Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-10-09
BE ACTIVE! BE VIGILANT!l

ING nature From the sea-beaten coast of Curri-
tuck to the Handicapped mountains Of Cherokee,
the Democratic ranks are firm and united, and
marching in solid phalanx to certain victory. The
hosts of the enemy routed, their ranks broken
and scattered, and they are animated only by the
hope that the Democrats so certain of victory will
relax their efforts grow careless in their confidence,
and not put forth their strength on the day of
election.
Shall this hope prove true? We trust it will
not. Let every friend of Pierce and King deter
mine, and determine aaoa0, that it shall not The
time until the election is short, and we should i'm
prove 1T. Our opponents are active, wiley and Wig
liant, and will exert themselves with all the power
OF desperation. Let us emulate their activity and
vigilance, and on the End of next November the
Old North State will stand proudly FORTH confirm
ed in the faith into which the August elections
baptized her.
There was a time, and long time, when the
Democratic party of North Carolina, though con-
scous ofthe recttude of principles battled almost
without hope of success and certainly without
cess. The overwhelming numbers of its opponents
rode over it and stifed it; but with a strong and
abiding faith in its men and measures-the only
thing that could have saved it from annihilationt
never despaired, never quailed, never yielded
without contest In the darkest hours of its
tdefeat it was found bucklng its armor and pre-
pairing to renew the conflict Strong in the belief
that truth and justice and right would at last pre-
vail, it never relaxed its efforts but springing with
newborn zeal from every defeat, it rallied with in
creased vigor to the strife
But that time of doubt almost of hopelessness
has passed We now grapple with the foe, con-
scious not only of the Justice of our cause, but of
our stre4e TIL also. We now labor with well
founded hope of success, nay, with certai'ty of
success, provided call into requistion that in
dustry, that activity that vigilance, and that per-
severance which characterized in our efforts in
the days when hope of immediate success did not
cheer and animate us.
And shall it be said of us, that after fighting
through many long years, and fighting valianty,
when the star of hope was so overloaded as to
be almost entirely obscured that at last faltered
grew supine, and held back when that star was
beaming, itnow is, in all the splendor of an I'M
clouded sky? "None but the brave deserve the
fair" and none but the vgiant deserve the victory
Let us have confidence enough to inspire us to ac-
ton; but not that over-confdence which induces
apathy. The expiring throes OF our adversary will
be violent and there is necessity for watchfuness
on our part. If we do our duty, our aChole duty,
success awaits us. If we rally now in all our
strength, make more united onset, the day is
ours; and Sewardism, Greelyism, and higher
law "-ism are banished from North Carolina. But
one fortress remains to be storned and until that
is taken let us not sumber On our arms.
In Franklin Pierce and William R. King are en-
bodied those broad principles of TRUTH justice and
nationality which are the pride and ornament of the
Democratic party. No narrow sectonalism, no dis
gushing favoritism, ridiculous toadysm, and no
damnable Aboltionism hang to their skirts. They
were not foisted upon their party by fanatical
higherlaw " faction. They do not resort to the
contemplate Httleness of ones going on pilgri-
mage in " covered carriage" and addressing
rabble standing in the rain and mud, while the
other stays home and writes letters in his behalf
They are men above such petty resorts, and SO far
above suspicion to render such extraordinary and
unusual means wholly unnecessary.
Let us all resolve, then, to rally once more-to
put forth all strength in more effort and,
if possible, to push Pierce and King ahead of
the Democratic vote of August. Is not large
and overwhelming majority worth striving for
What Democrat would not feel proud of eight or
ten thousand majority for Pierce and King over
Scott-Sewardism? The greater the majority the
greater our pride, and the deeper the dependency
of our adversaries. Then let watch-word I'M
til the election be lcork WORK J! WORK!!!
EY The Scott men and boys held meeting in |
this City on Wednesday night last, which was ad-
dressed by Messrs. Gmer, Spruill, and McDugald.
Mr. Gilmer, in his effort to beIittIe FRANK PIERCE
said it had been said he "a drunken Aboli-
tionist-a drunken coaUardIy A6olitionist" :! He
also said the evidences of the personal Gberality
and virtues of Gen. Pierce to be found in the
fact, as stated by him, that he had once given
twenty-five cents to the Sunday School scholars in
Concord, and one cent to poor boy to buy stick
of candy!
This is the manner in which the campaign is con-
Quoted by many of the Scott leaders in the South.
We knoO that Wings were disguised with Mr..
Gimers speech and confident that no
good to the Scott cause will result either from his
remarks, or from those of Messrs Spruill and Nc
Dugald.
Sucb stuff &c the above is unworthy of Mr. Gil