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1 mrmr: -From the Wilmington Journafr-H fPUBUCIANDS. '"'iJissloAxlLkM - - Veto Message A . v- - - ;..ri vi u j r 1 u i .i....:.. tween Messrs. Ashe and Leak, and had my attrnt on drawn-by the-reference of both the gentlemen to one of the most able state-papers ever written by Gen. . Jackson I mean his veto land bill message. Each .of the gentlemen quoted from this message,' and. in . f or Jer to sustain himself cheerf ully offered to bear half of the expenses necessary to issue ten thousand co pies of it in pamphlet form for distribution. This bffer was intended as evidence of the sincer ity' of 'their respective opinions', hut in. the conclusion . of their debate Mr. Ashe staled as he was willing, yea, anxious; to let the voters of the District decide . . who was correct in his quotations from the message, ' ' he wished Mr. Leak would adhere to his proposition " to have it re-printed, each of them .bearinsr half of the expenses.' Prom this Mr. Leak backed out. This back out clearly shows a consciousness on the part of Air. Leak that he had misquoted Jackson s opin . ions on the distribution of the lands among the States. But in order entirely to .satisfy myself, 1 procured a copy of the message and have given it a careful pe ru3af, and well, indeed, lugitt Mr. Leak back out; for it does appear to. me that there is not a single sen tence in the message but what is authority against him. The bill in question was one for the distribu - tions of the proceeds of the lands among the several ' States, is also a . partial distribution of the lands ..themselves. Jackson, in his veto, after reviewing tlie different deeds of cession, shows conclusively, that no distribution of the lands or their proceeds among the States could be consistent with the condi " tien of the different deeds of cession; and as the Con. stitution of the United States makes all of these com . pacts binding on the present Government, he conclud- ed that Congress had no right to pass such a bill. Hut independent of the want of power in Congress .to do Mm, ih old General expressly declares that there are other considerations which would compel ; him to veto the bill ; and as these consideration! have M ."l.rone application jow as heretofore, and in my 1 Spinioa should be decisive of the fate of this Saun ders hobby, I send you the enclosed extract, which I hope you will be able to publish in your valuable Journal. . These extracts contain the portion of the message showing tlae fatal policy of distribution. A SPECTATOR. Extract from Jackton' Vctu Xleasage of the Land , BU!I)ec. 4, 1833 StatamanU Manual Jppen .;'.;' ' dir. p. 37 : But there are other principles asserted in the bill 7 .which should have irapelled me to withhold my sig nature, had I not seen in it a violation of the coiu pacts by which the United States-acquired title to a large portion of public lands. It reasserts the prin ciple contained in the bill authorizing a subscription v to the stock of the Maysvillle, Washington, Paris, and Lexington turnpik-road company, from which I was compelled to withhold ray consent for reasons contained in my message on the 27ih May, 1830, to the house of representatives. The leading principle then asserted was, that Con gress possesses no constitutional power to appropri ate any part of the moneys of the United States for objects of a local character, within the States. That principle, I can not be mistaken in supposing has received the unequivocal sanction bf the American v- ppie, ana an suosequenl reflection has but satisfied ;.r ine more thoroughly, that the interest of our people ,. and the purity of our government, if not its existence! depend en its observance. The public lands are the common property of the United States, and the mon eys arising from their sales, are a part of the public revenue. ITus bill proposes to raise from and ap propriate a portion of this public revenue to certain states, providing expressly, that it shall fc applied to objects of internal improvement or education within .those slater and then proceeds to appropriate the balance to all the stales, w ith the declaration, that it shall be applied to such purposes as the lWaturet of the sutd respective stales shill deem proper." The for" uer appropriation is expressly for internal improve ment or education, without qualification as to the Ittjttil?10""'' nd. express vio lation ol the principle maintained in my objections - to the turnpike-road bill, above referr-M t., -Ph. i. ter appropriation is more broad, and gives the money ZwJS't a ,0a.nj, ,oca,,ParP0" whatsoever, li will not be denied that under the provisions of the bill, a portion of the money might have been applied to making the very road to which the bid of 1830 had reference, and must of course come within the scope of the same principle. If the money of the United Sta e. cannot be applied to local purposes VJv IUh !tS W" aSents. " H"le can it be permit--ted to be thus expended "through the agency of the Estate governments." 7 e It has been supposed that with all the reductions i.. our revenue which could be spee.ily effected by Con gress, without injury to the -ubskmial interests ol the country, there might be for some years to come a surplus of moneys in the treasury, and that there was in principle, no objestion to returning thtra to the peeple by whom they were paid. As the literal ac complishmen of such an ol.ject is obviously i,prac. licable, it was thought admissable, as the nearest ap proximation to it, to hand them over to the state cov vernments,LHemore immediate representatives of the FCiL8 1 apP,,ed 10 lhe benefi of 'hose o whom they properly belenged. The principle and the object was, to return to the people an unavoidable surplus ofrevenue, which might havebeen pZ by them under a system which could not at once be a- ?. !Ue, ;(,bul,even "sonrce, which at one time seemed to be almost the only alternative to save the over internal improvements, was suggested will, douubs of its constitutionality. " But this bill assumes a new principle. lis obieci is not to return to the people an unavoidable surplus of revenue paid in by ibem, but to create a surplus for disu.bution among the states. It seizes the ni re as a surplus, making it necessary to raise the monevs tl'ZT!? lhr"nm'ata tig the gS al charges from other sources. It even throws the entire land system upon the customs for i s suLori and makes the public lands a perpetual char "'upon the treasury, ft does not return to the people mon ey, accidentally or unavoidably paid bt&o; government, by which they are np? wanted ; 7ut com! pels ihe peopfe ,0 pay money8 int0 the 0m.. iiKryf".rp of c,eaiin2a surp,o$ tor i-riZior to tiieir Sute governments. to PPetoClPhea,b onceadmit.it is not difficult io perceive to what consequence it mav lead ai ready this bill, by throwing the land s J,n on toe revenues from import, for support, virHi disuih te. among the State a part if thoe revues Th'e proportion may be increased from time lo whh! 00,l a. t Panre lrom lhe P"nciple new IsZ Wed Un?il?2 V,U,e,ruPP0" Oom the treasury of the United States; or, if a sufficient supply should be oh! tameJ by some State and not by others ihJ A 5 s . Sute. might complain, and SpJ dC TLlnf C0,tC1ffreM' woPuiassumrng ay new P- nciple, need go bat one step fuither and pJt Z salaries of all the State governors, judged, aff ot 1, officers, with a sufficient sum for other ex jenses in their general approparition bill. MPen8e. n aPPwrs to me that a more direct road t .dation cannot be devised, "mo, i of t SrwSri.T" PaT8 " P"'i office". If eoncemrV.L7 -n Pv,l,Cal p0Wer be -btantial- tinguishw tbem would be converted7 into 1 profusion mited only by the extent of the.onX C' a thl?? V a" U,e i0orce of 3,1 emolamenu . ........ vl Kcmiltl power. I am quite sure that th intellisent prverai otaies will be saiifil a r" their local Legislates from their levrn. 7f --- m ineir responsibility of i BovV.."-;ef,8arV 0pPrl lhejr ! IiZ'TZkI,, over most of. TheJ rmml ll?h? no con,ro1- -hall be The taiil!i,nk " "Pede- Congress ; tate government. ?tE?m 8n,d P"-"?'8' of all their into one masTof cmm aff ,Pma,,u?11 'heir officer. nSf-.Mi is tw'obvion. th. I" "M. wtpiuon feel- ncb a course would : subvert wwelrbalanced ay stcmof-gov eminent, and ummatelj Jepriye u of ajltbe ieseingsiiowdeme Yruiri our hunnv Union. " ,..:- . ;,.. ' : : .-'' r1owTe owever wiliing I might jbe mat any unavoidable- the Treasury; snoold be-returned to tne UirteroTerninentinnoVM. '7 Innl tr Ik npiniiinU that nfitlna n ta t 'kAtavAaiAil JaP '? lonl In ikAnrfnAiiiU that s wiirtfiiw mav 'Ka' Arda(af) fr I WW... IU IU ...w. H WW .w M. W - WW,.Wl VW..rW W : k t. i? -l. ' -rT; , .i 7 i n s jne purpose oi, aisiriounqn. viewing mis diii aa in 'eitect assuming tb.etignnotonly.to create a sorpius k. . a:-:a- ?u ,. Trma-9aJa onff ;h(1 wilh i;mi,B,;on;f,n, whai- Treasury among the States with limitation, from what-. ever source they may be derived, and asserting the power to raise and appropriate money for the support of every State government and institution, as well as ; for making every local improvement, however trivial, 1 can not give it uiy assent. - : ' , J It is difficult to perceive what advantages would accrue to the old States, or the new, from the system of distribution which this bill proposes, if it were otherwise unobjectionable. : It requires no argument to prove that, if three millions of dollars a year, or any other sum, shall be taken out of the Treasury by this bill for distribution, it must be replaced by the same sum collected from the people through some other means. The old States will receive annually a sum of money from the Treasury, hut they will pay in a larger sum, together with the expense of collection and distribution. It is only their proportion of seven eight of the proceeds of land sales which they are to receive, but they must pay theirdue proportion of the whole. Disguise it as we may, the bill proposes to them a dead loss, in the ratio otcighr to seven, in ad- i lion to expenses and other incidental osses. This assertion if not the less true because it may not at first be palpable.t For the Standard. VENABLE WHICH SHALL LEWIS AND WE TAKE? Mr. Editor : A Whi? is-now in the fiI.L and I do not suppose any one has a right to complain. Mr. uogers cenainiy nas a right to be a candidate and the W nigs have a right to keep their principles be fore the people. But it seems to me, sir, that there should be some understanding among the democrats, and therefore that they shiuld express themselves freely and endeavor to concentrate on one man, so as to prevent the suceess of the whig; for it is well known that this district is larsrelv democratic nd cannot of course be represented by a whig. I think ii is mucn to be regretted that the democrats failed to have a convention, but so it is, and we must now do the best we can. It is not right, Mr. Editor, that this district should be represented bv a ivtiirr tha democrats have a majority and are therefore entitled to the representative. Let' us then concentrate; and tha question is hw and upon whom can this be done. 1 would not, IMr. Editor, undertake others, but it does seem io me that no real democrat could hesitate for a moment which of the two demo cratic candidates he would choose. Lewis stands upon the old democratic doctiine has placed him self upon the p'atform laid down br his nartv last year fights with the same weapons that were used against Scott during the last campaign denounces distribution in every form, and has had the nerve and independence to attack Mr. Venable fearlessly, and .a suMauieu Himself uianiui v in the canvasa. Mr. Venable, on the other hand, has aiJd with ti whigs on the distribution question has disannuintoil his party has in fact done more to break uo and din. tract his parly than any man in the State declares ins uuterminatton to continue to do so. and ?oei on apparently regardless of the success or wishes of his party. Indeed at Washington, when it was charged upon him that he had acknowledged himself with the whigs on the two most important questions of the day, viz : the land and the Cuban question, he did not deny it, but said that he was glad that he and the whigs were together on these questions, and that he wished the old party lines broken down. Now I ask the good old-fashioned femocrats of this district if they.are prepared to gfcre up their princi ples which they, have long been proud to claim ! Are they willing to back out from their party to ac knowledge themselves wrong to go over and join the whigs in their darling measure! If so, they can not choose an abler champion that Mr. Venable. 1 cannot see why a democrat should prefer him to a whig. The only point Mr. Rogers touches upon in his card is that of distribution says he is in lavor of an equal distribution. Mr. Venable says he is in favor of an unequal distribution for he particularly declares that the new States are entitled to the most of the public lands. Now I say sir that owino- to these principles of Air. Venable the democrats" of this district cannot support him, at any rale they can not unite on him. Who would not prefers whig even who would come out boldly and call himself by his proper name ! ' What, then, is to prevent con centration upon Mr. Lewi, t He is a young man of taleut has made a fine impression wherever he has gone, and I can say with salety has done himselt great credit; and besides, if I know anything about the mailer holds the doctrine of his. partyf I am sure, at any rate, will be the least objectionable to his party. I believe he is the choice of the district, at least of those two. From the information I can gain 1 do not believe that Veuable will gtt more than two counties of the seven, viz : Granville and War ren. In this connexion I would o-lauRM at a ni ivui a rrauKiin democrat which 1 saw in the Stan dard of last week. I do not regard the piece as en r.. . E 1. 1: r .... . . r uuea io a serious notice ; but when he says that venable, to which" the people are under such obli iuii Lien is ciose in mis county, it is cnariiy to say that 1 do not suppose he knows the sentiment in this county ; and as to his insinuations against i,ewis as an equal for Venable, I shall only say that I'll leave that to those who have heard them speak. I hope we shall hear from different parts of uio uismci. YO I Eu Franklin, July Uih,-1853. For the Standard. Granville Count y, July 15, 1853. r. iioldcn : 1 have read with much attention a w.u...u....awuii in juur paper 01 juiy um, purport ing to be from a Democrat of Wake who seems to believe he has expressed the opinion of a larre ma jority of the Democratic party of Wake respecting the Congressional election of the fourth District Messrs. Venable and Lewis beinr the then ennt! ing candidates. Wake sets off by setting up the claims oi .ti r. uewis as me regular nominee of the Demo r m 1 1 f nrla li.i.iAn f it- - "".ouso iwruuiii some nve orsix men met at Ra'.eigh on the last day of June past, purport ing to be delegates from Johnston county, held a ionvention and nominated Mr. Lewis at the Domn cralic candidate for Congress, without even the Wake delegation meeting, arter calling long and loud for a County Convention to meet and appoint those dele gates,and after appointing fifty, there was not one met in Convention, as I am informed ; but Johnston spoke out and that was enough tor the Wake Democrat; he considers Lewis the regular nominee of the party. Now, sir, I for one am not willing to swallow either the edicts ot the Johnston delegation, or even the Wake Democrat himself, and I am very certain I ex press the voice of the Democracy of Granville when I say so, and 1 believe the voice of the whole District, Wake not excepted ; although I am a citizen of Gran ville, 1 live near the line and have had an opportuni ty of mixing with a laree portion of the nmru.-,. of Wake. and so far as I have been able to ascertain, Venable is the chcice of a majority cf the Democra cy mt Wake at least the northern portion of it. A gain, the Democrat of Wake seems to assume to be the expounder of Mr. Venable's principles, in which he is egregiously mistak'-n, or most wilfully mierep re&ents. Wake says: 1st.' That Mr. Venable isonnna t the acquisition of Cuba under all circumstances. 2d. tie is tetolly opposed to the compromise meaanr.. 3d. He is in favor of the distribution of the public lands amongst the Slates, or the proceed, of the sale of them; and.4th : He is a disunionist all of which is putting Mr. venable in a false dos t on. Tn th. first, Mr. Venable is opposed to the acquisition of Cuba oy conquest, out in lavor oi it on honorable terms so is President Pierce. 2d. He was opposed to the compromise, and voted against it as a whole; but it was passed by Congress and ratified and is now the law of the iand ; and as a law abiding man Mr. Ven ble acquiesce, in the compromise and pledge, him self to'.ostain it so was President Pierce and also the Baltimore platform. 3d. He " u!- pumio lands, but opposed to the d,8,r.lbotion ofTlhf 8-" -hereof-on-thisquestion he I8 Vth Gen. Jackson ..4th and lastly, it i. charged he is a disunionist. Mr. Editor. 1 have in goniby daJ" heard the Whigs charge Mr. Venable with being ,a nwonwi hn he was standing up in Congress "nd Offending southern institutions ; but, sir, it fa the . -- we wa ' " J heard the charge by a - e.ocra' or, wnr an these charges and com mo- ncauons published in the j Standard with fictjtiotw frames aecomrranyinjrthem,beiidertb nare ijeen comaiUulcai-d to the standard which were so barefac the Authors themselves- were cither a shaniedr afraid to' pul1heirnameslo them. .All this Tor what purpose t to try to defeat Mr.' Venable's election ; but all 4a vain. v My w.ord for; tC the ster ling Democracy of Ihe District'and' especially old Gran? ille, will acstain him almost a hanithously as the rvsuu vi me election win now."- t t it i As to the claims of Mr. Lewis, I- have not anirht to say. He is a young man whom I esteem and respect, of fair.talenta and acquirements, and one I should like to see promoted at a proper time ; but .ir.cireurastance. are somewhat changed. Since the article of the Wake Democrat was penned we have now a third candidate in the field, to-wit: Mr. Sion H. Uogers. Now, what is to be done? is it to be presumed that the Democ racy of Warren, Granville, and Orange should for sake their long and well tried representative, A. V. Venable, without fault or charge against him I One that has so long and so ably defended Democratic prin ciples and contended with the best Orators of the day, aud proved victorious in several former campaigns I ask in candor can it be presumed that such men will be sacrificed by a magnanimous people, and es pecially by those former friends ! No, Sir, no. Not withstanding Mr. Vet-able has now two opponents, I have but very little doubt but he will be triumphant ly re-elected to the Congress of the United States, the opinion of the letter-writers purporting to be from Franklin and Wake, and also the large delega tion from Johnston, to the contrary notwithstand ing Mr. Editor, I am not in the habit of uriting com munications for publication; but sir, 1 see so much injustice trying to be done Mr. Venable I am com pelled to refute some of lhe misrepresentations I see afloat in print, and not like some of your correspon dents wishing my name withheld from the public, I desire you to insert it at the bottom of my commu nication, as 1 am responsible for what I say, and oblige Yours, &c. JONATHAN M. STONE. For the Standard. Mr. H olden: The recent attempt at a Convention in this (the 4th) district failed from caases which are foreign to the object of this communication, and which therefore need not be enumerated. Mr Sion II. Rogers of Wake has declared himselt the Whig candidate, with the hope probably. of "running in" between Messrs. Venable and Lewis the majority in mis uisinct is not so large but that a tolerably equal division of the democratic suffrages between M essrs. Venable and Lewis, would facilitate such a catastrophe. The Whig party, almost to a man. would have supported Mr. V. as against Mr. L. had not Mr. Rogers or some other acceptable Whig an nounced himself; it therefore behoves the democrats of the district to recur to first and fundamental princi ples ; their maxim has been principles not men.' Let them look to these principles, for I assure them they are in danger ; let them choose that man who will best defend and carry out those principles. Mr. Lewis has been but little in public life, and before this campaign was but little known in this portion of the district he announces himself a thorough and uncompromising democrat, and also bis willingness to submit his claims to the decision of a convention whenever the people see fit to meet. Mr. Venable still calls himself a democrat upon the stump, but let us see if the testimony bears him out in the assertion. He hasvoted for " Bennett's Bill " as it is termed, while hi democratic colleagues Messrs. Ashe and Daniel voted against it This bill provides for a distribution of :he public land among the several States ; the great body of the democratic paily have spoken, written and resolved through their orators, presses and public meetings against ii ; the democratic party in my opinion cannot and will not be hoodwinked by a quibble between the word " land and the words " proceeds of the sales of such lands." It may be said that there isas manifes distinction between land and money, and so there let to some purposes, but here in either case is a trust fund for the purpose of paying the debt of the lederal government it is an argument ab inconvenicnlilo say that if we don't vote for Bennett's bill we will get none and therefore vote for it and it is absurd in theory and practice. In theory, because if the west and new States are so powerful in Congress as to give us only what they pleased, they will not be liberal enough to give us any thing, in other words if it was a gratuity would neverzetanything;and if it's a right which we have the power todemand and enforce, we can demand and enforce more than we received in Bennett's bill, and even if the old States have not the power alone to enforce their rights, no one who has any acquaintance with the course of legislative bodies will deny but that they have the balance of power. Now it, at least as plausible as their argu ments to say that while we sacrifice principle to get that which is not ours, let us get as much as we can. Why not say to Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Iowa that we will give you twice that which you receive under Bennett's bill, provided a clause to the same effect is inserted with regard to the old States 1 the argument is absurd in practice too, for the veto power yet remains, and if President Pierce will adhere (as we have every reason to believe he will) to the Bal timore Platform, the new State's bill could not be passed. Mr. Lewis plants himself on that platform, while Mr. Venable disregards it and lakes the Whir side of the issue. The time is drawing near when some choice is to be made a large majority of the democracy in this (Oranj-e) county will support Mr. Lewis, beyond question, and the Whigs will vote for Rogers to a man ; but what may be done elsewhere I cannot tell. I know of only four democrats near here that will support Mr. Venable, one of whom is, I hear, expect ing office under the general government, and the other two are renegade whigs; whereas, all the prominent whigs here were supporting Mr. Venable until Mr. Rogers appeared upon the field with two exceptions. and both ot them only on personal grounds. I think this latter fact some evidence that Mr. Venable is not sound. The whig party is not at any time liable to be caught with chaff, but here we see them one and till- m an lauaing and praising a man whom a tew years aho they exhausted their own peculiar vocabulary of aouse and slang upon. JNow it is altogether contrary to human experience to Hken'men's opinions to the wind, so some cause must be assigned tor this sud den revolution in these sentiments, and I think the inference fair that he suits them better now than he did two years ago. The choice of the people in this county win settle upon Lewis with the four exeep tions above mentioned. Now should the Franklin, Johnston, Wake, Warren and Mash democracy hold back! Whatever may be their opinion this county will give Lewis a vote of two to one over Mr, Ven. able. Mr. Rogers may ffet a maioritv over either ORANGE. For the Standard Mr. Eoitou : I see in your paper of June 22d an article signed " Franklin,'' which gave an account ot a discussion which took place at Louisburg be- ... ... T 1.1- j I : I in ecu mc.Bia. enaoie ana iiewis, iu woicn It was siaiea inai nir. iiewis achieved a complete victo ry over his competitor by confuting his argument : . l i l . i . wiin respect to me suoiecis upon wnicn they now differ. It is a right guaranteed to every candidate to expose each other s public acts before the people, and 1 am glad to see that Mr. Lewis is so ably defend ing himself in explaining Mr. Venable s votes in congress, which 1 conceive to be quite contrary to the interest of the people whose suffrages he now solicits to send him to Congress again. The gentle man who writes over the signature of Franklin ao- pears io nun-, ma. wir. iiewis wouia nave gotten a considerable majority previous to the disoussion at Louisburg, and is now satisfied that his nrosnects are much more flattering. oince that time 1 see another article has come out in the Standard from Franklin, signed " A Demo crat," in which be writes that the result will beau it a to the contrary, though County pride may give him a majority, and thinks that the communication cer tainly was written merely tor effect. Now, Mr. Editor, I have recently travelled thrauod a portion of Franklin, and attended a meeting where mere were not less man tour hundred men, and had the pleasure of hearing a good many Democrats ex press themselves, stating that they were, for Mr. Venable in the outset, but after hearin? his voip h gave in Congress explained to the public they could noi oe lor nun any longer, i ininic the gentleman who wrote over the signature of " Franklin " mi actuated by pure motives, and expressed the senti ments of a. large majority of the people in Franklin, wnue, on me contrary, i n.ust think the gentleman who wrote over the aienatore of A Democrat ' must have written merely for effect. - ' - I will not say a great deal respecting old Nash ; her Democracy is still the same. Mr. Venable, we think, has voted against our interest, and we shall vote against him. A NASH DEMOCRAT. 1 EIGIi; .OTIJEOTAY, JTTLY 20, ll853. Democratic Candidates for Congress; o u ' ' . . First District,-' t'f ,! ,7 -V v H. M.' SHAW, of Currituck. County 1 u- . ', ..".V.'" . .Second ; District, f j: ..i ; MTII9MAS RUFF1N. of Wayne County. vu. .' -- Third District, V :r- ; r WILLIAM 8. ASH E, of New Hanover County. ' ' Fourth District,' ' rV , A. M. I.EWIS, of Franklin County.. . Sixth District, ' GEORGE D, BOYD, of Rockingham County. Seventh District, BURTOtf CKAIGE, of Rowan County. . There are eight Districts in this State, and the Democrats, it is seen, have candidates in six Dis tricts. The prospect for electing all of them is good. W e learn that a portion of the Democrats of the fifth District, composed of the Counties of Person Caswell, Alamance, Chatham, Randolph, Guilford, Moore and Montgomery, intend to vote for the Hon. A. Renchef, of Chatham, and we hve been requested so to state. We do-not raise Mr. Reneh er's name, because he is not a candidate. THE DISORGANIZED. Who are they ? A. V. Venable, of the Fourtb District,who announced himself forCongress the day ne arnvea in irranville from Washington, withou waiting to consult the Democrats of the District, and who declared in advance that he was not to be controlled by "bobtailed lawyers, broken down constables, and beer-house debaters.'' The failure to hold a Convention in this District is owin more to his opposition to it, both public and pr than to all other causes combined. Who are they ? Walter F. Leak, of the Third District, who is out for Congress in favor of Ben netts bill, and who declares in advance that I Will Qllnri-rf t ie '"rr" "" vjruvernor wno is opposed w it. Mr. iat not only takes ground against s f.iuiijue, uut ue nas tne assurance the arrogance to declare that he will support no man lor Governor wIjo does not agree with html 1TTI - w no are tliey ! lhe Democratic Free Press, so-called, of Wilmington, which supports Mr. Leak in this conduct and also Messrs. Latham and Loftin in their opposition to Mr. Ruffin. urn fti.ir 1 f.i T jl " l . j iwi5. jninum ana JLottin. ot the second District, who are opposing Mr. Ruf fin, the regular nomineethe former disappointed on account of office, and the latter once in full favor with his party in Lenoir, but now power I ACQ vltAS-A nn.l -1 . t-.A ,1 A 1 P .w- ihuv, uu uwuucu io ueieat ana nnal retire ment Who are they ! A little knot of disappointed office-soekers in the First District, who oppose Dr. Shaw, and are thus contributing to the election of Mr. Outlaw. Ilere, then, arc the disorganizers in North Caro linaall elso is bright and cheering. We call upon the Democratic party to rise in its might and rid itself, if it must, of its unsound members. No party cvn exist without adhering to its principles, or without organization. What is done now will tell for ood or for evil next summer. We now have the State the people are with us, and we cannot maintain our position if .we yield to dis organizers or Ctvor those who, from selfish consid erations, or from any considerations, abandon prin ciple. JACKSON'S LAND BILL VETO. A correspondent of the Wilmington Journal calls attention to Gen. Jackson's Land Bill Veto Message of 1833, and sends to that paper a por tion of the document for publication. The bill vetoed was entitled " an act to appropriate for a limited time the proceeds of the sales of the pub- nc lanas ot the United States, and for granting lands to certain States." Gen. Jackson am-ucs the question at some length, and not only shows the dangerous nature of distribution, but he shows that the bill referred to. "by throwing the land system on the resources from imports for support, inuany aisuioutes among the States a part of tnose revenues"; and that the whole system tends directly to consolidation to an absorption of all power by the central government. Indeed he says, " it appears to rae that a more direct road to consolidation cannot bo devised.". Read the ex tracts from this important Message, which we pub lish to-day. Gen. Jackson 'makes no distinction between a distribution of thd lands and a distribu tion of the proceeds. No Democrat, at this time of day, will under take to call in question Gen. Jackson's opinions. NORTH-CAROLINA RAILROAD. We learn that at the meeting of tho stockhold ers of this Road, held at Salisbury on Thursday last, Gov. Morehead, F. Frie, of Forsythe, Dr. F. J. Hill, of Brunswick, and Mr. Davis, of Rowan, were elected Directors on the part of the stock holders ; and at a meeting of the Directors Gov. Morehead was re-elected President of the Road for the ensuing year. Maj. Gwynn was re-appointed Chief Enrineer at a salary of 5,000, and was directed to superin icna tne surveys of the Roads east nd west at a salary of $3,000 in addition to the $5,000. It is understood that Maj. Gwvnn is to reside terman- ently in the State. All the State Directors were in attendance. The Directors adjourned to meet in this City on the last day of next month. JCS- We give place to-day, most checrfullv. to the communication over the signature of Jonathan M. Stone. Mr. Stone is a sound Democrat, and has done good service in the cause. We are con cerned to see him forgetting principle, even for a moment, in his regard for a man. We hope the "sober-second thought, seldom wrong and always efficient,"will have its due influence on his judgment-' - '. - -v., : ' . vur paper nas Dcen open and still is to Mr. Venable's friexds. Come on, brotfter Democrats. if you will we regret your course but vour voi ces shall not be stifled. Tiatth and rrinnk, 'hkk 3 X g J V nothing to fear frofn discussion." trr f" FOURTH .CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. : inrenaow JLemocratior majority .in this Dis- tnct.is about.2,000. Gov: .Reid's last raaroritv ln the Counties composing it was 2;500 ; bnt iwe re-" t ,wDnoten f,Hl certainty; on more than 2,0bthefiili Whigyotebeing about 4,000, and the full Democratic vote about, 6,000.T If Mr7 KoeT f.h?.u,d r1?: tn full .Wbig vote, and i the Democratic, vote should Va equally divided be tween Messrs.' Lewis and Venable, the farmer will, Of urse, be elected. It is, therefore; not merely' important but indispensable to success that there should be a concentration of Democratic stren"nh V ' i ... -.w wmtuHwu oeen ntia, and- it is too Llate to hold one now. The rartv rnnt thanF unite on the strongest man in order to defeat tne Whig candidate ; and the party, we Like this occa sion to say, is fortunate in having in the strongest man, one who stands upon its platform and agrees ...:u : : ... ... lu pnncipies. Mr. Venable differs with til A Dpmnpolirt 1 t , ... w..Uw aikjr wu AJKuuKim iana DHL on the Cuban question, and on organization ; and this being the case, it would be in vain to expect a ma jority of Democrats in the District to rally on him III. 3 .... wiut Dy aegroe oi cordiality or unanimity. To ittempt it would be to invite inevitable, disastrous defeat, lhe contest is between Mr. Lewis and Mr. Rogers, the representatives of the respective t...icw, uu wim uiis iact standing prominently out, it cannot be that the Democrats of the Dis trict will permit the Whig candidate to be elected. As we have heretofore stated, our. duty in this emergency is two-fold first, to stand by the State and Baltimore platforms, and secondly, to do what we can tc prevent the election of a Whig. We have restrained our ptn as long as we could deem it prudent or proper to do so. Sincerely anxious for the restoration of harmony, and reluctant to speak of Mr. Venable as his deviation from prin ciple would seem to require, we have stood, to a considerable extent, aloof; but the hour has come wncn silence, or the course we have thus far mirsu- ea, wouia do justly regarded as evidence that we are disposed to favor a man at the expense of Drin ciple and party victory, and we have come forward A to discharge our duty with a purpose deliberately nxed, and not to be disturbed by subsequent events. At the c ose of t o last -jw -All. enable tound himself ln a new District, with but two aunties of his old District. He rotund Home, and m hot haste declared himself a candi date. He did not deign to await the action oven of Orange and Granville, the two Counties referred tV hll f fllinnimnn.l l.t 1 f . ""v..vc uiuiu ai once, lie w:ia mpt by Mr. Lewis, who proposed a Convention, and pledged himself to abide its action. Mr. Venable, on the contrary, refemd in rather contemptuous terms to Conventions said hp was not to bo dis-i posed of or ruled off by Conventions coinrxd of u I t . i i t ooo-iaued lawyers, broken-down constables, and uecr-nouse debaters "but intimated, at the same time, that if a fair Conveution (ouo that would suit him, we suppose,) was held, he would submit This was a reflection upon tho houeslv and iutr. rity of the party, aud it is to be regretted that It did not result at once in a Convention. A Con veution of the character imagined by Mr. Venable, wouid .De a new thing in this State. Our Con ventions heretofore have been fair, and Mr. Venable had no right to presume that the Convention pro posed by Mr. Lewis would be an unfair or.e. Such anguage, to say tho least, comes with a bad pracc from one who was brought forward and politically made by Conventions, and who has been sustained rora the first by party effort and party organiza tion. But the truth is. Mr. Venal.lA t IIP IV lA voted, on Bennett's laud bill, against his party he knew that his views in regard to Cuba and the acquisition of territory were not entirely acceptable to the Democracy, and he therefore feared to sub mit liis pretensions and his conduct to the consid eration of the Democrats of the District i n rein vention assembled. It was thus, for selfish purpo ses, that he produced and encouraged a spirit of disorganization, which now threatens, unless speed ily checked, to throw this noble district into Whig hands. In voting for Bennett's land bill Mr. Venable voted with the Whigs, and against the great mass of his own party. He voted for a bill which gave the little State of Arkansai three millions of acres, and to North Carolina land warrants for one mil lion five hundred thousand acres I for a bill which " authorized " sovereign States to do certain tilings, as if the general government, the creature of the States, could "authorize" the States to perform its will! for a bill which, in substance, distributes the. proceeds of tlu lands to nineteen States, in that it "authorizes" them to sell the land war ranto for cash ! for a bill, federal in its scope and character, and which was but the beffinnin of a system condemned alike by Gen. Jackson, by the Democratic party in our national and State Con ventions, and which; if earned out, would change the nature of our federal government by making the b tales dependent on it for largesses and boun ties. "Mr. Venable was kindly warned of what the result must be if he persisted in justifying ot de fending this vote, but he was deaf to both advice and warning. He might have retreated with hon or, aud regained his position in the regards of his r: j . v... e . . -..- .... ... nicuua, uub lor ius COUVlCUOnS Ot Tight, his SClf- buuiciency, or ms pride, if ne was satisfied that he was right, and if he was determined to perse vere in tuis course, then ho ought, we respect fully submit, to have declined a canvass, for the plain reason that he could make no fit representa tive for such a District as this; but otherwise, he might have token the ground that he voted for this bill in the belief that the policy of dividing the lands would prevail, and was anxious to obtain something for his State, but that now, with Gen. Pierce as President, he foresaw that all such' bills would be vetoed, and he would therefore fkll back on the old Democratic doctrine. Instead of this, we learn that he exults in the vote, and stands pledg ed, out and out, to the policy 0f land distribution. He endeavors-vxunly, of course to show, that this.'bill is not opposed to the Baltimore Resolu tion, while he boldly . opposes or disregards 'the State Resolution ;'of- . 1852.; He sayv. we under i standthat he is not to be bound by platforms, thus openly repudiating the principles he has heretofore professed. "But it is'not for us to "lecture" Mr. Venable, aw it wfttiM " . are. We cannot sur, t.: . , - S3 tL. j . j; "rr- -.oeeause iter A ndon prtaaple.. We .have stood bv i H nuny , hard-fought battle : we ha ,d I J and last upon hU shield, and w h . S him iien i victory crowned him. for it ... . won in e contests .for DrinVL t, principles ,and Dem, truth. ' Now P.31 .company. "We tiiore deecfv tl.fl'nl. ' , 'rJ ' . " reS t. i - " "MVtf lr"-ips, out we . of Leri .WooaUuiT.,"w principles lead, and when they cease to 7? .to fbllow, We, therefore, appeaJ brother Democrats of the District to look th full in the face-to bestir themselves, and , up .to the aid of Mr. Le wis. He is 2 to confess, the first cha -f ? . "e butthat is a matter aWt nWl, v.. think, much less to U. TT 00 tj of decided ability; sound upon all thekS? ted to onrauizAiion. ami -;n . deTo o 'T . "-.e a Useful an! liable renrMuntiitira TT t.A. . ft- r u.o - Mr. Veaar,L- a manner which would have donp ..i:. . 11 and experienced dphnf- TTo . . 311 - . y. U(B Jlinj ju . r on tha ifna;. .i i . ucroni v-"-"v, .auii uej.eeps liiin thpr. contending boldly and nobly for all 0Ur nrin f and he will iro to Wnshin P"0. TT . . .... a "ui, io oppose embarrass Gen. Pierce, hnt n i r support. By a vigorous and united rail,, i.:. , tion can be red. : Every vote for Mr. VerJT no matter upon what grounds, will 1 . against Democratic principles on laud distributi as laid down by Gen. Jackson, by the StatP, oiuuiore vxnvenuons, and as held bv all tl,- u mocratic candidates in the other District all the Democratic nrMSM rf ti. o.... . . . . - . ---- wit,0 voice. Every vote withheld from Mr. Lv will strengthen Mr.' Rogers, for the reason tL-.t 7. contest is between the two, and the latter ... of the full Whig vote. . That vote must be or- uy uir. iwis, or ueieat awaits us. then, brother Democrats, and determine Uiih in vol- strength that the Democi atic flag shall still stream T . 1. .1 . TV?. . nr. it uiuiujiu uwt iis uisincL ,vuat care weft. man, or for men, when our principh-s reatstie Men pass away like ? leaves .-in autamn, l t --w .ucji,.u;i CJicnsh these principles in our hearto and vote them nttfie polls, and cling to them, , whatever may betide m. as the mariuer clings to his last plank when nirln and the tempest close around him " JtT W o have already alluded to the fact that the course of Mr. Venable on Bennett's land is oting used in other Congressional Districts-- gainst the Domocratic candidates.;. Tlie followia extract trom , a communication in th S .i;j.- Whig, will show the nature of tlie anneal aaina liurton Craisc. lhe writer savs: Mr. Venable. a most dWL4J nA Democrat, and now a candiJate for Conjresa in tU Wake District, on this question fixing his eve aieadi- it jpon iusiicp. ana tne rights or tha uld Siai. i,,- nobly burst asunJer the chains of party and it doio baltle for an equitable distribution of the nnblie Inn atnon all the JStatee."... . . . - The gallant Craige has not only to meet Fei eralisni with its slang, iu deception, and itssopk wiry, Dut tne example and : the name of a ma once high in the confideuee of his party are ar rayed against him ; and that, too, when his Lfc- tnct is nearly equally divided, and the District from which this weapon of attack is drawn is Dem ocratic by 2,000 votes ! - Tlie same holds good, to a greater or less extent, as to Ashe, Shaw, Bovd, and Ruffin. ' . ' ' : X3T We make the following extract from a let ter from a leading Democrat of Warren Countr, dated July 12, 1853 : . "The people of this County have never departed from the Democratic fold, and were I to go ess 1 would mj they will siill adhere to their ancient faith. They have always believed that theperpetuitjofibe Union and the preservation of our free institntiow depended upon the maintenance of Democratic prin ciplesand no one can fail .to perceive the path tbej plainly' point out. If the principles embodied ii Dennett's land bill shall obtain the ascendency ii the United States, then Democracy is dead, 1 fear never again to be resuscitated ; and the Democrat! whose defection may cause ibis greatest of all calam ities will find themselves exejoded from all share is the popular influences wLicb this fatal scheme ol public bounty cannot fail to wield. Their aiso ciates, the Whig,' will claim all the benefit, and the. deluded people will certainly accord it to them. There is no power to dorute lhe public lands or their proceeds; and once allow the politicians of the coun try to dispose of and bestow this vast fund according to tbeir own discretion, without any limitation, and yon entrust to them a fund as potent for mischief ai Phillip's gold or the granaries of Rome. Bot admit the power, should the South ever consent to the prin ciple of distribution 1 Can they hop, with a major. ii j oi aimosiaiiy iioumemin me nouse ji rep resentatives, to get their fair and ecual share ! I cos aider the virtue of the people and iBe stiengih of Repub bliean government more severely tried at this time lin er er before from the foundatioa.of the Republic; and the onlj way to preserve both Is to keep tbe barneual wajs on politicians and ' allow - the exercise of t power except lor specific and definite purposes and especially to withhold from thera tbe power of fruit ing largesses or bestowing favors. Allow ne t say, without intending censure; that the public pren has not done iu whole daty ton this subject- B-' the theme is too fruitful, for the limits of a letter." Mb, Vex able Biddix'q toh Whig Votes! ft will be seen, by the following certificate, whki has been furnished us for publication, that Mr. Ven able has been making his position on Cuba and the public lands the ground of appeal to fie Whigs for tbeir support: : : " : v HiLuaoaouGfi; July 10, 1853. Mr. Lewis: 1 bare just received yocr letter sik ing tbe . particulars of a conversation which took place in Raleigh between Mr. Venable and raj el Mr. Vensble approached ms in lhe street betvees Lawrence's Hotel and tbe Court-House, and b marked that if the Whigs were sincsfe' they -'er bound to vote for bin, because he was with them ea two important questionswhile Lewis was again them in every thing. J If .Mr. Venable denies this, pat hint to the booEi and my honor for it he will acknowledge its troth. Respectfully yours, - .; r,-f. morris. We submit this' without "eommenL It sp3 for itself. - - - ' - isr Messrs. Venable and. Lewis- will addre the .people at Gardner's, (Barney Jones',) Wat to-morrow, Tbursday. . This precinct has alwaj been true, and we trust it will roll op at least one hundred votes Or Lewis. - l "' John B.' Wheeler,; of. this State, has been ?' pointed by tbe President as Secretary to sign LdJ Warrants. r, t
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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