Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-07-20
IQhn A. Gilmer.

va reproduce and commend to the considera-
.on Of the Southern rights voters Of the 18th Dis
.-;., some remarks in relation to Mr.. Gmer, which
.nreared in the Standard of July 2Sth, 1858.
They well deserve thoughtful attention. They are
,,om the pen of friend writing from Chatham.
He is speaking of Mr.. Gilmer as Southern repre-
r.,tatiye voting against the admission of slave
Safe into the Union. and says:
This Mr. Gilmer did, and by SO doing incurred
an accountability to the people of the Fifth District
~a;ch from the signs of the times, will be more
s,r,t than pleasant; and although in one Of his re-
n lilies to Mr. Shaw he begs to be Judged by his
fnreebes, he will find that both his cotcs and acts
will have much to do with the verdict to be render
sJ in his case next summer. He will possibly find
if more difficult to covince southern constituency
If the soundness of his Kansas votes, than it was
n convince his consratulatory Black Republican
friends. The time is soon at hand when those votes
will undergo thorough sitting. No doubt Mr..
elmer has felt this already, or he never would have
been 50 active in spreading antiLecompton speeches
in abundance over the District; and to help out the
matter. in his zeal, imprudence, or by design, he
has sent some real abolition sentiments to modify,
influence and mould public sentiment in this coun-
r at least will quote passage. 1t has very
srans abolition ring about it; southern mineral
don't enter into its composition. 1t is from the
Black Republican delegate from Kansas, Mr.. Par
rott Read it thoughtfuly fellow-citizens, and say
if YOU could not have judged "our own Gimer'
and his votes, without having the District flooded
with such speeches from such men. Mr.. PARROT
and .our own Gmer" stood side by side against
the admission of Kansas applying to Congress to
become State under constitution with slavery
bpf each and both said NO. Mr. PARROT utters vile
sentiments against the South, and Mr.. Gilmer
spreads them his own District to be read if not
approved The following was sent to one who hith.
erto has voted for him, but probably never will
again. But delay you. Here it is: Better, fal
better would it be that the sunny slopes Of oul
magnificent Mediterranean Territory should bs
stricken with the waste of the desert smoke with
the blood of our people, than that they should bios
son. fructfy and yield their increase to the hand o.
servie labor, whether white or black"
Voters of Chatham, do you like so elegantly :
clothed Black Republican sentiment Can Seward
or Hale or Giddings surpass it? Could you lk.
the man who uttered it? Can you again vote fo
the mar who so far approves it as to circulate it il
bis District? Could you vote for its author? Ca,
you vote again for the man who thus approved it
its author fit man to represent southern con
situencys Is he who circulates such speeches
aud casts votes requiring such speeches to justif
them, safe man to represent your 1t is no par
OF mine to pronounce Mr.. Gilmer unsound on tn
great question of southern interest You can judg
Of his votes and his acts as your representative
his votes against the admission Of slave State, an
his acts in sending speeches into the District freight
ed with abolition sentiments"
The comments of our friend from Chatham Ar
appropriate and forcible His questions are full {
suggestive warning to the slaye-holding interest
the Fifth District Will Mr.. Gilmer deny the Gil
euation Of Mr.. PARROTS speech in Chathams Z
will moi, for he cannot