The Greensborough patriot [September 16, 1859]

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VOLUME XXI.
.A. "Family NewspaDer-Devoted to ^Politics, Literature .A-^ricuItirre, Manufactures, Commerce, and Miscellaneous Reading
KtXUt
GREENSBOROUGH, N. C.,-FRIDAY MORNING, SEjPTEMBER 16, 1859. NUMBER 1053.
BUSINESS CARDS.
. f liCDUECOCH, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
J, Lexington, N C. Feb 17,1*68. 972 tf.
,»HES~A7TO!M3, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
J* GREENS-BOROUGH, N. C.
57A. A. HH.LT" -j
D LEXINGTON, N. C
,f-OBTII &. ITLEf. COMMISSION AND
\\ rewarding Merchants, FayijtteviD*, N. C.
^Tc. FRFEMAV WITH ABBOTT, JONES 4
\ . Co., Iaiporteri and Jobbers <;f Sliiple and Fancy
I ' .ji, No. 153 Market Street,jFh-ladelphia.
Xi£ C. I» *t «• ■- PATlfE, COPARTNERS
|| in l!i* practice of Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgc-
., J.i tiujrton, N. C.
IIHL.VCE HOI SE,
I Hfcrri Point, N. C.
T. Laurence, Proprietor.
Stage Office.
JTirca 19, 1*>59.
,',BS. COFFIN & COBLE, JAMESTOWN.
I -, C . have associated thenisc:veH together for the
, u 0t PRACTICING MEDICINE in all its various
Special attention given to SURGERY.
■ ,»tB. B Depot. Keb. 1859.
27 6m
24 tf.
DB. JAMES K. HALL,, HAVING REMOVED
•0 Greensborough, N. «'., offers his Professional
.,-, «» 10 -ho public. OftVe ou West Market Street,
.^ j, mge recently occupied as s residence by Hon.
,1m A. Gilmer. February, 1858. . 973 tf
f AW ioPART3VERSHII».—J. A. LONG 4
jj'1, f, .;»Li>*xLt, Greensborough, N. C, having
ugaeiated themselves in the practice «f the law. in the
. (a 1 :•■ - ■'■''-I i county, will promptly attend to all
.,!.V»s»earui'teJ to their care. Jan. 1858. 967 tf
IOIIA W. I'iV^E. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
•I ha»iajr pennanantly located in Greensborough, N.
m attend tiie Courts of Randolph Davidson and
:':.r:. *• • promptly attend to the collection of all
,»,.-u.#s 5P-laced in his hands. Jan. 9, 1857. 915 tf
ATSOS & HEARS, GENERAL COMMIS-ajon
Merchants, 84 Burling Slip, New \ork.—
tteoial attention paid to the sale
, ,:.- •.••.»•.!; products.
w.
BUSINESS CARDS.
&. L. MEENLEY,
4
June 15, 1859.
CIXV
4'J ly
BEJVBO"W cfc OO.,
COTTOS MAVlFAtTlRERS,
PAYBTTEV1LLE, X. 0.
Have established an agency with Messrs. J. & F. GAR-RET'!',
for the sale of the following articles, which we
warrant to be of best quality, viz:
COTTON' YARN", STOCKING YARN,
CARPET WARP, WRAPPING TWINE,
CANDLE WICK. BATTS FOR QUILTS,
SEWING THREAD, (Strong for coarse work.)
I). SCOTT, Jr. I D. W. C. BENBOW.
September 1. 1889. 5] 3m
VI 7 V.DOWLIXS PhoTogl apllic «al-
THE PATRIOT.
M. S. SHEBWOOD. JAMES A. LONG.
SHERWOOD & LONG,
EDITORS AND PEOPBIKTOR8. •
TERMS: $'2.00 A TEAR, 1ST ADVANCE.
Rates of Advertising.
OXE dollar per square for the first week, and twenty-five
cents fer every week thereafter. TWELVE LINES OB
LESS making a square. Deductions made in favor of
standing matter as follows: >.
3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS.. 1 YEAR
One square $3 50 $5 50 $8 00
Two squares, 7 00 10 00 14 00
•inree " 10 00 15 00 20 00
IJETTEB OP WM. C. SMEDES, ESQ.
WJLLIAM C. SMEDES, Esq., of Mississippi,
having been invited to attend the grand jubi-lee
of the Opposition held at Memphis, Ten*
nessee, on tho 25th ultimo, declined in an
able and patriotic letter, which is published
I by tho Memphis Enquirer. From that letter
wc cite the subjoined extract:
Is it not possible now to leaven this nation
again with tho spirit of compromise! I be-lieve
it is. To do it we must como to the
task with the samo spirit which animated
our forefathers. Tho great difficulty, the
great sore that eats like an ulcer in the pub-lic
mind, grows out of tho existence of slave-ry.
That slavery exists, as a real, gubstan-
Having permanently located in (Ireensborough, thev
confidently expect a liberal patronage.
flS-y" Call and examine Specimens, and learn the
Prices. Rooms forme* ly ocupied by A. Starrett, sec-ond
story of Garrett's brek building, Vtst Market St.,
Greensborough, N. C. Sept.. 1859. 03 tf
of Grain, Cotton and
Jgjy Liberal advances made
.-. eassujottcnts. 915 tf
D~R. W. P. PEGU IS PERMANENTLY SET-tled
in HIGH POINT, N. C..- where he will give
, laiivided attention to the duties of his profession.
-.'•1'attention given to Obstetrics and the Diseases
■ '»\,aien and Children. July, 1&59. 48tf
1! tMBLETOIt SUEPPERD, ATTORNEY
II Ai LAW, formerly of Salem, N. C, but now of
I v\\ Inton. Georgia.
W21 practice in the counties of Wilkinson. Twiggs,
isRCBfl, I'ulaski, lrwin. Wiicox, Telfair, Montgom-
I7 ani Washington. Jan. 21, 1859. ly
i C.4RD.--J. F. Jollee fcas purchased
\ trislall, a large and well selected STOCK o.
(lathing. Boot*. Shoes and Hats, which he
•il.sell CHEAP FOR CASH, or to punctual customers
.; » dhoti credit.
"c;ol*fJ8, 1858. »tf
cHii!I.i:s S. FEATHER,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
BOOTS. SHOES 1XD KKOi.tXS.
No. 49 North Third Street, abovu Market St.,
Philadelphia,
Respectfully solicits the attention of Merchants to his
stock of City and Eastern Manufacture, adapted to the
trade of North Carolina.
3tay Particular attention paid to Orders.
Refers with permission to Messrs. J. R & J, Sloan,
Greensborough, N. C. Oct. 8, 1858. ly
Vr M- ■»! »K II \. RRO. & CO., GROCERS
131 . AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 139,
Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Va.
• S.SUBS. J. M. CLARK.
ILLES &CLARK, COMMISSION MER-A
CHANTS, Wilmington. M.C Prompt per-
. ul ittention given to consignments of Naval Stores,
• :: i r other Country Produce, for sale or shipment.
;•■•-» :a Lime, Plaster, Cement, Hair, He.
.'.li»rr 20, 1859. lv
1 P.iiPERRY, of Berth Carolina,
.1. W'itn WM GRAYDON & CO.,
hnporten and Jobber of Dry Goods, 46 PARK
PUCE, and 41 BARCLAY STREET.-
Km. tiraydon,( ____ .„.,. .« Geo. H. Seeley,
haCraylon. / *eW Torh-\ Wm. A. Scott.
■ember, 1858. "
ll'SSB. JnWLAKl). 1 W. I>. BKTNOL11S. | J. H. ROWI.AN D.
IIOWLWD & RETIOIM, SOCCESSORS
i\ fo Anderson ft Reynolds, Grocers and Commission
VfTcoants. NORFOLK, Va. Stef P»J particular at-
I Ustse& to the sale of Flour, Grain, Tobacco, «nc, avoid-
D| natweesssry charges, and rendering prompt re-jran.
December. 1857. ] 963 tf
\\\>1. H. RIRHSEV, COMMISSION MER-I
T* chant and General \>,"'";- Morehead City, N. C.
. ! 'itteti : to buying, Helling, reel iving and forwarding
li! kinds of produce sad merchandise,
&tf*rtneei—Qoi. J. M. Morehead, Greensborough, N.
'. John H. Haughton, Esq., Newberne, N. C. Dr. F.
.. Hill. Wilmington, N. C. H. A London, F.sq., Pitts-orough,
S. C. June 1, 1858. | 987 tf
If L\l\«.TO\ JEWELRI STORE.—
[ I A Tin* subscriber has on hand the fine GOLD LE—
|>£K WATCHES manufactured by Johnson of Liver-
!. anl Dixon of London. AlSo, the Silver Lever
: in» and « unon Yirga WaWh, with a variety ot
LWELRY of all descriptions. All of which will be
ilowforcash. Watches of all lescriptiona repaired-1
• ,f :GE(HtGE RILEY.
I • H «.'<.TT. WILL. L. SCOTT.
ATTORNEYS AND COUN-JOROUGH,
N. C,
Kill attend the Courts of Guilford, Alamance, Ran-
I ;:..!•.-..: n, Forsyth and Rockingham. All claims
•rusted to them for collection, will receive prompt
I Itatton. Officd on North S'rcct, fourth door from
'".l.sy'» eoriier.
DLASRS.—A FULL SUPPLY OP BLANK WAR-
'l rants. Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Attachments, Decla-
Statea of this Union, and must exist there, as
a physical fact, let the result of the elections
be what they may or platforms declare what
they will. It cannot be got rid ot South-ern
slaveholders would never have given the
' subject prominence had they been left to
themselves; but Southern politicians, tor par-
1 ty ends, have pressed the subject into the
1 public arena till it has become the absorbing
topic ot national politics, till it has almost
divided as by a lino of fire the North from
the South. What is the remedy for this?—
I It is—and it appears to mc to be the only
I remedy—it is to withdraw this exciting subject
' wholly from the arena of national politics, and
by constrained action force it into its legitimate
sphere, tinder the control and jurisdiction of the
States where it exists.
I know that this suggestion will |not meet
with the approval of the extremists of either
section of the Union. Southern politicians
who have by their action on the subject of
slavery driven the Northern mipd into a
hostile attitude towards it, indignajit at the
result of their own work, want to dissolve
the Union to escape association with man
who appear to care so little for the Tights of
property and personal safety of their fellow-citi/.
ens, and who utterly deny iL political
equality to them. Northern fanatics and
demagogues who would rule or jruin this
great nation will see that agitation- the food
upon which they live, will thus be withdrawn
from them, and" that they will die from their
own inanition ; and they too would oppose
the withdrawal of "this fruitful source ot all
our woes" from tho political battle-ground.
But the great body of the people, men, wo-men,
and children, the good and true men of
the nation will rejoice at the great quiet
N. C, has on hand and is receiving a splendid and wet. which will pervade the land; at the renewed
M. H. >MIM'l\, SOX &. CO..
COMMISSION MERC II A NTS,
Richmond, la.
ST. M. MARTIN, IB.,
B. A MARTIN,
K. MARTIN,
RO. TANNA1IILL.
H. L. I'LfMMER, JR.,
K. M. MA11TIN. -IK.
Jea^Strict personal attention given to the sale of pro-duce
Orders for goods promptly tilled."T3B 401y
43 A. PsWMMER, IMPORTER AND DEAL-
9* er in Eit^liNh and American
HARDWARE,
SADDLERY HARDWARE, AND
CARRIAGE MATERIALS,
No. 10 Bollingbrook Strut.
(sios or THE KKY)
NEXT DOOR TO LIBRARY HALL,
PETERSRI R«. VA.
|g-flTT GOODS SOLD AT NEW YORK PRICES.
June I, 1859. 38 lypd
i kilt) III'BER JEWELLER A.\i>
West Market. GHKKNSBOIIO",
I^COTT &. SCOTT, ATTORNE
" cellors at Law. - - GREENSBt
Ejectment, Administrator's Notices, and | Land Plaster, Ac.
selected stock of fine and fashionable Jewelry of every
description, among which may be found several magni-ficient
sets of coral Jewelry.
He has also a stock of tine Gobi and Silver Watches.
All repairing done in the BEST MANNER and war-ranted.
Allpersons purchasing Jewelry, would do well
to call on him before purchasing elsewhere, as he is
confident that he can sell as good bargain? as can be
bought in this market.
August 1st. 1868. 000 tf.
Il'XGEKICIl & SMITH.
NO. 4J NORTH THIRD STREET,
Philadelphia.
Invite the attention of the trade of NORTH CAROLI-NA
to tiieir large and varied stock of
Kio Coll'ee,
Sugars, &e.,
which are offered at the
lowest iiett rales.
and in lots to suit pill chasers.
Their purchases being made
excluSivel3 lor cash,
enables them to offer
GOODS AT YERY LOW FIGURES.
January 1, lbo'.t. ly
I aE ROSSET, BROWS & CO..
II Wll MINGTON, N. C.
I5HOVW. OE ROSSET & CO..
SEW YORK,
COM MISSK >N M E RCHA3J TS.
t^Importers of pure Peruvian and other Guanos, j
[ .:A other ten.is, will always be found at the Store ol
'■:t!ti«. pot-son & Grimes, in Lexington, who are our
it* for the sale of the same; ifnd who are also our
l> •'■■• rceive and torward to us. all kinds of Job
«wk.e SHEEWOOD& LONG.
|> J.llKMsEMllI.E, LAND AGENT. WILL
'-It »■ and enter Government Land, Locate Land
. 1 ;.ikeinvestments tot capitalists at Western
• .;. tnxes. and transact a general real estate bu-
• .•. Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. Address,
' ' -. M innet
• - lion. J. If. Morehead, George C. Men-
- .. "' I. Waiter Gwynn and IIon John A. Gilmer.
I y I -. 1866. 888 if
|\V H. McRARY & CO.. FACTORS AND
"i • Commission Merchants, Agents for the sale and
■".- •Mutton Plour, Grain, Salt. Groceries, &C,
"•* Princess and Water Streets, Wilmington, N. C.
Isjr^tm^i a iv,-nces on Consignments.
* 11—H li. Savage, Cashier Bank of Cape
' DsROSSET A Brown, Wilmington, N. C. F. &
, Salem, N. C. C. Graham -v. Co., Marion C.
■M '.'. Hunt. Adderton ft Co , Lexington, N. C.
I llil'l, li. TIIO.TI AS has removed hit HAR-
• 5S 3HOP 10 the rooms rece-nt'y occupied by
.; '-•i.K-kii. Esq., two doors North of LINDSAYS
<• and immediately opposite the New Court House.
" he will be pleased to re-eive calls from his old
*lsand the public generally. It is his intention
• •■† lonstantly on hand a GOOD ASSORTMENT
_ " VUA'ESS." and other articles in his line, which
, ■• "" pleased to sell on reasonable terms.
•■• try 'Z't. IK.V,>. 10tf
Lj.MKs M. EDSE1. 14? <;taamherM-Mt.
»•' • York, buys every kind of Merchandize on the
*'•"-•, and forwards f.-r "i per cent, commission.
r •'. Pianos, Parlor Organs, Organ Melodeons,
'•-:' *.". Harps, Guitars, Stools, Covers, Music, etc.,
"• '•-• .nl retail. All Instriments warranted.
"••'-• fir •• Lindsay's Patent Pump," Garden En-
*i *•*. Circulars of Instrui.ients and Pumps sent
■'''.- spplicatioa. Refers to John A. Gilmer, C. P
' :--':■... D. L. Swain, and others. 950
J M. KOTIIROCK. D. D. S., RESPECT-I
.'•-;- offers his professional services to the citizens
I ,;r'"*'•■' rough, and all others who desire operations
I ';• ■:■ 1 on the TEETH in the latest and best style.
" '••» •' . iquainted, can have any satisfactory refcr-
" -" • ■ haracter, skill, ,tc , &c; and t
ty" Sole Agents at Wilmington tor Reese's Manipu-lated
Guano, and W.Whitelock &Co.'s Superphosphate
of Linie.
ly Particular attention given to the sale ol Naval
Stores. Cotton and other produce.
April 20, 1859. 38 6mpd
I 1 ROVER & BAKER'S SEWB\« MA-Vl
CHINES—The attention of Housekeepers Seam-stresses.
Dress-makers and Tailors, is invited to the
unrivalled excellence of Grotl'l' & Baker's
Sewing Machines They are simple in construction.
efficient and durable in operation, beautiful in model
ami finish, and applicable alike to families or manufac-tures.
prospect of :i long and prosperous career
which would be out-spread like a bro::d
stream of light before the .Republic j at the
preservation of this great, powerful and hap-py
Government froi.1 tho peril impending
over it.
Can this thing be effected ? Is it possible
to bring about such ti result'/ I think it is;
and 1 will briefly state to you how I think it
may be accomplished. It is for the conser-vative
and national men of all parties to
agne that it shall be done, and then faithfully
stand by and execute their agreement. Let a
party be formed whose fixed and unalterable
principle on the subject of slavery shall be,
that it shall not enter into tho discussions of
Congress, and that it shall not enter into
Presidential canvasses, but that it shall be
withdrawn from the political arena, and this
party will sweep tho Union from one end of
it to the other; and the land will once more
have peace.
Before this could bo done some questions
would have to be affirmatively settled and
agreed upon as fundamental principles on
this subject, which under no circumstances
are to be disturbed or disputed. One would
be tho proposition, admitted and recognised
daring the last ten years by all parties, and
now the settled law of the Republic, as it
certainly is that of the Constitution, that
new States shall be admitted into the Union
without reference to whether they recognise
or reject slavery in their constitutions. On
this point there would be no scriou 1 difficul-ty.
It would meet, as it has already done,
the affirmance of nearly the whole nation.
But another point, and the oniy other
about which there could any difficulty arise,
would be tho one now causing the fiercest
conflict in tho ranks of Democracy, viz:
September 23, 1808.
1.MLL. 18581 llamillon&Grabam,
L IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
Are now prepared to otter on the mo*t favorable term9,
to WHOLESALE BUYERS, a large stock of For-eign
and Oomeslic Bry Goods, selected
with great care lor the Fall & Winter Trade,
which, for variety, beauty, and its adaptation to the
NORTH CAROLINA,
VIRGINIA, AND
TENNESSEE TRADE,
will be found second to none. Buyers from all sections i to protect what their people believe tt wrong
.re invited to*^^M^i|W«^"a«to»°'®4rStock« for them, by their active agency, to, uphold
prices, &c. No. GO S 1 L A.MUKr. & 1 ttt.t-i.
September 10. Petersburg, Va.
E^DGCWORTH FEMALE SEMINARY. GREEXSBOItOUGII, N. C.
11
«•" ;• are constant
:--:.i:i. with
he advantage
practice in MEDICINE AND
every new discovery that is valua-has
furnished his OPERATING ROOMS
_ •••• Street, second Btory if Garrett's brick build-
•', .'.■""•'.'" *:;! !UWH> s be found uule=s professionally
"■- April 29, 18S8. r 98i> tf
The nineteenth annual session of this Institution wi
commence on the 8rd of August, 1831'.
The course of study is thorough and systematic,
embracing everything necessary to a complete, solid
and ornamental education. The BUILDINGS are so
arranged as to combine the comforts of a home with
the advantages of a X HOOl. Instructors of the
highest qualifications are employed in each of the
Departments,
TERMS:
Board, including washing, lights, and fuel per session
of five months, i^if!',!r
,
Tuition in the regular classes 20.00
Catalogues containing all necessary information
respecting the course of Instruction. Terms, &c, will
be forwarded on application to
RICHARD STERLING. Principal,
38 Gresnsboiough, N. C.
them; thus leaving the people to adopt or
reject it, as it may please them, when they
meet together to form a State gorvornment.
These propositions, established and rati-fied
by a large majority of the people, North
and South, with the further agreement that
the present legislation of Congress on the
subject should be untouched, and this hydra
of discord, which now breathes its pestilen-tial
poison over the land, would be effectual-ly
stilled. The legimate objects of national
legislation would occupy the National Leg-islature;
and the real and vital interests of
tho Republic would receive their rightful ac-tention
Instead of a peeplo at discord, and
almost at sword's points, we would be as
brethren. The animosities excited by past
differences would bo forgotten, and we would
be a nation as one with itself.
Is there any thing in these propositions
which should prevent their acceptance by
conservative patriots every where? And
would they not attain all that, to my hope-ful
spirit, they appear to indicate?
Let mo repeat these proposition, and add
to them a few others upon general politics,
upon which I think all Uoustitution-loving
men can unite, and let us sec if they do not
present a body of principles that will secure
the support of all men opposed to sectional-ism
and its direful and inevitable tendencies.
1. New States shall be admited into the
Union without regard to whether they ad-mit
or reject slavery in their constitutions.
2. In all acts of Congress hereafter organ-izing
Territorial governments there shall be
inserted a provision that no laws shall be
passed by tho Legislature of such Territo-ries
prohibiting or interfering with the exis-tence
of shivery in them, thus leaving the
people to adopt or reject it, as it may please
them, when they meet together to form a
State constitution.
3. The present legislation of Congress on
tho subject of slavery to remain unaltered.
4. Tho entire subject of slavery, except as
involved in tho foregoing propositions, to be
whtlely withdrawn from the arena of nation-al
politics, and left, where it belongs, to tho
control and jurisdiction of the people among
whom it exists.
5. An economical administration of the
Federal Government, not merely in name,
but in reality; to bo effected by limiting the
expenses of printing to the actual necessi-ties
of the Government, by abolishing the
franking privilege, and separating altogeth-er
the contracts of the Government from
corrupt political influences.
6. The preservation of tho integrity of
the National Legislature by discountenan-cing
the appointment of members of Con-gress
to office: by condemning the indis-criminate
use of the Executive veto; by re-taining
in its full force the retreaty-making_
power to the Senate, and reserving tho con-"
trol of tho purse and the power of declar-ing
war where it now rests, in Congress.
7. No interference with the rights and pros-perity
of tho States by bringing within tho
control of Federal laws and tho Federal ju-diciary
the entire currency and nineteen-twentieths
of the indebtedness of the peo-l)
lc-
8. A just and manly administration of the
foreign policy of the Government; protect-ing
and asserting the rights of the Govern-ment
and of its citizens, whether native or
naturalised, against foreign aggression from
any quarter.
9. A bold and vigorous enforcement of the
laws against Territorial insubordination, and
tho enactment of additional onos if needed.
10. The appointment to office of faithful
and patriotic men, and not of mere partisans,
who for years past have, to the discredit- ot
the nation, filled the most prominent places
both at homo and abroad.
11. The preservation of the national hon-or,
by the fulfilment of all national obliga-tions,
and equal dealings with other Govern-ments.
With such or similar principles it would be
immaterial under what leadership the party
holding them would march to assured victo-ry.
Without the sacrifice of a substantial
advantage, tho South could yield its real or
supposed right to the positive intervention
of Congress in behalf of slavery in tho Ter-ritories,
and leave the development and
spread of tho institution to the energy of
its people and its own inherent advantages
where the fertility of the soil and tho pecu-liarity
of climate make it desiaablc. The
North, by a simple act of equal and exact
justice, could grant all that is asked ^ for in
the proposition I have submitted. This, or
any other basis of settlement once agreed on,
and rigidly adhered tD, (and tho man who
would disturb it should be regarded as a pub-lic
enemy,) there would be nothing to inter-rupt
tho harmony or arrest tho progress of
the nation. Already one of the first Pow-ers
on the globe, the Republic needs but
union at home and peace abroad to become
the greatest of which history has any re-cord.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—GOLHSBORO', Aug. 16,
1859 _A man named Elisha Herring, while
drank yesterday, refused to pay his fare on
tho Wilmington and Weldon Railroad pas-aenger
train, and was put oil-. Ho then laid
on The track, and the engineer on the up
train discovered him but too lato to stop the
train. His brains woro scattered in every
direction, his head being literally torn to
pieces. lie was a man without family, and
in good circumstances. That tcrriblo evil,
intoxication, it is that has hastened his death.
Tho body was taken on the train and brought
to this city.—Correspondent Rich. Despatch.
RETURN OF EX-PRESIDENT PIERCE.—Ex-
President Pierce and wife arrived at Boston
on Saturday, by the steamer America, from
Liverpool. In tho evening, Mr. Pierce re-
Congress, based on a paragraph in the decis- ceived the compliment of a serenade, and
ion of the Supreme Court in tho Drcd Scott made a speech, in which he returned thanks
for the cordiality of his welcome, and com-mented
upon the greatness of the country.—
Ho left this country in December of 1857,
The
twitted
the "wltf
[Prlii the Raleigh 'Standard, Sept. *.]
'Deifocratic 1 oas"—alias Firebrand. j
We ha\T- patiently submitted for the space
of three rsonths to the attacks which have
been mad$ upon us by the Firebrand and the
Warrontc* News, n<". being disposed, on our
own accou t, to prolong a controversy with
papers w! ich professed even to be Democrat-ic.
Our 1 lotives have been questioned, our
course hi been misrepresented, and every
effort has been made to prejudice Democrats
against u Conscious of the purity of our
motives, nd seeking not our own personal
advancon ent, but tho paramount good of tho
Democrajc party, \.»i made up our mind to
disregard those attacks, and to leave it to
the partjjgenerally to do us justice and to
"eommary the peace." For ourself wo ask
nothing, Ivhile for the sake of harmony and
for the cause we car bear much ; but, when
we see sifih Democrats as Gov, Ellis, Henry
M. Shawfand Alfred M. Scales assailed, re-flected
n]j|on, and unrepresented, we should
be untru* to tho duties of our position if we
remainet silent any longer.
The la t "Democratic Press," alias Fire-brand,
<c itains the fo'lowing article :
" W Hi r is IT TO Ufl ?—We are frequently
y persons who do not understand
ys and wherefores," with the fact
that thcfRaleigh Register receives favors at
the bant ) of our Slate Executive and we do
not. Th )so porsons seem to think it strange
that an opposition paper, actively engaged
in tryinj; to pull down the Democratic party
and to bjuild up its own, should find more fa-vor
in tljio eyes of Gov. Ellis than one active-ly
engaged in the cause of Democracy; and
they try to abato our zeal for Democracy by
telling us that we ate "working for nothing
and finding ourself."
Now'in reply to all this, we have simply
to say: {those persons who twit us thus are
doing worse than working for nothing, if*
they suppose that our course will be influ-enced
by such a party [paltry] consideration
as the doing of 815 or WO worth of adverti-sing,
foi Gov. Ellis, in the course of a year.
Wo dori't expect to receive our pay from
that quarter; that was not in all our calcu-lations.!
We expect our reward from the
high ntinded, intelligent and independent
Democracy. We expect to make a living,
and we^expect to da it independent of State
patronage. Gov. Ellis is under no obliga-tions
to us, not even ibr the support we gave
him; we are under no obligation to him, and
it's nobody's business whether Gov. Ellis
sees fit >o recognise and patronize our paper,
or whe ler he prefers the Register before us.
He is free man—so are we. Will the
above t tisfy those who have twitted us ?"
Now Gov. Ellis has published but one ad-vertise'
lent in the Register and Standard
since tl ! 1st of May This ho did as Presi-dent
ty ■yffieio of the Literary Board. The
"Demcuj-atic Press" was not in existence un-til
afteijthe 20th of May; and tho advertise-ment
nierrcd to was published in tho Stand-ard
amfRegister of the 7th of May. So the
statemtfit of tho Firebrand is not in accor-dance
vCith the facts. Governor Ellis could
not ha\|i asked a paper which was not in exis-tence
towublish tho advertisement. It is true
that tlV Commissioners of the new Bank,
Gov. E*is, Mr. Treasurer Courts, and Mr.
Comptroller Brogden, have recently publish-ed
advertisements iti the Register, Standard,
and Other papers and have omitted to pub-lish
infthe Fress; but they no doubt had
good r^isons for omitting that paper, and
Gov. Ens surely is not to be held rcsponsi-
*W. But why is Gov. Ellis singled
assailed? 'Mr. Treasurer Courts
.. .ished an advertisement in the Eegis-ter
amiigandard sine- the "Democratic Press"
mmenced, and yet tho Firebrand
D allusion to that. It is tho_ "State
-e"—the Governor, John W. Ellis,
offended this mighty sheet, and not
asurer Courts, though tho former
, as wo have shown, while the latter
ve published n the "Fress."' What
is the n caning of this; ? Does the Firebrand,
which availably follows its little interests
withou rogard to principle, as the pig fol-lows
its nose, hope to divide Democrats hero
at the c ntre, and then profit by the division ?
Is that he game it is playing ?
But 1 0 take high T ground,—we maintain
that, as tho custom it both parties has here-tofore
I een to publish State and Literary
Board ; dvertiscments in tho Register and
Standai I, and as the people of both parties
have sanctioned this rustom, it ought not to
tion of Congress to protect slavery in the
Territories bo allowed ? Or is there some
via media which shall also prove a via tuta.—
There must be some compromise here. The
South would not submit to tho theory of
Mr. Douglas, as it takes away the substance
and leaves hardly tho shadow of rigJit. The
North would not yield to the theory of Gov.
Wise, because requiring ot it a positive act
or maintain. This theory of protection by
Suprc
case, is of recent origin, and finds many
advocates at the South, who do no? reflect
upon the utter impossibility of procuring
such legislation from Northern meii. It is
sufficient for slavery if it is let alone in the
Territories. It will go where soil and climate
and production invito it, and will beet no
opposition from tho people who live (here.—
: It is from those who know nothing df slave-ry
in its practical workings that opposition
comes. What 1 suggest, that tho fripnds of
tho Union, of harmony, of the Government,
shall resolve on this vexed question is, that
in all Territorial acts it shall bo hereafter
inserted that no laws shall be passed,by the
Legislatures of the Territories prohibiting or
blc for
out an
has pu i:
was c<
makes I
Execut
who ha
Mr. Tr
could m ,
could hi
be dept
Dcmoci »tof tho best stamp, is at the same
time th
party.
all tho
vertisei
rted from. John W. Ellis, while a
and has been absent about twenty months.
leF" The latest Democratic defalcation at gjjjT il..Vemade ancrhasion for assailing him?
Governor of the State, and not of a
It would nol[be right, in matters where
>eople arc interested, to confine ad-ients
exclusively to tho journals
which 8 re supporters of the administration,
and to prescribe all others. This was the
view entertained by Gov. Beid and Gov.
Bra"f. li Their practice was to give adver-tisements
to the J'-gisier and other Whig
prints; and we newer heard them charged
with a disposition to build up a paper which
was "trying to pall down the Democratic
party."! When Gov. Morehead, Gov. Gra-ham,
arid Gov. Manly were in office, they
gave advertisement* M tho kind referred to,
to the Standard and other Democratic prints ;
and we never heard that they were charged
by any of their friends with a disposition to
build up the Standard or the Democratic par-ty.
No, the Firebrand was determined to as-sail
Gov. Ellis, as it;has assailed Dr. Shaw
and Mr. Scales, and t has seized upon this
as a pretext. Those who control it bavo a
motive in so doing.- Wo think wo could
guess where this att i<?k originated, but we do
not choose to do so tow. It did not origin-ate
in tho Capitol, at among sound Demo-crats.
But the Firebrand says it has been "twit-ted"
because it has received no Executive
natronage. Who has "twitted" it? _ Certain-ly*
no oiio has done so publicly. Why, then,
should the Editor, or the nominal Editor, pa-rade
his personal griefs before the public ?—
Would he, if he had! been a friend of Gov.
We expect our reward from tho high-minded,
intelligent and independent Democracy." He
says he expects his "pay." No doubt of that.
Precious little does he care for principles, or
for the Democratic cause, if he can get his
"pay." But he looks—not to Gov. Ellis—
but to "high-minded" men for his reward !—
Is there a Democrat in the State who will
endorse that reflection on John W. Ellis?—
"Tell it not in Gath—publish it not in the
streets of Askalon," that R. Harper Whita-ker,
of the Firebrand, does not look to Gov.
Ellis for recognition or for patronage, hut he
expects his "pay" from "high minded" Demo-crats
!
But this attack upon Gov. Ellis will recoil
on the heads of its authors. It cannot in-jure
him. Strong in the affections of the
Democracy of tho State, and conscious as he
is of tUe purity and integrity ot his motives,
the insinuations cast upon him by tho treach-erous
and tiie selfish, who would destroy the
party to promote their own little interests,
will only serve to sink them lower, while
they will raiso him higher in the popular
regard. In this case the viper is emphati-cally
gnawing a file.
We now appeal to our Democratic cotem-porariesin
all portions of tho State to look
into these things, and to como to th'e rescue
of the party against the plots and machina-tions
of disorganizors. Dr. Shaw has been
assailed, Mr. Scales has been assailed, both
by the firebrand and tho Warrenton AVtcs;
and Gov. Ellis has been held up untrue to
the duties of his position and Ins responsi-bilities
as a Democrat It was not enough I
that Dr. Shaw and Mr. Scales were defeated, I
after as noble and* as able a campaign as
Democrats over made; the Warrenton Xews,
to serve a few persons who own it, and to
curry favor with Mr. Branch, after Mr.
Branch, had shaken it from his coat-tail,
comes forward to reproach those gallant men,
and to reprimand them for not advocating
the Thirty Million bill. Are these things to
bo endured ? The cloud is small just now—
no larger than a man's hand; but it may gath-er,
and unless promptly dispersed, it may
produce injuries which years of labor will
not repair. For our part wo ask nothing at
the hands of our cotemporaries or of the
Democratic party of the State. If it be ne-cessary,
in order to ensure harmony, to sac-rifice
us, let it be done. We owo every thing
to the gallant and confiding Democracy of
North Carolina. If we are in tho way ot the
Firebrand and of the Warrenton AYtrs, or of
those who control those shoots, let the Dem-ocrats
in their primary meetings say so, and
wc will bow without a word to their decision.
If any of our Democratic cotemporaries
think that they would have borno more than
wc have borne from tho two sheets referred
to, let them put themselves in our place, look
at all tho surroundings, and then give us the
benefit of a reconsideration of their opinion.
If they suppose that wo are disposed to be
dogmatical or dictatorial, wo beg them to be-lieve
that they have done us great injustice.
Our first thought, or ruling thought is always
for the cause; and if we have now and then
spoken freely and severely, tho language
was not meant for them, or for tho truo
Democrats, but was the result of the most
ardent desire to do our part in defending
tho principles and maintaining the organiza
tion of tho party. Wo have assumed noth-ing
for the Standard which we have not free-ly
and cheerfully accorded to our cotempo-raries
referred to. We repeat, we make this
appeal, not on our own account, but on ac-count
of the cause. See to it, brvthcrn, that
treason is silenced, disorganization rebuked, ami
harmony restored. If you think that the
Firebrand, the Warrenton News, and those
who control or countenance them are right,
say so; ifyou thinlc that they are not right,
and that the nuisance ought to be abated,
say so. The collected will, tho concentrated
indignation of tho Democratic party of the
State would biast these concerns into silence
and oblivion. It is ymtf province to collect
that will and to concentrate thatindignation.
li is idle to hope that these sheets can bo re-formed
under their present auspices. The
thing is impossible. Wo would hope, if we
could, but wo know them too well to hope.
Penance may humble them for a time, but
nothing less than political outlawry will
abate the evil.
We expect to continue and conclude in
our next what wc have to say on this sub-ject.
We expect to expose, even more thor-oughly
than we have done to-day, the con-duct
of the Firebrand and the N*KS and to
give to the party and tho public a clue to
their motives for assailing us. We expect
to show that those motives aro personal and
Washington—that of Edmond French, pay
clerk in the Bureau of Construction—will
reach an undefined amount. The deficien-cies
thus far reach §15,000. The embezzle-ments
wore carried on chiefly by the altera-tion
of vouchers.
CHOLERA IN ENGLAND.—Cholera has again
appeared in England, and it comes, as usual,
from Hamburg. Duringtho last week twenty-four
deaths are stated to have occurred from
interfering with the existence of slarery in this cause in London.
Would Ihe not, if he h'jad been a friend to Gov.
Ellis, and disposed lb do him justice, have
called lpon him p. i lately and represented
his claims to patronage, without assailing
him ai he has done, publicly, merely on a
priva'-c "twitting?' But the nominal Edi-tor,
straightening himself up, and drawing
on that largo ptocli of independence which
ho is known to possess, declares that "we
don't expect to recejvo our pay from that
quarter; that was deft in all our calculations.
'1
malignant; the result of a personal favor ex-pected
or looked for on tho part of tho Newt,
but not offered or volunteered by us; and ot
a personal favor asked by the Firebrand, and
refused by US. Alter our noxt issue, how-ever,
we Shall pay no attention to tho at-tacks
which may bo made on us by these
two sheets. Nothing which they may say
about us will move us to reply. For the
sake of harmony, and for the good of the
cause, we will submit to their attacks, look-ing
to tho Democratic people to do usjus
tice ; but if they shouid assail Gov. Ellis, or
Dr. Shaw, or Mr. Scales, or Mr. Clingman,
or Gov. Bragg, or Mr. Branch, or Mr. Blcd-soc,
or any other good Democrat, whether
humble or exalted to position, w<i will cer-tainly
defend them and assail these sheets
in return.
[From the Raleigh Standard, Sept. 10.]
Tho Warrenton News and the Firebrand.
Wc referred in our last to the malignant
and disorganizing conduct of these papers,
and especially to the attack made by the
Firebrand on Gov. EUia We propose now
to resume and conclude the subject.
It is significant of a settled purpose on the
part of the Firebrand to create dissensions,
that paper assailed Gov. Ellis for tho first
time after the Standard, in reply to an oppo-sition
journal, had declared for him for Gov-ernor
for another term. Nothing which the
Standard docs or omits to do, pleases the
Firebrand. Every issue of that paper for tho
last three months, while it has been preaching
harmony, and while we havo been silent
under its attacks, has contained some insid-ious
and malignant reflection on the Senior
Editor of this paper.
The Warrenton News and the Fin brand
aro both influenced iu their course towards
us by malice and envy. Some time since
we failed to volunteer to sign the bond of
Mr. Walsh, which he gave as a consideration
for the News establishment to .he former
owner; and we have the best reasons for
believing that from that very moment all
Mr. Walsh's feelings towards ut changed,
and he became our deadly enemy, ft is
well that he did not ask us to sign tho bond,
for such was our regard for him then that
we would doubtless have done it; and i; we
had, the charge made against uti would in-deed
have been plausible, that we instigated
and encouraged him to assail Mr. Branch,
Gov. Bragg, Mr. Clingman, and Mr. Page,
as ho did last fall. As it was, wc were ? lear
oven of the appearance of having enoourigod
or endorsed his course on the occasion tefer-red
to. The truth is, we disapproved it,
and would have remonstrated with him but
for the suspicions which got abroad, we
know not how, that we bud had some agen-cy
in or connection with the attacks which
he made on those gentlemen. Every man
of integrity—every gentleman will readily
perceive that our hands were tied as long as
theso suspicions existed or were in circula-tion.
So much for the personal malice of Mr.
Walsh.
Somo time sinco Mr. R. Harper Whitaker
called at our office and asked us, in the pres-ence
of our Associate, to sign his bond for
one thousand dollars, which ho was to give
for the power-press he now uses. W% de-clined,
as politely as we knew how, to sign
tho bond. We declined, not because of any
disposition to seo Mr. Whitaker embarrassed
in his business, for at that time wo wore
friendly with him, and would havo aided
him, if we could have done so consistently
with a determination we had formed in re-lation
to our own affairs. It Las not been
our habit of late to sign as surety, and we so
told Mr. Whitaker. When wo do sign a
bond we expect, if the principal cannot take
it up, to do so ourself. Such has been our
practice heretofore. Wo havo looked as
much to the moral as to the legal obligation
incurred as surety, as some of our friends in
this commuuity happen to know We did
not feel willing to incur this obligation lor
Mr. Whitaker; and we have the best rea-sons
for believing that from that moment ho
became our enemy. This was before the
"Press" or Firebrand was "ommenced, and
it was this personal feeling which mainly
influenced him, as Secretary of a Democratic
meeting, to withhold the proceedings liom
the Standard, to monoplize them for his own
(neutral; paper, and to furnisa a portion ol
them to tho Register, the Know Nothing
organ, beforo we had oven socn them.
So much for tho personal malice of Mr.
Whitaker.
Tho Warrenton News has teemed for tho
last two or three months with tho grossest
falsehoods in relation to tho Senior Editor of
the Standard both as a politician and a man.
Wo have not noticed, and shall not notice
these falsehoods in detail. We simply de-clare,
as wo havo herotoforo declared, that
all its statements in relation to tho 'iovern-ship,
the Sonatorship, and as to our put.
for the future, are unqualifiedly false. They
aro nothing more and nothing less than lies,
manufactured by the Editor. Ho also lied,
wilfully and knowingly, when he charged
that we considered ourself above otl er me-chanics,
and would not speak to him or to
other mechanics on tho streots Evtry me-chanic
and every citizen of Raleigh knows
this charge to bo false.
But while wo decline to notice Mr. vValsh's
falsehoods in detail, especially thost which
were intended to affect us personally, there
are somo of a political nature which our du-ty
as a public Democratic journalist require*
us to refer to.
Tho Warrenton News states, on (ho au-thority
of Maj. Drake, one of tho Committee,
that tho Thirty Million bill was n it men-tioned
in Committee at tho Franklintiii Con-vention.
Maj. Drake is mistaken. The
Thirty Million bill was mentioned, and no
member of the Committee propose 1 to aa>
dorso it in the resolutions to bo reported to
tho Convention. The resolution on ihe sub-ject
of tho acquisition of Cuba, drawn up by
tho Senior Editor of tho Standard, passed
the Committee unanimously, precisely as it
had been written, and afterwards pasted ihe
Convention by acclamation. Maj. Drake is
a gentleman of truth—but he is ifMictcd
with deafness, and that accounts for his not
having heard tho conversation on t.ie sub-ject.
We mot no member of that Conv-.-n-lion
who was decidedly in favor of tiie Thir-ty
Million bill; yet the Convention, acting
in a liberal and magnanimous spirit, winch
wo trust will always characterize sti.h bod-ies
declined to make it, a test, but, an Mr.
Branch was the author of it, it was left to
him and to tho party generally to defl nd
tho bill against tho unjust attacks of the op-position
; the whole party being for him as
the nominee, with tho undcrstun'fiiig that to
vote for him was neither to approve nor dis-approve
the bill. That was tho feeling—
that was the sense of the Frariklintt n Con-venton.
And yet, though the Convention
which nominated Mr. Branch, tho author of
tho bill, declined to endorse tho mensem and
to bring it forward as a Democratic test, tho
Warrenton News insists that it was a t -1,
and has in substance expressed its gratifica-tion
at tho defeat of Dr. Shaw and Mr. Scales
because they did not advocate tho bill.
Again : Some four weeks before the !ate
election, Mr. Branch published a Card in the
Standard, iu which ho emphatically declared
that tho Thirty Million bill .was not a test.—•
Mr. Branch also stated in the Curd referred
to, that ho had exhausted every effort with
"tho side which had manifested mosl Mai in
his behalf"—meaning tho Newt and '.hoV-"</<-
brand, and their peculiar friends—to settle
the feud which cxistod in this District. The
inference was that these effo ts had failed,
and thai Mr. Branch, as the candidate of the
party in the District, had separated; himself
as for as was practicable or proper, from the
influences and surrounding- of tho jour-nals
rcforred to. And what was the res ill?
NEITHER THE News MM THE FrisbT&mdrvnm
I.ISHKD MR. BRANCH'S CARD,on ITO MttB
TO IT; but, feeling keenly the inference against
them which every one drow from Mr. Branch's
Card, they went to work wil,i renewed en-ergy
to make tho Thirty Mill on bill a test.
What their motive was wo l.now not, but
their course was calculated, if not intended,
to injure Mr. Branch and every Democratic
candidate for Congress in the State.
Again : About this timo the Hon. Weldon
N. Edwards wrote some article on the sub-ject
lor the Warrenton News, n which he in-sistcd
that this bill was a Democratic test—
Wo remonstrated respectfully agai ist this