Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-06-24
Changes in the Free States.

Changes in the Free States.
The signs in the political heavens of the North
and Northwest are such as to rekindle hope in the
Southern heart. In the municipal and other cleo
tions W hch have occurred there since the Presden
tia struggle last fall the demon of abolition has.
for the most part, been trodden under foot by a
returning justice, or by return of common
to the misguided people, or by natural love
Of change, by something else. Towns, counties,
and even States that Fremont swept with tornado
of Black RepusicaniSm, have since faced about and
taken steps to the music of constitutional Union
by giving good national Democratic majorities, and
electing good national Democrats to office.
These signs are indeed cheering, If ace can only
put confidence in the stability Of the concerts We
have hopes, but they mingled with many
fears.
The Southern people have the character of being
excitable, impulsve people; and to certain
extent and far it is noble, manly and chivaric,
this character is true. When deeds of daring are
required-when our sympathies aroused for the
oppressed, anger excited against the oppres-
sor, pause not to reflect the consequences or
to count the cost; but with whole soul and
strength we plunge where impulses of right and
Justice drive u.s. But the Southern mind acts and
judges for itself 1t is not carried away by hypo-
critical psalm-snging political preachers that the
devil sends forth his recruiting service; nor are
it's sympathes or its anger excited without
We wish that such the character Of the
Northern people. They indeed are excitable, but
their excitement is but machine built and impclled
by the trickery and knavery of hypocrites and dem
agogues. Shrewd, calculating, and with an eye
steaGfast to the main chances of making money
A. IL. a.
of their incorporeal and body.corporate concerns,
and with either spiritual or political hook in their
noses suffer themselves to be led to the devil to
infracon of the Constitution with equal facilitv,
provided 1T costs nothing. Thus were they carried
away in the abolition storm raised and guided by
political priests and demagogues; and thus we fear
they will again be carried away on the same tack,
or one fully as bad. Without investigating for
themselves, they followed their wicked and corrupt
leaders until they brought the Constitution to the
brink of the precpice of destruction. Here, it
seems, they began to look about for themselves,
saw their danger, became alarmed, and the conse'
quence has been a re. action and the ascendency OF
sound principles in many places where they had
long been unknown or in an apparently hopeless
minority. Our hope is that this ascendency will be
maintained our fear, that it ;'ill not.
Let US hope and watch. The people of the South
should not be luled into confident security by these
favorable omens The people of the North ao,U have
their isms AS long they the priest-ridden
people they have so long been, they are unreliable.
As long they possess their present volatile char.
acter they subject to be blown about by every
wind of doctrine. Let them steal little time from
their hot pursuit after dimes to judge for themselves
in both spiritual ard political matters, and the
weakened bonds of the Union will be strengthened
There is no need of bluser undue excitement
on the part of the South All she has to do is tc
take frm decided and united position, and say tt
the North: 1--WE prefer the Union provided the
Constitution is maintained in it's integrity; but We
prefer disunion to Union with broken Constitu
ton. If you will have it so, do better with
out you than you without u.s." fthey will not
regard our rights without a tack on their pockets
let wound them in that sensitive part
Above all, let US not dampen the ardor of oul
true and tried friends there by sending to the ma.
tional councils men Of doubtful or equivoca posi-
tions. If we would have them continue true to US
we must be true to ourselves. Let send men to
Congress who will sustain Mr.. Buchanan and his
is paramount As long as the Constitution is pre-
served we are safe. Distribution sinks into insig
nfcance-it is an insane cry-when compared with
our rights under the Constitution. What will our
Northern friends think of US, if we send men to
Congress who. by their factious opposition to the
Democratic party, permitted the Black Republicans
to elevate Banks to the Speakers chair? What can
hnow Nothing member of Congress from the
south DO but exercise factious opposition to the
administration and thereby encourage and strength
:" the Black Republicans Let rs remember, too,
'"a' "'ne'tenths of the present Black Republicans