The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-03-20
LET IFS BE UNITED.

The anproacbipg contest for the Presidency will
be the most important which has taken place since
the formation of the government. Upon It's result
will depend the existence of the Union, the saley
of our property, and it may be the lives OF our
families and the destines of unborn generations.
North Carolina, from her reliable, conservative
character, as we'll as from her position as one OF
the old Atlantic slaveholdng States, Will perform
an important part in this contest The result OF
her action in August will tell for good or for injury
to the cause in every State in the Union. Ii we
falter or lose ground here, allies i'll the non
slaveholdinr States will be disheartened. and we
may lose every one Of them i'll November. Such
a loss would be fatal to peace, fatal to the mon,
fatal to the best hopes OF mankind.
Let every Democrat IN the Statc-lct every
voter in the State think of these things.
1t is much more important to save State than
it is to reform it. The black Republican pressure
upon US from without will grow stronger and strong
err leaving time to dispute about State issues
among ourselves. When great cloud Is rising IN
the heavens men pause in their avOcatlOns to look
at it. wondering when and where it will break With
its floods and thunders. The mutterlngs oil the
Storm family borne from distance, are disregard
ed but when the sky is shut IN, and the big drops
begin to fall through gusts of wind and the thun-
der follows quick upon the lightning. we instinct
lively look for shelter and protection So 1t Is In
political and social affairs. Danger when distant,
is scarcely danger at all 1t may not reach us, or
it may pass by us, it may visit us with dImln-
ished volume and altered aspect. Present tran
guilty is agreeable and We are to fastening
forward to meet trouble; but black Republlcanlsm
denies US tranquility even IN our own homes,
threatening US with i violated Constitution, with Il
perverted and despotic Union, and with the lash
for our shoulders if we shall resent resist the
wrong and the degradation it would put upon us.
The danger as near ut h0"d, ard the only hoPe IF
North Carotina--hc only hope Of tie cou"t'y IS
the natiOndl Democratic party. There can be no
doubt about that What then? Shall we disre-
gard the rising VOICE of the storm? Shall we Iii
vide here at home State issues, and thus incur
defeat at the hands Of our enemies! Shall we run
to a party for safety; or shall we stand m and
stand by the good old Democratic party, which is
the same in Maine that it is in North Carolina, and
which never willingly or deliberately denies to any
one or to any class of men equal rights and equal
privileges? The Opposition party of North
Carolina is all at once the party OF the people :.
How did that happen? When did John Pool, or
George f Badger, William y. Graham ever
do any thing for the har!working, laburng classes
of North Carolina? Mr. Pooh is, torsooth, in favor
of equalite in taxation. When did he become 50 !?
Was it during the last session of the Legislature
when he voted against tie principle of al ca
loren2 Mr. Pool is all at once in favor Of internal
it during his terms IF service in the Legislature
when he voted against all appropriations gen
eral rule, except for his own section, and when he
either lodged voted against bills for raising
revenue to pay for improvements?
Depend upon it, fellow citizens, this new born
zeal of these gentlemen for popular ri hs will not
last. 1t is not real 1t is counterfeit. 1t is in
direct opposition to their whole past record pub
lie men. Bear in mind that they who promise
most in order to obtain place, generally the
very persons who do least for the people after the
place has been obtained. This is emphatically
true Of the leaders OF the Opposition party. Bear
in mind, also, that tie paramount issue is the pre-
seIvation of a Constii utonal Union that this can
only be done by defeating the black Republican
party; and that the only party which defeat
the black republicans IS tie nationdi DcmocrGtic
party. Let us unite, heretofore, all our
didates; and let make the issues, as heretofore
for our opponents. 1t is not for them to dictate
in this respect to the maj ority. Let meet them
on our own ground and in way. Let
stand as one man around our candidate for Gov.
Let sustain him and re-clect him, because he
has acquitted himself we'll in the position in which
he placed in 1858, and because he is the State
embodiment of the paramount issue, to wit, the
preservation Of the Union on a Constitutional bal
SIS and let at the same time determine that the
Opposition shall obtain no advantage over us in
the County campaigns by their ''cunningly devised
fables" on State issues. Let us unite and do this,
and all will be we'll Let our watchword be unity,
oneness of purpose dHd otaction in the compnign,
and rictory at the PoGS--Ru|cjyh Standard.