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sr-r.,;, f .... , coicnnncATiOHs. ;'v vHON, E. G.: READS'S LETTER,; ; Messrs. EdHom:' I have just arisen from the pe rusal of Hon. Eva, Readc's letter to his constitu ents in reply to Mr. Clingroan, and I CGnfess to you my ereat: disappointment. -iMK ,Reade' -is a gentle-' man whose acquaintance I esteem Terr highly, and -that he is an artful advocate none who ha?e Ter: heard him. will , pretend to question. By ; many, too, he v has , heretofore been regarded as aZ very ; conscientious, good man! : But if this letter does not ahow him to be.an insincere politician I am greatly misUken. fNo one acquainted with him. can for a moment suppose him to be at all an ignorant man. If. therefore, anv intellicent man can come to any other conclusion .than that he is insincere in many of the positions assumed in his letter, I know not by what "process he arrives at his conclusion. I am filled with melancholy when I reflect upon the de generacy of certain politicians of the present age. XUKVB Uin UNMaayug rvjvv vi r tance to the country, and especially of such great im portance to the people of his particular section, should ' dare to deal who it in the manner mat jur. .neaae does the great, and to us of the South the para mount, subject of slavery, ia a matter of astonish ment ; ; and I cannot refrain from expressing my deep mortification that a gentleman who stands so pre eminently high as does Mr. Reade, should so lower himself in the scale of political integrity as to de scend to such miserable sophistry to deceive his people the people who have elevated him to iho high position he how occupies about a question of so much importance to them. With his and Mr. Clingman's controversy, except where third parties are referred to,"I am not concerned. Mr. Clingman can take care . of himself. But in regard to Mr. Reade's references to the administration of Gen. Pierce every patriot in the land is interested, and deeply interested. If Franklin Pierce, when tried by the record, is not deserving of the confidence of the South, and of the entire country, then is there no longer veneration in the land for our glorious Constitution no longer respect for administrative skill and patriotic effort But let us examine Mr. Reade's letter, and hold up his positions to public gaze and see whether we are justified in the remarks we have just made about him. Mr. Reade sets out with the assertion that he agrees with Mr. Clingman, that "the country is m peril." He quotes Mr. C's language "that the ulti mate destiny of our present political system will be determined by events soon to occur, is most proba ble," and adds " I am sorry to be obliged to agree with him." ,The fact then being admitted by both of these distinguished gentlemen that "the country is in peril ;" M that its destiny is to be determined by events soon to occur," what course should patri otism prompt him to pursue, who feels it to be his " duty to occupy the position of a watchman, and to cry danger while it is yet in flft distance, f " Deal candidly with his constituents, or endeavor to mis lead them by misrepresentations and appeals to un worthy prejudices ? None but a fool or knave would answer the question in any other way than by re sponding in the affirmative. How does Mr. Reade answer to this post of the, " watchman tn Look at his letter and judge. He admits that "the causes of this unsettled 'condition are several : but that which seems to be prominent now, is the controver sy in regard to slavery." Here, then, is " the coun try in peril " by an unjust and most damnable war fare upon the institution of slavery, and Mr. Reade stands up as a " watchman " and " cries out " to his people, the very ones interested in. the institution assailed, and what does he say ? Does he encour age them to stand firm in the maintenance of their rights? Does he deal candidly with his own peo ple, and tell them the true cause of the difficulty between the North and the South ? No. He does no such thing. But he tells them with the utmost complacency, " we have had a controversy with our Northern friends about this matter before. In 1820 Missouri asked to be admitted as a State into the Union. Her constitution allowed of slavery. The North objected to her coming in, and there was a very dangerous excitement about it At length it was compromised, in this way : It was agreed that Missouri should come in as a slave State, and that all the balance of the territory we had should be di vided by a line right through it, and that all North of that line should be free. After this compromise the public mind rested quietly." It me ask what ' this simnle statement means ? Docs Mr. Reade ad vise the South to settle the controversy now going on in the same way 1 He does not say so in so many Tvords ; but can any one draw any other inference from his language and manner 1 If it means not this, what does it mean ? Did Mr. Reade make the statement because he supposed his constituents were ignorant about this matter? Certainly not ; because he had spoken too freqnenrly of this matter before them when canvassing for the seat he now holds, if he supposed them previously ignorant; and more than this, he expressly apppoved of Mr. Kerr's vote by which this Missouri line was repealed. Then what can yon make of it, except that Mr. Reado has changed his position upon this great and im portant question, and now stands with bis party platform in opposition to Mr. Kerr's vote upon this question? Read over the settlement proposed again and ask yourself, southern reader, if you are willing that the South should again purchase the -right of admission into the Union of a State tolerating slave ry. Ah! Mr. Reade, your constituents have reason to begin to fear that short " experience in political life has clouded yonr judgment with a thousand phantasies of the interest of self and nartv." How melancholy to contemplate the sad change that has come over the mind of Mr. Reade in a few short months spent at Washington City ! Seward, ( Sum ner, Hale, Wilson, Banks, and all the abolition'horde cry out, no more slave States shall be admitted into the Union, the Missouri compromise line shall be restored; and Mr. Reade answers them, why, gentle men, it's not worth while to talk so loud about this matter. You need not be so much excited. This is just exactly the same old controversy we had .a long time ago.: It was then settled by our yielding up the territories and giving most of them into your hands. . You then gave up that Missouri should come into the Uuion as a slave State ; but no snch concession on your part is now asked for. No slave State ia seeking admission. You have, therefore, only to ask for the Missouri line. That will put the thing at rest At least, I know when the old con troversy was settled in this manner "the public mind rested quietly." Yield nothing.. The whole of the controversy is to be settled in your favor. The South will submit to your demands and " rest quietly." Certainly Mr. Seward and his allies must yield implicitly , to Mr. Reade. There can be no doubt about it . They must come right down. And has it come to tbU? Are Southern men ready to yield up their rights in the territories of the U. S., now when a large portion of Northern citizens come to us and say, we know you have had injustice done you, for upwards of 85 years, we are now determin- vuw b) justice metea out to all portions of the Unions-stand up for your rights and we'll standby you to the bitter end ? Are they, I say, ready to do this because they wereoref to it once before 1 I use the Una forced purposely ; because Mr. Reade and every other well-informed man in the country knowg very well that the whole South stand record ed by their votes against the Missouri restriction. It was then regarded as unjust and odious by all of our people. The North, however, in that unjust . u uuuuu spurn wnictt too frequently character izes its action voted the South down, and passed the law. . Afterwards we had the simple and naked question to deal with anhm; .u.i bound the Union together. For many reasons, we determined to submit I think we determined wise ly, for theonsideration, among others, we had only to surrender a naked right which involved no sacn-. fice of practical interest as matters then stood. The. question is now a very different one. Besides . the North has said plainly to us that these settlement are only binding on you, the South. You must ob- ' .serve your part of the bargain, but we will not hold ourselves bound at all.: Under such circumsUncea what will you; do, demand your riirhts. or maka ' inglorious surrender? Again; Mr. Reade says, "U appears, then, that we had our quarrel about slave. I, y "ettted it, and were at rest We are dis- turned again unon th oam anhi. tt.- a ?Z de"trnct,0- - And that disturbing cause isor-" 4 .flumy Wonderful discovery 1 If this does" MkTw r R?do to Perfect prodigy I know 5 !"?0makehi,n th tallestamongthe: :l7?,g.fl,,encetheor8trbing cause of the difficulties between the North and the Southl Why, Mr. Reade, 1uV little whne ageiyoa ta, ted yourself , in this same letter: we are . Jiow .con sidering, that " the prominent cause, V now, of the unsettled condition of the country, Is the controV versy in regard to slavery.".' How, then, tan eian inj(ifencen ihe cause ?, XSaysCjMrReade, Mr. Clingman is my authority. 1 Very well,' that ia good authority, if the witness sustains ypu. But, what "foreign influence," Mr. Reade, are you talking about ? , Why, the "foreign influence ", that we, ."t the American party," would strike down." Well, now we. understand each mother introduce your wit ness. At this point Mr. Reade offers a long extract from Mr. Clingnvan's letter, in which Mr. C. shows that great Britain has been directing her policy for years in such a manner as to undermine the institu tion of. slavery. I cannot ask sufficient space in your paper to copy it entire here, but he concludes with this, sentence : 'There is, too, a complete understan ding between our enemies in Great Britain, and their allies in this country." Now what does this provo ? Just nothing at all for Mr. Reade. Mr. Clingman charges that there is an " understanding between our enemies in Great Britain and their allies in this country." Who are the " allies " here ? Can a sin gle " foreigner " be pointed out amongst them ? Sen ator Wilson of Massachusetts is one. Of this there can be no doubt Seward is another. Hale, Har lan, 'Trumbull, Banks and others belong to the tribe. Docs Mr. R -ade's great country-Baving Amer ican party propose to " strike down " these men ? Each and all of them were elected by the influence and votes of Mr. Reade's American party, and each and all of them join heartily with Mr. Reade and his party in denouncing the administration for throw ing the weight of its influence in favor of the repeal . of the Missouri line. Then how does Mr. Reade propose to "strike down" this "for eign influence " that he says " is ruining the coun try ?" His party platform says nothing about cut ting off communication between " our enemies in Great Britain and their allies," Seward, Hale, Har lan, Wilson, Trumbull, Banks & Co. The party confers office upon them. Then how does it appear that Mr. Reade's party proposes to " strike down ' the " foreign influence " against which Mr. Cling man was speaking? Mr. Reade knows very well that Mr. Clingman alluded to the insidious policy of the British parliament, ,and not to the influence-of those who have emigrated to this happy land, con secrated to liberty, in search of an asylum for the oppressed in search of the land of the free and the home of the brave, and it is unworthy of the high position he occupies thus to try to mislead, thus to misrepresent. When Mr. Reade shows that the adopted citizens of this country exert, or even -attempt to exert, an unhallowed influence against the institution of slavery, he may with some reason appeal to Southern people against them, I appre hend if Mr. Reade pursues the course this letter of his exhibits long with bis constituents, they will r gard him much in the same way the husbandman did the shepherd's boy, who was always crying out wolf. When the wolf comes they will disregard the earnest " cries " of the " watchman." Mr. Reade's next thrust is directly at the admin istration. After charging that the administration is an evil, &c, he proceeds after this manner : " I do not charge the Democrats, as such, with abolition ism ; but I do charge the administration, in its party organization, of dealing doubly, now as heretofore, and that it has pandered to the abolition influence." How, Mr. Reade pray tell us ? How does the ad ministration do this thing ? Why, says the artful advocate, the National Democrat, an anti-administration paper in New York, is the witness. The wit ness, Mr. Reade, is an interested party ; his evi dence, therefore, can't be received. The Washing ton Sentinel, then. The same objection, with the additional one of general bad character. Then, says the intrepid gentleman, I mention the facts. That is just what we want Well, Reeder's appoint ment How can the administration be at fault in regard to the appointment of Reeder? Up to the very day of his appointment he stood before the country as a sound constitutional statesman. After the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska acts he ad vocated them in public speeches denunciatory of abolitionism. These are facts, and I challenge suc cessful contradiction. Then, how could Gen. Pierce, or any body else, foresee his unfortunate and most corrupt course? As soon as his course was seen the administration promptly dismissed him. What more could Mr. Pierce have done ? And how unlike this did Mr. Fillmore act when President in relation to a certain California officer who was a defaulter by thousands ? After it was known to the whole coun try that he was a defaulter, Mr. Fillmore recom mended him to the Senate for re-appointment ; but the Senate promptly rejected him", and Mr. Fillmore had the mortification of seeing his favorite, a de faulter, exposed and disgraced. But Reeder was a Northern man. So is Mr. Fillmore, and you ask Southern men to trust him. But, says Mr. Reade, Shannon, "it is said, introduced the anti-slavery clause in the California State Constitution." Now, in the first place, there is no evidence of this fact, except Rumor, who is a notorious liar ; and in the second place, his conduct as Governor of Kansas shows him to be entirely free from abolition taint, and every way worthy cf the appointment That he is acceptable in his conduct as an officer his op ponents in the South are forced to admit Then what becomes of the charge ? But the administra tion sides with the freesoilers in New York. ' This charge, when investigated, appears as groundless as any we have considered. Upon what authority docs the charge rest? Mr. Reade says, that Bronson, the collector in New York, was removed, and Redfield put in his place, and Redfield, he says, is an " open freesoiler." Mr. Reade ought to be better informed than to make such an assertion. When tried by their antecedents Redfield appears to be a much sounder man than Bronson. Bronson wrote en- -couragingly to the Van Buren Convention in 1848. Redfield did no such thing. On the contrary, he was one of the warmest supporters of Geu. Cass in opposition to Van Buren. Mr. Bronson was turned out of office, it is very well known, because he si ded with a party in New York war were heaping the vilest abuse upon Gen. Pierce's administration on account of Gov. Marcy's appointment to a cabi inet office, and for no other reason. The adminis tration could not have done less, and maintained its self-respect Many of us in the South sympathized with the Bronson party in New York on account of their pretended attachment to Mr. Dickinson. The justice of the course of the administration, howev er, is clearly established. JNo man has been retain ed in offiWtoy the administration who has not given incontestible evidence of his willingness to abide by the Baltimore Platform of 1852. I challenge the entire opposition, Mr. Reade included, to produce a single office-holder, now retained under Mr. Pierce, who has been heard to raise his voice in encourage ment of abolitionism during the exciting times that have swept over the country since the commence ment of the present administration. . Not one can be shown. If Mr. Pierce's appointees are to be judged, however, by what they may have been years ago, what rule will the opposition apply to Mr. Fill more, Mr. Reade's own candidate for the Presiden cy ? What will Mr. Reade do with Mr. Fillmore's abolition letters, and long list of votes in Congress? What with Tom Corwin's appointment to a Cabinet post? Hall, of New York ! Do tell us, Mr. Reade, what of these things. But Mr. Reade charges that Mr. Pierce is only acting in accordance with the ex ample set him by Mr. Polk in "pandering to for eigners and Catholics." If this is so where does Mr. Donelson, bis candidate for the Vice Presidency; stand ? ; He was one of Mr. Polk's supporters and admirers all along through his administration, and says now that he still adheres to his old Democracy. Mr. Reade; however, could have gone much further back than Mr. Polk's administration for an example, if he means by "pandering" conferring office upon adopted citizens, or members of the Catholic Church. Washington appointed Uami lton ; " Jefferson and Madison both respectively appointed Albert Galla tin a Cabinet officer; and Jftckson appointed Roger B. Taney, -who is to this day, as he was then, a de voted member of the Catholic Church. - But, says Mr. Reade; the Democrotic party cannot, if it de sired, control this." foreign influence," Which' is the "main cause of abolitionism.'? and which the "Amer lean party ' desires to?. J cut off.".- The old Whig wy coma not JMOtning but the " American par ty Can do it". Wonderful SniWrt I ?! Wh.t rf rinaixr aid has this new. party brought to bear 4n aid; of v imcy i vine our vv nig party and the uemo cratie party "possessed! the entire 1 strength 6f the COUrttrV. If thav MinM tuiVonntvAf M'a "Inrainn lv i nuence" what nnc;ri nfl,,anw.a tK;h.wi Hm Seward, Bale,: Harlan, v Wflao? TiojbI Banks A Sb sent ontlbr thelif . imeSttbtoad Aul acknowledgment tot the Ikvors the;Ame1rtcan p 4y " has conferred npoiithem? . Can anyx one teQ f me ?? It' will tiot oMr.Reaide:Yoa wilsooft find; that' hovrever much your artful cunning 'may ' avail ' you at the" bar, it will not do Wore the people as; statesman. Enough for the present. r - -. . -j . :v - JUSTICE.". . -v' . :vv ;v .vv"v;'-- V" : !'T'i;':!''''VTvi''' e Stiuidara. ; 1 Messrs. Editors': In i former,'"1 communication I felt it my duty, as an humble member of the Dem ocratic party, to protest against the District Conven tion, recently held in the City of Raleigh, to trans act the business which exclusively belongs to this, district I protested against it as unusual, unau thorized, and improper that the business of the' dis trict should be done out of the district In your isr sue of the 21st of May, I find a reply over the sig nature of " A Raleigh Delegate." And what is the reply of a Raleigh Delegate? Has he shown that such was the usage of the party ? or that the per sons there assembled were authorized by the people of the district to hold their district' convention in the City of Raleigh, or did be undertake to'show that it was proper and right that the whole-power and influence of the party should be centralized at Ral eigh, and that the business of the party in every portion of the State should be done under the shade of its oaks and under the influence of its superior wisdom? Neither of these has' been shown or at tempted. It is true the Democracy of Alamance said it was " best " to hold the convention out of the dis trict; and her champion, a Raleigh Delegate, seems to fear local influences in the district. No doubt, therefore,' this principle of centralization so gratify ing to metropolitan pride.had great agency in organ izing an unauthorized convention for this district in the City of Raleigh ; but a Raleigh Delegate has not the boldness to avow and defend it Perhaps the time has not yet come. It is the first instance of such an encroachment upon the rights of this dis trict ; but if they acquiesce in it, it will not be the last If it is " best " to hold district conventions in Raleigh, in .time it will be considered equally "best" to hold county conventions; and soon the people will have every thing done for them at the capital, quite secure from the danger of " heal influence." I spoke of this convention as unauthorized by the people, and I have looked into the proceedings of the county meetings to see how far I was borne out by the record, and I find with the exception of the small county of Alamance not another county in the district authorized their delegates to attend a district convention in the city of Raleigh, while the three large counties of Chatham, Guilford and Cas well, following their ancient usages, called for a dis trict convention at Graham one month after the State convention, so as to give time for all to be fully and truly represented, and appointed one set of dele gates to the State convention at Raleigh, and another set of delegates to the district convention at Graham. Four counties, therefore, appeared at Raleigh with out any authority to hold a district convention any where three other counties, constituting more than half the district opposed these with positive instruc tions to bold a district convention at Graham. The small county of Alamance alone appeared there with credentials to hold a district convention in the city of Raleigh. To consider such an assemblage as an aut horized convention to tiansact the business of this d.strict, would be a mockery of justice and an outrage upon the political rights of its Democracy. A Raleigh Delegate tells us " that there being some misapprehension upon the subject of a district Con vention, it was agreed to refer the whole matter to the decision of the counties separately, whether or not they would transact the legitimate business of the district convention, each county casting a vote cor responding with its number of members in the House of Commons. Etery county toted according to in structions given its delegates. It was decided by a large majority to proceed forthwith and hold the Convention. " Such is the history of this memora ble convention. Unfortunately we have no record of who composed it, or of its proceedings I wish we had. But I take it upon myself to say that the above statement is not true, and cannot be true. I have shown that the county of Alamance was the only county which had instructed its delegates to hold a district convention in Raleigh ; but suppose the four counties where Democracy had said noth ing on the subject of a- district convention had as sumed to themselves the power to vote for holding a district convention out of the district, how would the matter then have stood : For holding the Con vention in Raleigh, Alamance 2, Montgomery 1, Moore 1, Randolph 2, Person 1 7. For holding the Convention at Graham : Chatham 8, Guilford 3, Caswell 2 8. So that voting upon the principle stated by" a Raleigh Delegate, the decision instead of a " large majority," for holding the convention in Raleigh, there must have been a majority against it Another statement made by a Raleigh Delegate is equally extraordinary " nearly every delegate pres ent (says he) was a delegate to both conventions." I have shown that four counties appointed no dele gates whatever to a district convention, and three other counties had separate and distinct delegations. It is true there were a very few gentlemen in each of the three counties whose names were found on the list of both delegations; but if any of these were found at Raleigh they were there as State del egates, having no power whatever as delegates to the district convention at Graham. The county of Alamance was the only county whose delegates were appointed to both Conventions. The almost inevitable inference, therefore, is that " nearly every gentleman present " was from Alamance ; and the few others who were there, were only there to make out the necessary assortment No wonder, there fore, that Alamance took the lion's share in the dis tribution of its honors, having bad assigned to her the President and Secretary of the convention, one of the two delegates to Cincinnati, and the Elector for the district ! ' A Raleigh Delegate, after having sought in vain to justify his co-laborers in holding -a Convention for this district in the City of Raleigh, is at last driven to the poor alternative of impeaching my motives by intimating that I am a disappointed as pirant for Electoral honors. Such an argument is the common resort of every one who feels that his cause is weak, or bis own motives bad. I am no aspirant for political honors of any sort; and if I were, I should hot feel ray ambition at all gratified to hold tbcm at the hand's of a self constituted con vention. I seek only the success of a good cause by fair and honorable means, and in its attainment I prefer to follow the lead of others more able than myself. If I complain it is not from any personal griefs, but because I feel that a good cause has been wounded by the foul means employed at Raleigh to deprive this district of its proper representation in the Cincinnatti convention. Why this hot baste to hold a district convention out of the district, not only without authority on the part of the people, but in direct violation of their expressed will? A Raleigh Delegate is no doubt a successful aspirant to the honors of the district Perhaps he is a hap py recipient of a portion of (he lion's share. He seems to attach great value to it, and 1 do not wish to disturb his enjoyment . Let me assure him, there fore, that although there are Democrats in Chatham who would do honor to the district in the Cincin natti convention, or in the Electoral College,! know of none who aspired to or desired such honors at the hands of the convention, or whd are likely from dis appointment to " turn their well charged batteries upon their friends." While we feel that the Democ racy of this district are not represented in the Cin cinnatti convention at a period so full of momentous issues,' and where every Democrat should be fully and fairly represented while we even fear a major-" ity of us will be misrepresented by those who are sent there without authority on the part of the peo ple, we shall still cling -to the cause for its own sale, and endeavor in future to guard? the people against ' those abuses which have thus deprived tbem of their 'most invaluable rights. " ,, : - V A GRAHAM DELEGATE. '. '1 June 2d, 1856. . ' .: . itZ-te''--. "V Vf-?:': For the Standard.'"?; be ed with all the doings and misdoings lingly sly individual Sam I,have; rty. of sending.. b account off ,'one.of. To the Editors of (he Standard:.-: - Amade acquainted witn ail of that - exceedingly taken the libertv. of aendinir. n account his most uiiaccouhtable.freaks enacted in thismace . on .Tucsday of May Court, v For some time past the .1 ;.mouniain nas : jusen. il great iauur, uu wu 4 uenuojr -last the ridiculous mousey wis duly, ushered into, the' worldV distinguished physician iofJthis place; : axiting as accoucheur 00 that momentous occasion.-.-- dMwraA taVanceaf a: much an Mbti ti'AQnven-': 4 '.0 ; itioii:oC.the-t WstfieUjMTaes day bf courts far the pnrposb bt ,nontifthis tudi date'to rereaenr;the county &mtfaWkii&tV lgfelaiujre; at Moccasiii to do justice to the subject 1 v LwUV-fcow ever.-do mybest toj giv you somejaint ldea.pt the . scene ; for I cannot hope to describe it fully. - The convention was composed of whole dose, of the K. N. leaders in the bounty, which' large number was held to be a full representation of the party. Owing : to the number of delegates in attendance, the con vention could not find room in the spacious Court House, and it was therefore deemed expedient that the meeting should be held in a lumber house at tached to the store of a merchant in this place. This lumber house, which was -some ten feet by ; twelve, having been duly prepared, the members of , the convention sneaked in one by one at the back door, the front door being carefully closed during the session of the convention. The members hav ing safely accomplished the dangerous undertaking of getting in without being seen, the convention pro ceeded to organize. On motion of Mr. Mr. was called (o the chair, and there' being no chair, be took his seat on a large pot in one corner of the After a stormy debate, Bedford Brown, Esq., HAW Ih. Xt.nif.Ml ; 0 teAloaa er rBL voMl-iArioK or B Pamr- I-uVian4i akd Baacxwamea, Of KaweCET..-'- i JBliimi for Old Buck, ah coe OM Kentuck, room. of this place, was selected as the nominee of the con vention ; whereupon the ' anti-Brown faction bolted from the ranks, and refused to support the nominee on the ground that the party was "aginfurrinas," and could not, therefore, consistently support a man who was not a native of the county. The action of the convention has caused a good deal of dissatisfac tion among the faithful, and some of the more zeal ous have sworn in their wrath that " no cussed fur riner," shall rule over Davio county. Nothing daun ted by the opposition which .was made to his nomi nation, the nominee proceeded incontinently to the Court House, and in the face of day, and the light of God's glorious sun, announced himself as the nominee of the K. N. convention, or conspiracy, as some of them call it The gentleman went on to say, in his dulcet tones, and in a strain of burning eloquence, that "he was .the nominte of the Ameri can iart-?5 ; and sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, he would stand by the platform of that part-M." This was the sum and substance of the gentleman's speech, so far as I have been able to learn. But in spite of his eloquence and the fervid patriotism of the above speech, (which, by the way, is qooted from Lovell's U. S. Speaker,) the majority of the K. N's are not satisfied with the action of the convention, and a good many of them have ordered their names to be erased from the secretary's book. In consideration of this serious disaffection " Sami tel " has determined to call a new convention, who " know not Joseph," and will attempt to choke off the regular nominee. In addition to all this excite ment, the town was electrified on the same day by an oration from Gen. Leach, the K. N. Elector for the district This speech was one of the most char acteristic productions to which it has ever been my good fortune to listen. The General, after letting off the usual amount of gas about the census reports, and " the cussed furriners and Catholics," proceeded to vindicate tlm principles of the K. N. party, in which gigantic undertaking he succeeded to his own satisfaction, if not to that of others. He confined himself almost entirely to a defence of the secrecy of the order; but after winding about for some time, he at last frankly acknowledged that " to please their friends from all quarters, they had abolished seency and all the other ugly features in the prin ciples of the party," to wit : the Catholic test and the twelfth section of the June platform, I suppose. After revolutionizing the country two or three times, the General proceeded to try his luck at a revolution of the Latin language, in which he was as success ful as before, lie launched out into a terrible phil ippic against Messrs. Giddings, Seward and Sumner et omne tribus, as he called them. He then, with his usual candor and fairness, and with that cour age and reckless disregard of danger, for which he has rendered himself notorious, proceeded to mis represent K. P. 'Dick, Esq., of Guilford, who was not present, of course. He backed his reckless as sertions with a great show of documentary proof. He proceeded to read copious extracts from what purported to be Washington's Farewell Address; but upon closer examination, it proved to be " Re publican Landmarks," a K. N. campaign book of reference. He spoke of " bobtail, crossroad poli ticians," and I have no doubt there is no better judge of the article in the whole country, his long experience in the business having ma'de him quite a connoisseur. The General's speech was received with tremendous applause, all of which was done by a person in this place, who, if he cannot aspire to fame, can at least lay claim to notoriety without fear of having his title disputed. In short, the speechj taken as a whole, was one of the shallowest things I ever listened to, and I consider it a gross insult to the common sense of the people of Davie. -DELTA. Mocksville, May SOth, 1856. For the Standard. To the Democracy of the 6th Coaaressional District. Democrats ! now is the time for action. In view of the fact that the able Elector chosen for the 6th District, by the District Convention, is compelled to ' decline the call of the party, and that the District may not be without an Elector, I propose that the Democracy of the. District meet in Conventional Winston, on Tuesday June 17th, and appoint an Elector for the District The Elector of the "Know Nothing" organiza tion and his friends are not idle, and we should have our champion in the field contending for the princi ples of Democracy, the Constitution, Equality of Rights, and the Union of the States. A crisis has arrived in the pottical affairs of the country, and if ever there was an occasion, now is the time for eve ry true Republican Democrat to exert himself. The issue is between the principles of Democracy, liber ty of conscience and Equal Rights on the one hand, and a secret, political, oath-bound, "Jesuitical," " black R pu ilican," " Jacobinite" organization on the other, nose whole aim is to defeat the Demo cratic, the only real national party, regardless of consequences. Then, Democrats of the 6th Con gressional District; to your posts. Let every man in the ranks do his duty. Let us roll up a vote in August and November next that will redeem, re generate, and disenthral the District from the dark lantern influence it has so long been our-misfortune to labor under. We can do it if we try we will do it if we do our duty. Then, Democrats, to the rescue. Let the spirit of our sires who fought for principles in the days of the Revolution animate every Demo crat in the District, and the victory is ours. A DEMOCRAT. ' - For the Standard. A Commendation Meeting. . At a meeting held by the citizens of Earpsboro, Johnston county, N. C, on the 81st ult, to express their views in regard to the course pursued by the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, Representative from our sister State, South-Carolina, towards Senator Sum ner, of the State of Massachusetts, a black Republi can, the following were adopted ; Whereas, The language used by Senator Sumner, and directed to Senator Butler, of S. C, is of a high ly insulting character such as was never before heard in the Senate of the Uuited States; and as tending in every particular to reflect upon the institution of slavery and its holders in the South : Therefore Resolved,- As citizens identified with Southern principles, interest and character, that in our opin ion Senator Sumner received at the hands of the . Honorable and chivalric Preston S. Brooks, nothing more than a just reward; and that the same should be endorsed by; every slaveholding State in the Union. ' Resolved, That the .cane with which the Hon.. Preston S. Brooks executed and inflicted the thrash- . ing on the person of Senator" Sumner, and its frag- ments, be placed in the patent office as a memento 1 of Southern chivalry. i."-i-:t jr-1: v -: - V'4 " - .. i" " '- Vi-''X-. There he goes again," said Mrs.: Partington in the Legislature, as a .member stood up for, the' B Ah time to fipeak on a question. - "There he roes litftVk soda fountain,; ,&ajac. mind himSaocl.. see if. vou can't-JmSodia a'i ..speaKer or toe bouse of reprelftnsib.es sometimes,' T? LiSecjar i nrmueo; ne,-as newbam on iuence riched hetearT dose seemadiftWr ..ni. iV; Ldft tha annir naal l.rt nk rftnnir" , For the Cona&attnn tmtn la itt mml Innav f'? r When its note for- these are strong. Svi Old Buck ia true, from the old Key Stone; V ' -Yeunr Breck; from the dark; bloody ground;. Kf ' -Let the foes of the Union weep and mourn, ;f : : " For the-kneU'of their doom ther anuiul. . ' V ' I ' :l . Let the Sooth swell oat with the gladsome cheer, . ' "And the North re-echo the strain ; . ,r!;. Let the East pass it on in notes strong and elear.f ' t And the West repeat it again. .. i. - , We about not for party, or partisan strife, 1 No sectional discord we raise ; ; , But safety for country, for home and for wife,, Is the strain of our glad song of praise; v " -Come, then, to the rescue, ye brave men aid true, . Let the chorus be heard loud and long ;" -On the altar of country, here let as renew, " The glorious old patriot song: , '' ' A shout for her ensign her stripes and her stars Lng may it wave bright and free; . - . . State Rights and the Union one, yet apart ' ' 1 '". " Distinct as the billows, yet one at the sea." ' . Baleigb, June 6, 1856. Secretaries. Democratic Convention in Granville. . At a large and enthusiastic meeting of the Democ racy of Granville, held in the Court House in Oxford, on the 81st Hay, 1866, Hon. A. W. Tenable was called to the chair, and F. B. Curren, O. W. Knott, Dr. W. J. Cheatham and Benj. F. Hancock were appointed Secretaries. , : On motion of J. M. Stone, Esq., the Democrats from each Captain's District assembled and selected three of their number as a nominating committee to select candidates for the consideration .of the Con vention. Whereupon, said committee retired and reported as follows : .. ' - For the Senate : CHAS. H. K. TAYLOR. ' For the Commons: T. L. HARGROVE, Capt. THOS. B. LYON, JAMES M. BULLOCK. v. On motion, the Convention ' unanimously ratified and confirmed the names reported by the committee. On motion of K. H. W.ainwright, the thanks of the meeting were returned to the Chairman and Sec retaries for the satisfactory manner in which they discharged their duties. During the absence of the committee, the Conven tion was ably and felicitously addressed by the Chairman. The greatest harmony and enthusiasm prevailed in the Convention and the best spirit seem ed to animate all present ' Messrs. Hargrove and Lyon being present, came forward and accepted their nomination in some well timed and appropriate remarks. Messrs. Bullock and Taylor have not yet been beard from, but we feel confident that they will accept, and that the whole ticket will be triumphantly elected in August On motion, it was ordered that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Warren ton News and N. C. Standard. A. W. VENABLE, Chm'n. F. B. CCBREN, Geo. W. Knott, W. J. Cheathan, Benj. F. Hancock, Quarterly Report of Colportage in If. C. God's hand has graciously opened my way, and upheld me through the pleasant toils of another quarter. While trying to perform my duties as Agent, I am delighted in passing along, also to do the work of a Colporteur, by going into the houses of the poor in the "highways and hedges," and there reach the hand of kindness to them, sit with them on their stools, and together talk -about Jesus and His gospel, which is to be preached to the poor, then supply them with books, instruct and pray with tbem. In this way during the three months I gave away more than 20,000 pages of printed truth. Whole number of families visited 632, prayed with 490 of tbem ; 61 of whom neglected preaching ; 89 without God's Word; 94 had no religious books except the Bible ; and 67 never had a religious visit or public prayer before around their firesides, some of whom had belonged to the church many years. In families that could not spell I have taught 13 per sons the alphabet in part, and among them were three parents, alt of whom promised to -.continue learning in some of the cases I got persons to visit and instruct them. This humble labor has been done as I traveled through 16 of our counties, in all of which I found much intelligence and piety, many elegant churches and a good ministry. But in ad dition to what I saw in some of these counties, several intelligent and responsible persons gave me facts of their own knowledge, showing a degree of ignorance, destitution, superstition and belief in witchcraft of a highly startling character to the Chris tian and Patriot. One was a Physician of high stan ding and extensive acquaintance, who told me that he had good reason to believe that nearly half of the lower class in his county were in this condition. Another was a prominent clergyman, who informed me that he spent a night with a magistrate that had no religious book except a small copy of the New Testament, which had never been read at all, and thought it was a book which all magistrates were furnished with, simply to -swear people upon! Most of these counties have but few Sabbath Schools, some having but two or three, and I was told that two of the counties had not even that many. To aid God's ministers in correcting this state of things, we now have Colporteurs in several of these' counties, who are commencing to do a noble work by imparting light to families around their firesides, to the liquor-seller in his grog-shop, and to all wherever found ; also by forming Sabbath Schools. - To do this work effectually our Colporteurs have to give away a large portion of the printed truth they dis tribute, now and then selling a book at cost price. In order to pay for the printed truth, thus given away and to pay the Colporteur $150 a year for giving his wholo time to the work, also to further extend these labors of love in all our dark regions in "N. C., is why we solicit donations from all christians and pat riots of our State. ' That ail may give understand ingly and freely to the cause, we ask each one to look this whole system through to its core, and see' its effectual operations araongfttiat class not reached by any other means. All who understand the work our country now needs, and we must support it" During the last quarter I received 608 for the work in sums from $50 down to the negro woman's two copper cents some of "which was sent me by mail, and the other given me as I passed along, and in many instances it was done without my asking for it. A gentleman handing me $50 said, "I will give this and an additional amount every year for this good work.' Another giving the same amount said, "I' shall esteem it a great privilege to give this sum an nually to Colportage." - Little Susan, 14 years old, the daughter of a poor but praying widow, handed me $3, the most of which the little girl had made by sewing and knitting, re questing me to lay it out in books for poor ignorant children, which I did in a dark region .and got a good manto go there and commence a Sunday School with those books, which he is now carrying on well. With, pleasure ana) gratitude to God, I shall ever think of the kindness and encouragement received from the people of Fayetteville, Clintqn, Newborn, and all those friends by the way, among whom I labored the last month. In no months have I had more to cheer my heart then during April and May. Ministers and christians of the different denomina tions bid me a hearty God speed. Hay we all be firmly united in heart feeling and effort in the one work of doing good to poor dvine sinners, bv in-. 8lructing them and pointing them to Jesus, Yours truiy, . - - WM. J. W. CROWDER, Ag't J of Am. Tr. Sec for N. C" Raleigh, June 2d, 1856. ; -" V : r-On motion 1 of, Mrt Battle?ihe"; assessment oru I James ' McKimmoh's Property;; was reduL,11- f7QOO to$5000. - J . v5"- -V-V;V ,r0l .On motionMrjO' K Boo it was ordered tW U claims allowed fey the Boards shall be eSft Interest from the lime the same shall be passed t An account in -favor of A. - M. HiehTn Sheriff, amounting to $8 60, for Prison cbarV' wsolvenis,CTWte presented, and, 00 motion, rDr. L. S. Perry, chairman of committee of the citizens, appeared before the Board anTJ? quested them to appropriate a sum of money to in celebrating the4thof July; whereupon Mr r? moved that the sum of $100 be appropriated that purpose; which was rejected. ' a for ' An account of VTm. Chavis, amounting to tSon tor putting in seven new pump stocks, diEeinr.Vj walling well, Ac,, was presented, and, nSS the sum of $300 allowed, j. . 7 otloa. An account ' of Wm ;N- Andrews, amountin . $46 40, for CornVodderoolsv , Jkc, sented and allowed, . . , : , ? v ... An account of C. Kuester. for tha v Remedy fob Toothache. Chambers' Journal al ludes to ;r discovery' by Mr. Blundell, dentistdf 1 Lionaon, ot a process lor ..extracting teeth without pain, and to another process described by Dr.; Rob erts, before the' Scottish. Society "of ArtJ, for cauteri-" zing Urn dental nerve; , arid stopping teeth;' without pain, independent of the ordinary, intimidating mode of holding a red hot iron before the Datient's &aslV Mr. BtondeR's process is the application of ice to the taw, wbicbflo deadens the sensibtittr that the tooth uiraneu witnoui dsjo. xom processor in-. Rnh. era is tocanterixe by means of a. wire applied to'ibe patietit's tobtb perfectly cold; an'afteirwards Snstan-! laneousiy neaiea to tne "Teqojrea extent y si tmaff- - RecuW meeting of tb x,At """. W6. arid Tht- loZr vummiasi, ieldlhis evening :--Prnt. oneri J Vi IIJ . s - XT I . v.. - . . . .iuw xarooro, n. ;sunth. A1i.j U.Bon Adams) ttf D. Turner, it H. Battle and C. uummissionerB.' s- s v - VP 'loci amounting to $163 75, was, on motion, referred Hr. J. W: Knotts petitioned the Board to refuna to him the sum of $12 60 paid as an Eating HoZ tax, (on the grounds that ho had just taken them out and intended removing from the city.) On motion, it Was refunded," . Hessrs. Pepper and Lougee petitioned the Boarf to be recommended -to County '-. Court as suiubl persons to have a license to retail spirituous liquors by small measure ; which petition was rejected! Two memorials, each signed by a large number of citizens, one praying for the repeal of the hoeU now in force, and the other in opposition to iu be. ing repealed, were presented and read ; and, aft interchange of opinions, the matter was laid on the table until the next meeting.'.. , On motion, Hessrs. Overby and Crawley were re appointed ' Night Watch for three months. Ad! journed. ',; . - . - - J. J. CHRISTOPHERS, Clt LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN TUB POST OFFICE, AT BAL. KiUiL for the month eodiusr 1st Juno ihr. n.i a . . . ' Allen. Ethan A Allen, George B Allen, Mrs allie Allen, Jeremiah N : Allen, Jeter . -.. Adams, Mrs Martha Archer, P H Blister, Patrick . Baxter, RP Booth, David P Boon, W H O Booue, Wesley T. Boddie, Miss EC ' Bradly, JO Barnes, John H ' Ballard, James S Boyd, 18 Baily, W Beio, Neal . - Bracket, Ed F Booth, Alary -Burt, Mary . Baugh, Elizabeth Bnxadslreet, Martha Cooke, JdoD Cooke, HL Crowder, W D Crenshaw, DS Charers, William -" Cannon, Howell . Chase, C Thurston Chadwick, S W - Carre way, W W Crow, Lazarus S. . Davis, James H Duke, H T Evans, OS Evans, Noah Ellen, Rigdon Exum, Rebecca - . Ferrell, Miss Jane -Ferrellk Hood, . Ferrell A Johnson, . Franklin, James B Franklin, S D Fowler, Miss Mary J Fitts, James ' Franks, Anthony -Fannington, J H Frazier, Solomon . FalmelL P Forte, WF - ' ; Jonex. Atbv H . Johnson, Alfurd ' . .. . Jackson, Duniel ; Jammison, J : Jordan, William ;King, JnoH ; King, John Kelly, Caswell v 2 Lewis, Miss E ' : Lewis, Hiss Pattie A Lea, Mrs Ltdia - Leo, William Lynn, Mrs Margaret Lynn, Jno M ... Leslie, Joseph ! Lawrence, Anne Lionberger, Anthony . Medlin, Wiley Miller, William Mills, Miss Hannah E ' . Murrell, Jane C . ; Maintune, Robert B X Massinggjll, Starling ; Morton, EU L . - Morgan, Delia .Maasy.MM . Norton, Mrs L M Nichols, S D : Prescott, Lewis F ;-. .Prescott, N B: . " . . Paasjiore, Bennet S Pollard, Cas . . Powell, W ? 'i Pace, James Potter,' Zachariah " Parish, Willie R Rifey, Wm ; - Roseobaum, Simon - . Rodgers, James ' ' , Smith, Edward) Smith, Jemima -i V. . Smith, Joseph . . ' . Smith, Rufus A ' ij - ' Smith, Jno A . . Sargent, R . Seawell, James H .. - - Stone David s .. Stewart, Marian ' Stude. Jaoob . -.i . Horrell, JfiJisaoetn- uorman, Sparks A Co, . .S SnelUng, Edmond stone; 4ro Wombie Horton, Daniel B W Hutchereon. W T : Hntckon, William Hinfon, Wm Howell, Lucinda E linngerford, James Hunter, Jno K Hobby, WS Howard, J W ; . v Harpe, John : Hart, J W Hester, Miss Anne E Hussep, Betsy , Hollo way, : William Hackney, W D V Harpe & Murrell, Haywood Schell, S Turner, S ., ,; . . .' , ; TJtlev, Miss Mary J . '. , TJtley, Elder SJ Underwood, Bartlett Woodard, William A ! . :. Wnodrow, Joseph T V Wood row, James. Wilson, James , i . Winthropp, Ch i Walsh, James .- . Wicks, .iss Agnes f! i Woodall, Marion J ' Warren, Elizabeth Wesson, WH Wright, SaUieL Williams, Simon or Oren 5 EVEN PIANOS FIVE EXPECTED Jenks A Son, Jones. Mra Persons calling for any of the. above letters will pleaw call lor advertised letters. , B , . " , . WM. WHITE, P.M. Rjeigh, June 9, 1856. ' . .,. : : 69 4w. JU8T RECEIVED AND BY NEXT AHKIVAL AT , iSycamore, Corner or Bank Street, Petersburg, Vs. Our success in selling so large a number of PIANOS, (upmmb of fifteen hundred,) ia attribaable mainly to four tacts: First. We select from known reliable Factories. 2d. W invariably pay cash for them; Si. We keep on hand, to select from, as large an assortment, perhaps, as can bi found at atmostauy two Northern establishments. 4th. We sell aw very low prices-.- ,. To persons ordering from and leaving the selection to vt, we pledge superior instruments; and in all cases, full satis faction. .. .. , .!. .... Where doubts are felt, wn ult. tr tha Piann and trT it before paying for it. Our instruments are unsurpassed and chase 1 we are responsible for them, and ask all who desire to pur- reliable Pianos, to rive us a trial. June 12, 1856. E. P. NASH, Piano-Forte Dealer. 59 iy. i. ;: WEST HARRIS, D. D. 8.. - PITTSBOROUGH, N. C. Office on Rockbridge street, next door to John H. Baugb- -ton's Law Office. Dr. Habkis having graduated at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery at it session of .1856, respectfully ten ders his professional services to the public. He announces to the citizens of Randolph, Moore m Harnett Counties, that he will visit their county seats, dor', ing the several terms-of their respective Courts. ' March 5, 1858. ' ., .. 1118 wtt. The Knuckle Washing Machine. liL Patented by Christopher Holingsworth,. Indiana, )by4u, v -. 1852.' - MADE AND SOLD BY ' AXEXANDER DICKSON. Owner of the Patent Right in . the r counties of Johns! - Wake, Orange, Person and Alamance. THESE MACHINES SAVE TIME, LABOR, SOaT - and clothes, as the dirt is taken out without robbing They will save more in one year in an ordinary sized BunHJ than their cost. " There is no work-whieh females are'' upon to perform that is so laborious and unhealthy ' ing. A great many Machines have been invent purpose of relieving ibis labor, bnt none answered WfJJJ pose until the introduction of the KNUCKLE MACHl?!; Which baa given entire satisfaction when fully and Bupj tested". Price of the Machine, delivered to nersons in 7.Dl"5 above named counties, ten dollars. All orders ddrf to Alexander Dickson,, Hillsborough, Orange connty, C, wilt be-promptly attended to. - ... 4jj ' rV: Everr Maebine warranted, when folly and fairly tnea. i mm onn cnsEC h, GROCER AND COMMISSION MEKCHAH ri3 If orth Watei 'St;, Wiiineii.W'C'-nj ,-Wrn- II.t PAY DILIGENT ATTENTION T0TB ' WW. sale of all lrinda of produce, avoiding usDec8"' charges, and sending pnKnpt returns. . .-joek . Just revived intore, nddai)y receiving, a Rlua, of foreign and domestic Liquors, snch as ottnam Gin; eWMowmgaheU Whiskey and other bi" and eommon. v Also Coffee. Suear. CandUa, V'ffT.J Granges, Raisins and Apples always on band. A" TJfl jsold wholesale veiyclieijf for eashi llnck f!".Sc, pronta. : jMmeaDer B, ortn . n aier mi - .V '-'.uP.--- -