The North-Carolina standard., 1846-03-25
THE REG1sTER-MR SHEPARD.

A 1.-THE Register of Friday last contains quite an
II ingenious article in regard to the nomination of
u Mr. Shepard as the Democratic candidate for
Governor. That paper, after sprinkling " Dr.
tShGmkIin," and " Raleigh .JumtO" and the like,
pretty freely for half column or so, comes to
the point, and says of Mr.. Shepard: He is young,
ardent, and industrious, and will, most probably,
produce some enthusiasm sOhere he goes. Let our
friends determine at once, that nothing Is certain
q0ith regard to Elections, and 60 vigorousl y to
work. This is no small admission, and we shall
hold the Editor to it the campaign progresses.
Beyond doubt, the Whig leaders here a.
larmed at the nomination of Mr.. Shepard. They
confess that he is "ardent" and industrious"
and that he will 'sprobably produce some enth~si-
asm t0here he goes "-and they would have the
leaders at distance warned in time. They know
our Candidate to be radical and a0orking Demo
crat; they have feLt his power heretofore in Wake
County; they see that the Administration is popu-
lar, and that all its measures are about to be
crowned with the happies success; they hcar in
their own ranks, complaints against Whig policy
and Whig principles, from men who dislike to
pay high taxes to bolster up splendid and extraVa
giant Wing schcmes-in word they are anxious
fest that anxiety by the confession THAT MOTH
\1Na Is CERTAIN WITH REGARD TO ELEcTIoNs.>
And we'll may they make that confession, after
the signal defeat Of Mr.. Clay. Well may they
falter when that contemptuous question comes up
to their lips" Who is James K. Polk2" Well
may they evince anxiety about results, when a
bold, able, and energetic Democratic Candidate
for Governor announces his intention to take the
field and to canvass the State for more than four
months, with determination to strip the veil from
their pernicious principles and measures, and hold
them up to the gaze of an intelligent and honest
people.
The Register is pleased, in noticing the nom-
nation of Mr. Shepard, to talk about {: Raleigh
Junto." and to attribute TO the managers about
RALEIGH" a desire to dictate to the Democratic
party of North Carolina. Certainly this is the
first public intimation we have had of the exist
ence of Raleigh Junto " in the Democratic
party, and this charge of dictation strikes US as
strange one in all its aspects. "The Managers
about RaleighF Who are they2 Will the
Register say2 Will that paper come forward
with its proofs? 1t will not because it cannot.
This charge, so gravely made by the Register, is
too silly and absurd TO require repl$spd should
have none, but for the fact that it COMES Bom the
organ of respectable party ~
The Democratic Slate Committee is composed of
thirteen members. Two ofthem reside in Raleigh,
one in Wake, one in Johnston, and the others in the
different Congressional Districts Here, then, is
'Raleigh Junto" composed of three or four per-
sons, who, according to the Register Outroke nine
or ten of their colleagues on Committee and OF
their own WILL and in their own way force a
Candidate Of their own selection upon the Demo-
cratic party of the State! Who will believe such
tale as that2 Not even the Wings. No man
believe it, for the thing is absolutely and NOR:
ally impossible. And yet the charge is put forth
by the Register, and the Editor will stand to it.,
provided he thinks he make any thing out of
it to benefit his party II
But the Register is at perfect liberty 10 conduct
itself in its way towards the Democratic
State Committee, and the gentleman nominated by
that Committee for the post of Governor. That
paper may go its road, and we will! 60 ours
Possibly, Wing principles are so we'll known to
the country and securely established and car
red out all 0rer tile Union, that the Editor con-
siders il unnecessary to alude to them oencr than
once in six months, but devotes himselfto the
loftier task of discovering "Juntos " that aerer
4 existed, and of manufacturing managers of a
powerful and patriotic party out of three four
humble individuals about Raleigh. But the whg
4 people are not 50 easily guled the Register
may suppose. They demand that principles be
discussed, and they will take part in quarrels
about men, Whatever that paper may say about
our Candidate, about the mode and manner of
to hear him; and they will weigh his doctrines
and the sentiments he utters, with that deIlbera-
tion and respect to which they may be justly and
properly entitled.
SHEPARD Uice SHANKLIN."
These are the terms already employed by the
Federal leaders in regard TO our Candidate and