The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-04-03
CHARLES F.. FISHER. ESQ.

The last Greensborough Patriot, smarting under
old sores, slits forth another column Of venom at
Mr. Fisher. That paper charges that the N. G. Road
is "rented OUT to MIR Fisher, and that under this
contract, MIR Fisher is transporting iron for the
Western Extension to the neglect of freight, &c.
Now, no one will believe this charge. The Editor
Of the Patriot himself does not believe it. 1t is
but continuation OF the un Just warfare waged on
MIR Fisher simply because he is a Democrat, and
because the Road prospers in his hands.
MIR Fisher well afford to disregard these
attacks His labors his anxieties, his sacrifices of
time and health for the success of the Road speak
tor him. The vipers are craving file.
We have paid some attention to the management
of the Railroads in this State, and we can conscen-
tiously say that effort would be made in vain to
obtain the services of men better qualified, or who
would perform their duties more ludiciously and
satisfactorily than Messrs. Fisher, Pearson Ashe,
" Wider aud Whitford have performed theirs No
doubt the Presidents of lines are doing and
will do we'll these gentlemen. We refer to
the latter only because four of the Roads have
been for some time in full operation, while the
fifth (the Western Extenson) is already in use for
some fifty or sixty mes--Rdleiqh Standard
INSULT TO THE PREsIDENT-'We OBSERVE
says the Montgomery (Ala.) Confederation Of the
9Th ult, that the House Of Representatives in
Congress, have passed resolution calling upon the
PRESIDENT to know whether he, the President,
any other officer Of the Government, had sought
to interfere with elections, if the public money
had been used for electioneerng purposes in the
States, &c. This resolution is an insult to the
Executive head of the Government by the Freesoil,
Black Republican House, and we sincerely hone
that Mr. Buchanan will sustain and vndcate the
dignity of the office which he holds by we'll
timed reGuke the authors this gross discourtesy
Position OF EDWARD BATEs.-Hon Edward
Bates has addressed letter to the Missouri Del
egatcs to the Chicago Republican Convention in
reply to interrogatories propounded 20 him by them
The main points of it are as follows: He has no
new opinions upon the subject of the extension of
Slavery. Slavery is a social relation, domestic
institution. 1t exists by local law. The Fed
eral Government has control over it in the
States, but the Territories are subject and subor
dinate to the Government, they not being supreme
like the State. The nation is supreme over them
He is opposed to the extension of Slavery and
i'll his opinion the policy and the spirit of the Gov
eminent ought to be agains: its extension The
bred Scott decision only decides that Scott was
not citizen, and the opinions Of the Judges be-
yond this are extra judicial and of no authority
He tavOrs the colonization of the free blacks in
the American tropics; the Homestead bill: the
immediate admission of Kansas; perfect equality
the Pacific Railroad under the auspices of the
Government.
Mr. Bates wants to get the Black Republican
nomination for President and for the sake of it he
turns traitor to his own section.