Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-06-16

shares equally with her. thus showing that il would
enrich the North and impoversh the South to raise
money for the express purpose Of distributing t-or
in other words to increase the tariff as to pro.
duce a surplus in the Treasury. And besides all
this agents must be paid distribute and to collect
The government was now in debt and borrowing
money. We have . war with the Mormons on our
hands, and q prospect for one with England. Let
US provide for contingencies. Cuba must be ours,
and we must pay for it We are all for purchasing
it. How are we to pay for it? If we contribute
ready money for thst purpose, We must be taxed to
| replace it As long Cuba remains in the hands
OF Spain we are content; but when it passes from
her it must be ours, have to fight for it. There
were but two sources of revenue one from the pub
lie lands, the other from taxation. Whatever the
lands produced clear and that extent lcssened
the taxes; and if distributed the amount raised
from land sales, must pay about double in the
way OF taxes, to replace it. I
Mr.. Calhoun had at one time proposed to surren- :
der the public lands to the States in which they ay
with provision that those States should pay GER
tain per centage to the government With this ex-
ception no proposition had ever been made 70 dis
tribute the lands previous to the introduction Of
Benefits land BILL which was q scheme for specula-
ton, corruption, fraud and injustice such as had
never been seen in any country. He had never ap.
proved it-had never thought Congress had the
power to pass it
Mr.. Miller here read Mr. McRae's scheme for
Withdrawing all lands in the territories from sale for
ten years. and for distributing land warrants for
! 250,000,000 acres of land among the States. He
argued that though emgrants to The territories
could not purchase land, they would nevertheless
60 there and squat and after possession of years
would fight rather than give up their possessions
thus creating n civil war. We were told that these
land warrants could be sold at 81 ,25 per acre This
would require specie than could be spared from
| the business Of the country The government with
eight or ten mil of acres in market at a time,
scarcely get 81 20 per What would be the eff.
feet Of throwing 250,O00,000 acres into market at
once? He did not believe more than 12t cents an
could be got and of that agents must be paid
| and other expenses borne. If we held back our
| warrants, we must still 60 on paying taxes and
| in few years would find all the lands worth
having taken up by warrants sold by others for
whatever they would bring. Nothing would be left
for us but deserts and barren wastes. The dstribu-
ton scheme for relieving the people from taxation
reminded him Of Mr.. Shepards bill for the relief of
the people, which provided that the State should
loan them money. but that they should not that
money for the payment Of any debt or for the pur-
chase of any article. Just so the warrants would
do US good if we kept them, and if we sold them
we would get mere nominal price for them. Mean
time we must be taxed to make up the deficit in the
Treasury. The governments in the tel ritores where
no lands could be sold, must be maintained The
North would soon be telling US the tariff must be
raised.
Let US all 60 to work and prepare to pay our
taxes. Those who depend upon the public lands
deceive themselves. He did not believe Congress
/ project.
the President was pledged to veto it.
To his former political associates he would say
that there was no rock more immovable than he on
his position in regard to slavery and Mr. Buchanans
administration. They could not drive him from it
by tannts, by abuse nor by threats. And it, said
he am right, and Mr.. Buchanan right are you
right? You call me a renegade Let Inc see If you
are not renegading some too. Your support Mr..
McRae for Governor, and he says he is Democrat
He was for Mr.. Buchanan in 1856, and good
Democrat he must say he will support him again in
1860. if candidate. Here then you vote for a man
for Governor the ground of distribution, who
votes for for President pledged veto distri-
button! Why, then, do you renegade? Do you
love Mr.. McRae? Do you love his Democracy !?
No; the secret must out-you hate the Democratic
party-you are for any thing to put them down.
You cannot weigh yourselves in the same balances
in which you weigh me, and call me spurious and
| yourselves simon pures.
Mr.. NJ. alluded to the Wing American meeting in
ST Marys district in which they resolved to support
Mr.. McRae regardless Of party. This was more than
he had done; he had held no meeting appointed no
chairman secretary, drafted no party resolu-
tons !; but he had passed resolution in the secret
recesSes Of his heart to support Mr.. Buchanan his
party, and his administration. He respected those
who gave him credit for honesty, whether they ap
proved his not; but for those who imputed
base dishonorable motives to him he had quar-
ter, but regarded them with contempt, and they
might henceforth remember that if they gave blows
their blows could be returned.
But why hate the Democratic party? Tt had had
control of the government nearly all the time since
1900; and no country ha6 prospered as ours
Why distrust it for the future when il has done
well in the past? For his own part, If it continued
in the position it now occupied he should cling to il
until God took him hence.
II it be treason to party allegiance to stand firmly
and resolutely by one who is sustaining consti
tutional rights against the camorous fanaticism oil
his own section,-if it be treason to party to sup
port that gallant band the North who are battling
for rights against fearful odds-if it be treason
to party to regard the prosperity and safety Of the
South OF more importance than mere party success
then was he guilty of such treason, and his calum
niators might make the most Of it He would de-
what he believed to be right, regardless of all per
sonal consequences.
The foregoing is but brief synopsis of Mr.. Nil
ler's excellent speech. We know we have not dom
him justice, but we have done The best we could
His remarks well received, and he was fire
quenty applauded At the conclusion of his speecl
we partook of first rate barbecue, after whicl
Messrs. Hutchins and Faribauit, candidates for tn
Commons, said q few words to the people-als
Mess S. High AID Rogers, candidates for Sheriff.
Mr. Bledsoe, candidate for the Senate was detaine
at home by illness; and Mr.. Haywood, for the Com
mons, prevented from attending by a previou
, engagement to speak in Raleigh. The day passe
off pleasantly to all concerned; and We give it a
our deliberate opinion that the Jinks neighborhoo
is prolific in Democrats of the right stamp. or tn
whole tribe of bugs they regard Distribution tn
bggest-hum BUG.
Han AND HEAVY RAN-We learn that ther