The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-24
THE PEOPLES CANDIDATES

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One cf the strongest reasons why Col. Re;a.
30 strong hold upon the popular affections !. ''
fo1nd IN the fact that the people have con6dsns's
his Aonesty, and in his fidelity to their Interests ,.a
rights. The people are not unfrequenty deceived ~
public servants; and hence, while they are beeom'
more and more watchfnl Of those already in ,l,.s
they are more cautious also. than therefore, in se,,
ing new agents to execute their will.
II was this confidence in the honesty Of the M.
ana the politician, which gave to Nj. Macon. mo
than any thing else, the wonderful popularity he
Joyed; and among the young and rising men Of ~
State, we know of no one who resembles Mr.. No..
more than Col. Reid. He possesses the sam. .;N
Plicity Of manners, the same attachment to nn,o ,
radical RepubIlcanism, the same unwavering. conf
denee in the masses Of the people, and the Sam. T.;
corruptible integrity. Like Mr.. Macon, he ;s n,o'.
popular where he is best known; and instead OIL
ing ground as public man-though he has hoo, g.
years in the public service, in various capac;,;.. ~
has been constantly growing upon the esteem ,ns
confidence of his constituents. '"u
The people of this State now have an o,n,,.-:.
of calling into their service one of the sonna..
most honest statesmen of the day; and u,,...
signs OF the times" are deceptive, that opportun;.
ty will not pass unembraced and unimproved. co
Reid is their candidate, and, if elected, will he ,h..
Governor. You will hear no complaints, under h.
Administration that this or that section of the Stat.
has been wronged and its interests trampled uuae,
foot; but with an eye for the suo State, and hear,
large enough to embrace all its interests he will act
tor all and do justice to all. CHoue;sm will find
no favor in his eyes.
Let the people, then, rally to their champion and
elect him. Two years hence will not do-NOW Is
THE TINE to reform the State, and take new
start towards higher degree of prosperity and bet.
ter condition of things. The Whig leaders have been
tried for fourteen years, and what have they done
Are the people satisfied with the results We bs.
lieve they are not; and what, then, remains but f.,
them to take their own affairs into their own hands
change their agents, and set out again, if not with
new purposes and aims, at least with more Won,
more determination, and more discretion than have
been heretofore displayed! We repeat it, NOW Is
THE TIME! A gain of ten votes to each Comfy
will do the work. We shall gain from two to three
hundred in some Counties. but as we may lose in
others, it is of the first importance that the friends of
the Peoples Candidate, EVERY WHERE, should
turn out in their full strength, and poll every VOTE
We pointed TO ten Counties, in our last issue, where
our friends might have secured COL Reids election
two years since and referred to others, in which
his vote was considerably below that of Mr.. Polk
We appeal to our friends not to permit this result,
again. Our opponents, though certainly dishearten.
ed and depressed, are nevertheless making, through
their leaders and their presses, most desperate ef
fort: and it will take all our strength compel ,i.
umph to our cause. Let no Democrat, after the eec-
ton, have to reproach himself with the reflection that
if he had performed his duty the result would have
been otherwise. We can elect our candidate, and if
we do not, THE FAULT WILL BE ours.