tO W IOllo" cltIlSi III
any thing like detail. shall only give few 'pints"
and Intervene such remarks as | choose. The |
whole discussion conducted with entire courtc-
sy on either side--a thing | highly approve. Mr.
Stedman led off in the discussion. 1t a good !
speech for a young embarking in bad, but as |
he thinks popular cause. Ny judgment was against |
him in nearly his whole argument. He has hereto
fore been Democrat. You will recolect. him as |
the Democratic candidate in the last Legislature |
against Thos Ruifin Jr, for Solicitor of this Dis
trict. He got very complimentary vote for that |
office, rs Il Democrat from Democrats Would it !
not surprise those friends who stood by him to |
know that Ut that Gerry time tie acas q HnoO Moth
ing? l think In the offset ofEis speech, how |
ever he cohtradcted the charge that he had ceased
to be a Democrat and proclaimed himself "as good |
a Democrat ever" forgetful, perhaps that he will
not, with present surroundings, be recognized as |
such by that party and perhaps it had escaped his
memory that just that day two weeks at Know |
Nothing ratification meeting in Peterborough, in |
which he is reported having "appeared and de- |
lvered able and eloquent address in favor Of the |
American cause ~ resolution adopted "that |
we know no Democratic Wing party but consign |
to an obvious grave the affntes and predictions
heretofore existing" &C. Other men made this to |
mean an entire cutting loose from an old and fast |
anchorage, and launching in a new and untried
sci. Is it not strange that he should claim what |
men formerly Wings do not, that they good |
Wigs as eper9 They, and I am sorry to say it, |
give up Whiggery with seemingly more cheerful
ness than he does Democracy.
Mr.. Stedman early proclaimed war against Cath
olics and foreigners, and really could have enter
n6 into md ba cd To do no irht