Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-09-17

HOLDEN & WILSON.
july 81, 1859.
r,.r-The Senior editor is absent-gone to Kit
n, or tbereabouts We trust he will stay as
~, &C he can enjoy HIMSELF for our readers will
..,.,s they lose nothing by his absence. Ahem !!
pe.;ste, on Sc Democracy and Slavery
The Raleigh Register has recently contained some
,,,,es on this subject, which for misrepresentation,
statement, and assurance have never been equal
III We propose to reply to these articles and We
ri, d. 50 briefly in this and subsequent numbers Of
,o s,udaM We say briefly, for we do not wish,
N this or any other subject to draw too largely on
the patence of our readers.
The Register invokes "everlasting infamy" on
tho heads of Southern Democrats on account Of their
curse on the question of slavery apologies some
Whit for the opposition of Northern men to the in
s.;u,icn hut asks What can be said in palltation
o,he conduct of Southern Democrats reared
from birth amidst slavery and all its surroundings.
and men who claim to be, of all the Southern peo-
re the exclusive champions of the institution Of
slavery"
Here is direct and unqualified impeachment Of
tbe integrity and soundness of Southern Democrats,
On question which, in North Carolina involves not
cly property to the amount of from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred millions of dollars, but
domestic repose-the peace and very safety of our
fresides. Isthe Editor in earnest? Does he mean
what he SAYS? And what, gentle reader, is the
foundation on which he makes so grave and gross a
charge: Why. the foundation in substance is.
First, The Democrats supported Mr.. Van Buren,
for President in preference to Judge White and Gen.
Harrison and that Mr.. Van Buren, admitted the
right Of Congress to abolish slavery in the District
ofCoumbia"
Steond The Democrats failed. as all merely human
efforts would have failed, to arrest the abolition agi
tation commenced and carried on by John Quincy
Adams. Joshua R. Giddings, and others.
Third The Democrats elected Mr.. Polk President
over Nj. Clay; and Mr.. Polk signed the Wimo,
Proviso in the Oregon bill.
This is the substance of the charges contained
in the first article of the Register the subject
Did You ever hear the like?
lts true the Democrats supported Mr.. Van Burer
against Judge White and Gen. Harrison in 1886
and it is also true Mr.. Van Buren, admitted, in hi
tonal power to abolish slavery in the District o
Columbia. Unlike the Register We conceal nothing
but admit all the facts as We proceed. But Will
he thus admitted the Constitutional power, he d.
eared and repeated the declaration in his Inaugur'
Address in 1897 that he went Into the President,
chair the nfexble and uncompromising opponeu
devery attempt, on the part of Congress, to abols
slavery in the District Of Columbia, against tn
wishes Of the saveholding States he adde's
III" bill conflicting aeith these riees can erer reeei'
my Constitutional sanction." The Register hi
carefully withheld these declarations of Mr.. Va
buren, from its readers, thus affording additions
proof If any were required that it is determined
DISCUSS for party ends and in a party way, que
a0n which is far above party. The truth is, !
President was ever more faithful, during his ter
'rriee, to the rights of the South than was N
Van Buren,. He set his face like flint against Il
schemes Of the aboltionists. It is true Mr.. Y.
ouren subsequently departed from the faith and fe
oat as soon as he did So every true Democrat fro
Maine to Louisiana abandoned him.
In 1896, as in 1856, the Democrats as . nation
party presented solid front to a common but
"oed enemy. The first resolution deprecating Al
announcing abolitionism which was ever passed
national Convention, was drawn up by Sill
wright and adopted by the Convention that non
"ated Mr.: Van Buren, in 1886. That resolution
s.nl part of the national Democratic platfor
Inc Wings were 50 divided in 1886 on this We
slavery question, that they were compelled to r
"o Candidates for the Presidency-Gen Harris
" the North, and Judge White in the South; a
" i'4o when they took up Gen. Harrison as tn
| "''ona candidate. so Objectionable was his rect
vi tn's question to the Southern people, that nea
all 'ae time and the efforts of his partizans were
'0'eo to defending and explaining for him on t
'"re. Gen. Harrison, if We are not greatly n
aAen admitted, as Mr.. Van Buren, did, the Con
'.onai power Of Congress over slavery in the
''ct; and it is known that he called into his C.
o y, such abolitionists as Ewing and Granger.
way the founder and head of the Wing party,
""ed the power; and in 1850 he introduced I
sncn passed both houses Of Congress, abolish
~. s'a'etrade in the District of Columbia j
saacy Adams was a Wing. The ferceness Y
""n ne assailed slavery both in the District
u % States, and shareholders themselves, is ,
c0~n to all. He was an abolitionist, while
was an emancipationist in Kentucky.
noren, when the national Democracy nomi
Il "'m TOR President in 1886 and voted for him,
-. Aen many Of them voted Tor him aeain In Con
~" In 1910, was as sound on the question Of
Wy as Judge White, Gen Harrison, Or M. C
~, Sounder than Mr.. Ewing, or MI. Granger
John Quincy Adams. .
A"ese are Jacts. The Register may question,