Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-07-21
THE LATE WILLIAM p. surD.n

Mr.. Kerr said in his Salem Speech ,,,,,
soon as Wing bee me Secessiouist or n. 90
'S'' ne deserted the Wings and went over to d.
mocratic ranks; and that when the late Uon We '
nam d. Shepard turned Secessionist bo ::
tne democratic party. Coz. Reid in repv sail "
hefr' why did you not charge that when von WI. wi
DOWN In Pasquotank?" Mr. Kerr 81 did ), we're
held' " what, pubfc!y2" Mr.. Kerr, NJ b..
0atety, and the Wings told me that there ~ P't-
not carry one dozen votes.' Gov Reid ,ho. ~
the people that Mr.. Kerr had never b-o, -, WV WV
charge publicly against William b. Sh.p,r5 :. 'S
heard he lcls de1i. " We kl9uu these fact, 80"
1t is slanIer upoa William b. Saso,,I 70 d.
was Disunionlst. He was no traitor tn tho ~ ~ ut
as his whole public life proves. M man O''
more faithfully than he did in the last Asa,t 'ea
the Constitution in its purity, or for the 'of
Piles upon which the Union is based. ,,I r''ncI'
has sought more earnestly than he has ,o 'H1n
and maintain it as our fathers formed i, .rii' 'e
assaults of Mr.. Kerr's Northern allies S.. '"e
his gang. Nor is it true that he deserted 49, anu
party and joined the Democratic. He dif,.oI ing
y with most OF the Wings, it is admitted un," "'us
great questionable question of Slavery. uhi., "e
justly regarded as above party: but be r,.;-.'
his position in the Wing ranks TO the dav of bis
He never declared himself Democrat: and 49,
Tor such as John Kerr to assume to speak for hin,
we nave no doubt however, had he lived, that mos,
OF MS associations and sympathies for the futu,0
would nave been with the Democratic party, for tbo
pain reason that that party was, in his JUDGMENT :,
comParably sounder on the Slavery question and H.
rights of the States than the late Who ,artv o..
party. He was, In truth, as little bound nv rho A.
mands or commands of party as any citizen who oro
lived or died in the State. What his iudqme,t ~
proved he advocated, without reference 10 na,tv -
SUITS and while he always liberia! in his Soooh
es and votes towards all portions of the Stats ~
der from the Raleigh Junto-no party Command g
whatsoever character could swerve him from his
fast devotion to the interests the honor or the rb
OF his constituents. AS to his loss of influence j.
his District, as chaged BY Mr.. Kerr, we do mt bo
leve word of it. He was frequently elected 10 the
Senate without opposition, and once, we belevo
when absent from his District, an unusual tbiuo in
this State; and if his health and life had been SHARED
ne would no doubt at this time have been in the field
scattering his antagonists and their false doctrines
like chaf before the wind. We differed with him
on number of important public questions, but he
was MAN; he had our respect while living and wa
stand prepared to defend his reputation against the
assaults of demagogues, when dead.
We leave it with our readers to pass their own
judgment upon Mr.. Kerr's taste and manness in
thus assailng the character of William B. Shepard.
He rests " full of honors, if not full of years."
Let no hand be suffered, for vile party purposes, to
snatch garland from the turf that covers his re-
mains; but let the marble go up on the spot where
he sleeps and let The chise upon it in 1racters
which time may not effAce-"..HE WAS AN HONEST
MAN AND PATRt oT-HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY
WITH FIDELITY AND ZEAL, AND DIED WITH NO STAIN
UPON HIS NAME. "