Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-08-21
AN INSULT TO THE PEOPLE.

The Raleigh Register publishes what it calls
fac sinaie of the Reid tickets printed at the Stand
ard office, with Free Suffrage in large and David
S. Reid in small letters and seeks thereby to leave
the impression that many of those who voted for
Gov. Reid were deceived, thinking they were voting
for Free Suffrage and not for Reid. And we learn
that Mr.. Sion II. Rogers, in his speech few even
ings since before the Scott Club in this City, adj
vanced statements and views as to this matter SINH
lar to those contained in the Register.
These statements are untrue. We printed Reid
tickets on slips marked "Standard Extra'-forty
to slip, each ticket headed, not "Free Suffrage
David S. Reid,' but "For Governor, David S.
Reid" and the slip itself was headed, in large let
tiers, "Reid and Free Suffrage" The name of
Reid was printed with type nearly an inch in
breadth, while Free Suffrage was printed in type
about half an inch in breadth and the only ticket
on the slip which connected Reid with Free Suf-
frage, was this at the head just described. The
balance of the tickets, as we have stated, were
prin ted, "For Governor, David S. Reid" Types
of different fonts, and of course of different Sizes
were used, just as they were used by the Register
in printing Kerr tickets, for the plain reason that
letters.
But the Register, though it has preferred this
charge against us, was itself guilty of an attempt
at deception. We had headed our ticket, after
Reid and Free Suffrage" 1" The Peoples Ticket
and the Register no doubt having goth possession
of some of our tickets, headed its ticket The
Peoples ticket" IN the gerry same type! The OBJ
ject of such trick was apparently was to induce
Democrats TO vote for Kerr. But the trick failed
the people were too we'll informed to be gulled
in that way.
And now, what must be thought of such an
imputation that cast by the Register and Wing
speakers on the popular intelligence? The peo-
ple after having decided at the polls against Kerr
ism and Federalism, coolly told that they were
humbugged- they were such fools that they
did not know how to vote-that they voted for
Free Suffrage and did not have the sense to know
for what OF for whom they were voting besides
This is the substance of the imputation, and this
the sort of respect entertained for the popular
intelligence by lie aders of the Wing party. But
we are not surprised at this Federalism is based
and starts in all its eectioneering operations upon
the idea that the masses of the people are incapa-
BILE Of selfgovernment and that it is not only al
lowable but creditable to deceive the people for the
peoples good That is Federalism, both in the
North and in the South. That was Federalism in
'9s-Federalism in 1sl2 2 and 184O and it is Fed
eralism now, as is abundantly proved by the Scott
pictures and anecdotes, and the Scott humbug
generally.
The people Of this State voted as they pleased
they voted understandingly for Governor and
reelected Democrat whereupon they are insult
ed by the declaration from disappointed Wing
leaders that they lacked the intelligence to know
what they were DOING or for what or whom they
voted