Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-11-01

i0 SuUetAnces Meys 4aNe 0aen dreamngiy gaAg$ a.
mirage onthe poItIS6i horizon they haYe ether
scanned the kigu ofthe tunes through iusory sep-i
tics, or read them the back way, like witches
prayer. ssaS3
There is truly national party in this country,
and but one-that is the Democratic party. 1t has
ever been national and is so yet 1t is emphatical-
" the party that contends for measures, not for
men "-it is the party of the Constitution par
ty of the country. Other, parties may desert their
principles to conform to the views of their candi-
dates but the Democratic will change its prin
ciples for any man. The black Republican party,
of Fremont; the Know Nothing, in its admiration of
the man, may follow in the forlorn hope, led on by
Willard Fillmore The one may shout for Caesar, the
other declare for Pompey; but the Democratic par
ty now ever will strike for the best interests of
the commonN eath Of Rome
Assembled at Cincinnati in convention, composed
of delegates from every district represented here, it
has constructed platform eminently national. 1t
has reared alot the banner of the Constitution and
the Union. To that consecrated standard, hosts of
patriots focking in serried ranks from every
quarter of this vast Republication the warm sunlit
prairies of Texas, and from the bleak hill tops of
Maine
climes
That burn with fierce, freeze with distant suns"
1t floats proudly in the breeze that sweeps the At
antc coast and in distant California, from the gol
den shores washed by the blue surges of the Pacific,
its inspiring folds reflect the last departing rays of
the setting sum- as, far westward, it sinks into the
briny deep.
The Democratic party has presented for the suff-
RACES of the people, the name of James Buchanan,
a statesman of enlarged experience and sound prin-
ciples-one true to the Constitution and to all Sec
tons of the Union. In vain has the combined op
position sought to njure his reputation patriot,
a statesman, and true Democrat Reduced to des-
perate straits, it has acked the history Of the
past to scrape up charges against him. 1t is charged
,liSk md int o1 fror
with Great Britain. If this be true, it shows that
he was man who had heart in the right place,
and loved his country better than party that he
for his country, whether he believed to be fright
or wrong;" for, when our soil invaded by for
eign foe, he volunteered with alacrity, shoudered
his muSket, and marched to the tented field, to aid
in repelling the enemy.
Again. it is charged that he once said, II he had
drop of Democratic blood in his veins he would let
it out After the unqualified denial of this by Mr..
Buchanan, and the of testimony that has been
published to disprove it, think that no man, who
has proper regard for his reputation for truth
and candor will stoop so low to reiterate the stale
calumny.
On par with this is the ot-refuted SANDER, that
he had advocated the reduction Of the wages Of the
laboring man to ten cents day. pronounce this
to be utterly false, and challenge any man on this
floor to assert the contrary. Such charge may
suit the vtiated taste Of the crossroads demagoguc
and political charatan Of the tippns-shop; but no
man who has been ntrusted with seat on this floor
will stake his veracity on this execrable humbug.
Wise men, too, have Of late made the astounding
discovery that Mr. Buchanan unsound on the slave
~ question. Whence this grave charge Is it
true No, sir entirely false; unsubstantial as
moonbeam Hypothetical in its origin; years ago
exploded; based on certain resolutions of a meeting
held in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. in 1870
What is the history of these resolutions! Why,
sir simply this: that Mr.. Buchanan was not at the
meeting that passed them; had nothing to do
with them; knew nothing about them and
never saw or heard of them until they
published. lie is no more responsible for them
than | am--and they were passed long be-
fore was born. Mr. Buchanan has always been
this great question that is Of such vital i'm
portahce to the South and it is astonishing that
southern men should make allegations to the con-
trary. His whole record, extending back for more
than third Of century, will show that he has ever
been true. His past record is sure guarantee for
the future. We were told, in the canvass Of 1852,
that General Pierce was unsound this question;
that it would not do to trust him; that he would
betray the South, and so on. The peope, howev
er, had confidence in him they believed him to be
an honest man, and they were not deceived. His
administration has demonstrated the fact, that he
entitled to their confidence; for he has been
true to the Constitution any man that ever occu
pied the executive chair. The South has had no
to complain of him. Between these candi-
look to things they are, and act upon what they
may consider right and proper. 1t is no time to
wranglc about trifes-no time for party chickering's.
blow is being aimed at the Constitution ITSELF
The enemy is assaul:ing the citadel; we must con-
centrate whole strength to defend it, and to
pei the assault We must not dissipate strength
by skirnishng at the outposts, impair it by in.
terna dissensions among ourselves.
The election of Fremont will be the death-knell of
the Union. / am no alarmst, nor do l say this in
any spirit of bravado threatening. assert it be-
cause believe it Both northern and southern men
have asserted it. Mr.. Fillmore has in substance
pressed that opinion, and in language too, that no
one can misunderstood:
1--WE political party presenting candidates
for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency selected
for the first time from the free States alone with the
avowed purpose of eecting these candidates by suf
frages Of one part of the Union only, to rule
the whole United States [Cries Of Shame i
'Shame!1
Can it be possible that those who are engaged in
such measure can have seriously reflected upon
the consequences which must inevitably follow in
case of success! Can they have the madness or the
folly to believe that our southern brethren would
submit to be governed by such Chief Magistrate
Would he be required to follow the same rule pre-
scribed by those who elected him, in making his ap-
pontments? If a man living south of Mason and
Dixon's line be not worthy to be President or Vice
President, would it be proper to select from the
same quarter Of his Cabinet council, or to
represent the nation in foreign country; or, in
deed, to collect the revenue administer the laws
Of the United States? If not, what rule is the
President to adopt for selection to office, that the
people themselves discard in selecting him?
These are serious but practical qucstions; and in
order to appreciate them fully, it is only necessary
to turn the tables upon ourselves and suppose that
the South having majority Of the electoral votes
should declare that they would only have sIavehol.
ders for President and Vice President, and should
elect such by their exclusive surages to rule over