North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-03-01
PRAISE AND DISPRAlSh'

~, D,..c ,ho, hitter Federal sheet, the Ash
i"0 80 his SUNNI arily puts down and pats
ooroug" - leading members of the last As
up several OF the ie0"-s
sembly: -, ,,on,,sman distinu.;sb-
nE On ,ents, gained no fresh laureIs In the last
eu ~, -" He introduced the doctrine OF secession
sess f,er stormy debate. was etectually killed.
whicil' ;mnrndent step, and we almost regret that
,iented should be guilty OF so much folly. He
;IontIv did not know our people as well as they
-, themselves. Not content with one step to ruin,
he completed his race by voting on both sides Of the
~ Tonoi Suffrage question. Hon. William H. Wash
IT, heretofore rather a favorite with his party,
inged his bright prospects into dark gulf In the
fmee easv way. We have not doubt that ooth
lose gentlemen returned to their homes regretting
.hat thew had spent the winter in Raleigh. Inc one
Eiis6 ~ establish favorte doctrine, and the other
showed himself wanting in the essentials OF gooo
ctatesnan-frmness and independence In SPEAK
inn of what these gentlemen have ost we aliuoe 10
their general standing and popularity now 'iey lldy
sustain themselves at home, we Preteno not 10 say
noonle STRONGLY attached to an able representative,
sometimes sustain him In error.
A. GiImer preserved fresh and green the laurels
heretofore gained. Mr. Haughton added new ones
ohis noIjtical cap. N. w. w oodfn, of Buncombe,
Ala M less, None in the Wing party gained so
nncb as John Gray Bynnm, of Rutherford He went
80 Raleiuh decidedly unpopular, and lett favorlta
and leader. He sustained well his talents and dis
aT,ed much prudence. His reputation as states
p,a1 is decidedly ascendant. John A. Ellington
MAN man sustained himself. Col. Joyner is
stone, and Will oe'
Il would he a matter of regret, indeed, if such an
Editor could do what he magines he has done in the
bo article by few strokes of his pen but Messrs.
SLo,.a and Washington will "pursue the even tenor
,ha; wav'' iustas if this Editor had never spoken
of ,bou and Messrs. Gmer, Haughton, Wood6n,
Rrnum Ellington and Joyner are in no serious dan
ror If being s,ifed by any sudden rush of poPuar-
~ which the Herald man may produce in their favor
Mr. Shepard's offence is, that he stood up manfu-
" for the rights and the sovereignty OF his native
State: and Mr.. Washington has sinned beyond all
homes of pardon, because like Mr.. Shepard, he Deem
ed il his duty to for Equal Suffrage The Peo-
ME IF the State may see in this language of one of
the Convention advocates what they may have to ex-
meet in case the schemes and purposes of such men
&C the Herald Editor and of those he compliments,
should happen to prevail.
COL Joyner, it seems, is {" cornerstone" This
is doubtless, because that gentleman spoke so con-
temptuousy during the late session, of the non-land-
holders and of their claim to political equality with
the rest of their felow-ci,izens.
The man who could deliberately write and print
such an article the above, shows by his principles
that he is not fitted for citizen of Republican State
We speak of the substance tone of his remarks
in relation to the gentleman named but of his opPo-
sition to Equal Suffrage-an opposition SO bitter that
he would devote TO destruction those of his party
friends who sustained by their votes while he law
ishes the highest praise gentleman who made
himself notorious for all time, by the contempt and
indignation with which he treated this great measure
of equal justice and equal rights. the Editor of the
Herald desires to live among no people who do not
persist in discriminating against each other at the
polls on account of the want of certain species of
property, he will find it necessary, ere long, to emf
crate from North Carolina. Perhaps Canada or Great
Britain would suit hiu. better.