Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-11-09


~ The Petersburg Intelligencer, in a brief no
tice of Mr.. Venable and the Standard says "His
clear to comprehension that Mr. Venable has in
CURED the wrath of the Standard by single Offence
only, and that in the eyes of the Democracy gen
orally out of the pale of forgiveness. He has dared
to be indepeldentr Did the Intelgencer ever hearof
an independent Episcopalian, or an independentMeh
odst, independent Wing, who was really an
Episcopalian, a Methodist or Wing? Men Ger
tainy have right to go into parties and go out Of
them, at their pleasure or to form nice little
parties of their own whatsoever they may happen
to be disappointed by the action of the large and
controlling parties but then they must take the
sequences of the exercise of this right. Where
would Mr.. Syme himself have been, at this present
writing, if he had made good his I" independent"
declarations that he would not support Scott, the
Seward candidate? Let him pause and ponder and
ponder and pause on that. just think of t-"in-
dependence lis very handsome thing when pro-
fessed Democrat is breaking the traces and dealing
his blows on former friends; but Just let Wing try
it, and then Independence is as naughty as treason
or opposition to Gen. Scott Werepeat, our facetous
cotemporaTy of the Integencer escaped destruction
by only hairs breadth in the last Presidential
paign, and he is therefore in condition to speak
feelingly on the subject of s independence" After
having made sandry independents demonstrations
against Gen. Scott, and against leading Wings who
were about to nominate him, he suddenly "came to
himself and looking back upon all the plain, be-
hold he saw the Wing hosts after him with fiery
arrows and sundry sharp sticks; whereupon he made
tracks for his old position of accompanying subms
sion to party mandates with an energy and earnest
ness which excited general attention and OrleSs
fun. Well, he did
Since the election of Robinson as Governor of
Vermont, there is butsone wing Governor left among
the 81 States-the abolitionist Farwel Democracy
will unquestionabyr the country, and the people
know It'll Fay. CaTOlinian
That twill. It is just like the Tariff of 1916,
which first ruined the manufacturing States by in
creasing the number of their workshops and facto-
ries, and thensthe government by pouring more mo-
ney into its treasury than it knows what to do with
What hideous ruin" is this, followed too by gen.
eral combustion" of Whigismi But Whigism IS
not dead; it may appear be So but is still "Vta
in every part and only by being annihilated'
die J"
We expect to hear in few days that the Demo
Gratis have carried Wisconsin. That will leave not
one Wing Governor even! How can country con-
llAuG W t1OuI dltSh
times
The foreign news in another column is highly
War between Russia and Turkey has
most probably commenced ere this; and this war
may be the signal for general rising of the down
trodden European nations. The end is not yet anu
40 one can fOresee it-but we hope for light out Oh
darkness, good out of evil.
"a HEAVY Loss Jacob Little g. Co, Wall stree.
brokers' sold at auction last week $500 900 worth
stocks at floss of $40 0O0 in order to meet engage
nents for money borrowed to be returned on can
This is another evidence of the strngency OF the
FORK money market.
Tup WoRks OF CAInors We are indebted to the
,oliteness of M. Pomeroy the Sd volume OF MI
5alhoun,s works, edited by Mr.. CraIe. The styleV.
he printing issquite superior. These works VIII ~
ound indispensable to the1braryo of politicians an"
indeed of all who seek to understand the true IA
.ure and theory of our government
- Read the interesting Report of Col. Th0mp'
on On the i.nproyement of Tar River