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rOS THE UGISTIK. 1 LETTER FROM M. Q. WADDELL; ESQ. Pittsboro', August 6, 1852. To the Editor of the Raleigh Register : In the "Standard," of the 31st of July, a let ter from Mr. Rencher appears, in which he at tempt to reply to an article over the signature of an 'Eye Witness,' in the Register of 7th July. In order that the public may understand, (if ;nWwl the public are at all interested in the change of Mr. Rencher's political opinions,) j how this controversy originated, I will detail j the facts. "When Mr. Kerr, as has been already stated in the article signed "An Eye Witness," ! made his speoch in Pittsboro', ho dealt some heavy blows upon renegade Whigs, drawing a picture of such characters, and the audience prafcnt wrote Mr. Rencher's name under it, Sulpiequentjsjsave an account of Mr. Kerr's speech, pTf' "fenature of "An Eye Witness," already reKrTSTTto. On the morning of the 12th of Julv, the day our Candidates were to address the people at Steel's Old Field, I received a note from Mr. Rencher, asking if I was the author of the article signed "An Eye Witness," to which I replied that I was, and was prepared to show its truthfulness. In Mr. Rencher's speech that day, he made an attempt to show, as I under stood him, that the writer of the article had not stated the truth in regard to Mr. Kerr's speech at Pittsboro'. I replied to him and read a cer tificate with a number of gentlemen's names ap pended, to prove the truthfulness of my state ment, and told Mr. Rencher, to his face, that what he had stated was false. He thereupon asked to explain, and did so, by saying he hod not said the article was not true, but that, it the writer intended to impute base motives to him, in thefcangc of his political opinions, that that was false--thereby admitting that he had chang ed, but dodging the real question between us, for do one had charged him with base motives in his change ; the true question being, was the article signed "An Eye Witness," a truthful ac count of Mr. Kerr's speech? The public can , draw what inferences it pleases. Now, Mr. Rencher says in a letter addressed to the Editor of the 'Standard,' above alluded to, "The charge " that I had been inconsistent in my support of " Mr. Tyler's administration or that I had been " governed by selfish consideration sin that snp " port, I have publicly pronounced a falsehood " and a slander and nailed it to the counter." How far this is true, can be judged of by the fact, that after a public examination of Mr. "V Rencher's political character and standing in Chatham, the people have decided against him, and at the precinct (a Democratic one, too,) where he and I had a public duscussion of this very article, signed "An Eye Witness," Mr. Al bright beat him seven votes ! But let us look into this bold assertion of Mr. Rencher, that he was not inconsistent in his support of Mr. Tyler's administration. Does not Mr. Rencher know, or is he entirely obliv ious, that the last time he was a candidate for Congress, whilst addressing the people of Chat ham in the Court House at Pittsboro', I called him out on the subject of a United States Bank, and he then declared publiolv, that he should vote for a Bank, and that he did go to Washing ton at the Extra Session of Congress and voted for the Charter of a Bank ; and is it not equally notorious, that John Tyler vetoed that Bank ? Were they not, then, thrown in opposition to each other ? What then becomes of Mr. Ren cher's denial that he was inconsistent in the sup- Sort of Mr. Tyler's administration ? As to the enial that he was governed by selfish mot ires in the gupport of Mr. Jyler, after they disagreed about the Bank, the public is the best judge, and can onlv be answered by stating this pro position : Tyler and Rencher opposed each other upon the question of a Bank, and afterwards came together upon the Portugese question ! The fact is, that the article signed "An Eye Wit ness'' made no such allegation as Mr. Rencher is attempting to disprove. He puts up a tHing of straw only to knock it down. But that he was present, when Mr. Kerr made his speech, he cannot deny. Every person present saw him. It would, perhaps, be unjust to try a man-, situated as Mr. Rencher is, bv a severe standard. must f r m An rt-i n t tn V i v-r Vtv rni -- ! t- v s ui uo i v a ui vvi a v via v u a ui J vim pai 111 him, not with politicians of stainless character, but with some of his political associates when last in Congress, and even among them, some of the greatest turn coats that ever lived, compared with, him, are honest and with some dignity of character. Even his great man, John Tyler, has found an apologist, but Mr. Rencher re mains without a defender the solution of which is that Tyler had some good qualities, Mr. Ren cher none ! It is true, as far as we are able to judge, Mr. Rencher was not originally of a sav age disposition ; he, after the abandonment of his principles, like his great prototype, he would long ago have gone out and hung himself; but he has reserved himself for greater downward progress, and his position now in society is full of instruction. Fickleness was born with him. Rigid principles do often for fickle minds, what they do for feeble bodies ; but Mr. Rencher has had no political principles at all ! Not in the commerce of life, nor in books, did we ever be come acquainted with any man so unstable in politics, bo utterly destitute of tone, so incapable of independent thought and so ready to take im pressions and so ready to lose them. It is pos sible, barely, that, under good guidance and in favorable circumstances, such a man might have slipped through life without discredit, but the unseaworthy craft is in constant danger of going down from its own rottenness 1 ! Pnt .... k,, ....! .,r .-..,..-, :,,..: r his coat pocket, he intimates in his Tetter, will always protect him from the open attack of "An Eye Witness !" How far this may be true, can be judged of only by the fact, that "An Eye W itness" met Mr. Rencher, before he wrote his letter to the "Standard," at two precincts in the County of Chatham, and replied to him at one of them, and was told at the other by a friend of Mr. Rencher, that he had dropped the sub ject. The greatest offence given to Mr. Rencher, it seems, is that word, "offering himself in mar ket ;" and he says that I was ODe of the first in the "market under the Harrison Administra tion." The difference between us, therefore, supposing that to be true, is simply this : He changed his politics and went to Portugal ; I did not change mine, and stayed at home ! But Mr. Rencher introduces Dr. Hall's letter to sustain him in his tergiversations, and about his presence, when Mr. Kerr made the remarks about political changes. Now let us see what Dr. Hall does say. I quote his language : "If you had been present, I don't see that you could have taken any exception to what was said, without first acknowledging that you had chang ed your politics from selfish considerations." If, therefore, according to the Doctor's opin ion, Mr. Rencher took exception to what was said by Mr. Kerr, it was a virtual acknowledge ment, on his (Mr. Rencher's) part, that he had changed from selfish considerations. That is the hardest blow Mr. Rencher has received yet ; for, according to his own witness, he is placed in the awkward position of a man, who was sit ting by, during the delivery of a speech by ano ther, in which his political changes are portray ed to the life, and every one else but himself be lieved he was the person hit. But I suppose he intends the public to understand that he was not present, when these remarks were made by Mr. Kerr about political changes. To show that this is a mistake, I refer the public to Mr. Ren cher's own letter in the "Standard," in which he gives an account of 3Ir. Kerr's spvech him self ; thereby admitting that he was present. But here is some of his artful dodging: He ad dresses a letter to Dr. Hall, a gentleman of known integrity and honesty, and receives from nun a reply to prove that he was not present when Mr. Kerr was speaking of political changes. That may be true, and what "An Eye Witness" uva ia tniA Jo tvwit that XT lJ.,....!. J " , - - - -- . AKULUCr T! OO present when Mr. Kerr spoke of .ft-no Whigs. Dr. Hall has not stated that Mr. Rencher was not present when these blows upon Renegade Whigs were dealt by Mr. Kerr. I suppose Mr. Rencher is consoled by the reflection, however, that the sentiment he subscribed to in the De mocratic Resolutions t Baltimore, expressive of confidence in the intelligence and discrimina tion of ike people, has been fully meted out to him in the County of Chatham in the recent election, and that he will bo the last man to complain that the public did not understand his true position. But I will dismiss the Subject, by appending to this three certificates from gen tlemen of known integrity. Respectfully, MAURICE Q. WADDELL- We hereby state that we were present at Steel's Old' Field, in Chatham County, when M. Q. Waddell and Mr.. Rencher had a controversy about an article in the "Raleigh Register, signed "An Eye Witness," and when Mr.-Wad-dell read his certificate to prove the truthfulness of his statement in that article, he pronounced what Mr. Rencher had said false to which Mr. Rencher replied,- that he had not said the article was untrue, but that, if the writer intended to impute base motives to him in the change of his political opinions, that that was false. (Signed, GEORGE KIRKMAN, OWEN LINDLEY, E. HINTON. Our attention having been called to an article in the "Raleigh Register," of the 7th inst., sign ed "An Eye Witness," and having been reques ted by Mr. Waddell to state our impression as to the correctness of the statement of the re marks of Mr. Kerr, referred to in said article, with referee ce to Renegade Whigs, we say that we consider it substantially correct. Mr. Kerr made no personal application of his remarks, and, as we have understood, intended none ; but we know that the remarks were applied by a number of Mr. Kerr's hearers to Mr. Rencher. Signed, J. H. HAUGHTOX, THOMAS HILL, JOHN A. MOORE, S. CRUTCHFIELD. We hereby certify that we heard Mr. Kerr's speech at Pittsboro on the 24th of June, and, while be was speaking of Renegade Whigs, thought his remarks applicable to Abraham Rencher, Esq., and know that others said they did apply to Mr. Rencher. Signed, THOMAS B. HARRISS, DEMPSEY JOHNSON, JOSEPH BYNl'M, CARNEY BYNL'M, S. LTC1ILKCH. " THOMAS LAMBETH. NORTH CA1 lXA ELECTION. We have receivl 1 yet very incomplete re turns from this sterTg old Whig State. The complexion of thingf however, as far as we are informed, is not favorable to Kerr. The proba bility is that he has been defeated, and that Da vid S. Reid is to be installed for another term as Governor. Whilst we acknowledge the prob ability of this issue, wo yet do not utterly des pair, for some of the strong Whig holds are yet to be heard from. We have made it a general rule when the contest between the Whigs and Democrats has been close not to allow ourself to be frightened out of our sure and calcula- tions bv those noisy 8 ch our opponents to the skies for are in the habit of se alleged victories. We e authority of the official vote always to a: other, and when this is announced we are al ays prepared to abide by it in the proper spirit. North Carolina con tains about 80 counties, not more than 30 of which have been heard from and thev unofficial ly. In these the Democratic accouut is that there has been a gain for Keid of some 800 over his vote in 1850. Allowing this to be so it is not impossible that the returns from the other oli counties may not only annihilate this gain but elect Kerr. We confess, though, that we do not confidently expect any such a result. We can only say that we sincerely hope it may be so. But let its issue be as it may, we have no idea that this Gubernatorial affair is any in dex of the real state of public opinion in North Carolina as to the great national contest which is to be decided in November. It is notorious that a Democratic victory on the State ticket, there has heretofore been more than once achiev ed, and been followed soon afterwards by a de cisive Whig triumph. The truth is, that in North Carolina, State elections have almost al ways involved local questions of a deeply exci ting character which have in a great measure excluded national matters. In the canvass just terminated this has been especially the case. The suffrage question was seized upon by the Democrats, who, with their usual dexterity. went the whole hog for the extension of the franchise without regard to any salutary restriction or qualification. Free Suffrage is a first rate sub ject for clap-trap, and the Democrats are first rate players of this kind of game. They never let an opportunity slip, of gulling the people out of the use of their sober judgments, and of in veigling them into the nets which they are con stantly spreading to catch their votes. The sovereigns are inexpressibly dear to them rar- j ticularly at election times. This cry of the "dear people is incessantly coming from their lips, and it would seem that Democracy, as expoun ded and exemplified by them, and perfection in the science of government, are one and the same thing. They certainly are not backward in claiming a superiority of political accomplish ments to the Whigs, whose vulnerability to the shafts of their opponents is mainly to be found in their conservative tenets, and scrupulous re gard for popular rights, in their true and most valuable sense. It remains to be seen how the people are to be profited bv the doctrines and counsels of their skilful and" too-successful suit ors. We have as yet seen no very extraordina ry improvement in their condition which can be traced to Democratic Presidents, Governors, Congresses or legislatures. But we beg pardon for this digression from the North Carolina elec tion, our notice of which we must close for the present, by expressing our confident belief that in November an old fashioned majoritv will be given for Seott and Graham. When we say an old fashioned majority, we allude to the Presiden tial victories we have so often obtained in that patriotic State. We see nothing in the re-election of Reid, if he be re-elected, to inspire a doubt or a fear about the result in November. Pet. Intel. Tns Democracy who Mea.v. it. A personal friend of long standing at Rochester, who has always hitherto acted with the self-styled "De mocracy," writes to the New York Tribune that he shall this time vote for Scott and Graham. i gives the following incidental glimpse of the prospect in western iew lorK: "To-day Scott is the same as elected President for four years from the 4th of March next. That is a "foregone conclusion ;" and "the De mocracy" might as well (as vmeoftheni do) "take something warm," go to bed and sleep till the polls are closed in November, and then get up to see the Whig bonfires and listen to the Telegrams from the four winds of heaven pro claiming the triumph of Scott. "I understand all the blustering, lying and betting on the head of that forlorne Hunker and foe to all true Democracy, Frank Pierce ; but mark me ! the "Democracy" litre, of both stripes, is hollow as a stove-pipe. One half of the Van Buren wing will vote for Scott and Graham ; one fourth for the Pittsburgh nominee ; and the bal ance for Pierce, impelled by faint hopes of keep ing in the line of promotion to office when "the party" shall triumph again. The Cass men will divide in the same proportion, except the Pittsburgh quarter, who will save shoe-leather on the day of" election by staying at home. J. G.' TnE VICTORY IN IOWA. I RfiKahlA fsAvicp from Towa leave no doubt rf the triumphant success of the Whigs in that State. Both Whig members are elected, and the Whig majority of the popular vote, it is be lieved, will reach fifteen hundred. The Legis lature, it is stated, is also Whig, which secures a Whig United States Senator in the place of the Hon. Gcokos W. Jokes, whose term of ser vice will expire on the 3d of March next. This may well be called a glorious victory, leaving little doubt thai the State will go for Scott in November next, although it is proper to admit that local issues have entered somewhat into the present contest. RepuNic. hA V nl "SKIES BRIGHTENING." This -was one' of the favorite phrases of the veteran editor of the Richmond inquirer, in times gone by, when he found it necessary to re-invigorate the hopes and re-animate the droop ing spirits of his party. In 1840, when General Harrison was nominated, the editor put on an extra share of good humor, and declared that it was no contest at all between Harrison and Van Buren ; and that he, who had kept watch at the helm for thirty-five years, would have but little to do, and could lay himself down quietly to sleep. But the quick eye and ear of the veteran soon discovered "breakers ahead," and dangers in the blast ; and in a very little while he was bustling about, in full armor, crying out at the top of his voice, or through the keenest nib of his pen, "To arms ! To arms .'" and straight way every engine of destruction was put in ac tive requisition. Gen. Harrison was found out to be an Abolitionist, and neither a general nor a statesman ! Ridicule, invective, and all the arts of political warfare, were put savagely in motion, but without effect. The first week of November came silently on, and the old gentle man of the Enquirer was obliged to confess his mistake. But his excuse was ready. The peo ple, for whom he and his party had always ex pressed the highest respect and admiration, especially when they voted as desired all a,t once were found out to have been stultified, de luded and cajoled by log-cabins and hard cider! The very madness of the moon had come over them, and the Republic was in danger! So when Gen. Taylor was the Whig candi date. In the estimation of the leading editor and all hie followers, no party on the face of the earth had ever acted so foolishly as the Whigs had done in taking up a merely victori ous General as a standard-bearer. Great sym pathy and concern were expressed for Mr. Clay and Sir. Webster and it was declared to be an utter impossibility to elect the "Old Hero." But the times were out of joint again, and Gen eral Taylor became President. And now the Whigs have another Hero and so have the Democrats yet the selection is not at all to the taste of our adversaries. A new flood of sympathy is daily poured out from the melting eyes of our compassionate opponents, and the sin of discarding Messrs. Fillmore and Webster is far more enormous than any thing previously perpetrated by a self-willed and er ring party. The Whigs trill not take counsel from those who know best their true interests, but will obstinately make a selection for them selves ! Shame on such obduracy ! It is a crying shame thus to distress the ten der hearts of our affectionate brethren, who feel much more tenderly for our errors than they do i for their own ! Though Gen. Scott has shown matchless powers in his military career, and , proven successful in all civil enterprises eutrus j ted to him by Madison, Jackson, Van' Buren, and Polk still he is not fit to Imj President not safe to be entrusted with Southern interests. and we must go all the way to New Hamp shire for another "Northern man with Southern feeling." We must take a gentleman whose "antecedents" are only known to us in expres sions of "loathing" for slavery and a law that protects it under the Constitution ! We must rut our trust in one who declared in the Senate louse that he believed "Slavery to be a moral and political evil," and a curse which ought to be "extirpated ?" A gentleman who, as a member of State Conventions, has frequently aided in putting forth the most denunciatory sentiments in regard to slave territory and sla very extensiou ! Daily Republican. STRANGE LOGIC. The Centre Democrat thinks it strange logic that the Whig press now use against the elec tion of Gen. Pierce. " AVhat difference docs it make to us," asks the Democrat, " what the pa pers and politicians of England say about our candidate?" We know very well that it makes no difference to Locofoco Free Traders ; but we know, also, that it makes a very great differ ence to the American people, who desire their industry protected against the competition of European pauper labor, and who cannot see the Kliey or patriotism of electing a man to the esidency who is regarded as an ally of British capitalists, and as willing to co-operate with England in breaking down American manufac turers, and establishing British Free Trade in this country. But, says the Democrat, " we owe them no allegiance. We are not indebted to them. They have no voice in our elections ; but we would remind the Democrat that British manufactu rers, who have an interest in breaking down American manufactures, and thus procure a market for their goods, take a deep interest in the election of its candidate for the Presidency. They regard him as their ally, and believe that he will, if elected, co-operate with them to establish Free Trade ; and believing this, they will render him all the support they can. They have no votes to give, it is true, but they have money, and pritish gold will be freely distribu ted by them to assist the Democrat and its Lo cofoco friends to accomplish Pierce's success. The issue now before the people is FRANKLIN PIERCE AND BRITISH FREE TRADE W INFIELD SCOTT AXD PROTECTION TO AMERICAN LABOR. The British understand this full well, and so does the Democrat and its Locofoco Free Trade friends. The only difference is, that the Brit ish have the candor to acknowledge it, while their Locofoco Free Trade allies in this country, knowing that such an avowal on their part would overwhelm them in a disgraceful defeat, dare not do so. England approves of the nom ination of Pierce, and is desirous for his elec tion. The fact cannot and dare not be denied, for the proof is at hand. Can any true Ameri can want any other or better evidence that Pierce's election would not be promotive of the best interests of our own country ? No man can serve two masters. Frank Pierce cannot be an ally and co-operator of English manafactu rers, without being guilty of a disregard of American interests. Daily Neves. TAKE COURAGE, WHIGS. In the political battle which has just been fought, the Whigs have partially regained the ground taken from them by the opposing party two years ago ; and though the victory is not complete, yet this partial success should inspire them with courage for the great struggle in N'o vember. As much as we shall regret the defeat of Mr. Kerr, if it shall so turn out, yet we re gard it as a much more important victory to (have carried the Legislature. And this, it ap pears from the imperfect returns received, the Whigs have done. Take courage, then, Whigs, and as soon as the smoke of the late battle has passed away, engage with redouble zeal in the Presidential context. With Scott and Graham for our leaders, who," with their high character and eminent services, have the surest elements of popularity, we may expect to arouse a feeling of enthusiasm quite equal to that of 1840 ; ana as we shall not have Free Suffrage to flank us in that contest, we may with great confidence anticipate a victory in North Carolina like that of '40-. The Whig candidate for Elector in this District, n. K. Nash, Esq., we are pleased to say, will enter upon his duties in a short time, and we hope the Assistant Electors in the dif ferent counties will also open the canvass im mediately with becoming teal and energy. The People, too, of the District should second the efforts of their chosen standard bearers, and call meetings in the different counties, at which they should endeavor to secure a full turn out But three months remain, in which the work must be accomplished. Let every district, every county, be thoroughly canvassed, and the people fully informed in regard to the candidates pre sented for their suffrages, and the Whigs will have no reason to fear the result. HUlsboro' Recorder. David Wilinot, (the author of the Proviso,) in a speech at Condersport, Pennsylvania, an nounced that he should support Piorce and King. From the Republic. '.-'.- ANOTHER NEW HAMPSHIRE SPEECH. Senator Norris has acquired distinction as one of the authors of a document certifying that Gen. Pierce never uttered the obnoxious senti ments that are imputed to him. The value of the certificate was reduced below par by the discovery that two of those who signed it Messrs. Norris and Hibbard, one representing New Hampshire in the Senate, and the other in the House weie themselves identified wjth Freesoil agitation, and appear in the State and national records in connexion with the well known series of resolutions in support of the Wilmot proviso. We called for an explanation upon the subject, but, have received none. Tne organs have not a word to say in vindication of either of the gentlemen, who are still cited, however, as General Pierce's reliable sponsors. We now have another fact to chronjele in re ference to Mr. Norris. It is no less than an ex tract from a speech delivered by this firm friend of General Pierce on the occasion of the discus sion of the Wilmot proviso resolutionsin the New Hampshire Legislature. Mr. Norris was then Speaker of one branch of that body, and he left the chair to deliver the remarks from which we quote. The passages are taken from the re port published at the time in the Concord (N. II.) Independent Democrat, and we understand that their accuracy has never been impugned by Mr, Norris : "Lahould be willing to p farther titan the re solulions themselves. I should be willing to say this, and have said it, and to southern men, al though a "doughface," that no more territory should be admitted into the Union where slavery ejeists, and that I would cote for an organic law prohibiting it. "Sir, I am in favor of these resolutions. I think they speak the sentiments of truth, justice, and freedom ; and should like to know if there is a man in this House I hope the yeas and nays will be called I should like to see the first man in this House who will dare face the FREEMEN OF New HAMPSHIRE AND VOTE AGAINST them. I Bhould like to see the first who will go home to his constituents and say, I voted against these resolutions because they are all wrong. They avow the principles upon which our Govern ment must rest. They avow principles for hu manity and fur God himself and his laws. And I hope they will be adopted as they are." Mr. N orris, then, was in no respect behind the requirements of the NewIIamshire Democra cy, and is well entitled to the honor of certify ing that General Pierce is sound on the slavery question. We have one question, and only one to ask in regard to this matter. If Mr. Foss, the reporter of General Pierce's New Boston speech is not to be credited on oath because and only because ho is a Freesoiler, and if Mr. Goodale, the editor of the Manchester Democrat, is to be dis believed for the same reason, on what ground is the country asked to place implicit confidence in the certificates of Mr. Norris, who is as deep ly committed to abolitionism as either of them ? We desire a specific reply. A Good Speech. At a recent meeting of the young Whigs of New York, among the speeches made was one by Theodore E. Tomlenson, which contains many excellent points. We give an extract: "The Democratic platform is a cold, cheer less and barren platform, made of British iron, heated by British coat, rivetted by British labor; its great champion, the London Times. There is no living thing upon it. It sustains the coffin of River and Harbor and great Internal Im provements. The Whig platform is made of American iron, is heated by American coal, "vetted by Ameri can labor. It has two champions the living and the dead Henry Clay and Daniel Web ster. But Free Trade is right. So Peace is right. We require Protection for Free Trade, as we requiie fortresses and ships of war for Peace. Names are things. There is music thrilling in the world Free ! Free Lands, Free Homes, Free Men, Free Trade ! But death to British Free Trade ! All hail to American Free Trade! Lalor is not so material a thing as a ship it is not as visible. It is down in the mines, up in the garret, or far away in the factory. The Democratic Congress protected the Col lins line of steamers by a direct money grant against Free Trade, and the Congress did right. They would not see our gallant . crafts borne down by British ships, with Free Trade at the helm. Then why permit Labor to be destroyed by this same Free Trade, disguised in British bales and in British freight There is no hope for American Industry from the Democracy. In this contest there will be no temporary de lusion of Polk, Dallas and the Tariff of '42 no noise and confusion to hide the abandonment of River and Harbor improvements. Franklin Pierce is the living embodiment of his platform ; the history of his political life consists in his refusing to do anything for his country. His policy was, so cheerless that he voted against beneticient measures that Jackson maintained; his constitutional scruples were so nice that he opposed relief to the widow of Pres ident Harrison, that the Senate granted. The Democracy appear to be in great trouble and tribulation. They have denied the New Boston speech ; but people won't believe the de nial. Thev have received a private dispatch from Mr. James M. Campbell, promising that bushels of certificates shall be on soon, in which, says the Enquirer, "the abolition report of the speech is denounced as a "damnable lie," which will be nailed to the counter with emphasis." But they will not be comforted 1 Mr. Camp bell's profane swearing though he belonged to the church ! and this new mode of nailing to the counter, with emphasis, give no encourage ment ! They see breakers ahead. Who will cetiify the certifiers t There's the rub. Ayer, and Campbell, and Hibbard, and Norris, and the whole posse, are FreesoUers and consequent ly unworthy of credit. In the meantime, there stands the speech of New Boston, reported six months ago, when there was no motive to mis represent and uncontradicted until its exis tence became known at the South. It is an ugly customer, and hard to get round. As far as the world knows, the reporters are as respec table men as those who contradict them ; and they have this advantage, that they had no mo tive to make a false report then, and their assail ants have very powerful motives to make a false one now. Rich. Whig. Kosciusko and Scott. The high estimate in which Gen. Scott was held by that friend of freedom and hero of Poland, Kosciusko one of the few names not born to die may be learned from the following extracts from a letter to Ba ron Hottinguer, during Scott's visit to Europe. Than Kosciusko, few persons have been more widely known. He was connected with two revolutions that of America, and that of Po land. The melancholy issue of the last has con nected with him both the affections of grief and admiration, drawing at once a laurel from histo ry and a sigh from song. "Sir May I beg you to express to Gen. Scott my great regrets that, owing to a severe indis position, I am unable to leave Soleure ; other wise it would afford me the highest gratifica tion to meet him half way between this and Paris, to make his acquaintance ; the more so, as he is charged by his government with collec ting of information upon military subjects." "Be pleased to convey my compli ments to Gen.' Scott, and especially for his vic tories in Canada. I hope the Americans will follow his example Aw courage his energy and his VIRTUES. Kosciusko." ! Elector for the State at Large. The Regis ter calls attention to the necessity for immedi-! ately selecting the Whig candidate for Elector for the State at Large. We are under the im pression that the Executive Committee has de cided to appoint Henry W. Miller, Esq. We know that he is the choice of every Whig that we have heard speak on the subject. We hope that the Chairman of the Committee will make the announcement. Fay. Obs. THE RALEIGH REGISTER " Ours' are the plans of fair, 'delightful peace ; Unwarped by party rage, to live like brothers." RALEIGH, N: C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG. 18, 1852. REPUBLICAN WHIG TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT, OF NEW JERSEY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, of north carollva. " I have been asked if I liked this Fugitive Slave Law : I answered Xo, I LOATHED IT. I HAVE A MOST REVOLTING FEELING AT THE GIV ING UP OF A SLAVE THE LAW IS OPPOSED TO HUMANITY." Gen. Pierce, 2nd Janua ry, 1852. Again, Gen. Pierce, in a speech made by him while in the United States Senate See Globe, 2nd Session, 25th Congress, page 54 says : " I have no hesitation in saying that I consider Slavery a SOCIAL and POLITICAL EVIL, and MOST SINCERELY WISH if had no existence on the face of the earth .'" official. The Whig of the Uniual States, ia Contention assembled, adhering to the preat oonwrTatiTe Republican principle by hii-h thev are controlled and eoTerned, and now. as ever, re- i.in. iiTvin th intelligence of the American people, with anv abiding coufldence in their capacity for self-gOTernment, andyotes of WhigS. . . . : i j r;. ... ik . r-ti t n t nit anil the T'ti inn I Weir CUUllUUf-U UCiwu w mi, v ' ' - " proclaim the following as the political sentiment and deter ininalion, for the establishment and maintenance of which their national organization as a party is effected : ' 1. -That the Government of the L'nited State is of a limited character, and it U confined to the exercise of powers express ly granted by the Constitution, and such as may be necessary and proper for carrying the granted powers into full execu tion ; and that all powers not thus granted or necessarily im plied are expressly reserved to the States respectively, and to the People. 2. The State Governments should be held secure in their reserved rights, and the Ucneral Government sustained in its constitutional powers, and the Union should be revered and watched over as "the palladium of our liberties." 3. That, while struggling freedom every where enlists the warmest sympathy of the Whig party, we still adhere to the doctrines of the Father of his Country, as announced in his Farewell Address, of keeping ourselves free from all entangl ing alliances with foreign countries, and of never quitting our own to stand upon foreign ground. That our mission as a Republic is not to propagate our opinions, or impose on other countries our form of government by artifice or force, but to teach by example, and show by our success, moderation, and justicethe blessings of self-government and the advantages of free institutions. 4. That where the people makeand control the Government they should obey its constitution, laws, and treaties, as they would retain their self-respect, and the respect which they clsim and will enforce from foreign Powers. 5. That the Government should be conducted on principles of the strictest economy, and revenue sufficient for the expen ses thereof, in time of peace, ought to be mainly derived from a duty on imports, and not from direct taxes; and, in laying such duties, sound policy requires a just discrimination and protection from fraud, by specific duties, when practicable, whereby suitable encouragement may be afforded to American industry, equally to all classes and to all portions of the country. 6. That the Constitution vests in Congress the power to open and repair harbors, and it is expedient that Congress should exercise its power to remove obstructions from naviga ble rivers, whenever such improvements are necessary for the common defence or for the protection and facility of com merce with foreigu nations or among the States such improve ments being, in every instance, national and general in their character. t ". That the Federal and State Governments are parts of one system, alike necessary for the common prosperity, peace, and security, and ought to be regarded alike with a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment. Respect for the author ity of each, and acquiescence in the constitutional measures of each, are duties required by the plainest eoniderations of Na tional, of State, and of individual welfare. 8. That the series of acts of the Thirty-first Congress, com monly known as the Compromise or Adjustment, the act known as the fugitive slave law included, are received and ac quiesced in by the Whig party of the L'nited States as a final set tlement iu principle and substance of the dangerous and ex citing questions which they embrace; and, so fiur as they arc concerned, we will maintain them and insist upon their strict enforcement until time and experience shall demonstrate the necessity of further legislation to guard against evasion of the law on the one hand and the abuse of their powers on the other not impairing their present efficiency to carry out the requirements of the Constitution ; and we depre cate all future agitation of the questions thus settled as dan gerous to our peace, and we will discountenance all efforts to continue or renew such agitation, whenever, wherever, or however the attempt may be made ; and we will maintain this settlement as essential to the nationality of the Whig party and the integrity of the I'nion. Resolutions of the Whig Xational Convention SOUND, IS HE? There is a short chapter in the political life of Franklin Pierce, which no Southern man should overlook. It proves most conclusively his Anti-Slavery propensities, and no doubt con stitutes a part of that "mass of testimony" which has induced the whole Van Buren faction of the North to throw their influence in favor of his election. There is much stronger evidence against Aim than there waa against the "inimit able" and "immaculate" magician, who so base ly betrayed the South. Will -Pierce prove a safer depository of our rights ? It would be madness so to believe. But to that interesting chapter. Here it is : "An act authorizing Edmund Brooke to re move to the District of Columbia two slaves, owned by him prior to his removal from Virgin ia: "Be it enacted, dre., That Edmund Brooke, of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, be au thorized, and permission is hereby granted him, to bring from the State of Virginia into the said District of Columbia two negro slaves, namely, John and Alfred, the property of the said Brooke, and to have and to exercise the same rights of property and of worship over the said slaves as if they had been brought by the said Brooke in to the said District at the time of his removal to the said District of Columbia, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. This act shall be in force from ite passage." Approv ed June 30, 1834. (Vide Little & Brown's pri vate acts, p. 600.) This bill came up in the House of Represen tatives June 12th, 1834, when Mr. Wardwell moved to lay it on the tabled -which failed, yeas 69, nays 95, Franklin Pierce rating in tltc affir mative, and thereupon the bill passed, yeas 106, nays 47, Franklin Pierce voting in Vie negative. (Vide II. Jour., 1st sess., 23d Cong., p. 743.) Could any fact better illustrate this man's principles and prejudices ? Let the Whig Party charge it upon them ! Keep them on the de fensive. They are vulnerable at every point. A LITTLE MORE OF PIERCE'S LIBER ALITY. 1. In the House of Representatives on the 27th Dec. 1833, he voted against a resolution for the benefit of the old fighters in the Indian Wars. , ' 2. On the 11th February following, he voted against a Bill extending the operations of an Act giving pecuniary relief to "surviving offi cers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, sol diers, and Indian spies of the old Continental line, or State troops, volunteers or militia," who served two years during the War of the Revolu tion had not been provided for by the act of 1828. 3. In 1836 he voted against the act for the re lief of certain officers and soldiers of the Revo lution. ' . - - 4. In the Senate, in 1841, he opposed a Bill giving five years half; pay to the widoics or or phans of officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, &c., who had died in the service of the United States after 20th April 1818. Such is the Statesmanship of tho man of the People the generous People of this nation are called on to support for the highest office in their gift! ' ' ' ' THE UOVJUKTvOK'S vubviivix l'lUfi UJ5 - ' -! SULT. l. AWl maJnrrv in th State W xsui vuiu" - ' "j "F"""" vf " j .. - shall take it coely, and prepare to go into the Presidential conflict with high confidence in the invincibility of our Ticket, disencumbered as it will be, of all local and sectional issues, which have for years past distracted our Party in this State ; and presented as that ticket is upon those broad principles of . National policy which. are j laid dowm in the Platform of the Whig National Convention, we feel assured it will rally the whole Party to its support. In such a contest we do not fear the consequences if the Whigs of the State will but organize actrfejy and efficient-- IV for the Cam Dai ffn. V J V t will not be pretended, we presume, by an ... ..... well informed and candid mimW of th onno- site Party, that the result of the election for Governor, is any test of the strength of the two Parties in the State, on purely political issues. It is very evident that "Free Suffrage" is strong er than either of the political parties by thou sands. It is a popular measure. It was popu lar in the beginning, as the result in 1848 proved. It defeated Mr. Manly in 1850 and it has de feated Mr. Kerr in the late election. That thisJ should have been the result isA not at all sur prizing, for however strongly and sincerely Mr. Kerr may have favored the extension of the right of voting, still Gov. Reid was regarded by the People as the "father" of Free Suffrage, and they were easily induced to believe (and every effort was made to produce that impres sion) that his (Gov. R's.) defeat would certainly defeat Free Suffrage. Thus, many, very many Whigs were prevailed on to forego their party preferences under their anxiety for this measure of reform, which can never become a component part of the Constitution without the aid an(Lj v Besides this, Gov. Reid was in office, which gave him a great advantage over any competi tor, to which may be added the fact that he had canvassed the entire State twice before, and had become personally known to a large num ber of the voters, whilst his opponent was per sonally a comparative stranger to them. To sustain the correctness of these views it is only necessary to examine in detail the returns of the election. In most, if not nearly all the contested Counties, Gov. R. ran ahead of his ticket. Here in the County of Wake he obtain ed about 200 votes more than Gen. Saunders, the highest Democrat on the Commons ticket. Other Counties could be named where the result is apparent, but it is unnecessary to dwell on the subject. We are now freed from these local issues. In 1848 Gov. Manly was elected by about 850 ma jority. The locofocos claimed it as a victory the Whigs felt that it was next kin to a defeat. But, when the contest came on between Taylor and Cass, upon purely political issues, we rallied and carried the State by nearly nine thousand majority. We can do this again under Scott and Gra ham, if we organize and go to work like men. Let no time be lost. This is not the hour to in dulge in vain regrets for the past. Let us pre pare for the future put on our armor and march forward once more with resolute hearts to the conflict ! Whigs ! every man into line under our gallant leaders! READ THE FOLLOWING. Extract of a letter written by a gentleman of Northampton, dated Aug. 12th, 1852 : " I know that there is no firmer or truer friend of the Compromise Measures than Gen. Scott. I have had the honor as well as the pleasure of meeting him at the house of a mu tual friend in New York frequently, both before and since the passage of the Compromise meas ures by Congress, and I have heard him on those occasions uniformly avow himself, boldly, as their advocate and defender not one but all of those measures. In conversation with him the other day at Old Point, I found him un changed in these opinions indeed, he prides himself as being one of the foremost in the field when those great questions agitated our coun try, and I recollect to have heard many persons say in New York the day after the great Union meeting was held at Castle Garden, that Gen. Scott had won for himself a prouder claim to the gratitude of his country, than n.11 his splen did victories could achieve, the night before, by the bold, fearless stand he took in the defence of the Union and the Constitution, rights of the South against the fanatics of the North, and the mad assaults of the disunionists of the South,. It will be an act of burning shame and ingrat itude, should the people of this country reject him for such a man as his competitor, who has done so little, if any thing, for the honor and advancement of this great nation." We know the writer of the above to be a gen tleman of high character, much intelligence, and deeply interested in slave property. He is an ardent supporter of Gen. Scott, and we are confident that interest as well as principle will induce him to spurn the very idea of sustaining a man who did not have " a clean breast" on this vital subject. Let the vile traducers of the glorious old Hero and patriot be overwhelmed by public indignation ! We would ask the Editor of the "StanV dard" a simple question : "If Pierce believes it unconstitutional and a violation of good faith for Congress to abolish Slavery in the 'District of Columbia, why did he present, whilst a member of Congress, a petition from the Abolitionists of his State, to eject that purpose? Was he not sworn to support the Constitution? " Was it in "good faith" to his oath to present a petition praying a violation of that Instrument ? Was he not by presenting such a petition giving .countenance to the fanatical spirit of Abolitionism ?" The presentation of such" a' -petition should damn him in the estimation of; Southern menespeci ally thow Who are such " sticklers" for the "pe culiar rights of jtheir section." But, oh ! he is a " Simon-pure" 'pemocrat," and they will go him, were he as black as Giddings ! "If the Legislature should ' turn out to be Whig on joint ballot, tho responsibility for the result will rest on Democratic Counties. We have lost a Commoner, for instance, in Person, one in Lincoln, one in Bladen, two in John ston," &e. Standard. Yes, and you have elected one in Burke where Kerr received 700 majority one in Rowan a Whig County two in Chatham where Kerr re- ceives a majority, and one in Davidson where t. -j ..:;.. r v., onn W- kv- nn riHwivm l i . ru. ui kuuui w. n iivud j j - i Whigs will learn a lesson from your teachings, in this respect if none otfeer l ' fTO THE I YANKEE FREE-SOILI IS. ii ia. lnilftArt Pnonah to hiiro mi-. ! c , , , , . " h0- ; wxn 01 oia laugn, to witness tne variety of ; tortious through which the countenance iocotoco will pass, when you begin to pije u ogainoi. i reiw; i ouuiiuuess. On the vital question which has so long agitata the South. There is no such thing as keepm him in a good humor. lie will fret and fUDlg until every drop of blood in his system h&j leaped into his face, and is about to ooze out of his ears and the tip end of his nose. You are in some cases obliged to desist through 8heer pity and fear, lest a fatal apoplexy might be tne consequence, ana tne grave inquiry ari KrV.aVia la-ar it wnnlil K Il 0f murder or manslaughter ! F1- Some of the more cool and deliberate Piercit, having learned a lesson or two from their frienJ and companion, Van Buren who has alw&j, been considered a Magician, will combat von, proofs with much ingenuity. But it isbv'the same kind of quibbling and non-committalism which characterized this great teacher of theirs whenever he wrote on the powers of Congress over Slavery. They will tell you for instance that all your witnesses are " Freesoilers"-i-aD(j therefore not entitled to belief, but when vou retort, and shew, that all of theirs Xurris, hib. bard, Ayer and others are as deeply dved in this iniquity, they are at a loss, and begin to look towards the skies, or send their minds " a wool gathering" way off yonder in Mexico, the scene of Pierce's masterly evolutions in the art of fainting ! Hold them to the record. Charge upon the. Yankee Freesoilers, the loving companions of such men as Van Buren, Cleveland. Kin? Gid- dings, Rantoul, and Hallett the abominable sentiments of that New Boston speech. The proot is tree. It will yet be made stronger. There was a desperate effort made by Locofoco ism and Freesoilism together to suppress this dark page in the history of Mr. Pierce. It was well known that it -vfould enforce to the gaze of the world and the contempt -of every honorable man, the foul combination which had been formed between the friends of the " faint ing general," and his Van Buren allies to cheat the South ! It has exploded, and if the South do not learn a lesson from it in time to sare themselves, then indeod, will they deserve no sympathy if they are again betrayed by "a Northern man with Southern principles." But one of their own leading Journals has " caved in," before the overwhelming character of the proofs against Pierce. The " New York Herald," which has heretofore sustained tho Locofoco nominees, and does now, thus dis courses. Let Southern men rea l it ! "It is charged (says the Herald.) ajrainjt Gen. Pierce, that last January, in a place in New Hampshire called New Boston, in the course of a public speech, on being interroga ted directly to the point, he replied that he loathed the Fugitive Slave Law," ha 1 a "re volting feeling at the giving up of a slave" and that the law was "opposed to Itnmanity," and " opposed to moral right," but that it was constitutional, &e. This charge we see sustain ed by tho affidavit of Mr. Foss, a Reporter, who reported the speech, on the sjof, and from our experience and observation, we hare learned in iht. matter of a disputed speech to husl the Reporter if honest, as tlte most reliable witness who can be produced. It is the Reporter's duty, and it soon beeomes his habit, to report the speech as he hears it, and to hear it all. Mere spectators seldom hear correctly the tenth part of a stump speech, and their testimony or even the testimo ny of the speaker himself in frequent cases, is not strictly, as reliable for accuracy as the evi dence of ther Reporter " This is the opinion of a thorough-goin; Pierce paper f It effectually closes the lips of locofo- ism. The truth is, the proofs are strong enough to convict him before any honest-jury in die country. Public opinion has already condemned him ; and before November next, the Smith will begin to " loath" the principles of this Yankee Freesoiler, they are endeavoring to foist upon her! HE HAS BEEN EVER TRl'. We have once published the following letter from Gen. Scott, but we would again call pub lic attention to it as illustrating the noble fidel ity of that hero- and patriot, to principles and the Whig party to which htj has always belong ed. " In 1840, Gen. Scott was a prominent candi date for nomination before the Harrisburg Con vention. His claims were pressed by many and powerful friends. When Gen. IIarrisonii nominated, those friends as well as Gen. Scott himself, gave the nomination a zealous supjwrt In 1848, prior to the meeting of the Conreo tion which nominated Gen. Taylor, the Hon. Truman Smith wrote to Gen. Scott, informing him that 'either he, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, Judge McLean or Gen. Taylor would be the nominee. His reply was as follows : ' Washlngtox, June 3d, 1S4S. Dear Sik : T hasten to acknowledge the honor of your letter of this date. ' I admit and feel all the. force of the public views you have laid be fore me. - . Until within a few daysj had not supposed that my, name was at all likely to be brought before the Whig National Convention, now soon to meet in Philadelphia to select a candidate ot the party for the President of the United State?. Whether I receive votes or not in that enlint ned body for the high distinction in question, I shall, as a Whig, feel myself under . very ob ligation that can - bind a citizen to Ins count?, and gve to the nominee whether he be one or the other of the four distinguished names witn which mine is associated by you all the moral influence and support it' may be in my l,offf ii.r.n-. . J. .:! nnt to d'U0l nniiuuy i uacjtv, auu uuj;uv - , that all Whigs will be equally patriotic ana earnest in the same good cause. . . , Reciprocating the personal friendi-lnp which you honor me, I remain, my dear si , faithfully yours, . WIN FIELD " I shall as a Whkj feel myself under every obligation that can bind a citizen to bis country, a :: !,. nil tb moral influence 1UJU VWO 1 -' " ' - - . and support it may be in my power rightful! . . ' - - - . ....... 1...1.4 4lu,l. UOOD to exert,- and I ougni not w Whigs will be equally paUnoiic and earnest ike same good cause !" What a noble example for those, whoe 1" ' warmness and hesitancy are now workup gross wrong to this true Whig and v ar-o patriot ! Is there a Whig in the State 1" " not rally under the Old Whig Banner ? - Seizm e of Liquor. ,. n ewpobt,. '( r. i.) August n-7fu;;;: ,;,, .., .,o.....l Wre to-day m con Hl ' "?v"". " - A ' n". ,. ,.fa ftua"", . . i. -.. : ... , , . . , . o i n , I ( ' u . ' - ' iHUH5 Bei.ure, t . ty of liquor, iu pursuance of the ' row i(.n-- jaine nqor law, . FOUR THE BROADSIDES
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