Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-05-01

We mention the New York Day Book Men. and
Journal Of Commerce.
The men Of the South must brace themselves Fl,
the coming storm. They will fight in inst w.,
for all they hold dear They will conquer for free
men when united, and when contendins for iust;co
and right, and their homes and affairs. are ;ndeea
nvincible.
N q. LEGISLATURE will be seen by Gov. Ell.
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 by
all. We hope the Legislature Will remain in se:.
sion but few days, and that it will adjourn as Soon
as it passes bill calling Convention A protract.
ed session will cost the State considerable snm
and it is well known the State has no money to nav
for useless debates now. The time for taliino has
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 should
be final There is no necessity for submitting it to
the people. The State does not acknowledge the
jurisdiction Of Lincoln's government and the soon
er she is placed in the Southern government the
better it 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" should the State do so.
Lincoln has broken the Constitution, wrought rev.
onton, 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 CD
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
aration; 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 prejudced against the lat
ter. Separation from the North is inevitable. The
vote for that would be unanimous This effected,
few would advocate Confederacy of the border
States The advocates of such q Confederacy have
uniformly predcated their arguments on the assump-
ton that the Northwestern free States and Pennsy
vania and New Jersey would 20 with u.s. That is
now impracticable, if not impossible The North
will be North, and the South will be South. The
drift of things is irresstably towards Southern and
q Northern Confederacy. In the language of that
faithful old Democratic sheet the Albany argus and
Atlas 1.-THE cannonading 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 tsoo nations"
True love can grow
Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so Deep"
But the people should be fully consulted The
State can act with deliberaton and dignity even in
the midst of war. We throw out these suggestion
for what they are worth. Our object is union-one-
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 op-
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 op.
position to public feeling by the ersrtion Of tho
eoerc;re porers 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 "thGt the Union
Of the States cannot be presersed or maintained BY
force and that the first attempt Of the federal gor-
eminent to do So under any pretence Vhaterer, will
ineoitably result in civil war 6etsoeen section and
section" We are therefore, entirely consistent in
the position we occupy. Circumstances have chang
ed-we have not. We labored earnestly and hon.
esty to avert the evil day, but it is upon u.s. and
must be met We, at least are not responsible for
the calamties Of civil war; but, whether response
BILE or not we will resist Abraham Lincons procla-
nation, and stand with own section "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 subugation and as such it will be resisted by
the whole power of the siaveholding States.
Duplin is right as she always is; and SO is Samp.
| son. We cannot tell exactly the number of COM
panies raised in either county, far; bat we know
that the efforts of their patriotic citizens will only
be limited by their ability. One Duplin 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. A 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-
rior OF New Hanover, and we hear Of companies
forming in Rladen, though none have yet rendered
themselves for actual service Ril Journal
One Duphn company fine looking body Of
| men-arrived here on Saturday and went into camp.
Columbus County is up n arms. There are al
ready three or four Companies got UP and all ready