The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-05-12

coed to draw upon our esteemed eo,,..m P'o.
"A. b." correspondent,
The Editor Of that prin, thus in,rod,c. A.
Shepard to the attention Ut his readers "f.
This gentleman arrived here On Fr;d.,
ming last. and according To previous arrano.rn.s.
addressed The people Of Craven, in I'M, C ..a.
House in this town on Saturday. The ,.ds.'
was respectable, composed perhaps Of abou, 80
equal number Of Wings and Democrats. u.s an
after two o'clock, MIR. Shepard was in,yodn.. 1--we
the assemblage by o. S. Dewey. ESQ.,, when Az
>. arose and proceeded To address tho aud;.na.'
Ills appearances ON the occasion was a LITTLE .,;,
ing, th"ush by no means uncomeIy. With an;..
W adjusted exterior. and those. fneiu ,,ro"s..
gold chains dangling Gthpart his bosom s"'
gefher cith son,etchat austere den,eonor ,,h:Sr
y not lordly approaching rsiher neoy 10 ,i;ss
ness. bespoke him rery suitsbte eduocote y.
The dear poor people" and tie indu,tr;ou.
plain fn' mers Of old Craven."
Ia the above specimen Of " all the dee.n.,. o.,
We shall not re,aliate upon CIV. Graham. w.
shall not talk Of his lordIy" bearing, nor os
the " stiffness of his % somewhat auster. a.
inean,T -because when the people select ~.
fr Governor they do il on account ofcertsin mi.
ciples, and an the score Of mind, aad not bec,n..
he happens 10 dress in this or that fa.h,.s
Messrs Shepard and Graham are bath of thsn,
ACCOMPLISHED gentlemen; and we caro- not bo-
Mr. Graham dresses. or what the Whips ma
say abou, the dress Of Mr.. Shepard. so the peooi.
elect the latter Governor of North Carolina H.
did the editor of the Newbern never 40.
gold chain" before? II he ever did, or r. 4.
ever heard that it was no very great political s;o
even To wear nne, then he ought to be ASHAMED
OF writing such stuff; but il he never saw snch
an article before Mr.. Shepard visited Newb.rn
men we advise him to go To Jericho, and remain
| there " until his beard grows"
We extract as follows from our corresponde,,
who writes from Newbern. April 9Th, 1886:
From some cause. To us unknown our lawn
Is generally not visited by those who canvass IN,
e'a'e. or the District. or even the County and
we were much pleased to receive a vial, fro,
Mr.. Shepard our Candidate Cor Govereor. The
speech which he made here on last Saturday wa.
grs.iiying to us all--gratfying in the sentiments
winch ne expressed. in the manner in which ha
delivered them, and the arguments no EMPLOYED
to enforce them.
In his Introductory remarks Mr. Shepard al.
luded to his emotions while standing beE,re /,
people among whom he had been been born and
educated, with the friends of his youth around
MIN. and the familiar faces of those who had
win him grown up TO manhood-and here and
there silver -haired old man who had been IN.
companion of his father, TO whom az bow. and
now as man. he looked with respect and reyer.
ence. The audience reflected back the sneakers
feelings; and we are all proud to claim a. our
leiiow- 'ownsman the democratic candidate for
| the office of Governor Of the State. Mr.. Sben.
| ard commanded the close attention ofa very l,,gs
audience TOR about two hours. His speech desery-
es the highest compliment known 20 a democrat,
that Is 10 say. 1t may be styled clear, strong
and eloquent exposition of democratic principles.
or, IN synonymous terms, well drawn and beau
| t''ni picture Of Truth herself. Mr. Shepard di,.
cussed Tariff. Distribution. the State Debt, Be- =.
IN mastery manner, and he was SO plain 10
what ne said that every one appreciated and ua.
| derstood fully his meaning and the foiee Of his
| arguments.
| 6" The Hon. Edward Stanley replied and his
! speech was as ingenious as his friends could have
! desired. His wit was sparkling, and his poetry.
! Tor which he is so celebrated in the Z" low coun.
| irie," was we'll selected and appropos quoted.
Indeed, ne scared along quite gracefully until 10
reached me argument, which soon melted h
waxen wings, and brought him down 10 his
crutches. But it was a lameness of the cause.
and not OF the orator. He used, what we can
Always prophecy to be the wing argument, 10
WIZ 'hat such and such democrat, on certain
occasion, voted so and so that Henry CLAY is 9
very smart man that he is not dead. though
overwhelmingly defeated and on the Tariff
question. tha, old and obsolete fallaey Of theory
oersus praci'ce. which we had supposed banshe&
uoJ"n" ZIG boundaries OF civilization. But all
this is just like whggery Who does NOT 70.
member lS4O2 Then arguments against the
larf were answered by cries Of I" log cabin and
hard cideT;' speech against Bank had for i,s
echo : coon skins and gold spoons;' add when We
eh'iea'eo our opponents to meet us on the broad
and solid foundation Of truth and principle their
answer was: The Ladies' O God bless them
are all on our sidei" But such as this will no..
DO now and the Wing leaders will find what
we say to be true next August
he debate between Messrs. SHEPARD and
otanly was characterized tbrouphout by courtesy
and good bumOr and there ara but two raen who
sincerely regret Mr.. Shepard's visit. They re-
celved blow from which they will not soon re-
cover. few weeks ago the editors Of the New
oernlan published sesnduIous article in reference
10 Mr.. Shepard, which unfortunately for them
met his eye. They though, their act one of i'm
puniy, and never dreamed it was destined To-
meet 50 terrible punishment. They were pre-
semi when Mr.. Shepard delivered his speech, and
ne pierced them through and through with such
Keen arrows Of irony and ridcuIe, that We really
ieIt sorry for them. The conductors of the New
herman will not soon forget the 25.h of April,
1870 And such another article an we shall see
IN the next issue of that remarkable sheet. +,
Will DO as strong and sour as milk and water can
make it.
+" The course Of our able and gallant Candidate