Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-05-01


And to this most horrible intent the men Of ~.
North, without distinction of party profess ,ob
ready to devote themselves" " ''
As ageneral thing the utterances of the Nortbsr,
press towards the South characterized BY sav,r
hate. There arc few exceptions, and among tboso
we mention the New York Day Book, Nesrs and
Journal Of Commerce.
The men of the South must brace themselves e.
the coming storm. They will fight in a lust war
for all they hold dear. They will conquer for FREQ
men when united, and when contendins for Justice
and right, and their homes and affairs, are ipdso5
invncible.
N. c. LEGIsLATUEE-It will be seen BY Gov. FL
lis proclamation that the Legislature is summoned
to assemble on the LIST day of May The Govern
ors course, in acting thus promptly is approved bv
all. We hope the Legislature will remain in SEES
sion but few days, and that it will adjourn as soon
as it passes bill calling Convention protract
ed session will cost the State considerable snm
and it is we'll known the State has no money to nav
| for useless debates now. The time for talkiuo b.
| past-let us act, and act promptly. And we hone
the Convention will assemble by the 18th of Nav
and that the Ordinance of Secession will be immed
lately passed. The action of the Convention sbond
be final. There is no necessity for submitting if IN
| the people. The State does not acknowledge the
jurisdiction of Lincolns government and the soon.
er she is placed in the Southern government the
better will be for the people and their interests
| Western Democrat.
Our contemporary of the Democrat says truly that
the Estate does not acknowledge the jurisdiction of
Lincoln's government" nor should the State do so
Lincoln has broken the Constitution, wrought rev.
oiuton, and released the States in the minority from
the federal government That is the doctrine we
have always held.
But we would suggest to the Democrat that the
action OF the Convention could be final in this way
and but few if any persons in the State would Oh
ject: Let the Legislature pass an act calling Con-
vention. Let the Convention be unrestricted. Let
it provide that three boxes shall be opened as fol.
lows: One for members Of the Convention; one in
which the people may vote Separation and No Sep
Grdtion; and one in which they may vote Conteder-
ate States and No Confederate States The word
Separation is better than Secession, because many
of our people are little preudiced against the lat
ter. Separation from the North is inevitable The
vote for that would be unanimous. This effected
few would advocate a Confederacy of the border
| States The advocates of such Confederacy have
uniformly predicated their arguments on the assump
ton that the Northwestern free States and Pennsy.
vania and New Jersey would 60 with US. That is
now impractcable; if not impossible. The North
will be North, and the South will be South The
drift of things is rresstaby towards Southern and
Northern Confederacy. In the language of that
faithful old Democratic sheet the Albany Argus and
atlas, "the cannonadng in the harbor of Charles.
ton"-and we may add the proclamation of Lincoln
-" sounded the death knell of the American Union.
Hencetorth zoe are two nations."
"True love grow
Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced deep"
But the people should be fully consulted The
State can act with deliberation and dignity even in
the midst of war. We throw out these suggestio
for what they are worth. Our object is union-cne-
ness of action here at home. This can be best &C.
complshed by consulting and respecting the wishes
of all, and by keeping constantly in view and acting
on those great cardinal Democratic principles on
which American liberty is based Of course We
speak in no party sense.
We have not changed our principles or our views
in relation to the Union. We have uniformly OPP
posed coercion. We have always held, in the Ian
guage of Gen. Jackson, that the Constitution can
not be maintained, nor the Union preserved, in OPP
position to public feeling by the mere erertion of the
coerciUe poeers conded to the general government"
One of the resolutions of the mass meeting in this
County on which we were nominated and elected to
the Convention, expressly declared that the Union
of the States cannot be preserved maintained by
force and that the first attempt Of tile federal gOU-
eminent to do so, under any pretence achaterer, w
ineritably result an ciUI 6etaoeen section and
section" We are, therefore, entirely consistent in
hoyo obo
ed-we have not. We labored earnestly and hon.
esy to avert the evil day, but it is upon US, and it
must be met. We, at least, are not responsible for
the calamties of civil war; but, whether response
BILE not we will resist Abraham Lincolns procla-
nation, and stand with our own section 81 at all haz
ards and to the last extremity" That proclamation
is subversive of Constitutional liberty The minor-
ty States will not submit to it. 1t means coercion
and subjugaton, and such it will be resisted by
the whole power of the s.aveholding States.
Duplin is right as she always is; and so is Samp-
son. We cannot tell exactly the number of COM
panes raised in either county, so far; but we know
that the efforts Of their patriotic citizens will only
be limited by their ability. One Dupn company
under Captain Kenan, is already completed The
Sampson company, under Captain Faison, holds it.
self in READINGS, and how many more will soon be
ready, is difficult to say. number of free negro
laborers was brought down yesterday from Samp-
son under charge of Thos. II. Holmes, Esq, and
they are at work.
Sundry companies have been formed in the inte-
rlor OF New Hanover, and we hear of companies
forming in Bladen, though none have yet rendered
themselves for actual service.-WH Journal
One Duplin company fine looking body Of
men-arrived here on Saturday and went into camp
Columbus County is up in arms There are al