Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-08-25

As MATTERS SrAxD.s-The caI,vass NAV now. he
considered as firly opened, The Conventions rep
resentng the two wings Of the Democracy n this
Sate, have met acted, and adjourned. No harmony
has resulted from their proceedings. On. the con
ary the breach that separatetl the two sections is
now wider than ever and all hope Of compromise is
forever abandoned Henceforth the friends of Judge
Douglas in Virginia, must be classed by the true
Democracy with the Opposition. Not on our heads
can be visited the penalty that this alteration in.
wolves Not a. our door does the sin lie The posi-
ton is of their own choosing, let them abide its
consequences. They voluntarily placed themselves
without the pale of the organization, and have as
sumed hostile attitude against it. They cannot
complain il now they are reckoned among its enc
mics. 4 .se
The Convention that met at Charlottesville in a
spirit of magnanimity made every endeayor consis
tent with honor, to heal the breach that unhappy
divided the party. and each endeayor was met with
studied insult and ihsoent defiance. Such result
might have been anticipated from the beginning.-
The temper that convened and the spirit that actual
ed tho assembly at Staunton was bitterly hostile to
all compromise Cancellation had no place on their
programme of operations. This decree had gone
forth from head quarters forbidding It. and their
own feelings prompted ready obedience to the Of
fetal mandate. .--. ..-t s.-- -
There is a reason for this persistent animosity on
the part Of the Douglas men, toward the Democracy
as represented by Mr.. Breckenridge, that does not
lie on the surface but is plain in view nevertheless
if we do but search for it. The key to it is to be
found in the Disappointed ambition of Mr.. Douglas,
and the determined purpose Of him and his leaders
to destroy the Democratic party. For this and this
only he and they are laboring. Hence no offer of
compromise will be entertained by them Concila-.
ton would be the destruction of their policy there
fore they will none of 1t. Rule or ruin is their motto
and to the letter are they carrying it out
Every movement that has been made since the nomi.
nations at Baltimore proclaims this purpose. The
Miles Taylor circular the first and this shadow
ed forth in terms too distinct to be msapprehend-
| ed. No compromise the ruling idea in that
manifesto Since then, every event as it transpired
has pointed unerripgly in the Same direction. No
union with Breckenridge Democrats has been the
watch word and the war cry the country Wings
Know NothDgs, Abolitionists, they take to their
embrace and press to their hearts, but Breckenridge
Democrats with whom they were only yesterday
allied, they spurn utterly Protesting to be Demo
Gratis, they everywhere coalesce with the nveterate
enemies Of Democracy, if by SO doing they can,
damage the cause of the party that nominated
Breckenridge and Lane. Their whole aim is the
overthrow of that party, and they scruple at no
means that will aid them in its accomplishment.
In Kentucky, their fusion with Know-Nothings
was open and avowed and their Joy at the success
full issue that waited on their treason was in no de-
gree disminished by the shameless method employ
ed to produce it. 3
In New York, they have lately Matched another
conspiracy with their new found friends, the Know
Nothings, which PROMISES they fatter themselves,
equally hopeful results. -. s-s =
In this State no open coalition has yet been FORM
ed private understanding sufices for the present
BY running an Independent ticket, they hope so to
divide the Democratic strength, that the vote of the
State may be cast for Bell. That will answer quite
as well as if it were given to Douglas Of whose cleo
ton they entertain not the faintest glimnering of
hope But they may prevent the State from going
for breckenridge, and that for them is triumph
! enough.
1t is the settled purpose, as we have said of Mr..
Douglas and his friends to break up the Democratic
party, and the facts we have cited indicate the
means to be employed in its accomplishment With
such an object in view, and with bitter hatred to-
ward Mr. Breckenridge ranking in their hearts, Of
course hope of reconciliation can be entertained
1t folly to have thought of it. We got snubbed
for attempting it, and we deserved the snubbng.--
Petersburg Bulletin.