Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-04-14


The Register Boltstering up MIR. Gilmer.
The Register says Mr. Gilmer will be sustained
by those of his friends who might have, and proba-
bly, would have differed from him. had the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, as submitted, been presented for
vote"
What does that mean? 1t means that Mr.. Gilmer
would have given a direct vote against the Lecomp.
ton Constitution if the question had been directly
presented and if he had done that, the Register
and its friends could not have sustained him.
But Mr.. Gmer evidently preferred the Critten-
den or Montgomery substitute, for on the motion of |
Mr.. Quitman to substitute the original Senate bill,
with the Green amendment stricken out, for the |
Montgomery substitute Mr. Gilmer voted in the neg
ative-thus showing that he against Lecomp-
ton He differed in this from all his colleagues;
and no one can say that they did not want Lecomp-
ton.
The Register also characterzes Mr.. Gilmers bill
to admit Kansas as the best the most manly, and
straightforward measure suggested" and endeavors
to produce the impression that the BILL amended
by the House, is Every much like Mr.. Gilmers
bill.
Surely the Register presumes largely on the igno-
rance of its readers. Mr.. Gimer's bill declares in
and then, after giving the State Representative,
and making the usual provisions in relation to the
public lands within it's limits, it goes on to declare
that nothing herein contained shall be construed
to recognize, reject, or to determine the valid
ity of any Constitution which has been presented to
Congress That is, it is declared that the Terrific
ry shall" be State; and it is then provided that
if it have Constitution, to make it State, it
is all we'll enough for Congress does not wish to
know certainly whether it has Constitution not!
This, instead of being manly" "straightfor-
ward," is simply ridiculous. And this is the " best "
measure according to the Register, which has yet
been suggested Ia better measure than the Le-
compton Constitution, the rejection of which the
Register declared in February last, would be
Unparalleled outrage" on the South and on COM
mon sense. The truth is, Mr. Gilmer's bill put
in only to give him excuse to vote against Le
compton; and now, having given the vote, he takes
shelter behind this miserable pretext, and is joined
by his friend of the Register, who scarcely needed
an excuse, weak this is, to change his po-
ston. Unreliable as Gmer is, he cannot hold our
cotemporary light in jumping Jim Crow"
The attempt of the Register to produce the i'm
preston that the bill, as amended by the House, is
livery much like Mr.. Gilmers BILL. is also ridcu.
lous. Indeed, no assumption could be more absurd
unfounded Mr.. Gilmeis bill proposed to admit
the State at once; the bill amended by the House,
proposes to keep the State out, and submit the Con-
stitution to the popular vote-the State to come in
the people should approve the Constitution but to
stay out if they should not. Mr. Gilmers bill did
not propose to intervene in the affairs of the people
of Kansas, and declare that they should make their
Constitution in certain way but the bill as amend
ed by the House, does thus propose to intervene
Mr. Gilmers bill, absurd as it was in its provisions,
looked to immediate action-to the immediate ad-
mission of the State; but the bill as amended by
the House, and for which Mr.. Gmer voted, looks to
renewed agitation and bloodshed among the people
OF Kansas-to vote upon the Constitution, and
then, if that should be rejected, to new Convention
and new Constitution, the State to come in with
this new Constitution the mere proclamation ol
the President, whether the said Constitution be re.
publican or not.
Can any one but the Editor of the Register per-
ceive that the bill as amended by the House. is very
much like Mr.. Gilmers bill? The fact is, the bills
are as different from each other as possible; and
the discovery of our contemporary of the Register
that they are " very much alike, will be news te
Mr. Gilmer and the public generally.
THE CHARLOTTE CoNvENTIoN.-The Democratic
State Convention will meet in Charlotte on Wednes
DAY next The prospect is that it will be very
1ull one. Almost every county in the State has ap
pointed delegates to it. We think it would be vel
1or those delegates who conveniently do so, te
60 up the road on Monday, on Tuesday morning
II all lie back until Tuesday night or "Wednesday
morning, the cars NAV not be able to contain them