Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-03-08
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THE PLATFORM nj FEE NOMINEES
What do the <. \. ana hg presses Of this State
saw of the ne,s platform nd The N. noninees'
Let US see -
The Fayetteville obsStvser, an old Wing paper. re-
f.rrins to the nominations, says:
.This is a somewhat unexpected RESULT us, after
tho dones Of the Council of that party, phere the
fyeesoilers appeared to haoe eoery thsng Their oson
Sron Pennsylvania, excluding the national set
Thav abolished the 18th section ofthe old PLATFORM
.gainst the strenuous and violent opposition of the
South. They adopted new platform, based apon
oenerulities sohich mag mean any thing or notaang
according to the feeling of the reader These drove
off large portion of The Southern members, who
gave up ali for lost, and denounced their Northern
associates to their faces abotiOnsts. Suddenly,
in the Convention we are surprised at the seces-
s;on of large portion of the Northern members,
Indicating that they found that they were about to
he ou-votcd in the selection of the candidates and
that there was SO little nationality in the party, that
neither section pretended to affiliate with the other
any longer thar it could triumph over that other
They could not compromise matters. The one Sec
ton of the party is manifestly abolition, and the
other equally anti abolition. There Is no middle,
uationat ground, for the sehole party to stand
This is deplorable fact, but it is a fact"
The Observer says Of Maj. >Donelson, "he is
man for whom we have very small respect, and for
whom we should cast vote. if at all, most reluc-
tantly." The Observer then adds:
"Mr. Fillmore is a conservative Wing. It is doubt
nl whether he ever Joined the Know Nothing party.
1t has been stated at Buffalo, where he resides, that
he never did. Mr.. Donelson is locofoco who did
ioin the new party, (because as has been alleged,
President Pierce declined to give him the share of
the spos to which he thought himself entited.) He
was recently the Editor of the Washington Union,
and has no such standing as man Of talents as to
make his nomination to such high office matter
of course.
Under all the circumstances, as they present
themselves 20 our minds, we are not prepared, at
present either to allocate oppose the election Of
this ticket Our policy and our duty, it strikes us,
is to await events, and be prepared to Weld what
little influence we may possess IN such way as Will
tend most eectually the defeat Of the enemies Of
the South and of the Union.
Inc COURSE proper W Ue puSuCu oy th0 h'6S
will be matter for consideration and decision in their
Conventions, State or National"
The Wilmington Commercial says:
at will be seen by the proceedings Of the Con-
vention that Mr.. Fillmore has received the nominal
ton as candidate for President. There was time
and under different auspices when this nomination
would have been hailed with great satisfaction by
the Southern public. But the party which has no
minated is very much scattered and weakened by
horn 1Aaro
TO array in opinion that can furnish the least
Hope Of his election.
Some of our street politicians were not little Of
Tended, when sometime ago stated our opinion
that the Southern Know Nothings would have to
throw good deal of platform matter overheard, if
they desired to sustain the constitution and to pro-
tcct Southern rights. The general council having
done the very thing we told them they would be
compelled to do, we trust the odum of our intima.
ton assumes more softeEed aspect.
But the southern portion of the organization have
got to do yet great deal more. They will be in-
different to the interests and safety of beloved
South, if they do not fall in with the party that
stands on constitutional grounds. That portion of
the Democratic party which adopts the platform OF
President Pierces Message, is in fact tile only con-
stitutional party in the country-and the only one
that will sustain that character between the present
time and the Presidential election.
We state what VIC believe to be the facts of the
case. Some think the name democrat" very
ugly one-they cannot abide it. 1t may be to the
prcudiccs of some persons very bitter pill. But
you've got to take it. Sonny, or do worse"
The Editor Of the Commercial talks right to the
point Unlike some Of his brother K Ms, he pre-
rs the rights of his section and the perpetuation of
the Union to the indulgence of mere party prejudice
and feeling.
The Raleigh Register is, of course, in ccstacies
over the nominations. According to that paper,
there never was such ticket before. But the Ed
tor makes declaration which is little singular.
In his issue of the 1st inst, he says:
There is one Circumstance connected with the
selection of Messrs. Fillmore and Doneson the
nominees of the American party, that We desire to
make impressive. The nominating Convention
neither accepted rejected the platform Of the Ma
tlonat Council but, properly esche,cing all plat
forms, left the nominees free from all pledges and
unfettered by any other restriction than those achich
are imposed By the Federal Constitution"
Is it true then, that the Know Nothings haze no
platform ?-no substitute for the teelftA section
You propose them Mr. Register, to go into the con-
test side by side Nth a6olitionists and you ask
only FOL their votes-you do not require that they
Shall bind themselves to respect the rights of
section Is that so? If SO, then your journal is
playing the traitor, and is false to North Carolina
But the Greensborough Patriot, the Wilmington
Herald, the Kinston Advocate, and other K. N. pa
pers' say there is platform. The Herald says,
we have studied the provisions of the platform,
out perusal of its terms and the vote by which it
was adopted, satisfies in the main with its fea-
lures" But the Register says there is playorml
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