North Carolina Standard

The Proclamation of the President of the United States, put forth in consequence of a new attempt at the invasion of Cuba, which has been rumored for the last few weeks, would give some weight to that report, did we not recollect what sort of Administration is now at the head of our affairs. Millard Fillmore is the "pale reflex" of the Regency's folly. He starts at shadows, and among realities he has proven himself an imbecile. The present rumors about Cuba are more baseless than shadows. No sensible person pays the slightest attention to them.

The buccaneering attempt of Lopez, which did really take place a year or so ago, found no obstacle in the Whig Administration. And when it was all over, those really engaged in it were allowed to pass untouched, while a number of the most distinguished, worthy and sober citizens of the South, who never had lot or part in it, were dragged from their homes and put upon trial like so many malefactors, before the Federal Court of Louisiana. The majesty of a sovereign State was insulted, her rights laughed to scorn, and her Governor dragged at the heels of Federal power. This was what the Administration did in the South, while Boston in the North was resisting the laws which Vice President Fillmore had sworn to maintain. His proclamation is put out on these vague stories, for no other purpose we can conceive of, than to fill up the measure of popular scorn for himself and his party.

We copy the foregoing forcible and well-timed remarks from the Richmond Examiner. They are true to the letter, and exhibit the present Federal Administration in anything but an enviable light.

When will the Federal leaders learn wisdom?