Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-10-13
OCTOBER
BE ACTIVE! BE vIGILANTll

BE ACTIVE! BE vIGILANTll
From every portion of the State tn, indications
in favor Of Pierce and King are of the most cheer
ing nature. From the sea-beaten coast of Curri
tuck to the cloud d-capped mountains Of Cherokee
the Democratic ranks are firm and united, and
marching in solid phalanx to certain victory. The
hosts of the enemy are routed, their ranks broken
and scattered, and they are animated only by the
hope that the Democrats, 80 certain of victory, will
relax their efforts grow careless in their confidence
and not put forth their strength on the day oi
election.
Shall this hope prove true2 We trust it will
not: Let every friend of Pierce and King deter
mine, and determine noD, that it shall not The
time until the election is short, and we should i'm
prove it. 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 time, and a long time, when the
Democratic party Of North Carolina, though con-
scious ofthe recttude of its 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 strong and
abiding faith in its men and measures-the only
thing that could have saved it from annihilation
never despaired, never quailed, never yielded
without contest. In the darkest hours of its
defeat it was found buckling on 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 springng 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-
scous not only of the justice of our cause, but Of
our strene til also. We now labor with a well
founded hope of success nay, with a certainty Of
success, provided we call into requisition that in
dustry, that activity, that vigilance, and that per-
severance which characterized us 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 yeare, and fighting valiantly
| when the star of hope was so overloaded as tc
be almost entirely obecured that at last faltered
grew supine, and held back when that star was
beaming, it now is, in all the splendor of an un
clouded sky? "None but the brave deserve the
far" and none but the vgilant deserve the victory
Let us have confidence enough to inspire us to &C
ton !; but not that over-confdence which induces
apathy. The expiring throes Of our adversary vii
be violent; and there is necessity for watchfuness
on our part. If we do our duty, our sohole duty
success awaits us. If we rally now in all ou1
strength, make one more united onset, the day il
ours: and Sewardism, Greelyism, and "higher
law ism are banished from North Carolina Blu
one fortress remains to be stormed, and until tha
is taken let us not slumber on our arms.
In Franklin Pierce and William R. King are EN-
bodied those broad principles of truth, justice ant
nationality which the pride and ornament of tn
Democratic party. No narrow sectionalsm, no dis
gusting favoritism, no ridiculous toadyism, and n
damnable AboItionism hang to their skirts. The
were not foisted upon their party by fanatica
"higher-law faction. They do not resort to tn
contemptible httleness of ones going on pilgri
mage in covered carriage" and addressing
rabble standing in the rain and mud while tn
other stays at home and writes letters in his beha
They are men above such petty resorts, and so ia
above suspicion as to render such extraordinary an
unusual means wholly unnecessary.
Let us all resolve, then, to rally once more
put forth all our strength in one more effort and
if possible, to push Pierce and King even ahead c
the Democratic vote of August. Is not larg
and overwhelming majority worth striving for
What Democrat would not feel proud Of eight Q
ten thousand majority for Pierce and King owe
Scott-Sewardism The greater the majority tn
greater Our pride, and the deeper the despondenc
of our adversaries. Then let our watch-word ur
til the election be soork work.! WORK!!!
WAKE SUPERIOR COURT.
This tribunal has been in session here this weel
Judge Settle presiding, with his accustomed abilit
and patient attention to his responsible duties.
) The time of the Court has been mainly occupie