Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-10-03

~: y. Aeade Tor the Kansas-Nebr..Tr. =.
In SePtember, 1854, the people of CaH,.o1, Act.
irrespective OF party gave to their
congress, the Hon John Kerr. public d;San IN
e S o, ne respect for him and Of ts
on nney and the large assemblage was went
with eloquent speeches and patriotic toa.t. aimed
were read from gentlemen belonging to both letters
excoslng themselves for their absence, and
save OF warm regard for Mr. Kerr and among aSs
letters, the following was received from Tho o"er
w. heaoe' the successor OF Mr.. Kerr in Congress L.
KoxBoKouGH, Sept %, 1854
ent at public dinner to be given to our pres
tive in Congress- the Hon. John Kerr, BY his 'sssea
and neghbors IN Yancey7le, on the 18th instana
as testimonial # personal regard, and in .nn"t'
ton of his vote upon the Nebraska and
1t would afford me much pleasure to be with Jill III
esteem MT. Kerr much as personal friend ayS you;
approve his vote upon the Nebraska and K anu
bill and should like to join with you in dim"
honor-for he has honored US Ills, bowons hlm
of my power to be present. send Won ', ,st out
better than my presence, this sentiment ""'l Is
P The UNION OF THE SOUTH. FOR THE s,vn
UNION. oF THE
thank you for the honor conferred On
for the kindness of your communication. ' and
Very Respectfully,
E. G. READE
A letter also received and raad f -
Morehead. in which he warmly and emnbat;o 10y.
approved Mr. Kerr's course in Congress. FD"'caIy
1t was also rumored, at the time that letters ro..
received from Mr.. Rayner and Mr.. Miller ann were
ing Mr.. Kerrs and the Kansas Nehra
Was this rumor welfounded? We respectfnIIr ~" ~"
peal to the Committee, if such letters WERE wy! ap
and were preserved to furnish them for nnbIoate"
1t will thus be seen that Mr. Reade hearth on3
unequivocaIly approved Mr.. Kerr's vote for + tbo
Kansas, Nebraska act-an act which, as M Rada ue
/ I'M rInH mt fho
"compromise of 1850 by rendering the Mi.so u"S
restriction "inoperave and vod" as 20 Kansas a
it had been rendered "inoperaive and void in 12sN
in regard to Utah and New Mexico; and vet NJ,
Reade has since planted himself on platform which
denounces the repeal of this restriction as reckless
and unwise" and as the cause of the agitation now
atictlng the country And in his letter of Nav last
in reply to Mr.. Clingmas, Mr. Reade says:
"Hele, then, you see, we had our quarrels, Fin
| 1851 and we compromised it, and divided ont Tho
whole of our territory; and the country was onia,
How much it is TO be regretted that it could not re-
main quiet how much it is 10 be regretted thu,
any influence should be brought to bear and dsturh
the nations quiet! But it has been said that:
The long, lean lizard will mar the lions rest
md so it is that something has been brought to bear
to break up the "rest' of the people. Be that in.
fuence what it may, it is an unhallowed one, and
deserves the peoples censure."
Observe the ingenuity of this Oily Cannon of
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approved Mr. Kerr's vote for that act, and he could
not recall that approval; and SO he hints, he insn
yates, ne dwells upon the " somethingn which had
disturbed the Missouri compromise. and broken up
the /" nations quiet"
But our object was 10 show that Mr.. Reade, WIN
succeeded Mr.. Kerr, did not take ground during the
campaign against that act-that he had previously
approved it, and that, therefore, his success was no
condemnation ~ the PEOPLE OF his District of thai
measure. He succeeded by other means and upon
other grounds Nor did Mr.. Puryear and Mr.. Rop
ers' who voted against the act place their opposition
to it on free-oil grounds. On the contrary, they
argued that the act acas not sufficiently Southern for
them, and they declared that they voted against il
because in hear judgment, the South would lose BY
1t as the result of what they call "squater sovei
eighty" The people of North Carolina may, there
fore, be regarded as unanimously in favor of the
principle Of non-interyenton by Congress with slave
ry in the Territories, the principle of the Utah the
New Mexico, and the Kansas. Nebraska acts and
auhlch operates a0e north as south of the imaginary
Missouri line. If there be any among us who object
to this statement, to this view of the matter let
them sneak.