Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-06-15
F"r INC SthnoAfu.
THE DISCUSSION IN JACKSON.

The candidates for Congress in this, the first Con.
gressional District Of North Carolina met in Jack.
son, tho county scat Of Northampton county. and
opened the campaign on Monday OF our June Court.
Mr.. smith, the opposition candidate. led oil in
speech Of an hours length. lie commenced by sta.
ting that he was honorcd by the Partially Of his
friends at Winton, in presenting his name to the
people Of this district . candidate to represent
them in the next Congress Of the United States
He next referred to the disadvantages under which
he labored as the candidate Of the opposition two
years ago. The first question that engaged his at
ten.ion was that Of the public lands. Upon this
subject he made no argument to prove that Il Was
either right or wrong. simply contcntins himself
with few remarks relative to the land hill vetoed
by President Buchanan during the last Congress-
He spoke very prettiy and eloQuently about the ex
pected downfall Of Mr.. Buchanans administration
and the Democratic party. He said that Il was 60
BE- He INDUCED himself in this strain for .o%s s
time, after which he referred to the expenses Of the
present administration in conducting the affairs Of
the government contendng that they were too large
and in order to prove this he read from the report Of
Mr.. Stephens, Of Georgia and other democratic au.
thority. This Is the great point no makes in this
canvass and upon i he mainly stakes his election
He labors very hard upon this subject. and speaks
loudand long. The opposition candidate. Mr. Smith.
is so hard run for something to 90 on in this cam.
pagn that he has actually for the first time within
my knowledge that any such thing was ever done In
this district gone so far Is to lug In State issues and
State Indebtedness to save himself and his party u
possible. Which party, by the by, he did not dig.
nifty with any name! DIR. Shaw said that he had
not got used to it yet and consequently he did not
know what to call It but to return.
Mr.. Smith charged that the democratic party 1t
North Carolina responsible for the present State
debt contracted account Of the Central Railroad
He made . very strange argument to prove this
should have thought that be would have referred h
the journal Of the Legislature and rcad therefrom
the vote Of each party On the passage Of The Central
Railroad BILL to see who was and who was not res
ponsible for this work and the indebtedness caused
thereby. But not 10. Mr.. Smith told ~ that the
scsptre Of power went into the hands Of the demo-
cratic party in 1S4s and from this assertion which
Is not true, he jumped to the conclusion that The
democratic party was responsible oe the indebted.
nessto which I have above rsfssrsd Ths oppositioo
candidate closed his speech IN beautiful strain d
eloquent osatoey, In which be Invoked hs coossisu.
ents to send him 70 the nsxt Coogsa q the United
StAtea 80
At the conclusion q he speech Of NJ. Smith on
able and worthy standard bearer, Dr. H. y. Shaw,
arose to reply. He stated to the imnsnss crowd b.
fore him that he stood before them approved NOT only
by his own friends, but by NJ. Smith himself whs
bad not uttered word against hs course In Ooosrsu
o. elsewhere He then proceeded to reply 70 Mr.