Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-24
From the Raleigh IN. c. Standard
THE VISIT OFF THE GOVERNORS.

There are some persons 30 perverted by envy, by
disappointed ambition, and by other similar causes
that they become spitetul and malicious, and render
themselves not only disagreeabe and ridiculous, but
absolutely intolerabe. Such seems to be the nnture
of him. whoever lie be, that penned an article pub
lished in the Raleigh Register OF the 10th lnst IN re-
gard to the visit of Governor Wise and Gov. Adams
our city, -,
these coming on friendly visit from friendly sister
States, that high.mindod, honorable man eau dis
regard. Yet the Register has seen hit to abuse aud
vilfy them. Ii has fit TO mpute TO them motives
of the baseBt kind. 1t has Seen mt to nsnuate that
they met to cuncoc scheme of treason and that they
were invited here for that purpose by Gov. bragg
We appeal 10 the one hundred thousand voters vi
North Carolina, and we ask then do You believe
Thomas Bragg would invite men to The soil OF North
Carolina to plan treason or disuniop An indignant
NO will reverberate from the seashore to the noun
tains.
And has it come to pass that the honored sons of
adjoining States cannot visit NORTH Carolina without
being insued ana abused by press, venerable Tor
its aye, but now distinguished by no other quality
that can gain it respect So tar as the influence OF
the Register extends, so far have these Governors
been insued, and far has the proud reputation oi
North Carelina, for her hospitality, suffered We
thank God that influence does not extend beyond the
walls OF the Register Office and the envious spirits
that it, Every true-hearted son OF the State
will rise up Ia condemn such conduct.
Who are these Governors! One comes IRON our
State of South Carolina They patriots aud true
hearted Southern men. They stand upon the Consti.
tuition aud their rights as guaranteed by IT. aud the
Registers puny attacks upon them Will alice them
no more than was the affected by the bayins OF
the dog The former comes covered with the aurels
of victory over Know o,hingsin aud hence we can
account for the spleen Of the Register III that dlrec'
ton. The latter comes from gallant State that mas
ever known and dared to maintain its rights against
federalism, and hence the petty spite OF the Register
tow ards him.
1t may be matter Of conjecture among the people
what course the Register would pursue towards the
Know Nothing Black Republican Governors OF Mas
acbusetts and Ohio if they should visit our State
We are Satisfied of one fact: 1t would not abuse them
more heartily than it has Gov. Wise and Gov Adams
| 1t might-lnnd, We only say it m'ght-cali to see
them merely rs Ill act Of courtesy.
The Register says "When there is an actual lnva
sion of those Sou,hern) rights, the South will stand
| as ONE MAN" We wish we thought 80; but from
the recent course of the Register, fear there 10
least zone man" who would stand oil, and We much
| fear he hes several sympsthisers aud advisers.
The Register concludes its article by propoundinl
some questions to us which shall not condesceno
to reply to. 1t will be recoeced we refused to ente
into argument with Mr.. fIedrick. Our reasons to
not replying to these questions are not precisely the
same as governed US in that matter but tho principle
ON which We act is the same in both. This much
however, we say: The questions iusnuate fal.ehoot
on their face. Both the Governor left here before
a vote was poed in Pennsylvania.