Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-05-18


Ed DRAKE
nc. WILLIAMS O.
CM LArtNER
J. ". r. WATSON,
w.R WHITE
RA,s,as. May 18th. 1859.
GESrlxxxx: Yours Of he SSH uisime wss r,ss;v. |
cd at my farm In Beaufort County. Whence usasnsd
yesterday.
accept The nomination ssndsssa to me By The |
Democratic party Of the District and uiIi strive By
strict sdheEanec 10 sound principles and aishfai
discharge of duty, 10 justify The confidence 90 dss;
mating INC Tor Congress BY sesismss;oo.
The resolutions paced BY the Coavsnt;oa meet
my entire and unqualified cooeunvnev. They ss.
press clearly and saeeinesly principles vhih have
advocated ever sinev have been old enough 10 have
opinions on political subjects and In hsof q which
porsrily defeated Who Of the d" old Guasi- u
1910 docs not syjoscv that they have become The
principles Of the Ervai body Of The Amsriesn pse-
pic!
must be permitted to express The s,ssi6asioa
feel, that the Convention paced unanimously res
olatioo in favor Of the psse~fl and honorable SCOUT
sition Of the 1slsnd Of Cuba.
The President has right, unsss he Cunsssusiea.
to negotiate treaty Zoe u without cpusulsias Coo.
gross but he could not pay The PRIV uskoas PFC
vious appropriation of the money BY that boix snd
Il would be a. futile Zoe him 10 attempt 10 make The
purchase without the psvvious action II Coorsss.
as Tor man. not worth csas 10 attempt 10 boy sn
the farms and negroes In Granville County. Psvsi-
dent buchanan thinking that The tine hsd q issssh
arrived when the subject might be- hsusehsd 10 The
Spanish Government With psuspecs of sucrvss> re-
commended to Congress last winter to make psssssl
provision for paying f<iI uis object uss tuc fai-
first to ascertain whether Ccosrvss sppscssd he &C.
o,,ss, srl. Ia n IL
do what wss necessary on iss part tovssvk &eihss-
ting IL
Approving the Object. The peaceful and hooasshss
scpuisitioo q Cuba by purchase. opposed o. hsd
always been 10 siiS~sssr;sc on sny psvssuv sna 10
the forcbe seizure of Il BY The ustiaasl osvvs IN.
less compelled st some future time by The great sAu
Of sclEpvscrvasioa. introiuswi into The House ef
Representatives . bill spprupsistinx money 10 pay
for Il, u the purchase could be stSsvscd vxs wil
lin: to cntrust the negotiation where the Coostitu-
ton had entrusted H. 10 the Prsssirus. sc whom
and large ussjosity Of my coas,isasnts had voted
IL my ball had passed not dollar of the money
could have been drawn from The Treasury until
Spain had executed TO us DECD SIC the i.tsnd ard
not dollar could have bsen used Ia belle Spanish
officials nor far any other purpose except that de-
carrd 10 the world In the acc Of The tsvssy tssif
full and accurate sccounts Of which sspeasltarv
shall be by him Transmitted tn Congress st early
day AZ practicable" Great ~ h nv seafsspsv IN
the trvsirns. the b;l wss drawn prvess,y a. waai
have drawn u, dthat eeefstpv had been nesh is.s.
and nothing was len to HE dservtioo vhsh epaLl
be cpuSti:utioaally withheld
The Black Republicans. 10 . man. epposed II.
svowine boldly ~ their svAsea that is would stl 10
the number Of slavsha,dinS States in The rnseas-
rvason that have ever heard avoved except that
they not willing TO snrsst the pe<ptisssoa 10
Mr. Buchanan; In Other words shey arc nos sillsns
that bcmo,stie administration shall have The credit
Of this they have had Of all psies acquisitions q
territory. u &C postpone Il until there h rsvss
dent in whom they have eeeiis.nev. s~ quite sass
Cuba gill never be ours fOs The people uil nesss
elect man Of that stripe.
II l. gratifying to find that the eppas;siaa IN ths
| State, through their newspapers and publse meet
insS svovins themseivvs In hvos of The '"p<see
fai and honorable acquisition of Cuba That =
what the President rseonmsndsd- h uhss 90
anxious to Sec accomplished IN hts message he IN
disnantly rvpudiatcd the idea that we voah e -,
coah acquire Il otherwise than by hoeerxbte ne<s
tiation. and In the report of the tommissee Voc
cisn affairs quoted his language - expressing th
views Of the Committee on that point.
What peaceful and honorable mode l. there es %
quirinsis eseep. by pasehA.ss Neossskas.ase.s
To purchase nc must Be not eeiy willing ba
ready and able to pay. And - The Constructs
says NO money shall be drawn from the Treasury
but In Consequence Of appsopsiAtioas made By hw.
Il Il clear that Congress must appropriate Che ooe
before nc can get ths island We eeah sessssi
expect Spain to sell TO sns frss'd.nt on ov,ht .
tsia"d nom which asnvn ssay out @', au
year Of It's revenues ana uuse 20 shs soea a.spes
ton OF CoosFess q sasee ts.ssv TINE :" Psy ns
proposed to place thirty millioos Of dollars IN u
hands Of the ffss'asns, 70 :" @ssa - es a.sessss''
Ny bin specified the object ss vhsh ths meos
might he assd, namely; 70 pay hf Cahss Psessas
said treaty sAss sigasd W fAe ssfAsrsss1 sy.sss
tie frs ss.srs~ssts s.d ssIy r.stss1 ~ Me -
sr""e.f q Sess.. sn.n esn ss sns sspsnsssrssv J.