Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-03-07
The oppositlon North aud south.

I'D the Franslln'on Convention Of the 9TH.
Tho Opposition North aud South. So. q.
S,r,rd in his late speech in the Senate, goes
% st,tber than the Southern 0ppositionists do
:; ,udatious of the Union. He holds up the
,.rr,tic party as the disunion party, and very
a, ioimates that if the Southern people will
.,nit to his rule he will compel them to do so
~, avbole power of the people Of the United
..sn We all know what his idea of the Union
nsa Union of aggression on one side and of
,n;,,ion on the other 1t is Union to be main
..,I uutii the rye and wheat fields of Massachu-
=, sb,l be cultivated by slave labor, or the rice
md cotton fields Of Mississippi shall be cultivated
,,luSrely by white labor. 1t is a Union under
A, higher law" which would disregard all the
.unruises of the Constitution on the subject of
,,,r and elevate the negro to the same level with
4, white man. That is Sewardism; and that is
,,sr,rlsm to which the Opposition leaders in
as State have declared in advance they will sub.
nit In one Of their resolutions they say
That we yield to no portion of our fellow.citi-
,s in our determination to maintain our common
I1s in slave property, and this can be better ct.
tstl rithin the Union than By its destruction"
That this proposition is true at this time no one
&nis, No one proposes now to dissolve the Union.
These Opposition leaders knew this when they ut
pud the above language and it was, therefore, in
tended for the future Their opinion, therefore, is
hat slavery will be safer in the Union, under Sc
ward than it will be out of the Union, under their
Rl control! Comment on this is unnecessary.
Nj. Seward also charges that the Democrats are
determined to dissolve the Union in the eveEt of
their defeat for the Presidency; in other ords, that
they mean, if they cannot Mold the Offices and enjoy
The honOrs that no other party shall. That is the
charge and the charge is false. No Democrat has
ever declared that a mere devolution of federal pow
from one party to another should work a dissolu-
tnd tic Union; but every true Democrat does
maintain, and does declare that without the Consti
tuition there be no Union, and that the election
such man as Seward to the Presidency would
either destroy the Union or destroy slavery. But
Nj. Seward, in making this charge against the DEM
cratic party, has gone no further than Southern
men have gone. 1t is the same charge made in this
sats by the leaders of the Opposition party. 1t
sES made in their late Convention, and their pa.
leS are full Of it.
The national Democratic party is responsible fol-
al The agitation on the subject of slavery" says Mr.
ssard; the national Democratic party is respon
aSe for all the agitation on the subject Of slavery,
hne echo which is returned to Mr.. Seward from
helps of Southern men! The national Demo
s'hc party is the disunion party" says Mr.. Sc
ward; the national Democratic party is the disu
bon party" is the response which is made to Sc
'ni and Greedy by the Opposition leaders in thi
Nate! Hear what Greedy says in the New Yorl
ld5nns of the 10th December last:
THE only disunion party is the Democratic par
y; and all the troubles which now surround tn
Slavery question have been brought on by this par
!! acting under the inspiration of disunionlsts an
deuaggogues"
Mr. Greely's remedy is to "turn the disunionlst
@s0f power" That is the remedy Of the Souther
OPPOSITION. But Mr.. Greedy goes one step further
and says, commit the government to the hands {
Tie Constitutional Republican party" Here tn
Southern Oppositionists and Mr. Greedy differ, bu
ng differ only to this extent: Mr. Greedy says tn
only remedy is to place the black Republicans il
power the Southern Oppositionists say the onl
''nedy is to place any other party than the Demo
'a1c party in power -
30 much for the Opposition North and South. Tb
@ly reliable advocate, therefore, of Constitutions
.u0n is the national Democratic party. If that pal
sS dlsO' ganized and defeated, and Seward assume
~srens Of government then farewell to a Constitr
"'Hal Union and farewell to slavery.
EDWARDS LATE SPEEcH.--Mr. Stewards late speec
" Tue Senate on the slavery question is not as Dol
~ '0me Of his former ones, but is bitter, hypocrt
~ aao lnsidious. He has not gone quite SO far .
IT, 'o'er occasions, but he has taken nothing bacl
L., 80 us'otlon to the Union is most refreshing H
W. expressed for the people of the South, is as
''lOus as it was unlocked for.
q us evident, from the whole tone of the speed
,' ne Is alarmed at the results Of the John Brow
i,s' and the main object of this late effort of h
NJ 'e'an moderate black Republicans in the ranl
N. ~ake sure Of his chances of the nomination
n. so' This, too, is the secret Of Greely's adv
S. Nv VI Bates Of Missouri. Greedy is really &
,d'' Au and favors Bates only to prevent boiling
vance from the Republican ranks :
,,i 'ause Douglas and Col. Davis, of Mississippi,
~ WIN much force and eloqucnce to Mr.. Sewar
III. AS AsHEvnLE NEws.-We regret to learn tn
A.. valuable journal has been discontinued. N
ahs '' 'ne Editor, has retired from it to engage
,s N pursuits more congcnial with his feelings al
,,a r's'''on. We wish him much happiness al
good fortune. "a ~ ,iT2 Ftf.tE 81
b.. W. presume the Democrats Of the Mountain ID
s,.,' VIII either revive the Ners, or encourage d
S. s'''Snmcnt of a new journal. It is important
,n W. and the cause generally that there should
''nOcratlc paper in AshcviIle. =
At eve CorvoN AAsxEs Cotton wasstssl
s,,s inner rates in Liverpool on the lStd febr1li
had u the week 10000 bales qssiiti
e,,u s''sotly declined. Flour and bsadstulis 4
A''y were dull. 8 l.5 &. q - 4