Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-12-05
GOV. .GARDNER-MR. HAUGHToN, &C.

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Z Gov. Gardner, in accepting the nomination of the
Know Nothing party of Massachusetts, used the fol-
lowing language: g,
- confess am an anti.slavery man. will op-
pose, in public or private life, the aggressions of
slavery, so help me God so long as i've" In the
same speech he spoke of Judge Kane, as an infa-
nous save-cathing commissioner at Philadelphia,
who, hope, will be mpeached for his conduct be.
fore the next Congress, and were / there would
cheerfully give my vote in favor of such impeach-
ment" -,. ,g,,-. --z. .s---S
Gov. Gardner is the leader of one of the " nor.
thern br:gades of the Know Nothings, spoken of
by Mr.. Rayner; and Gov. Gardner is the man re-
Gently eulogized by Mr.. Haughton and the Raleigh
Register. What think you of it, people of Chat
ham? Er
But it seems that Mr. Haughton himself is not in
favor of extending slavery, and boots at the idea
that Kansas can be made slaveholding State. It
seems, also that he regards the repeal of the Mis-
souri, line as "gross and palpable violation of
solemn pledge and, of course, if he had been
member of Congress he would have voted against
such repeal The South under the ban of an
unconstitutional enactment, and he deplores the leg
islation by which the South was relieved of this
odum and injustice, and placed level, under the
Constitution, with the free States. these are strong
and pointed statements, but we are sustained by the
record in making them. We have before us the
New York Express of June 10, 1856, containing
speech delivered at a mass meeting by Mr.. Haugh-
ton in New York City. We give that speech below,
in full. Read it, people of Chatham, and do your
selves the justice to remember the highly objection
able sentiments it contains when Mr.. HaughtoD
again appears before you for your sufrages. If you
preferred that Southern men, with their slaves,
should be kept of the common territories north
of a certain line, unconstitutionally fixed by Con-
grcss--if you believe slavery ought not to be ex-
tended, and if you think it folly to suppose that
Kansas can ever become slaveholding State, why
then of course you will sustain Mr.. Haughtol. The
speech is as follows:
"IsAAc j. OLIVER, Esq, having told the crowd
that they might expect some taf speaking, intro
duced.
Hon. j. II. HAUGuroN, of North Carolina. He
said he glad to have opportunity of speak.
ing to his fellow citizens of New York. He came
from the South, from his behaved North Carolina,
and was rcjoiced to exchange sent1nents with them
to address the conservative and national heart of the
country. lie came there to talk OF principles dear
Ito the heart of every true American; and of the
platform which the American parry had put FORTH
and by which they intended to stand or fall 1t was
q
al platform. After speaking of the manner in which
the delegates from n York had acted in the National
Convention, he said, that they met with an
opposite spirit-persons who had gone there to
break up the Convention and prevent its action they
showed from the beginning determination to pre-
vent the adoption of such PLATFORM they knew
the party could stand upon. He (Mr. H. was one
of the platform Committee, and he made PROPOSE.
ton of a moderate character 1.-THE gentleman read
it'll but that was voted down. All the South and
oil q foci
ted against it, and when asked what they required,
they replied, ave have one ultimatum." They were
asked, :" if you get what you want, will you cease
to agtate will you ask nothing of us ?" But
they answered not a word. Agitation was their
object t,-agitation, agitation! Now, what is the
platform He knew, he said, that there diff.
ference of opinion with reference to the Missouri
! Compromise, and he believed that an erroneous i'm.
preston was entertained at the North, as regarded
the feelings of the South this question But he
could tell them that the act Of Congress aboLishin9
it ,oas receired there gross pnLpable c,olation
, Of solemn pledge. (Cheers) He believed tina,
agitation great evil, but for that he should
have heard of the violation of pledges; it was
to the interest of both parties to drop every thing
! calculated to produce agitation such he knew tc
be the sentiments of North Carolina. Nothing could
be gained by it, for if the Compromise restored
would it result in quiet? No? And yet the heart
of the American people, he believed, did not desire
agitation none raised it but those who desired tc
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no agitation; the South wantod queit. She had n.
interest in extending slapery-she acouM not ben
gifted by it, and it Jolly to suppose they coutC
| ecer make Kansas stare State, for nature had
! placed q barrier to precent 1T mhich could not b.
0UeTcOme.
And what was to be got by agitation here? Ifany
| city any State in the Union more than ano
ther interested in the question it was the city o
New York and the state of New York. The st, cam:
| which flow hither brought her commerce, and com
brought wealth; let the streams, then they
mcnt.
The gentleman then proceeded to instance th'
Croton Water which was introduced by an act o
the Common Council, and intended to benefit al
alike, he compared it to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States the work of agood council, and the bless
ings Of which all were to share.
Slavery, he said, could have other platform
than the one now adopted if they had said less the
would have been guilty of not advocating prope
order to stand together. If they had adopted a re
solution with two faces, they would have been un
worthy of the principles they proclaimed, unworth,
of being Americans; there was no denunciation,-
no language which would read one way for the North
and another for the South it was such as he tba
runs might read, and he that reads might under
stand. The American Party in its infancy, h.
said, but it was bound to grow and to flourish
had thrown off the corruption of both the Whig am
Democratic party; it had risen from the ashes o
both parties, and had been purified by fire. H
would speak out like freeman, the sentiments 9
freemen-he would deceive no man, and if his caus
was right the people would flock to his standard
and if it was wrong, he would find no supporters
He believed was the principle of the great Ameri
can heart to do right, and when so, they must stan
shoulder to shoulder for the great principle whic