Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-07-30
-, = Re.ae,. Vote to, q cen.ure Keitt.

F.. G. Reade's Vote to censure Aeltt.
his known that on the 10th instant, the House
e representatives by vote Of 1e6to e6, voted TO
ensure the Hon. L. N. Keitt, Of South Carolina
I'd that. thereupon, Mr. Keitt resigned his seat and
,nnealed to the people of his District
And now, the reader asks, why was Mr.. Keitt
,surcd? We will state the pretext. Mr.. Keitt is
w. colleague and personal friend of Mr.. Brooks,
' Aho cansd Sumner. He told Mr.. Keitt in advance
.h.t he intended to chastise Sumner for the gross
;nsuts he had heapcd on his aged uncle and on the
State of South Carolina and because Mr.. Kett did
not degrade himself by turning common 'nformer
Inv informing the abolitonists of what his frlend
intended to do they censured him as an unworthy
member of the House!l We have said mey-tne
abolitionists- censured him because ne wouid not
act the scoundrel but are compelled 10 aod tna'
one Representative from Southern State voted WIN
them. That Representative was Edwin u. Keade'oi
pers,n: and he is the only Southern member '"at
% rated. Fifteen Northern Democrats and the en-
te South with the exception of Reade voted against
the censure; and all the abolitionsts and Northern
Know Nothings, with E. G. Reade, voted tor the
ccnsure, We have the vote before us, in the Ma
tional Intelligencer, and we defy contradiction
Among the Southern Know Nothings who voted a.
panst the censure, was Mr. Etherdge, OF Tennessee.
In closing speech the Sumner assault ne says:
word as to the resolution which censures the gente
man from Virginia [Mr. Edmundson, and the gentleman
from South Carolina INF Ke shall vote against ina.
anon 1t is partly predcaed upon the allegation that
they some time previous to the assault were h,on'eu
that the purpose of the said preston o. Sns o.
commit violence upon the person OF SAID Charles sumner
ia, words used by him in debate, as senator III 'e oen
ate and measure to dis ourage or he same
M not think il was the duty of either OF these gentlemen
f. We notoriety disclosure which, from its very nature
they sl,ud have regarded as confidential. II woaa' OF
npoSe to have been the infection OF dangerous muir
deruus blows. But they had no right to presume any
such thing from the avowals of Mr. Brooks to them and
the proof not justify such presumption Their
noson was very delicate Mr.. Edmundson was re-
INFESTED to be present wneSs-not to take any part IN
fbe affair He not however, present at the time of the
I'M. Mr. Keitt must be remembered, is the friend
and colleague of Mr. Brooks The gentlemen to whom Mr.
Bryks communicated his purpose have been educated in
school which nrbds such violation of contdenceDkere
IT, tGtr and the .tale-learer de*pise. Mr.. Brooks
might regarded them not his friends but his enc
mics While might have approved, they would have
lt themselves condemned say they have been educated
10 hate the nfurmer "a character always odlous
so So that the pulpit will not screen from censure
And so if Mr.. Brooks had told Mr.. Reade of his
intention, Mr. Reade would have sneaked to Mr.
Sumner and informed him of the fact His vote
shows that he would have done so. No matter in
what light it may viewed, there can be no excuse
for such VOTE The resolution of censure was in
tended by the abolionists blow at the gallant
State of South. Carolina. 1t was act of causeess,
mean, miserable petty vengeance 1t was the act
of enemies to the Constitution and the Union, and
of traitors and poltroons 1t not the act of the
good and true men of the great North, but of set
of vle low down demagogues, who have acciden-
tally obtained place through the secresy. the oaths
and the prejudices and passions which belong to
and were evoked by the heresy of Know Nothing
isin Mr. Reade joins hands with these men, and
aids them in this blow thus aimed at sister South
ern State. He evinces his sympathies by his vote;
and his sympahies show that his heart is not in the
right place. He has misrepresented large majori-
ty of his constituents, and disgraced himself He
stands exposed, by his own deliberate act, to the
scorn and contempt of all honorable men. And yet
he-this fathless Representative--this sympathizer
with the abolitoniss. is of the leaders of the
Know Nothings of North Cardinal They swear
by him, and consider it the fourth degree in their
black ritual so to do And Kenneth Rayner, who
openly invites the abolitionsts to make common
cause against James Buchanan and the South and
who proposes to subordinate the great question Of
slavery to the humbuggery of Know Nothingsm,
is another one of the leaders in this State. And
John A. LGilmer and John D. Hy,nan, who are adj
vocating at this peculiar crisis, INCREASED TAX
on SLAVES are also leaders in the K. N. movement
the first the candidate for Governor and the 9TH
er an EIector. Whittier are We tending? What
next? People of North Carolina ARE you with
these men? We cannot believe you are. Go, then,
to the polls and put your mark upon them! Rally
in your might, and show that you not only know
your rights but that you will maintain them to the
last extremity.