Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-04-07
The Register against LecOmpton.

\ few weeks since the ffglStef tOOk tne StohSeeI
grounds in favor Of the admission of Kansas with
the Lecompton Constitution. 1t advocated the Sem
atys bill for that purpose. spoke in high terms OF the
audabe efforts of the President to settle the question
and give peace to the country, and decla ed, indeed
tha, the rejection Of the State with the Lecompton
Constitution would be 1" "intoerable outrage on
the rights of the States and on the Southernpeople
We expressed at the time qualification at this
course on the part of that paper; but we were not
without apprehensons that it had gone further in
the cause Of right and justice than would be agree
able to its leading friends in this State and in Con-
gress Our apprehensions have proved we'll found !
ed The Register, having no doubt heard from
Washington, and having received new lights on the
subject has backed out from its position thus taken,
and how counses the rejection of the State with the
Lecompton Constitution.
It's reasons are first, that Mr.. Calhoun, the Pres-
dent of the Lecompton Convention, has given GER
tfcates Of election to members of the Legislature Of
Kansas majority of whom abolitionsts; and
secondly that the amendment Of Mr.. Green impars
the soundness oc the Senates bill for admitting the
State These are his reasons. Let US see if there
is any force in them: The great principle of admit
ting the State ought to be made dependent on the
action of Mr.. Calhoun. We are not prepared to say
whether he has acted properly or not, for we 90 not
know If the abolition Legislature referred to should
call Convention with view to making Kansas
free State the mere call will not decide the question
That must be done by the people Of Kansas in Con-
vention assembed and whatever they may do, OF
course all of US will abide by. But this objection
comes with an i'll grace from the Register, which
has always maintained that Kansas would be tree
State; but now when that journal Sees or think 1t
sees its expectations its apprehensons about to be
realized suddenly changes its tone and charges the
result on the Democratic party The truth is, but for
the Democratic party the shareholders of the South
never would have obtained foothod in the Territory
It owing to the action of that party. and to tina
partv alone that chance was obtained for ma
king Kansas slave State.
So far as Mr. Green's amendment is concerned
we publish it again, and leave every fa'rm'nde'
person to say whether it has impaired the SOUND
ness of the bill or not
And that nothing in this act shall be construe
to abridge infringe any right OF the people, asser
ed in the Constitution of Kansas at all times TO a.
ter, reform or abolish their form of government
such manner as they may think Proper-Cohgres
hereby disclaining any authority to intervene
declare the construction of the Constitution OF an
State, except that it be republican IN torn
and not in conflict with the Constitution OF the Un
ted States"
In the language of our contemporary OF the r
tersburg Democrat, I" here is distinct and empha
ic nega,on of the power Of Congress to lnterver
between the people of any State and their Constt
ton, farther than to require that instrument TO
| republican in form and not repugnant to the fede
| al Constitution The only thing which can be ur
ed to the prejudice of this clause of the BILL Is Tn
j it is simply supererogatory, and was not at all
4 manded by the exigencies of the case Such we
lieve will be the judgment of rejecting and d'sp'
sioate minds throughout the county"
Having disposed of the Registers reasons %
come now to to real Of its change OF posltt
II For the last week or two it has been appare
that the majority of the "South Americans
II Congress were disposed to cooperate with
II black Republicans on this question. Messrs. d
II and Crittenden led off in this direction in the s.
II ae and Winter Davis in the House. lhe rec
Il "Jim Grow movement of the Register, coup
with Mr.. Gilmers course in the House when
committee of fifteen was appointed pretty clea
81 indicates that that gentleman will also 60 with
~ Crtenden, and Davis in their opposition TO Lecot
n tol. He recently put in blk OF his own TO az
the State which have already publshed-a
q which struck us at the time as impracticable and
surd Pretexts, excuses are, however, never vi
a ing when Know Nothings have made up their mi
to embarrass and injure the Democratic party 10
out regard to consequences; and such we have
doubt is the determination at which Mr. G'mer
IL the Editor of the Register have arrived Their
ii Ject is to destroy the national Democratic party
n they perceive that the surest way to effect this
keep up the Kansas agitation. Thus the :
brgades" North and South operate togethef-