The North-Carolina standard., 1842-04-13
April 4th, 1912.

Raleigh, April 4th, 1912.
Gentlemen: Your letter Of this evening, announ-
cling my nomination. by the Democratic Convention
Of the county of Wake as a candidate for the Sen
ate, has been received, and / hasten to reply
While this renewed evidence of the popular voice
gives me great pleasure must be permitted 10 con-
gratulate you upon the harmony and good feeling
which will succeed your labors. Among free
people some slight difference Of opinion will occa
sonally arise yet when fair and full expression
of the wishes OF the constituent body is once pro-
nounced, all division ceases and those who are
tue patriots readily yield their personal predIlec-
tions 10 what is, is supposed 10 be, the general
good. The circumstances, which accompany your
nomination, gratifying that know not how
to decline it. You will cheerfuly bear witness,
gentlemen, that il has been conferred without soil
citation my part. The spontaneous expression
of the public will made first in the primary assem-
bIies of the people, and then through the medium
of Convention: the various and torcibie appeals
which have been addressed 10 me both bv political
and personal friends the critical and dangerous
condition oI the country, and the necessity which
calls citizen. who loves that country, to sac
rifcs in its behalf his energies and inIerests-all
conspre 10 draw from me a cheerful consent 10
your appeal.
In entering then, upon the campaign which is
op+ning before US, shall feel il 10 be my duty, not
only TO discourage those bitter and rancorous ex-
pressions OF parIiZan hostility which lave loo long
prevailed among u.s. but TO bring into rPqusitiOn
every honorable measure calculated 10 promote be-
tween the great contending parties, mutual concIll-
alton and regard. The great mass Of the whig
party are honest, intelligent and upright; and but
for the ambition and proAigacY of their leaders,
could not fail 10 perceive and walk IN the path
which leads 10 the permanent relief and happiness
of the country. Let our arrows be discharged not
al honest wings, but at their designing Traders
Those members of the wing party who are honest
in the opinions they entertain are, II must be re-
membered our fellow citizens and brothers-aim-
ing, like u.s. though by different means, TO adnIHI>-
relief TO the country. and 10 secure ard perpet-
ate its liberties. That We should regard each 9th
err in the heat OF partIzan warfre, with aversion
and distrust, is to be wondered at but at
crisis like the present, when the country Is groan-
ing under di>tresses aud emharTa,sments and Is
stretching out its hands for succor and relief, II
would be foly-it would be madness to pers"vtre
in a calculated to increase the distance and
multiply the obstacles, which lie between that
union Of all means all counsels and all resources,
which must be effected before the sun OF a heHer
and happier day can dawn upon the land. Let
Us then. gentlemen cease for the moment 10 talk
about the causes and the origin of our present.
misfortunes and go 10 work, manfully and la Ldhhy,
to improve the condition Of The Republic Let the
distinctions of party be forgotten in deep and
abiding anxiety fer the public welfare when The
sun Of nations prosperity IS dakcned, leIth
lights OF faction be extInguished.
Naturally a difference o. opinion on all questions
Of public policy will prevail; and who would have
il Otherwise? This difference of opinion. when
properly INDUCED, is the salt which seasons the
body polite which prevents stagnaIion and putre-
faction and propeIs through all its veins, the gen
erous and vivifying streams of patriotism and pub
lie spirit. Yet there is measure in all things
The vernal breeze which imparts health and fresh
ness in its wanderings, if augmented TO a tempest,
will destroy life and carry desolation in its train
As people we have had too much Of the tempest.
I. has overswepr and broken almost every thing
which is great valuable or lustrious in the land;
the best aud purest names have been marred by 1t /;
the most brilliant and precious achievements, both
civil and military, have been darkenedby the shad-
ow of its pinions, and under It's influence al this
very hour, those tides Of integrity and chastity,
which. in the beginning Of the Republic, giowed
and coursed in ali the limbs Of American Liberty,