Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-03-21
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RALEIGH: SATURDAY. MARCH II. 1860.

RALEIGH: SATURDAY. MARCH II. 1850.
The IrrepressibIe Confict.'
There are at present thirty y-three States in the
American Union-eighteen non-slaveholding and tif
teen slaveholding, including Delaware Utah, New
Mexico, Washington, Nebraska, and Kansas will soon
be admitted making twenty three non-slaveholding
States In the course of the next ten years Arizona
Dacotah, Jefferson and Nevada will be admitted max
ing forty two States in al-twentyseven nons!aye-
holding and fifteen slsveholding Meanwhile Cafor-
na Nebraska and other States three four times as
large as North Carolina, may be divided with the
consent of Congress thus giving the free States
two-thirds as against the South. What them With
slavery hemmed in, and with vote Of two-thirds
against us, the free States will be able, within the
forms of the Constitution, to take steps to abolish
slavery in the States.
The war by Seward and the black Republicans,
IS truly stated by Gov Ellis in his speech before
the Convention, Is on slapery in the States Ii
that war is not arrested by firm stand on the part
of the South it will do its work of destruction by
the end of the next decade and Seward will live to
see the institution Of slavery directly assailed
general government in the States where it exis Is
this then, atime to divide among oursevesI Are our
rights as slaveholdng State so unimportant that
We can afford, under such circumstances, to lose
sight of the threatened aggressons of our sectional
enemies in a contest among ourselves on question
Of taxation. Must We stop to change our State
Constitution with the probability staring us il the
face that within eight months from this moment the
State itself may called to resistance and revolution,
or be compelled to lie down in disgracefu subsection
to despotic rule ?-and when, under the most hope
full view of the subject we may be overwhelmed by
numbers and destroyed according to the forms Of
the Constitution during the next ten years? We
say it is probable that within eight months We may
be summoned to resistance or disgraced by submis-
sion, and it is probable unless the national Demo-
cratic party can prevent the calamity. What then?
laundering at the gates of Jerusalem we divide and
fight among ourselves, while the sword of destruc-
ton CLEANS above our heads and the voice Of warn
ing is uttered, "woe unto Jerusalem and the ihhab
itants thereof" In the name of all that is sacred
let us save the State first and then reform it. Are
we not brethren? Shall we expose or weakness,
if weakness there be, to the gaze Of our enemies
Shall we waste our strength each other when all
the strength all the arguments all the resources we
can command or WELD may be needed in few short
months for common defence? Forbid it patriotism
The Standard calls the Wing party the How
dye do party" The Wing party calls the Stan
ddrds party the Good bye party" as they are
packing up their kit and will soon be en- route for
Salt River Register.
At fault again, neighbor Syme. We are not SO
mpolite as to call the Opposition party out Of its
name We have not "called" the Whig party
any thing for the simple reason that know of no
whig party. Our neighbor of the Register himself
declared in publishing the proceedings Of the late
Opposition Convention, that there was no Whg
party, for he styled the Convention the "Opposi-
tion" Convention not the Wing Convention; and
surely he will not contend that he is a member oi
two separate political organizations.
Our neighbor refers to Salt River. No doubt he
has acute and painful recollectons of the head wa
ters of that famous stream. He has been there fol
years, wandering on the shores, with scorched
corns, a lean "kit," and hopeless countenance
cheered only by the mournful notes Of the screech
owl and the pale blue light of the dark lantern
Now and then frog, fatgued with fat and big with
his own importance, slowly calculates ".]ohn Syme
John Syme ?'-while smaller frogs pitch into thu
water, squeaking as they 60, "Symss ad valorena =
Syms's ad ralorem !-Syme's ad calorem!r !r' Whil'
further out in the stream, beyond the rocks will
which our neighbor would fain pelt them, othe
frogs strike up in sonorous bass the provoking
words, "No Co. John NO Conpention NO Con
cention NO Conpentionr'
Our neighbor calls the Standards" party tn,
"Good bye party A very good name, by th'
way. We can afford while on the road to victory
to pause moment to tell q forlorn neighbor goot
bye, especially when we find him in the vale Of de
feat and so badly used up in former campaigns tha
he cannot decide whether he is Whig, an Opposi
zionist or Know Nothing. r. %
SPEECH OF Gov. Elusive are highly gratiiet
to have it in power to state that Gov Ellis hal
consented to write out his speech delivered befor.
the Convention for publication, and that it will ap
pear in the next number Of the Standard It vii
also be published and widely circulated in pamphle
form. 1t will prove an excellent campaign docu
ment, while at the same time it will convey the sen
rments Of the Governor to more of his constituent.
IN all portions Of the State than he will have an op
portunlty of addressing during the canvass. Hi.
dunes in his office, it must be borne in mind, viii
restrict him somewhat in his wish to address tn,
people Of every County; but the speech will g
where ne will not be able himself to appear in per
son. and will tell for Democracy and Constitution
q Union wherever it is read. ,.