Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-03-21

enact the part of . good citizen by eschewinc. =.
such fellowship or association, and abandoning ~
This Know Nothingism is step in advance Off.
suitism, it combines higher law Z" ism ut cIi1
supremacy over all laws. Is such an institution =.
be tolerated
I" Is law to be perverted from its eoursep
Is abject fraud 70 league with brutal force,
Who dares MAINTAIN her be undones
81 Is base corruption creeping through the land
80 To plan and work her ruin underhand !"
Mr. Chairman, In the sincerity of nv bao,. ,
hope the people of the South will take WARNING ~
not affiliate with such organization have r auu
son to believe, that many good and patriotic Nor :;
the South, of both political parties have Joined TN
new movement 1t IS to be hoped they will taxi
warning in time. beseech them to STUDY rno Ae
closely the aims of this ORDER before deciding in IT,
favor. ] beseech them to test Sam bv HE -: Ns
cipies, and they viii find that, like the evil sn;r
when touched with the spear of Ithuriel he viii
squat, toadlike, to the Garth They will find th
Sam the good genius of the order, has Airted s
caressed with every 'isIa' of the day Sir u
claim it with pride, that the State which have ~
honor, IN part, to represent has, at all times and NV
der all circumstances, been true to the Constant;
and the Union-she is eminenty conservative ai
no " ism " ever got foothold there and for this L
has been charged with being always asleen P
ter, far better, that she should sleep on, than =,
arouse from her siumbers to find herself locked iu
meretricious embraces of that graceless Ibertina
dubbed by its godfathers with the euphonous anl,
classical sobriquet of Sam have too high ~
gard for my native State, to suspect for even NM
ment, that her people will be controlled by such in.
fuences North Carolina will do nothing to end,n-
ger the liberties of her people and the union of tbo
States-nothing to tarnsh the bright escutcheon NJ
her ancient renown. In the olden time she was tb
first to rise up against the oppression of the Brit
king-within her borders the first declaration of in
dependence was made-the hills of Mecklenbu
first re-echoed the hosannas of people who had d
clared themselves free and independent and alor
Cardinals mountain passes, first reverbeIated tho
sacred hymn of freedom, natures melodiouS m
Them" as her patriotic sons hailed with sou STIR;
shouts the newborn Goddess Of American Tbertyo
The men of that day met openly and boldly and
God forbid that their descendants should discard M
noble example!
If there are laws requiring repeal or amendment
why not go about the work openly as heretofore
The time is not suspicious for the Southern peonI
to inaugurate new practices. 1t is said that in b
Know Nothing councils the majority govern abso,
lutely, and that the National Council governs the
State councils. Who can tell what mandatory elicts
this National Council may issue Northern Know
Nothings control it-Northern Know Nothipps are
in favor of excluding all persons who cannot read
and write from voting Will their Southern lretb.
rem stand with them on that platform !? The North
has kept the South poor by hign protective tariffs
and navigation laws-has drawn from it that wealth
which would have enabled it to educate all its peo.
pie, and now. because we have large number of
persons who have not received the benefits of an
education, the Northern Know Nothngs arrosantv
propose to add insult to injury, by declaring to u
who are to be admitted 10 the right of suffrage They
had as well let Us alone; We manage our own
affairs. The wings of the South have, heretofore
advocated principle. Why quit them now? WHY
should any Southern democrat quit his party now!
1t has proved itself equal to every emergency Ia.
der its principles the country has prospered Its
the party of progress, of State rghts-of the Con.
stitution-plcdged to maintain all its guarantees
General Pierce has proved true to the principles up.
on which he was eected-true to the Constitution
and consequently to the South Ifhe has lost ground
he lost it by maintaining the rights of the South
He has proved himself friend to the South In.
gratitude is not trait in Southern character and
every democrat in the Southern States will sustain
his administration, long he stands on that great
platform, the Constitution of our country andad.
ministers the Government upon the principles ofthat
instrument.