The North-Carolina standard., 1845-11-26
wH1a CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR

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Wing candidate for Governor. That paper says,
no doubt officially, that Gov. Graham " will yield
to the harmonious mandate Of his political friends,
and again enter the field in their service, however
much it may conflict with his private interest :"
That is, he will run for second term, provided his
political friends desire him to do So
We confess frankly that we care but little what
Federal leader the Wings run for Governor. We
believe that with an able and efficient candidate
in the field and with all the efforts of all the par.
ty, the democrats are certain of success. But
one thing is clear to our mind, and that is, the
nOumcement Of Cor. Graham as the candidate IS
the strongest proof Of conscious aoeakness in the
Wing party. They feel that their cause is de-
clining, and they seek to bolster it up by claims
which have no foundation in fact TO extraordinary
popular esteem and regard.
Gov. Graham, then, is to be the Federal can
didate. This is settled Tine next question is,
ought he to be elected2 In all candor and hon.
esty, we think not What has he done for the
people2 Where are the memorials of his servi-
ces? What great public measure has he advo-
cated2 What system of public economy has he
introduccd2 How much has he lightened the
taxes of the people? But, says some one he has
made good Governor, and ought not, therefore,
to be turned out. Beg your pardon, Sir, no demo-
crat has any idea of turning lam out. Let him
serve out his present term; and if he does well,
commend him, but if not, condemn him. For this
term he IS nor Ceiling his re,card IN honor and
pay. Will this honor and this pay entitle him to
more honor and more pay In particular Depart
ment2 If it WILL then go on, if your Constitu-
ton will permit you, and elect him, under this
rule, Governor for life.
But this rule of keeping in good Governor
ought surely 10 work both ways-ought to apply,
if at all, to both parties. Gov. spaight was a
good Governor; but did the Wings come forward
and vote in favor of his reelection No With
what consistency, then, can they ask democrats to
help them re-elcct their good Governor2
Let US look still further into this matter Ought
the democrats of North Carolina 70 prefer
Gov. Graham TO a man of their own party2
What right, beyond that Of any other competent
man in the State has he to a second term2 Does
it follow, because the Constitution permits him to
serve four years out of six, that we should re-
elect him2 Has he vested right or any sort of
right, to another term of service2 Are we re-
quirtd to rc-elect him, before we know what he
proposes to do for the State2 And can we know
before the next session of the Legislature, when,
should he be reelected, he will send out his Mes
sage, and that too at time when he will be ire
sPonsible at the ballot-box to the people who may
have reelected him p We call upon men of all
parties to censiderthese questions. --------
There are hundreds of honest wings in North
Carolina who are heartily tired of party warfare
Many have recently told US that as Mr. Clay has
been defeated and their prospects for the present
obscured, they are willing and indeed determined
to lie still, and, SO far they are concerned let
the power both in the Federal Government and
in the States, be welded by democratic hands,
They are willing to give the democrats a chance
and above all, THEY WANT SOME PERMANENT
SYSTEM OF POLICY. This of itself is worth to
the democrats not less than one thousand votes
Add to this the popularity of the Administration
the strength of the Texas and Oregon ques-
tions-and the gross misconduct and mismanage-
ment of the Wing leaders in the Legislature of
the Stute-to say nothing of other things, and the
democrats have much to encourage and animate
them. Besides, we believe that candidate for
Governor in the field, by the organization he will
bring about, and the energy he will inspire by
his personal presence in various quarters OF the
State, will do very much to insure democratic
Legislature. At any rate, this " good Gorernor "
will be met, aud, we trust signally defeated. The
late elections demonstrated North Carolina to be
a democratic State; and 1t is now with the Repub-
licans in all quarters 10 say, whether her proud
character shall be sustained or whether she shall
go back to the fesh-pots of Whiggery, and groan
for years under Federalism, British principles,
high taxes, and public debts.
When we commenced this Article we did not
expect to write so much and we close it with the
promise TO recur to this subject again ere long
Lorenzo Do,o on Punishments. An esteemed
friend has placed in our hands curious and in
teresting little work, called "The Yankee Spy"
by Lorenzo Do,c, and printed at Raleigh in 1914,
by Alexander Lucas, Esq. There is one chapter
in this work on Punishments which, as it has
some bearing on the Penitentiary question and is
also characterized by Lorenzo Dow's usual good
sense, we shall publish in our next.
The Charleston Courier places Mr.. Calhoun's
return TO the Senate beyond doubt 1t says:
"Various rumors have gone abroad as to the
probabilities of this distinguished statesman again