Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-04-28
FOR CONGRESS
GEORGE w. THOMPSON,
OF WAKE COUNTY.
Mr. TuoMpsoN-FREE SUFFRAGE.
OF WAKE COUNTY.

o.sion of lS4S-49, when member OF the State
Senate, against Free Suffrage. That paper announ-
cos the fact Il eat discovery and dwells
noon it as one deeply aggrieved. The concern
thus manifested is at least questionable, seeing that
the Register has uniformly opposed the measure,
r,li,,e,l it, and rcjoced at various times over
rnsnecls Of its final defeat. The Register has inn
r,r,, no information-has made no discovery not
known to Democrats. The people of the County,
Mr.. Thomlsohs constituents-remembpr well
this vote and the circumstances under which it
WAS given and if they have not cenAured him for
i heretofore they will not follow the lead of the
R".i>ter in doing now.
The QUESTION of Free Suffrage was started by
Gov Reid i'll the canvass of 1913. 1t had not
been formally Incorporated into tn" Democratic creed
at the Tina Mr. Thompson gave this vote but this
+ VT, subsequently done, and that gentleman not
ou!r voted Or Gov. Real in 1913, but he has uni
Samir since cast his vote for Free Suffrage men.
IL. Wis never opposed to the principle of Free
Sntia :, hut he thou sht that Constitutional amend
myr.s ou lit not to br hastily made; and he was
not prepared i'll SIS to sustain the measure ilis-
much as, i'll his opinion, the will of the people III
thi, respect had been uini> bly, manifested.
In 1852 that will WAS most clearly made known;
anI Mr.. Thompson, if he had been member Of
tile Assembly at the session Of l85O'5l, would
no doubt have given the measure his warm sup
port. Four Democratic Senators voted with him
in l64S-49. and five Democratic Commoners and
one of these Commoners, Gen. Thomas J. Person,
of Northampton, was the Democratic candidate
for Congress in the Ninth District, in lS49, and
received the united and enthusiastic support of his
PARTY. He is now, like Mr.. Thompson, and has
been for years, firm and decided advocate Of Free
Suffrage.
The Register Tugs in the names of Messrs. Ed
warns and Eaton, of Warren; and says that Mr..
Thompson is honored while they are killed off"
OIL account Of their opposition to Free Suffrage.
The Register well knows that Messrs. Edwards and
Eaton have opposed Free Suffrage from the first,
and oppose it now, on its merits. well as because
they are averse to changing the Constitution in
particular, and because they apprehend evil in
the end as the result of discussion of this any
other proposed alteration; and this position is oc
cuped by them in all integrity and honesty. In
common with vast majority Of the party, we diff
fer with them but we have freely accorded them
in this matter good motives and an honest conyic-
ton of right Their position is different from that
Of Mr. Thompson; and besides, how could they
have been killed off, when they were not press
ell by their friends for the nomination? We are
satisfied, from our knowledge of the men, that they
did not wish the nomination and there is strong
Probability that neither would have accepted it..
We are also satisfied that they will cordially sup
port the nominee.
The Register will take nothing for the motley
crowd 1t represents, by this movement. Its croc-
odlle tears are shed III vain. Mr.. Thompson aUU
BE- elected any and all opposition. This little
trek OF appealing to Democrats to vote against
Inn, BECAUSE as is falsely alleged by insnuaton,
he opposed to Free Suffrage, will recoil upon
the heads of those who resorting to it, Tell
lie @hole truth, gentlemen, and Mr. Thompson's
'Ie"lH Will have nothing to aPprehend; and if
you do not tell it, hundreds of honest men will,
aid the people will theu Judge for themselves
0o"d Democrats will not be apt to make up their
Opinions on Wing testimony. Neither this move
n'en nor the f;rlsehood which is in circulation in
crrt'ln quarters, that Mr.. Thompson is Know
Nothing, will benefit the opposition. 1t will re-
u'lnd l" the end to his advantage, and TO the ad-
'al'9enent Of the noble cause he represents.
Gs The Wilmington Herald tells very i'm
probable story about speech Of Mr.. Wise, some
"n're III Virginia, in which he called several ii nes
y" The Know Nothings present to show their
''Ses' when, at the bidding Of an old gentle
D'',a somewhere in the room, they got up, re-
'ea'ns the fact that two-thirds of the .,ssembage
were Of the dark lantern order. This story, we
sy, is very improbable one for the plain reason