Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-15


TO bIacken mine he procaims TO the world, 10 the
alarm doubt Of ali good magistrates, that he is
ready ofghk il choose consider him worthy
thus recognizing my honorable character. and there
by giving the lie 10 all his base aspersons OF It, For
mysei the contrary, having believed In the truth
OF everything have said Of him, and most OF when
has been proven, shall continue to considered him
in the light in which he has been consider through
out This correspondence, as weak, n1icOus IN
prince 2ed clustering 6tacIguHrd." Ii he Is satisfied
with the result of the controversy, l think ought
moi complain; and the public am sure, VIII he
happy learn that his h p"Stiireiy has last eTh'-
bifion in This as o,cn dirty species IF s0artqre:
A. RENCHER.
THE OFFICES. g Il is profitable result of hap
pv of the American people, that the dis
sensions and disappoin1mens of mere individuals are
rarely long permitted 10 affect the public mind.
While the country is well governed and in accordance
it'll the principles which have met the popular ap-
probate, II; while the Constutan is respected, justice
wisely administered, and the national honor main
tanned. it mikes comparatively little difference 10
the great body of the people. whether this man or
that obtains THIS that little office or, tor the
matter of that, this that big Office either. While
the people understand that the affairs With the trans
action of which the Federal Government is charged,
properly administered, Ties intrgues and dIsap-
pointments OF ambitious mentaate~not In danger OF
being crowned with much succeSs:S he admlnIsra-
ton of public afiiIs hon sty and properly, is
atty which all feel and understand, and in
which all nterested-ihe claims of aspiranls OF
the bitterness of disappointed paIliZans are mere
xhdms which few unders iand and care for, save
and except, perhaps, the great disappointed 1t may
he in accordance with human nature for the aiore
said disappointed, 10 look upon themselves as lnjuT-
ed individuals. A mans sympathy with himself is
always sincere and intense, and as Sam Sticks horse
was led TO mistake shavings for grass, simply from
The fact of seeing them through green speclaces so
the selfsym paihisng individual, looking forth upon
the world through perverted medium, is apt to sup
pose, that only the whole earth and the moon,
hut tails limit IN nj
the approaching comet, must be greatly excited
themselves and that the very stones will rise and
mutiRze. each particular rock exclaiming, Offices
in general for everybody, hut of course each parlic
say, is the next thing TO very considerable mistake
the earth and the moon, Jupiter and his satellites
yea, even the paving stones patient and quies
cent, and the comet has not appeared and is not
pected Tor time.
There is sort of doubt but that there through
out the country, great many disappointed aPpIi-
Giants FOR office. Such could hardly fail 10 be the
case, where the number of seekers far exceeded the
number Of posts sought. al could not be accom-
modate1, nor, under the circumstances, could the
failure 10 Obtain appointment be regarded either
as dIsresPectu or unjust, calculated TO cast any
] stigma upon any of the unsuccessful applicants
whose party standing only be injured by their
own course in kicking up about offces-ofices-as
if that one word embraced everything worthy of hu-
nan attention-and the obainment of such was the
only and proper purpose for which parties were
ganlZed and principles proessed.
We must acknowledge ourselves incapable { { COM
pretending all this. We cannot fairly account for it,.
We poor most folks, but this nordinae de-
sire Tor public Office seems TO US mighty poor idea,
even in a speculative point Of view. But different
people think differently and it may be all right and
proper that they should. 1t is blessing, however,
that the rest of mankind'' have other things to
tend TO, and that the rotary motion Of the earth is
long established to be easily deranged.
TFiLmingiOn Journal
A FoUNDLING. Last night, a5 out len o'clock, an
infant, apparently three days old, found the
doorstep of house IL Broadway. With the child,
who was snugly slowed in a basket, found the
following letter OF introduction "The finder will
please take of me. | poor child. My ia
ther has gone into the country, and my mother has
no means OF supporting me. :"
! NetU York Erening POSI-
! How much OF human suffering is comprised in the
simple language of this petition The finder will
please take Of met" l am lost, parentess.
homeless, none TO look after nobody TO love me. A
waif floating upon the of life, TO be drawn
down by the whirlpool, or dashed to destruction a.
ganst the rocks. have little brother TO caress
me, no little sister to fondle in her arms Leave
me not to perish alone in The chill damps IF the
night air.
/ Il am poor child" Poor indeed art thou, little
one Poor in all that constitutes the worlds wealth
but poorer still in AL that comprises earlhs richest
treasures. Destitute of mothers affections, ia
theirs Gold are the night winds. and dark the
shadows that encompass thee, but colder still is tie
long winter of life that is before thee, and deeper the
darkness OF the night which with thee is but just
gun. Who shall ever love thee Who shall draw
thine affections from the hidden wells of thine
own nature! Whom wilt thou ever love! Where
! is thy sister, where thy brother! Sickness will
come upon thee who will watch by thy bedside in
the silent hours, and thy feeble cry? Death
may call thee home who will wipe the cold damps
from thy marble brow, and who will deck thy little
corps in garlands of fresh flowers for the grave
! Who will weep over thee when thou art laid in III
last sleeping place, and who will drop tear on the
sod that will be green above thee Iflhou spared,
little one, until shall dawn upon thee, let thy
first prayer the God of the helpless be take thee
10 the home prepared for children in Heaven. Ask
to be spared the trials the temptations, the hard bat
tie of life for which mothers Instructions, IA
theirs teachings have prepared. and against which no
parental guiddLce " III help to~susta thee
"My father has gone into the country, and my
mother has no means Of supporting me-. The oft
told tale of mans crny and desertion and possibly
that Of womans weakness and shame. Hard at best,
and deep and hopeless must that destuton be that
pucks up from the mothers heart the instinct of
tural affection Utter the poverty and that i'm
pes her to cast her little one, in its helpiessness
on the cold charity of the world, TO begin life home
less and friendless, pauper in infancy, and to be-
come at best, life advances, menial the house
of strangers. .4lJnmy State Register.
DIAMoED CUT DIAMOND. Two Ioafers met and
passed the" compliments of the season.
lim," said one, :. have you seen Hall he's lock
ing for you.''
!. Hall, what Hall - was Jim's answer.
- Alco-Hall, you fool.
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