The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-11
THE ARTFUL DODGERS.

We know of no appellation more appropriate
for the Whig Editors of this State, than that of
The ArtfuI Dodgers Like their distinguished
name-sake in Oliver Twist, they are constantly
advancing and falling back; giving the cue IN
this breath, and in the next lodging off on new
route, or beating the old one with great apparent
sincerity and honesty.
Here is The Organ, for instance, vulgarty call
ed the Raleigh Register, whose motto is,
eour's are the plans of fair, delightful peace,
"Unwarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers..
A most "delightful banner to fight under-ls it
not? Who would dare suspect the Editor of such
paper to be guilty of indulging "party rage"
So much apparent soberness such quantity OF
the milk of human kindness; so perfect an alb
sence of all political or party spitefulness; who
but loves 20 read that motto? And yet that paper
is the most inveterate of all papers in its preudl-
ces; the most dangerous and high-straiHed IN Fed
eral doctrines; the most contemptuous. IN its re-
marks in relation to democracy! Stiifthe Editor
does not 60 quite far enough, on some occasions,
to excite popular indignation against his course
he treads hard by the crater of the volcano with
out being burnt; he is dishonest in his politics,
sxEi.hopt seeqing in every instance, to bedishon-
est; and he talks so winningfy in TIE abstract !
This is the secret of one wheel; but there are
wheels within wheels, and these are the lodging
wheels Tell him that Mr. Clay is wrong in advo-
eating National Bank at this time, and the next
moment you find him thirty years behind the age,
pointing to the examples of Calhoun and Madison.
This is the way he argues. Talk to him of de-
mocracy-of its saving and elevatng tenden-
denotes, and he is off again on the long-abused
carcass of LOcot otocoism. He dodges. What is to
be done with such an Editor2 Pin him doncn to
tie matter IN hand. That's the way to manage
him. Gig him as you would an eel and hold
him down until, like the Frcnchman in the fight,
he thinks of the word " "enough"
A word about the Editor Of the Star He ar
CUES sometimes-sometimes he lodges like the rest;
md then again he endeavors to ridicuFe his adver-
saries. He can bear all things else with some pa
tence, but Mr.. Calhoun he cannot bear. Why -?
Because he considers him NulIi6er; and here
he dOdges, for he puts behind him the fact that in
1882 he was almost as good a Nulli6er as those
who swallowed the entire Ordinance. 1t is hard
to guess what the Editor Of the Star would do if
he were The Organ. He might dodge then !;
but our impression is, that he would feel himself
so much honored that he would cease to make his
readers laugh at his dry wit, and proceed to ar
que questions generally with great solcmnty
Next in importance is the Hillsborough Re
corder. We cannot find it in our heart to be
severe upon orr venerable friend; but we must
hot ba - L
hobby, and he honestly thinks that the same
per cent. 4aiA-now is not a whit higher than it
was in 1916. Hit him on the sahtnx, and he
lodges off to 1916, when silt was worth from
forty to fifty cents per bus ushei-says the tariff
higher on it now than it was then, forgetting that
eight cents on the bushel now is much higher
than it was then. Then the tax was lght-,so,c
it is one hundred per cent. The Editor neglects
TO post up his knowIedge-book. We hope he
will look to this matter for it is unbecoming in
man of his position and requirements to dodge.
The Fayetteville Observer is another of the
dodgers The cotton crop is his hobby, and he
can tell, with great exactness, how many pounds
a certain number Of bales will make when multi
piled by four hundred. In the main, however,
he same affectation of dccency the same seeming
honesty; and the same abhorrcnce of Loco-foco-
ism. But, to his credit be it spoken, he never
lodges except when he gets good chance
There are great many other ArtfuL Dodgers
put in the language of the advertisement, "they
ire too tedious to mention" We let them all
alone, with the promise not to "head " them Of
cner than may be indispensably necessary We
dislike to wrangle with Editors; we will not
quarrel and wrangle with them, but we intend to
lefend ourself whcnsoever or by whomsoever at
acked, (provlded the assalant be worthy of no.
ice) and to defend the principles of our party, ifI
need be, against every Ar!tul DOdger in the COM
nonwealh.
THE PURSE AND THE SWORD,