Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-03-21
The Sfapoato.
spERcH OF GOV. ELLIS,

Dslirersd before the democratic Otdte COH0o"''"',
in Raleigh March Q, 1850:
Mn. PRESIDENT, AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION:
Ebt,r committee has communicated to me the &C
ton of the Convention and am here to express 10
YOU nv profound obligations for the high conndenee
YOU are pleased to rcpOSe in ME. NOMINATION. ioi
the office of Governor of the State, by thus ihtel,
gent body of gentlemen, Is compliment OF winch
any man might Justly feel proud; but when IL Is
recoected that you are the represen'a.'t;S or
great political party-expressng their sentiments
and speaking their wishes-your action excites
in me emotions of gratitude and pleasure 10
which can give no adequate expression.
The cordial approval of my administration OF tne
affairs of the State as expressed by TINS convention
and bv my fellow citizens in their primary meetings.
is esteemed by me as the most valuable reward
of office, and as such, shall be gratefully cherished
and remembered
And. Mr.. President, will take this occasion to
acouit myself of debt of gratitude towards my
fellow-cizens of all political parties in every part
of the State, by thanking them most sincerely 1Ur
the generous indulgence received ut their hanaS
while in the discharge of my official duties 1t IS
true my action has at times been misunderstood
and occasionally misrepresented but of these things
make no complaint we'll knowing that they are
almost inseparable from that rigid scrutiny to whlch
the conduct of all public servants is rghtfufy sub
jected at the bar of public opinion
| accent gentlemen, your nOInlIlaIlON, anu Will IL
the responsibilities and burthens it imposes; and
shall undertake the duties of this position with
deep and solemn conviction that they were never
more vitality responsible than in the present juno
ture of public affairs.
Sixteen years ago. in this Hall, I participated in
the first political meeting of my life, and like this
it was Democratic Convention; but IN every other
respect how widely different the circumstances that
now surround us Then, We had two great national
parties, each with organization extending to every
State in the Union; now, we have but one national
party-the other great political organization OF the
country being so exclusively sectional not to be
able to procure single vote in one entire section OF
country embracing an area of $50 thousand square
miles. Then, the subjects of controversy between
the two parties were merely questions of domestic
policy, important it is true, but not vital; now.
questions affecting liberties people, and, it
may be, our existence nation are under discus
sion.
Upon these questions the parties are arrayed and
the contest approaches. Upon the one side the
Democratic party, buOyant with the recollection OF
many victories gained in the OF the country;
on the other Freesoilers, Black Republicans and Abo
ltionists, consolidated and combined. These, sir,
are the two great contendng political forces that
divide the country. All others mere political
atoms, that cannot and will not be felt except so
far as they may affect the contest between the two
main organizations.
OUCH, Sculltlllei, Tic pdIllcS "
The issue between them should be clearly under
stood, especially here at the South. | assert and
shall maintain It with the proofs, that this issue is
whether African slavery shall be abolished here in
the States, where it now exists Let not be de-
ceved upon this point. Men may talk-about our
rights in the territories but depend upon it they
are not the questions now in issue. The abolition
of slavery here at home is the design of our o2po-
nents. This is the bond that cements all the anti
slavery elements in solid column against
What says VIM. II. Seward above all others, the
true exponent of the sentiments of the abolition
party" The party Of freedom seeks complete and
unirersal emancipation. 1T slavery
can be and must be abolished, and you and can
and must do it. 1t requires only to
folloa this simple rule of action To do ererynhere
and on srery occasion uhat can, and not to
gect or refuse to do aohat can at any time be-
cause at that precise time and on that particular
occasion, zee cannot do more" Everywhere, and
upon all occasions, in power and out of power, this
man and his party seek, in his own language " CON-
plete and uni0ersaL emancipation" Can proof be
clearer or evidence more convincing?
Of the same tenor is the notorious Rochester
speech of this man, delivered ten years after the
sentiment quoted: at is an irrepresss6le conflict
betDeen opposing and enduring forces and it means
that the United States must and uciU, sooner or
later become either entirely slareholding nation
or entirely free labor nation" Here sir, is the
OOlu lnal a state OF nOSItleS exists
between the North and the South, which shall not
cease until the party the other be conquered
and trodden under the feet of the victor. 1t is
declaration OF war against the South by this man
and his partizans Give them power and it will be
used in the prosecution of that war Your Army,
Navy, and hundreds of millions of revenue annually,
and as much more they may choose to extort
from the people, will all he directed against this de-
voted people.
But is it perfectly certain that Seward speaks the
sentiments of his party? The proof upon this point
too, is clear and conclusive. In book of infamous
notorety, which has received the full and complete
approval OF the black Republican party and is now
circulated by them as campaign document is
this sentiment, among Others equally reasonable:
Our purpose is as firmly fred as the eternal pill
lars Of HeQren. We hare determined to abolish
starery, and so help us Col abolish it aoe aeiL"
A Senator of the Empire State of the Union, un-
der his own hand, endorses this book, after care
full perusal; Governor of the same State con-
tributes 800 towards its circulation here among
tine best customers of his people. This shame
brought upon the Empire State by unworthy sons
and talthless public officers, is destined trust, to
be glorlously wiped out by the Democracy in the
coming contest, when the land of Silas Wright will
once more stand proudly forth among the States of
the Union, without spot or a stain upon her es-
cutcheon.
Is further proof wanted of the designs of these
S HHS ddSCuy vi FeTry leacQ us
nothng! when traitors and assaSsins found men to
lament their failure and mourn their discontinue:
when the graves of executed feons drew forth copi
GUS tears though ore distinguished for patriotic
service to the country had fallen!
But the apologists of this man Seward and his fol-
lowers boast that we have Constitutional guarantees
that Will protect our property even though he or
one OF his associates be elected President and the
Aboltonists placed in power. What, the Constitu-
ton stand in the way of the Abotionists! What
says tins same Mr. Seward on that point? Hear
his admontions to some of his more innocent n.
lowers who really thought in the simplicity of their
hearts that the Constitution of the United States
Gid possess some binding force: Correct your oon
error that sLarery has any Constitutional guarantv
Dh'eh may not be released and ought not to be re-
ttnquashed" Think you that the Constitution
such sentiments? Does not all the world know