Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-04-02
az Our friend of the Wilmington Journal make
the following telling and conclusive reply to one o
the points in Mr. Haughton's late letter:

the points in Mr.. Haughtons late letter:
"John H. Haughton, Esq, of the delegates at lmge
from this State to the Know Nothing Convention which
met last month at PHILADELPHIA and nominated Miard
ito the American party in North Carolina We propose,
at leisure to look at this address, and show up same
of its points order which they presented For
the will content ourselves with considering one
charge made against the Democrats in connection with
Kansas. Mr.. Haughton says:
Here is the great difference between the platform of
American party, and the position of the Democratic:
The American maintains the principle of citizen sovereign
-the Democratic adds to that of squaer sovereignty
the American party insists that only those who are ma
tive born nauralzed shall take part in flaming State
Government-te Democratic that the alien the unnatural
zed foreigner shall have equal rights with citizens native
born-he American party insists that but citizens
a xxi Ill ihs s the elective
Democratic accords to the squaer the same rights III this
respect as to the citizen
This thing of admitting to the right of suffrage persons
of foreign birth who have taken only the first step towards
naturalization, to be the great engine Of attack
broug. to bear against the Kansas BIZ and the ns
of the Kansas bltis thing SO much ana'he'natized by
Mr. Haughon-so directly denounced in the so-cacd plat
form of the order the reckless and unwse policy OF
the present admins ration" "shown in granting to
naturazed foreigners the right to suffrage in Kansas and
Nebraska this clause in the Kansas and Nebraska
bill copied word for word letter for letter. comma for
comma from the Act of Congress establishing inc Terri
tory Of Sse,c Ma sass 81 annved by
Willard Fillmore among the last OF his official acts
the last day of his administration stands in all three
Prorided That the right Of suffrage and of holding
Office shall be ONLY by citizens Of the Upited States
age who shall have declared oath their intention to be-
come such and shall have taken oath to support the con-
sttion of the United States and the provisions OF THIS
What Mr. Haughton thinking about, we are unable
to say would certainly be difficult to account for
the action of the convention upon any known principles
why it should be reckless and and for
Franklin Pierce to do precisely the same thing that Mr.
Fillmore had signazed the close of his administration by
doing will be apt to puzzle plain Yet Mr. Fillmore
is innmcuate and franklin Pierce is, in the opinion of
orators like Kenneth Rayner Co.. all that
is improper and ungentlemen Does not the whole thing
show for ITSELF and mark its condemnation? 1t as
plain that two and two make four
We do not think that Mr. Haughton has either
benefited his cause advanced his claims to the
K. N. nomination for Governor by the letter referr-
ed to- He has committed, involved and contradict
ed himself from first to last in that letter but Albert
Pike, Esq, of Arkansas, has saved the Democratic
press some labor and trouble in replying. This let
ter is the best answer that can be offered to what
Mr. Haughton has said. 1t shall appear in next.
The "WAsHINGToN UNIoN."-Col. John W. For
ney has disposed of his interest in the Union to
Judge Nicholson, and retired from his connection
with that Journal The readers of the " Union ="
and the Democracy generally will part with Col.
Forney with regret but under the auspices of Judge
Nicholson The Union, we are sure, will continue to
be able and most useful exponent and defender of
Democratic principles. The " Union" has wisely
adopted the rule of taking no part in the discus
sion of the claims of eminent Democrats spoken of
/ for the Presidency. Col. Forney is avowedIy for
Mr. Buchanan as his first choice and hence we pre-
sumo, he considered it his duty under the circum.
| stances to retire.