Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-10-26

40 insist on justice to every class Composing . |
S" which enjoys the States patronage and
,,,nty They who call US aemoSogae, should re-
,ber that demagogaes nerer espouse the interests
,hs ,,eaker elass They who call Us dsaaeogxs
LID shake the dust of intrigue and insincerity
s.n their own garments They who charge us
~, ,rrayins one class against another should first
W., themselves from the charge of having done in
~ .,.. TO as worthy and as honest body Of men
g the State contains. ~ r. a-
W. cannot close this article without bearing tes.
,.-,,, to the zeal with which Wilson W. Whita-
~. Eso, the Secretary of the Executive Commit
~. performed his duties. Though laboring under
s,re bodily affction, and not able to walk with
crutches, he was promptly at his post on the
r,r Grounds giving to the cause the benefits of his
.-r,rm,tion and experience. The Treasurer, Mr..
u,cb,ns the Secretary Of the Society, Mr.. Bryan,
.,,ber with Mr. Christorhers and the other Clerks,
srs nefatigable in the discharge of their duties.
~. same is true as to the superintendents Of the
rar,ot halls. Mr.. Dunn, the superintendent Of
a., Fair Grounds, and Mr.. John r. Harrison. who
.,ed As special superintendent or agent for recciv
;,r and locating articles, deserve much praise for
.,s manner in which the grounds were prepared for
~, occasion, and the pronptness and accuracy with
.,:c, articles were received and assigned to their
r.s,ec;ve departments. H.
,roposton was made to hold the next Fair at
S,l;sbury and to alternate between that place and
p,erh. The proposition was discussed, and was
dsDosed of by appointing Committee on the SUBJ
not to report at the next annual meeting of the
S,yetv. 1t is highly probable that the Fair for
,ss, will be held in Salisbury.
The Insurrection at uarper's Ferry.
;,ov Wise has returned to Richmond from Har-
nsrs Ferry, having performed his duty promptly
,r1 calamity in qucll;ns the outbreak, and in ma
l;nr arrangements to bring the guilty to trial We
r,t ,stce will be sure and certain so that the law
md the interests of society may be indicated and
culinary terror t'ifflScd among the abolitionists-
S,r what You will of Henry A. Wise, he is emf
rsptv 4 man of action, who performs his duty in
the best manner without the slightest fear of com
sequences.
L appears that Ossawotamie Brown, the leader of
tbc ineenliarics has received encouragement most
prbahlv of substantial nature, from Gcrritt Smith,
Joshua r. GidlingS, and other prominent abolition
ISIS If the federal arm can take hold of these men,
let it be exertcd. The President, We feel sure, will
exercise every power bestowed upon him by the
Constitution to protect the rights and the property
Of the slaveholding States If about one thousand
Of the prominent aboti6nists could be hanged by
the neck unit! they were dead, the country would
be benefited, and all good men every where would
be more assured of a continuance of concord he
tween the States
Various coniectureS have been made as to the Of:
feet of this incendiary movement on political par.
ties 1t will put the Southern people still more on
their guard, and will unite them more thoroughly
in the determination not to submit to the rule oil
Seward That We think, is clear. The "irreprcss
ble conflict doctrine is bad enough with Seward
and his party out of power; what would it be, o.
rather what would it not be, with Seward at ths
heal Of tine government with an abolition Cabinet
abolition foreign ministers, abolition officers in al
quarters. and with the mails and pcst-ofices of tn
country under his control? At the North thi
Harpers Ferry movement should produce NOR
sound reflection on the subject Of slavery than here
tOfore. and should dispose every just and farmind
ed citizen to set his face against party whose doc
tnes lead inevitably to instruction and dissolu
ton Of the Union.- The fact too, that the slave
we're not very favorable to the movement as
shown by the reluctance with which they range
themselves under the banner Of old Brown, shoul
teach the Northern people that the institution is q
humane as it is necessary in the Southern State
and that the slaves themselves not dissatisfe
With their condition. v say these should be ii
effects in the non-slaveholding States; but wheth,
they will be so to any considerable extent, or at al
no enc can certainly say. We think, howeve
that the Constitutional party in the non-slavehol
Ing States viii be strengthened by the movement
We give the latest news from Harper's Ferry
another column
The Christian Church.
4 Wevery cheeriully publish the following resol
tons, adopted at the recent session of the N. c. Al
Va. Conference of the Christian Church, held
ith and Sth of this month. Certainly in copyil
from the New York Evening Post, We had no idea
endorsing the opinions advanced in that Journal
II We had deemed it at all necessary, We would ha
indicated the respectable and worthy denomnat'
referred to against the charge preferred by the &
respondent of the Past We have the most emit
confidence in the soundness of the great body oft
christian Church on the subject of slavery; and
repeat so great was that confidence, and SO su
We're We that such charge as that in the p
would make no unfavorable impression on the pu
lie mind that we did not think it necessary to of
any explanation:
BUCHANAN, N. c., October 18th, 1859.
= AEssRs EDIroxs: At a recent session of the Nor
.aFo!na and Virginia Christian Conference, viii
was held at Union Chapel Alamance county, n.
oa the 9TH, 9th, 7th, and 8th of this inst, the
Closed RESOLUTION, aoptad h,