Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-02


er, and to be incorporated into the mass of sotera
and into the militia to enter into organization Of
juries, and to be eligible to an he Offices and funo
ions of magstracy within the Sate 81 ~ Il
Recruited by this army Of fugitive blacks, there.
publican party propose to carry on their warfare
gains" and against the judiciary of the United
States whose decisions it, asa party, assumes right
to defy
Before this amendment can become part of the
constitution it must be approved by your votes but
before reaching you it has again to be passed upon
by the Senate and Assembly. We do not hesitate
to call your attention to the necessity of vigilance IN
your choice of representatives to the next Legisa-
ture, so that this conspiracy against the peace " 0
Union may be checked at once.
The decision Of the Supreme Bench of the United
States, which has elected this ORGANIZED aglta''o"
and defiance, has not yet been puolsned =" any a
thoritave form and the opposition manifested 10
has been characterized by as much indeeehey Oh
haste as intcmperance of language and recklessness
of consequences But it is known that u i''i's TIC
power of Congress, discerns and respects inc re.
strctions of State sovereignty and IN tins carries out
spirit the views of its founders and the presidents
and decisions set by the several States in their ear
" legislation, and ever since maintained
As we understand it. it places no restrictions upon
the power of the State to bestow upon the negro
class of population any political franchises or to ee-
sition but decides only that these privileges cannot
be carried beyond the boundaries of the State grant
ing them under any pretence Of citizenship OF the
United States The court which has pronounced
this decision has long enjoyed the confidence OF the
American people; and it will not forfeit it by de-
csion which is in accordance with the usage of the
several departments of government, with the Prac,
tiee of Congress- and in harmony with the repeated
expressions of popular sentiment in the non-s!ave-
holding as well as slaveholding States
The party which has professed such zeal for the
negro population of these States, and which propo-
poses to incorporate them into the constituency has,
in all its past history. opposed, and endeavored to
prevent the extension of suffrage to the masses OF
the white population of the State, and is at this
moment engaged in common alliance in nearly eve
ry State in the Union to exclude from the right
Of suffrage aud from the enjoyment of equal
civil and religious rights the Immigrants who
seek on our shores refuge from oppression, and
home for themselves and their posterity. 1t is i'm
possible to concede to political faction which per-
verts instincts in order to discriminate against kin
dred races in behalf of one that is as much estrang
ed by its character it is distinctly segregated by
its physical pecuarites, any of the sentiments of
liberalism to which it lays claims, or to concede to
it any motive except factions desire to array the
Northern against the Southern States in dam
gerous sectional warfare.
The Democratic faith countenances none OF those
distinctions and animates no such unpatriotic pcr-
poses as these 1t recognizes the constitution as the
supreme power of the land and awards to each sepa-
department of the federal government the execu-
tive the legislative and theudica separate and in
dependent functions; while clngs to the doctrine OF
State rights the foundation Of the liberties Of the
people, The sovereignty of the several States except
when limited by the express terms Of the constitution,
is the fundamental law of its creed. Civil and reli-
gious liberty is the boon which it secures to all the
citizens of the commonwealth. Under its benign in
fluencc, the boundaries of the confederation have
dad to tho Dooif Co.
out-numbering the old, and surprising them in ex-
tent of territory and and the promise of
future greatness have been added to the Union. But
while we have thus increased free dominion We
have not weakened it nor lessened the devotion of
the people to il. Nor have on the other hand,
endangered the liberties of the people by clothing
the central authority with inordinate powers. The
secret of this happy combination of powerful ma
ton and free people, is to he found in the principle
of popular local sovereignty, which lies at the foun-
dation of it. By it every State, every community is
enabled to measure its own wants ana provide for
them. The responsibility of disagreement lies
upon those upon whom its evils will fall; and rs no
institutions be adopted except by the of
those who to live under them, the allegiance of
the people and their obedience to the laws have their
surest safeguards in the free will of the citizens
THIS principle has been extended to the govern
ment of the Territories far compatible with
the constitution of the United States: and to it's op-
the questions growing out Of the domestic institutions
of portion of the States and the extension of the
tional domain
We congratulate the people of this State that the
principles OF the democratic party have triuuphed in
the recent election all the combinations of Sec
tional and sectarian fanaticsm. In the election Of
James Buchanan to the Presidential Office we have
secured a chief magistrate experienced, versed in
public affairs, wise, dspassionate and patriotic who
has no motive except to fulfill, with integrity and
ability, the high trust reposed in him, and whose
highest ambition he has declared to he TO restore
peace the brother hood of States and good feeling
to sections of the population aenatcd and exaspcr
ated against each other by the factious arts of dem
agogues. 1t is our duty to sustain him in his high
task, and ~e invoke the energies of the democratic
party Of the great State of New York to his support
The people of this State democratic in pr ncple,
true to the government, loyal and patriotic. No
State has greater stake in the Union and its peace
and prosperity, larger interest in maintaining the
Constitution as it now stands all its force. No
State would suffer much from the civil connections
which would inevitably follow a dissolution of that
compact. The democrats of New York have, there
FORE the strongest motives to exert themselves the
coming election to restore good government to the
State to protect their own Constitution against in
and to preserve the Constitution of the
United States, which faction assails and would break
down, in order that it may invade the domain of
State rights and rample upon the sovereignty of the
associated States Of the confederation.
Never did higher motives of patriotism and Of in
terest inspire a community than those which
call upon the people of this State to emancpate them
selves from the misrule under which they are sui.
feIing, and to install in its stead democratic,
economic and constitutional policy of government.
Daniel E. .Sickles, Nathaniel Roe,
William Kelly, Thomas Charlock,
James Wadsworth, E. w. Glover,
Richard KINNEY, James Slnyter,
John Evers, James +. Reilly,