The North-Carolina standard., 1844-10-02
For the North Carolina Standard.
Col. .Tahm H. WheeIer.

Mr.. HoLDEN:s Is itRot amusing TO witness. the
attempts OF certaiu sreaked, striped3 ring-taited
ing against the faithful 1rbane and meritorious
officer whose name heads this article say lit
tie" coous, because they are decidedly the small
est of the small; ,emphaticaig the. dwarfs of the
whole coon species and ask, is IL not amusing 2
because Is we'll known 10 yoae and all the friends
fef Treasurer Wheeler, that he regards them no
more than The cfoakings of so many ravens the
whisding ofihe idle wind But Ladvise these po-
cai quadTuPeds not 10 be too boisterous lest they
might find, to their sorrow, that the well-known
urbanity and good nature of The Colonel has Its
turns, and that there is point beyond which hu-
man forbearanee. cannot go. Let them beware.
/ But sir, to be serions-if the subject will admit
of it. What is the burden of complaint againstthe
State Treasurer Why, that he is occasionally
absent hom his post And pray ,dd It never enter
into the cran1s Of these worthy little coons that
he might be absent on d Dfcial business? Arethey
aware how often be has been so absent sOr have
they so little State PRIDE as 10 imagine that the
&C Old North State'' is so poor and obscure to
have no business to transact with her sister States
lfshe has. what is she likely 10 call upon as hei
Treasurer as he holds the money-b bags.
But, it s.said he is sometimes absent private
business. And supposeahe is, is he the seruant oI
sLaUe of the people? IT is well known that the du-
ties of The State Treasurer are by no means oner-
Gus, and therefore do not demand his constant
presence at the scat of Governments. And as he is
mot the slave Of the people, he can afford oecasion
ally to oblIge hisfanily by going abroad especially
if he takes TO provide faithful and efhcien
Clerk, and the most bitter coon will hardly deny
that he has.
But how does it happen, Mr.. Editor, that thu
State Treasurer cannot turn his back upon ou
city, but it is Immediately made the subject of pU
lical gossip all over the couatry; when, forsooth
our uery @aporthy'' Governor may perform dozer
trips to and from that darling of his affection, The
town Of Greensborough-the Athens of the "Olt
North Slalen2 Why is it that his departures are
not chTonicled in the 2" Standard" and tSignal,
or made the subject Of inYidious remark? Because
the Editors Of those papers are gentlemen, and no
coons. Verify, he might take up his abode at the
aforesaid seat of learning, and the public woult
not be whit the WISER did not his official station
occasionally demand his presence at " the State
! House,"
Sir, will tell you the secret Of these bitter, i'll
natured attacks against our worthy Treasurer: h'
is waEmyhear,ed, thorough-going, .whole-soulet
! Republican,; and that is gall and wormwood t
| certain keaStEess, soulless eoons about Raleigh
Let man. stand up like man for the rights of The
People, and his own rights fireman. and yot
know, sir, (Irom expe.ience) that among certain
set of mushroom arstocrats," Gas the Honorable
Andrew Johnson called them) he is Immediately
ostracised. But their days are numbered, and the
time is not far distant when they too will in thel
turn be ostracised, and by the People.
1 In conclusion, | would say friend, tht
Colonel, that their censure is not only the highes
praise, but the best evidence the people that hi
has been faithful public servant. VlNDEX.