Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-01
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

1t will be seen by the proceedings of the Gates
vile Convention i'll another column, that Dr. IL.
NJ Shaw, of Currituck, has been nominated as the
Democratic candidate for Congress in the First
Congressional District. DR.. Shaw, we are grathed
to learn has accepted the nomination. and will at
once take the field. We most cordially concur
with our friend Starke, of the Pioneer, in every
word he has uttered in commentator of DR.. Shaw.
The Pioneer says:
1--WE have also the pleasure of informing our
friends that DIR. Shaw intends canvassing the DIS
trct, visiting the various counties and addressing ne
ueopIe Indeed we have all along known thai II ne
could be induced to accept, he would do so-snch Is
the compositon of the that he cannot DO thlngs
by halves-the Rubicon once passed, his whole soul
becomes engaged in the cause, and all MS energies
are concentrated in powerful effort 10 carry his
point We know that he has stnmpy ROAD 10 traVel
over-we know that the Democracy have to battle
against the odds. and we know that to overcome the
oDposition we have got to ,U0rk. DR.. Shaw is just
the man for this. He will throw himself nanfulty
into the breach-he will deal blow for blow-he Will
DC has part toward redeeming the District tiom the
thraldom of Whggery-
And though we hope not hence unscathed to go,
Who conquers him shall find stubborn foe
The Pioneer, in another article, says:
1--WE hail with unbounded satisfaction the nomI-
nation Of DR.. II. NJ. Shaw, of Currltuck, as the De-
mocratc candidate for Congress at the ensuing cleo
in his department. but firm in the advocacy OF those
princiies upon which based the prosperity OF our
country and the permanency OF It's institutions. lie
presents clean record public man, While MS
private character is beyond suspicion aud above re-
proach'' He has clear head, sound and dScrlm-
mating Judgment, and irmness of purpose which
cannot be shaken. AS speaker his style is persp-
cuous, plain and praccal-addresslDg Itself as wen
TO the superior judgment OF The learned as TO The
comprehension of the unearned. He does not deal
much in tropes and apOstrophes, but with facts and
fgures-with causes and effects. In word, he IS
matter Of fact mTn, who while possessed OF the ad-
vuntages of liberal education and enlarged reading,
prefers call things by their right Names and treat
them in a common sense way.
We shall have much to say of him before the can
is over and will only observe for the present,
that proud of such representative In the can
vass-that he is eminenty worthy OF the support OF
every Demorrat-and lhAt he has beaten The wheel
horse of Whiggery in the Senatorial District, we
have strong confidence that he will greatly weaken,
il moi utterly defeat, the wheel-horse of Nhiggery
in the Congressional District.
We refer our readers to the admirable Resolu-
tons adopted by the Convention. " Under this
sign we conquer" Letevery Democrat in the Dis
trict at once buckle on his armor and go forth to
second the efforts of ourcandidate-we say second
for no man will outwork Dr. Shaw in this contest
whether on the stump among the people. We
know the man. and we hail his nomination as an
omen of triumph LIE possesses an energy, a
spirit, determination, which if promptly and eff
tectvely sustained by his friends, will compel vic
tory to the Democratic standard. = \ long pull"
brother Democrats strong pull, and pull
altogether" and the day is yours.