Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-07-17

'S' we .'ust' In victory and We can t,n,.
say we have never known time when 90 oIo.;' Nu'y
triumph lay before US. But we must WI.
would win. The adversary is desperate. and - ne
leave no means unt:ed to poison the nrh1;. Will
against our candidates, to misrepresent IN, "'ino
our principles, and to elevate his own cboso. "Nu
the expense of truth, justice, and homes. ~. d'
This adversary is o. the enemy of Free g.
the friend Of Scott, and The aNy of Seword,
pose MIN wherever you may find him. an6 49,. TX
MIN down under the iron heel of truth. do P'e
lessiy' Tor the masses of the noble-hear,ad 49,,
corrupted people of both parties are with O un'
you In their sentiments and sympathies. o. 'of
the word. and the motley SOupites and tho foo,
privileges will give way before you. Canvas fudi
nelghborhood, lay the facts before all the neon
to the before the polls are onenoI
every vote, and work from morning till The ' pull
down-do this-do it well, and a qlo,;on cues
will crown your efforts. victory
Bear in mind that John Kerr is bet,o,
frage man than David S. Reid" '' Zee Suf.
This statement is proclaimed TO the world
pink OF consistency and truth, the Rae,ob Reo.. "a
And what, pray, must the readers of that n,s'O
and think OF such electioneering stuff as this WY
does the author privately think Of it2 Bv what
should such statement. made just in this s,,,o
at this time, be characterized by every lover If
and fair dealing1 Hear it-ss John Ko,, ~"
Free Suffrage man than David S. Reid al W
reader is requested, too, to bear in mind =, we
monstrous and self-evidcnt tasehood! On,v ,hi-r
lt-bear In mInd-John Kerr. who pronoupces ~
constitution perfect as it is, and desires no cbsDoo
John Kerr, who, amidst all his eec.ioneeriup nrof.
slons of being willing that the people, door son.
may have just what they please, yet rdicules H.
claims of non-andholders to vote in The Senate ,nS
sneeringly asks if the landholders do mt nan ~
wages of the war-worn soldiers ''-who. in w.,
ern North Carolina, has suddenly lost his memo,n
of what he said in Eastern North Carolina. and e.
gets even to mention the most vital questions of S,o
Pollcy-he " a better Free Suffrage man than D.riI
5. Reid -? Than Gov. Reid, who from the bac;,
ming, has, with patriotic and sngle-minded boldnes
stood fast and unfinchngy by this great prneiDp Of
popular freedom who has, through every diffcutv-
through evil report and good report openly EXPRESSED
his convictions, forgotten in any section Or
before any audience. what those convictions were
and who has, for his adherence and devotion to the
measure, been denounced as a IS demagogue ~ tbi.
statement n
absurd and false proposition carries with it to The
mind of every freeman in the State its own refutaOD
is there voter in North Carolina capable of IN.
Outstanding the expression of freemans suffrage.
who does not know it to be false.
And by whom is this wretched pretence of John
Kerr's Free Sufrageism put forth to the public Has
not the Register his chiefadvising organ, been from
the commencement, the bitter and uncompromisinp
enemy of Free Suffrage? Is not that journal now
opposed to it? If not, when and where has It's Ed.
tor written word in its behalf! What else has he
done, what has John Kerr done, but used every ef-
fort rdicule and sgmatize as odious and "dema-
gogical"?
No, fellow-citizens, flourish or disguise of the
Register can, at this late day, up this contemp-
tibie sham 10 catch votes. The Register is still op-
posed to Free Suffrage-so also is Mr.. Kerr opposed
it, and the real issue in this is whether Gov
Reid shall be elected and the principle of Free Suf
fage be practically adopted, or whether John Kerr
shall triumph and that vitality important principle Of
liberty be " defed, execrated and spit upon"