The North-Carolina standard., 1844-11-13
WAKE COUNTY
The Register is evidently in bad humOr ,h,,

"e AeSiStSE - eVluenIty In Dad humor nho,
the result in Wake county. He says: ~"
,"When the Poll books come to be sifted w,;-,
we understand 1t is the determination OF osn%a Ta
men OF q, the wing party to do, the secret Of hi.
extraordinary increase may, prehaps. be d;ss%us %s
cred. Al one precinct, persons kRolr7a to be Eu
a different County, were allowed to vote wbotl bl
lei or hindrance. And we have reason to beI.;SuNt
from what we heard that some person voted i~;'
or thrice in the County" "~e
Sir, we dare you to sif the Poll Books :,
you intend any thing beyond threats, let Il, ,.' "
you carryi it out. This is the first time the hon..
and sterling democracy of Wake county b,rs
been charged with fraud in their elections .nS
this charge comes with fine grace from q mo-
whom they once "syted like wheat" and cast oF
as unfit to be their representative in the State Il
gisloture We repeat, the democracy of W,L.
challenge scrutiny and defy the results of all in,
vestigations. The votes they polled at the lat.
election were strictly legal, and the gain thew
maze over their August vote was the result of su.
perior activity and organization as we'll as of tbe,
deep devotion to their country in contest which
they considered pregnant with tremendous cor
sequences. But how dare an Editor of the C.oon
party charge fraud upon his opponents? Does the
Register think the people have forgotten the Coon
ppeIaying in l84O, or the recent unblusbino
Coon frauds in Baltimore2 And can the Ed,or
OF the Register "put his hand upon his heorn
and say he did not, the day of the last election
send voters who could not vote here to other nro'
cincts in the county in the hope of getting in be,
votes for Clay2 We make no charge We oO,u
speak what common rumor says, and ask him n
clear himself if he can.
But the Register affects to think it wonderful
that the Coons mointain their strength at alIn
Wake, lin the face of the powerful opposlion
they have to encounter" and he then goes oDn
enumerate the various officers the democrats have
resident in this county, and who are charged with
welding an influence against the Coons either bv
" Withholding assistance" or "doing GvorsIn
Was the like ever heard of bcforeR Docs The
Register mean to say that any Coon is so unprin.
cIped, so selfish or time-serving as TO bc capable
of being " influenced" by f,rors done or assist.
ance wi,hhcld" And yet such is the undoubted
tenor Of his language! Thank him, Wake wings
thank him for the compliment! He will 10
better next time. He was a littIc vexcd when he
wrote the article charging you with holding your
principles subject 10 certain :" influences" and he
may do better and see clearer after he shall have
been "HELPED" along with Mr.. Badger and the
taborio2s Chairman, by the realities Of "rerOlu.
lion"
"Look," says the Register, "nt the various
democratic officers we have resident in the county
A Senator of the United States, Marshal Post
master, and District Attorney Member Of Con-
gIe<s, active and ind, faiigable; the High Sheriff
ot the County and neatly all his dtputies; our
superior and Coanty Court Clerks, and all The
Constables Of the County with few exceptions
and last though not least, Clerk and Master in
Equity, who is also Editor Of violent parlzH
paper"
And look, if you please, Mr. Register, at the
other side of the picture: A Wing Governor, &C.
tive and interchangeable IN the service OF his party;
Il Private Secretary to the Governor; the COmF
troller and the Secretary Of State; the Clerk Of
the Supreme Court, as open-lnouthcd as any Clay
partizan between here and Ashland; the County
Attorney; the President of the Raleigh and Gas
ton Road; two Banks, which roSfrr " "fuvors" or
|" with hold assistance" at their Pleasure with five
Bank cfficers, six or seven Bank Directors, and
wo Bank Attorneys; as well as twenty Whg
Merchants, several Postmasters, among them
,ery active and fdSetty one at the democratic
tronghold of Rolcsville, and three Newspapcrs
o say nothing of the Little Blowerl And yet
With all these "infuences" in their favor the
coons have lost in this county since last August
hirty rOtes; and the democrats have gained more
han one hundred.