Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-03-29

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8 INV Shesssrsj y dat might, sooner
orSIatiE han u sen And il the strength Of the
a6kfslSsery eehDg The Ne4h Is 50 great that such
ameasure cannot be sustained under the clrcan-
stances of its passage then that feeling has already
attained power that will most probably be fatal to
the continued existence Of the government. On the
other hand the success of its principles will give
permanent repose to the country.
When the bill was yet pending before Congress,
the aboitionists. and others who sympathfzed win
Them held large meetings. and declared that if be
came law they would raise money and hire bodies
of men to go into the new Territory and exclude
slavery from it. They accordingly formed societies,
and collected large sums of money, and sent oil q
great many persons to control the elections in Kan
sas. Finding, however, that they were defeated by
the settlers in the first instance they continued to
forward large bodies of aboitonists and other ruff
fans, armed with rifles, cannon, and the like weap-
ons. They avow it to be their purpose to take pos
session of and hold the Territory by force, without
regard to the laws passed by the legislature. In
pursuance of this determination, they have preten-
ded to form State constitution for themselves and,
stimulated by their leaders in the Northeast declare
it to be their purpose to resist the laws already in
force in that Territory. The President therefore,
in accordance with his duties as prescribed in the
constitution has taken the necessary steps to see
that the laws enforced 1t is therefore, not ut
all improbable taat bloody collision may occur in
the Territory between the traitors employed by the
aboonists and the friends of the constitution and
laws. That such occurrence is to be greatly re-
GREETED cannot be denied hy any real patriot. The
responsibility must rest on the aboitonists, in spite
of the efforts of of their secret allies to charge
it the authors of the Kansas and Nebraska bill. 1t
body of infiles should enter a church and create
disturbance. it might as we'll be said that those
who had built the church and attempted to worship
in it were responsible for the mischief, that the
legislators of the last Congress to be blamed 70:
the efforts ofthose wrong doors defeat the operation
of the law.
Whether collision occurs there, or not, in nowse
affects the Importance Of the great issue to be deter
mined by the country during the next twelve months
The coming presidential election is more important
than any which has occurred since the organization
of the government
Should the party of the constitution triumph, it is
probable that the ant-slavcry feeling of the North
under the enlightening discussion which is taking
place, aided by time for reflection, will subsidc, and
allow the government to move on in the even tenor
Of its way But should our advcrsaries succeed, it
is hardly to be hoped that our system would long
survive. If any one imagines that they would stop
with the restoration of the Missouri linc any other
partial measures, he is grossly de,u'led The object
which the managers have in view is the total abolition
of slavery, the raising of the negroes to equality
with US and the Indignation Of the white and black
races, and by consequence, the destruction OF our
society and the ultimate certain extinction OF the hy-
b,id race. Nothing less than this will satisfy our
enemies on the other side of the Atlantic. In late
number Of the London Telegraph such expressions
as these occur:
"The aggressive spirit of the people Of the Uni
ted States requires humblng, and it is for US to
perform the task. Engand's mission is to complete
the great work commenced by her in 1884 when
che ofol hor oil here
million human beings held in cruel bondage i'll the
United States If. therefore the United States gov
ernment deny and is resolved to question the right of
Great Britain her Central American possessions,
We the people Of the British empire, are resolved to
strike off the shacklcs from the feet of her 900
slaves. And there arc those among US who Will
sanctify such glorious cause"
There is too a complete understanding between
enemies in Great Britain and their allies in this
country. .
The London News, another leading British paper,
in late issue says truly, in reference to any dt-
Guilty that might arise between this country and
England that "however strong is the unprincped
appeal at present made to the antBrtsh feeling OF
the northern States that feeling is counter balanced
by another, which has grown up within the last
quarter of century. The odolitionists could De
acith Us to a man. Tile best Of them are so nom."
Even in this country it must be borne in mind
that, however moderate may be many who are not
acting with the ant-slavery party, the leaders are
thoroughly hostile to US. l know a number of the
abolition managers, and they are, with a few ex-
ccptons not more unprncipled than they are envi-
ons and vindictive Being equally cowardly, mean,
and malicious they intensely hate whatever is hon
orable and manly in the human character, and moth
ing would he more gratifying to them than to see
the southern men and women whom they have so
long vilified, degraded to the level of the negroes
Long observation has satisfied me That envy and
malice have more to do with the abolition movement
than hiatt thew will be able to ct.
feet their objects have no fears. We have popu-
laton of more than ten millions, or four times as
large as the old thirteen colonies had at the break
ing out of the revolution, while the North, even il
united, (Which it is not likely to beD would be less
strong than Great Britain was. Though we should
be able to protect ourselves and might have every
reason to hope tor lorg AID successful career as an
independent republic, yet hold that we are under
the highest obligations to use all proper means to
preserve the existing federal government. We now,
after q period of than thirty years of wrong,
stand in position of equality with the North, and
we owe it to ourselves, to those who to come at
ter u.s. and to the cause Of liberty TRUTH and honor
never to lose that position. The increasing unani.
nifty of feeling among our people, and the GROWING
determination never to submit again to be degraded
to inferior station, give the gratifying assurance
that any successful attempt to reduce us will merely
be followed by the destruction of the government
making the effort. Yet one can justly charge us
with seeking undue advantage in the Union. AT this
time the President of the United States is northern
man: so is the President Of the Senate, or Vice
President de facto: likewise is the Secretary O
State the minister at the most important foreign
court, and also the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives yet there has been complaint Of these
things by U.S. except as to the last, who stands or
avowed principles of hostility to our section. VI
the contrary, our course has shown that, provided
simple justice was done us in matters Of principe
we were willing to concede all that could be giver
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