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M. ill contracts, ami undertake In exm-ate a I! the pii! lie printing at mil's ! iliiin llnf nf ltl!', mlnml to llie extent of twenty per l i nt."' Nnw heat ihe following, p thiin.lrri'rs of "iial ll,.n". pay especial uttciiticil lothis. 'Yet the committee have nnftrt'i innl I y raleu- i.. ....i...i i ii ,.., r.hvii iKiii i . -,.u .o-uui tii than two thn.Ka.id eiitbt hundred mid tinty-four dollars and filly- cents. . (2.SGI 50. ) ' Yet, sir, twcUe thousand five hundred dallar ! Virt had fallen this colleague, too, one of the were paid for this pampioVt. Mr. Ililcli'.e, I Jin jti met in our connt'y thisi the distinguished iti!-rmrd, mas tlie surety of Mr. Blt for the per- lawyer whose conduct and opinions certain persons li'Huurf nf his contract; he was the arbitrator, . 4re disjuised to make themselves ridiculous by cen Vila ettliil ihe prire for Boll, and, as 1 leurn fmnl ) sniiiij. a "lcinlier of the lloitsp, Mr. Ritchie is al-o the I .Mr. Johnson and Mr. Meredith, having parsed a-s'njiwc ol Belt, and holds the contract for his own 'advantage ! Now. sir, it this Galphanizing, '-or what is it called? Mr. Ritchie, too; is treatiusr the Government, as some or the early settlers i-l onr cminl-y wee said to h.ve treated the Indians. They claim, d the right to take land from the In dians, for they argued 1. the earlh is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, 2. The Lord hath given tU earth to hi saints: and 3. We arc the saints. h Democrats have had the spoils so ions, they t claim their right to have them, and think Whiir . ought not ewnto pay debts, although Congress ilk j r,.cn it. Why cannot Mv. Ritchie pour out some cf hisdenunciaiiori against Denby?. ,".'' Mr. UayirionJ. lie is one of the "elite" of. llie Richmond D'.'m. :-riicy. .: Mr. Stati'y. .Yes.sir.ns my friend from Virgin ia nays, because he is one of the '-elite" one of the aristocratic Dtfiwiciscy'nf Virginia. Besidrs . . . i i i i . .i the lame sums unjustly witnnei.i uy inese punn: officers by the Penby.- the Wefmnres, and the Put rick O'Hinses.of the last Administration, mere are others sti '. Ilt .1,1 in my hand a fkt "Balances due from Collectors and simcyors of customs, who were a p iinted between the 4th of March, 1815, and iih .Match, lHl9,and are, now out nf ijjlce;" and that balance is one hundred and lhi:ty-liine thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and. six teen cents, ($139,3-8 10.) And these, sir. are . .1 . ... -..I. .ii..iinia c,f nrn. Some 01 those poor r.annniiiui n' r- . . .v i .. r. ..! 'P...,lr.. well paid for travelling a few hundred mites, ami .withtnfftnilo when he cot there", for the Ger- Wan Confederation soon ceased to exist. Mr. Don ? Icon was recalled, and the Administration de nounced for recalling him. What public service M r. Donclson ever rendered is yet to lie known. Here is a statement of the amounts paid him : Amount of salaries recmcd bj A. J.Donehnn.from IQth April, WS, to the 1st A'oiemier, 1849. 1840, April 10. Outfit for Berlin, $9,000 1848, SScptemlier 1st. To amount of sal ary as Minister In iviriui.troir. aprii iw, 1840, at S'J.000 per annum. 1843. Septemlr 1st. Expenditures made as Minister to Frankfort, prior tothe se paration of the Prussian and German mission, -18 19, November M. Outfit to Frankfort, 1849, November 1st. Infit from Frankfort, 18 19, November 1st. Salary from 1st Sept. '.- U d.ete, '.. 21,500 2,250 9.000 , -,350 , 10,50 Total, $54,590 j ' ' Aml now let as see how well Mr. Attorney Uen- rriil Clifford was taken rare of. Ho was sent to Mexico, to aid in exchanging the ralificationof the - . . . , . ,c art Ann trt.itv. ror'.his ne received an umm i ml a salary. After his blundering wilt) wnai nej .... . . ... I . L called a protocol, which was no protocol, and by his conduct threatening at one li.ne the most seri ons dancers tothe country, he was returned as Minister to Mexico. And thnstl account stands .. til, itiUnnliljrnt Ihe Domocralic nam; i ti,. UU.U.. . the oavments which were made tu Mr. Nathan Clifford, late U. S. Minister j to Mexico, viz: j pr,u, r..m No 22fiG2.dated 18March, i 1818, for $9,000 00 Do 6.192, do 28 Nov. '48, b,000 00 Do 'Ho Do Dj fi,323, do 4 Dec. iln 610 61 7.361, do 2 Feb. '49, 9 M'ch.do 4 Sept. do 500 00 I 7,fi5, do 609, do 146 00 373 oo 16,391 31 And for balance due Imn on settlement, n,o at Whole sniouo' w'd by Mr. Cliffird from 18 March, '-ifl.to 4li Sept. '49, 831,249 22 U Ibis "Gslphii.iT.ing," r what U h? And now IlKise who have tolerated an mese mmien mc mmmcine ihe Whig party us the"Ga!phm party. 'Truly, sir, do these noisy declaimers resemow .democratic overseer 1 once heard of in the south ern country. He had been informed thatthe sqmr y ih were eafmgthe cnrn.and he took six good men f mm thPir wort to kill the squirrel, while he kept m jut War who was allowed o devour com entire ly tincnntrolleil. 1 amTiota-warewhat public service ilr. Clifford has done to erfthhi liiti ch re- tratll. He genfleman iff respertnble WW. . undhasliecn AlMncy General ; lut I think the only monmiretrt to his mmory, as Altoniry Gener ;nl,wiH He,lha1 4fterfcwoniisii)w:he Su preme t'lmrt were compelled to adopt a two-rtour yule. - Now compare his services with those of Iteverdy Johnson. We have seen pnblisheu the opinion' of Hit' Supreme Cour in ths ease of lleminifrs. Pa f. involving tne ngiura icvy .. PapS involving the rtgtil to levy on- I MeortJ i certain ports in Mexico Vies OH gOOUS mpon I" - -.Uirimr the war. Tin e '!ie cmrt belew jrini.l 'l Ciiited fStatea. By tr. JiJ.uson effrts t3 ease was brrmglft to ,le'ui.rfmeCoiiTt,adaaw bis masterly srgn vm evru the Juye, whn hS been of Afferent jj.iimi. was romlnced, the judgment was revered, ,ml rhe Dnited Suiesaved sfay soiii iwHns sdaw'hjiawia.Wi'in. For Wscrvico b r- BCriptiun, removed trom omce ny vii iieiai j me tninan ir.oes. it was,i tt.itiK, among the ssi A:nl still more: Ilereisa list of "balances due oul Indians, a custom, when they were preparing tiv receivers of public moneys from sales of lands, j f0r war, to kill a dog, place his liver on a stake wiiower? appointed during the four years ending four or five feet high.andthebarbariousand beast the 4th March, 1849, and were out of office on the. y warriors then formed a ring, and while they 1st July, 18S0." This balance is twenty-five ihou- j danced ground, each rm.n would bite a peice from sand four hundred and forty-two dollars sixty-one I the liver.;' I thought thse who enjoyed so violent cents, (25,442 CI.) How cruel thai such men j. a speech, were men of taste congenial to that or should be removed from oltice! I thiite uncivilized barbarians. There are some instances of abuse, to which 1 ! Mr. Speaker, I will conclude. I repeat, I do wish now to refer. The lust administration had ; not justify the conduct of the Secretary of War, its favorites, besides the defaulters, and they were 1 jH aciig ns claim-agent while ho was a n.em weli taken cure of. Take the case of Mr. A. J. j beroTthe Cabinet. It was in bad taste, to say the Donelsoii. In 1841, in April, lie was Minister to j Mst. it js a t,t, example, and apart from other Berlin. He had an outfit of $9,000 and hisaala- j consideration", a sense of public duty forbids me to ty. In 1848 he was sent by Mr. Polk Minister to sppmve his conduct. If this act is justified, au Oermany, or the German Confederation Tor this ditors, comptrollers, and other officers will act as he received another outfit and salary. He was , claim-agents, and the most enormous abuses be -(.'iiei! uiicompeniulion, and w mid receive none, ' ihiiiih stiii e i f his prt'Jt'CPKstirx fur service nf a like character hi J been comjiensitieJ. In the ruse ; f the Louisiana land claims, l.e saved to the Gov- eminent two millions of dollars. Auil now, sir, this is llie gentleman of unsullied LK'VHleelwract.r - of spotless integrity-npon whom, as lua colleague IU me enaie remarKeu, hefore he was Attorney General, the manlle ol through life, with unsnstaincd reputations, (of which their country will he proud,) will smile at the impotent malii e that attempts t wound them, knowing; that all good men will not "mistake the i venom of the shaft for the vigor of the bow." j The re is no patriotic gentleman of any partv, , whose heart will not cordially approve the senti j uient of Cicero, who, in one of his orations, when speaking of the duty of good men to defend the fKMW of the illustrious dead, said, he thought him-' self 'bound to fight for their fame, glory, and .memory, with as n.urh real as for the altars and temples of my country ; and if it were necessary j to take arms in ihe defence of their praise, I should take them as urenuotiFly an they themselves did j for the defence of our common safety." Surely, j then, it is right to guard the reputation of eminent public men, though still living. ! I regretted very much, Mr. Speaker, to hear the ! gentleman from Ohio Mr. Carttf.rI depart from jhst propriety which ought to mark our language ier.v,and indulge in harsh epithets towards the ; tnen hers of the Cabinet. The gentleman, I am satisfied, spoke under excitement, and in his calm ; inoinrnis will regret the violence of his language, j because it was unbecoming in him, and unjust to : wards those whom ho denounced. But when I saw smiles of approbation in the countenance of a ' few on the other side, while the gentleman from , Ohio was speaking, I was forcibly reminded of a i scene drawu by Catlia, during his travels amons I" . . . .1 . practiced; and in saying this, I feel, as I "think Mr. Crawford felt, when he was anxious that Mr. Walker should act in this claim, before Mr. C. came into the Cabinet. I desire tlte truth should, be known by the coun try, that it may see there are as many Democrats as Whigs responsible for the payment of the Gal- phin sis 'm ; that some of those now trying to use the payment of this claim' for party purposes, have justified enormous abuses on the part of the pillars of the Democratic party: that some of them have been guilty of taking public money for nn-lof just claims. When the truth can be known, the small oraVrs of party may cry "Galphin !" until "Galphin '." the hills,"Galphin !" the woods,"Gal- phin !" the rocks, resound. They may buy start- iiiirs . and leach them to cry Galphin, nothing- but Galphin! It will be a lesson the iirds will soon learn, for the startling orators have learnt it in few weeks. But when the honest people of this countrv know the whole truth, when thev see that 1 ,(e Democrat.jc "pillars" have plundered the Treas- ury, and passed along unrebuked by their party friends ; when they hear the facts I hav mentioned jufl now, they will tell each noisy drummer of party, "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam of it, when Polk approved this same bill? Hear out of thine own rye ; and then shalt thou see nim; clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's prc8Ct President, also a slave holder, el eye." ected from a slave-holding State, with a large "I rise, fellow-cilitens, not for the pm-pose of vino- von a hitnr nf mv nriuntit life. This Hav j givin? you a history of my private life twenty-four years ago I was in this village, a poor Kule hnv unrliinir for mv virlnaU and clothes : to-day, t occupy before you the proud position of beinir the unanimous nominee of groat political party for the highest office within the gift of my ! Stale." Dariii S. Reid' t Speech at Wenttmrth. r,cre ja a fppjjmen 0f profound pathoa for you 1 i Wonderful to relate ! the present Democratic can- didate foT'-lh highest office within the gift of his State," was twenty-four yeats ago "a poor l'" j boy, working for his victuals and clothes." He fonreU to te Bi w,eir ),; clothes were ragged I or patched; whether his nose was dirty or clean I Strange, fataloniissirm! Cannot some friend of the Hon. David, the "Standard man" for instance, supply thia scriow defect in the narative, so that the future historian, when giving an account of . m rveiiiiu. hwi w i c,u in ibjiiij u.LM k, -..."b I circamstancet betore an admiring worm. we . I wonder if ther was a dry eye in the assembly at Wentworth, when tins ktatement was maoe t io m serious : Was there ever more prtcious spe- cimen ol claptra? snu demagouueisji man is in , be found in the above extract J We never saw or heard one equal to it. We honor the man, who l from hnmhle beginnings, has elevated himself to a high poHitioii among his fellows j but the language has words seanreiy strong enotign to express our UHtemft tor him, when he stoops torn his position to Mill the sympathies of the people in his early struggles with poverty and adverse fortune, for the avowed purpose of eUtaling himself still higher. il. umimWi'j JamiUi intvil annpnr rn to j . f.. . . . j II Bditor ot tne tsisnuaru rromwuinBcommnswe -.JU.. ,,! ..ointr "llii. TFitly was forced out of Cel. Reid by the demagog Hwm of his opponent." We are not told in what the Jems gwuefem ormistcil, but we defy the &! itor ot the fttamdmrd to select from tint wrnSngs or perhestlssjsdernsor snelents, a purer spe eimsn llian that lurv'tshed by David 8. Reid in his pferh at WcntirorhY Old Srth S''di. ' THE RALEIGH TIMES. RALEIGH, fribaij itlonung, Mi) 26, 1830. FOR GOVERNOR OF TUB STATE, Cha's. Manly of Wake. EI.KCTION RETURNS. We will be thankful to our friends if they will forward us the Returns, as early as possible from every County. 1 1' they will take some pains, in this respect, we shall be able to furnish them the result in ono week from the day of election. GO TO THE POLLS. This is the last paper we can issue before the day of Election ; and it is our desire once more to urge upon our Whig friends everywhere the impor tance of doing their duty. At their call, their tal ented and gallant Nominee ha9 gone to the West, bearing 'nor unconquered Banner. To the hands of his Whig friends in the Middle and Eastern por tions of the Stale lie commits his cause and their cause. Whig fidelity demands at our hands that his generous ccifldcnce should not be misplaced. It is ours to do our duty.' Upon lis, huliridtially, as well as collectively, will the responsibility rest, should any causes prevent us from carrying the State. Our strength brought out, CntM.v.s Manly is elided! In our own hands the victory rests! I.cl's make it sure and triumphant! THE WILMOT PROVISO, We are pretty certein that ihe false charge got up by David S. Reid against Governor Manly a bout the Basis of Representation, (hut which the Governor has successfully exposed and exploded,) was a desperate attempt to smother up the discus sion of his vote for the Wiimot Proviso. Having effectually disposed of his Basis falsehood, we pro ceed to submit a few more remarks upon the abom ination of the Wiimot, Excrutiating have been the efforts of Reid and his partizans to get rid of this issue. The Loco-1 foco presses themselves had taught the people how dreadful a thing the Wiimot Proviso was and it was reasonable to suppose that their three years la bor had not been in vain. It was bad at the first hut their anathemas had made it horrible and when it was found out that their Candidato for Governor had toted for it, their best endeavors were employed to soften its harsh, obdurate features in vain. Death and destruction threatened them un til their candidate came to their rescue with his ingenious accusation against Gov. Manly that he went for llie White basis. They opened upon it in full cry the welkin rang with their vocifera tions. If they coulT have kept it up until Old Charley got up to the Mountains beyond our reach, they would have felt easy and cafe. But alas! the "Wilkesboro letter" overtook them; and in tpite the Certificate they have paraded, signed by heated Locofocos and pretended Whigs, the game is at once up. Then comes the "Morganton letter," and finishes the lying comedy; and Locofocoism, "prostrate in the dust, "Now owns in tearsits punishment was just! B,lt .,B Wiimot! awthe. Wiimot .' Mr. Reid toted for it TWICE. Not by way of Compro- miBe not because, thirty years ago, the line of . t m; omlil in M. lniin!i Ter- .jio-v. . t,e nrelends but ho voted for it when it Was put in Ihe bill movedly and solely to assert In8 unlimited power of Congress over the wliole subject of slavery. What did Mr. Van Buren say portion ol his cabinet also ;n tne name sr.uauon has given the highest sanction to the doctrine we contend for. that is known to our institutions ; and although he fett lumself called upon tomskean extra niCTsaffe.Settinff forth his reasons for belicv- ing the restriction ought not to be applied to our Mexican Territories, he does not take the slightest notice of ttie constitutional objection on which so many Southern States had based their opposition. This branch of tin subject has been thus, and we hope forever disposed of." Van Buren's Letter of Acceptance to the uutlaiouonvenuon How plain it is, that this vote ot Re id i this J approvai by PolkpasseJ the) Wiimot Proviso in its most offensive form, unnecessarily, and as an insult to the South. Mr. Van Buren clutches si it, and exalts over it. He sees the surrender of the principle; and determined, as the Northern people were, at that time, to apply this principle to Call forma and New Mexico, what a powerful argu . ... KAd , Polk fu ish (0(hcir h. it j , T)ie ,ight, 0r the Soutn betrayed by Southern men .nj 0ne of these very men the lcoloco UM I ' ...... fo, Governnr 0f North Carolina ! And oh thame t )onor anJ , principiei the Democrats of (he M expected to vote fof him ! ShaU the GmernorU C1mr of North Carolina be fiUedbp a Wiimot Frmisoul! Up, Whigs of the Old North! Her honor calls you! Prevent this vile contamination.' Preserve her honor! Vindicate your own rights and the ri ghts of the South ; and tead ,()e North( m( your opposition to ihe Wil ?tmlf0t e xlends to all who ever voted for it. Rejd u nnpHrEPli ,nd nnkrm ven Brand him to e bone! The Richmond Times says of i'ne new President, u Tip ts not a man who awn lili eoiiHcienrA hnvA .i -i-.T.- . "... V" ins runstuuuuu , uui ono wnu s.uniowii;e uie I,lin fne nfllit nnl taialiu kptwAM di States. IU believea tlat slavery w a snbject with srbich (Js Nattosnl GovfTiiment has noihing tojo mb he has pledged himself that " Southern tnslit At loos will never be assailed or molested by any act of his." He has never committed himself, like almost every other public mat) of the North to the doctrine of the Wjl not Proviso." N. C. Stupendous Fraud ex posod......Gov. Manly on the Basis. READ, Freemen of the State-READ Freemen of Ihe East! . GOV. MANLY'S TRUE POSITION. . "Our Constitution is wit perfect. No one pre tends that it is or ever can be. Hut it is the glory of our free Inst.tntion that the people have a right to alter their organic law whenever time and ex perience prove that amendments are wanting and the public feeling and the popular vofco demand a change. In our Constitution this right is ex pressly provided fir, and in my judgment it is no part of a Governor's duties or rights, to make or pmpose new Constitutions for the people." . "The people may be trusted I am sure to decide for themselves in North Carolina, and at all events they have reserved that right in the existing Con stitution: and if such a law altering the Consti tution. should be passed by the Legislature dur ing my term of oflice, it shall be faithfully and fairly executed. "In my view of the subject, it will be my duty to reconiineiid tothe approaching General Assem bly such legislation consistently w ith the compro mises of our present Constitution, as will enable the people to decide these questions of State Re form, for themselves. And I owe it to candor to declare this to you upon the present occasion ; be cause the approaching election will take place several months before my first Official Communi cation to the General Assembly." Gar. Mauly's Address, read before the Whig Stale Vumention, lh June, 1S50. POSITION OF THE WHIG PARTY. 7. Wiiebeai, A larjje number of the people of the State, without distinction of political party have in dicated a wish to have the State Constitution amend ed, so as to give to voters for the House of Commons the right to veto alij for Senators: And wiieiikas, it is a fundamental principle of popular government, de clared in onr Hill of Rights, thai all political power is vested in, and derived from, the. People only : Rrsuhed, in the opinion of this Convention, that the Legislature should adopt some mode, in accord ance with the provisions of the constitution, by which the sense of a majority of the People may bo clearly Rscertainud, and their wishes carried out, in refer ence to said proposed amendment of the Constitution. We have heretofore warned the Whigs of the State of the attempt made to misrepresent Gov. Manly's position in regard to the Basis of Repre sentation in the Legislature. The llaleigh Stand ard, deriving its a uthorily from Darid S. Reid him self, in the first place, puts it forth on what it calls the "best authority." The Goldsboro' Patriot con fesses that his informant got it from Reid. And the Wiliuingtm Journal states the charge in such a way as to convey the same inference. We re gard that matter as settled : and the Democratic candidate for Governor stands before the people in the attitudeof author of theciarg-e, that Gflv.Man. ,y ,a taken crmind ogainst present Basis of Representation, and in favor of the White Basis, Desperate as have been the attempts of the De mocratic party to obtain the control of affairs in North Carolina, we confess that in the present can vass they have cone beyond ;'..!r former iealons efforts, and used the most humiliating and unwor thy means. Had they a man of talents, standing and character at the head of their Central Organ, the Raleigh Standard, their success might be great er. But what better can be expected from a petty fogger, than the disreputable issues which he makes ? the unscrupulous means he employs ? the use which he permits his party to muke of him ? He has promulgated this charge at the instance of fiefif and must suffer, with him, the odium at tached to its faltity and turpitude. For Reid there can be no excuse he has given the information- he has heard Gov. Manly's speeches so often that nopretenceof misunlerstanding will avail him and we are forced to Ihe conclusion, however much we may wish it were otherwise, lliBt Dai id S. Reid has deliberately misrepresented Gov. Manly's position on the subject of the Basis of Representa tion. .... The truth of the charge having been denied by us, and the other Whig pressei of the Stale, the Standard, of July 20, comes out with a certificate dated at Wentworth, July 16, signed by T. B. Wheeler, J. S. Robinson, jr., E. W. Hancock, J. W. Ellington, and T. Ruffin, jr., who state that at Wentworth, on the 29fc June, Gov. Manly declar ed, most distinctly and unequivocally, that he was n favor of "abolishing the black or federal basis. and of instituting a white basis in its stead;" they say that JJeW opposed any change whatever in the mode of apportioning representatives, and especi ally at this juncture; and that Gov. Manly then em phatically announced himself in favor of the change, and proclaimed that he was a better friend to Equal Suffrage than his opponent They say further that some of them an Whigs, and have no wish lo injure Gov. Manly or his election; that they heard him with their own ears, and are willing to testify to if, and that they arc not itmWrfous of appearing in print, but consent that their certificate may be published, if necessary to establish trie truth. Who, and how many, are Whigs, we are not tokl ; and the majority we infer, arc Democrats. We deal plainly with this matter, and brand it ag Ant, at we have lake done in our paper, as a FALSEHOOD, from beginning to end If it be said, that these are respectable men who testify that Gov, Manly did advocate this change in the Basis of Representation, our answer is very easy. The question to be decided, and the only point which it is material for the people to know is, nof what these few prejudiced hearers under stood from the Governor's speech; but what are, in fatl, tlie Goternor'$ opinionsl What will, in truth be the policy of .his Administration? And fortunately, we are enabltd to answer, ve- Oil his own authority, and in his on,n words, from a letter dated "WitKEsnono', July 21," which contained the following rssage to the Editor of the Raleigh Tces ,4Thc story about ray having come out for white population is false. 1 he Wing papers in llal eigh ought to warn their readers not to be -deceived or hembngred by each contemptible arU and prac tices. My VTF1W8 ARE SET FORTH IN IKY PRINTED SPEECH, AJD I TAKE NO COURBE IRCONSISTKNT WITH TUB POSITIONS & DECLARATIONS TIIERE- ... VI . 1 IN made. It is true, l ao noi spcan the same wordt,day after day, BUT THE PRIXCIPLKS AVOWED A HE THE SAME." And what is there to entitle the Certificate lo any great reliance, when it is contrary to the ex press denial of an honest and honorable man as ever served Ihe State ? Is it proliable that Gov. Manly would solemnly declare, in his speech be fore the Convention, that he Ihought it was in no sense becoming in the Governor, or the Canlldate for Governor, to undortukc ihe office of tinkeringthe people's Constitution, and at his first appearance, in Mr. Reid's own Count), plainly contradict him self? Is it probable, that Gov. Manly would accept the nomination of the Whig Convention, which, st Ihe time of his nomination, declai?d, by a formal Re solution, that it belonged to a majority ol the peo ple, and to them only, to alter the organic law, in Ihe manner prescribed by the Conslitut'um, and forth with set himself up ogainst the pride and the prin ciple of his friends, by turning a constitution-mender for the people in his canvass 1 If there be any who, finding in their own bo soms no sentiment of honor to rebuke all double- dealing, are too ready to lend their cars to the charge of it against another, we ask even such men to answer, whether Gov, Manly, had he set out to play a double game, would have been quite so silly and short-sighted as to proclaim it by his first sjieech, and at Wentworth, in David S. Reid's oicn County ? and before a crowd where the Fed eral population basis is as much in favor as in any other county in North Carolina ? The story is not credible of itself. Any fair man would doubt his own impressions. It is an im peachment of the Governor's political honor, and personal veracity, at the solicitation of unprinci pled partizans, t(7ien it must hate been known and foreseen, thai the statement would be used nay, ... . T. i. I t .t. . 1..V . r. ii was imemwa io ue useu in me eastern iOiin- tics, whilst Gov. Manly was daily travelling West according to his published appointments, away from his accusers, and without a knowledge of the the accusation ? We put it to every honorable mind, whether those who understood Gov. Manly to have taken a position, in the teeth of his own Address before the Convention, and in the face of a Resolution by the Convention which nominated him, did not owo it to an honorable man like Gov. Manly to arraign his inconsistency upon the spot 7 Did they do that .' Whether they did not owe it to themselves to furnish Gov. Manly with a statement of their interpretation of his speech at Wentworth, before they submitted to become certifiers for heated par tizans, in a region remote from the place whither the Governor had already appointed to go T Was that done J No no. The story is set afloat by the Locofoco press at Raleigh, at the instigation, and upon the authority of Reid himself, "Ihe best authority" and sent to every Eastern county for effect. And in the heat of the contest, but hot till the tGth July ! mark it '.only one fortnight be fore the election, a certificate is asked for, and sent out to deceive and defraud the Eastern Whigs, without Gov. Manly's knowledge; although his very honorable competitor is along with him in the West, and kneu that he ha$ung this poisoned ar row to the East. God save the State from the tri umph of such trickery in the election of a Chief Magistrate ! : We shall not further embitter this contest by violent, though well-deserved strictures upon the conduct of the persons who have, so late as the ICthof July, furnished for publication a certificate of what Gov. Manly said. They cannot intend to say more than that they ft understood the Governor; and the unqualified confidence of their language only shows their excitement, and consequently their liability to mistake the Governor's meaning But blessings on the mark ! some of them are Hrfcigs'and have therefore no wish to injure Gov. Manly or his election !" From such Whigs, Good Lord deliver us! We refer again to Gov. Manly's authorized contradiction above : "The story about my hav ing come out for white population is false .'" rrr MORE PROOF! JJ1 ANOTHER LETTER FROM GOV. MANLY In addition to the above, and since it was put in type, the following Letter has been received from Governor Manly, and is now laid before the Peo ple ofthe State: Morgnnton, July 17, '50. Mr. Gales Your kind letter ad dressed to me at Lenoir, and for warded to mc here, is this moment received. The charge that I have come out in favor of changing the present Basis of Representation under our Constitution, to the White basis either in the Federal or State Gov ernment, is utterly and unqualifiedly false, from whatever source it may have originated or been promul gated. Such position may be popu lar m the Mountain regions ; but do not entertain it, and do not ttd vance it. You arc at liberty to make what use you please of this hasty note, CHA'S MAINLY, TO THE WHIGS OF THE EAST, We commit the proper correction of the accounts sent among them, in vast nutnbors, of lltese false positions imputed to Gov. Manly. They will do him justice they will rebuke the unworthy metns employed lo ruin him in the East, they will re buke the wicked spirit which prompted them, and reject the Democratic nominee Doi iii S. Reid who has stooped so low from Ihe dignity of manhood, asd the trior a 1 obligations of fair and honest dear- ing: i Tilts Is the BMtt sUipenuom fraud which ever was llemied in the Old North State: andskaeic- ful as is the fart, its perpetration tests on David S. Reid, the Democratic Caudidatv for Governor. Should it succeed, no honest man will ever u pi re to the Chair of State w hich has been filled by t one who trained it by such disreuutable means. i The office itlf will be io polluted and defiled, that none but demagogues and unprincipled politi cian like ReiJ will ever seek it. Fkf.ejien of the East ! It belongs lo yon to Save ihe Slate from (he degradation of having sui h a man for Governor. Ciiak1.es Mani.v is a pure, honest, palriolic statesman, nho would scorn all office, if not obtained by noble and honorable means who would scorn to creep Into a station by fraud and trickery, to which his own merits did not entitle him. Very bitterly has he been abused on the proin.il galion of this base slander against him. It rest with the Whigs of the State todefi-nd and sustai him; lo vindicate his honor; to maintain the purity of their Gubernatorial Chair ; to give him a tri umphant victory over all his enemies. The First day of August is at hand, IjcI us all go to the polls, and carry our neighbors with us, to vote for Chari.es Manly, our present talented and honorable Chief Magistrate. WHIGS OF THE CENTRE ! The hottest ofthe battle comes on you ! Have you no pride ? Have you no feelings nf resentment for the unmeasured abuse which has been poured forth against yon during this campaign 1 Are you quiet and composed, when t'.ie effort is made by Iho Locofoco press to raise an outcry all over the State against you for the manly and open expression of your free voices in the management of public af fairs and the choice of Nominees for State offices? Has it Come to this, that, because a man lives in re Centre of the State, he is lo be proscribed and branded as unworthy of confidence, and the place of his residence be held up to public scorn as the liefest objection against him? Whigs of the Centre, now is the time to avenge the wrongs your patriotic public officers have suuVied from this un merited and unjust odium cast upon them by the ccofores all over the Stale on account of their locality I The chief of that dishonorable faction, David S. Reid comes before you for your judg ment. Mark him! reiect him ! brand the cal umniators of your Candidate Chari.es Mamlt , nd prove to the world that you will maintain your ghts and privileges as freemen ofthe Old North State. . IT THE AMENDE. We owe an apology lo John SWi,of ubiquitous memory, for bringing him before llie public as the Standard's informant about Gov. Manly's Federal ism, during the war with England, when he was ut fourteen years old. The humbug has now ex ploded, and we have learned that it was hot John but Heiyamin B. Smith, ol this City: The mat ter, therefore, is perfectly harmless. THE NEW CABINET. The President sent into the Senate on Satiird ly the following nominations, which were immediait ly acted upon, and all the gentlemen confirmed for the offices attached to their names : Daniel Webster, of Massachusetts. Secretarv of Stato. Thomas Corwm, of Ohio. Secretarv of the Treasury. William A. tiRAtiAM.of North Carolina. Secre tary of the Navy. uavid BATs,ot Jlissoun, Secretary or War. Nathan K. Hall, of New York. Postmaster General. James A. Pearce, of Maryland, Secretarv of the Interior. John J. Crittesder, of Kentucky, Attornev n ' ucnerai. , UT We have drawn pretty freely on onr exchan ges thia week, our Extras taking up much of our time. But they take every view of the Canvass which can bo presented and we trust they will all find the proper credits given. A SHORT MEMORY- I On page second of last Saturday's Standard,! speaking of the election in Wake County, we find these words : "The only opposition Candidates In the field at present are Maj. VV. D. Jones and Kiu drick Johnson." , On page third of same Standard, it is printed I "Temple Robertson is a Democratic Anti-Railroad I candidate to reprcsentsaid County in the House of I Commons." I Which version is (rue, we leave our readers to I judge. We suppose the reason why the Editor I thus turns the cold shoulder to his former Demo-i cratic friend, is because llie aforesaid Temple I spares not his other and more distinguished Demo-1 cratic Iriend.Gen. Saunders, to whom he come out I "opposition." We learn that these two Kilken-1 ny cats are belaboring each other upon the stump I with might and main, so that it is difficult for (he I etanilers-by to tell which exceeds in the decent art I of vituperation. Saunders being more practised,! however, is thought to have the best of it. The! faitlifid are somewhat puzzled, while the honest! Whigs, who look on with amazement at the fra-l temal strife, nnpitymgly wish them the same fate j which befel their world-renowned prototypes in the I ould counthry." If Saunders should succeed in I killing off Temple Robertson, he will have leisure! to pursue his other scheme of killing the Central Rail Road. It wou't lake him long iu w ; as Uic breath appears to be nearly out of it. Mr. Nathan K. Hall, the New Postmaster Gen eral, was a member of the last Congress, from New York. He is (he law partner of Mr, Fill more, and is said to be, by those who know him well, a man of fine talents. At all events, he is said (o be a gentleman in his manners acces sible and courteous traits of sortie imporlanVe in officials, who have intercuvrse with llie imereigni of tliis great Republic. It does not answer, t know (he people only st election times, and (herl the moment yon are clothed ina h Utile brief an thority," to put on official airs, and keep clusc doors, MYSTERIOUS KNOCKINCS! ; Of all thenwrse1oa prodigious, nnaccouna bte, ridiculous, hidden nnuearchable, unsatisfactr ry and monstrous humbugs of tliedtiy,ihe " wy rrrt'otij InncXings' cap tlie climax. Tney re on of sight above all llie inconsiste ncies combined, t which we have tver heard ; and yet ihoy are tr thing In ritl of ineomprelunsibleness to theslrang' and tninsccnuVnttl possibility of a Western Whit casthm his vote for David S. BitDit ' From sue', a glaring ChoIrM Morbus swrthnetsct, 6i LnrU'Oftf ds.T 4. Mta, ' , I
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