Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-23
THE AUGUST ELECTIONS.

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THE AUGUST ELECTIONS.
That by-gones should be by-gones, is maxim OF
party policy of very general applications and per-
Shaps, in all cases, would be better to bury every
remembrance of past feuds, far at least their
bitterness is concerned and only recall them for
zthe purpose of employment as beacons to guard US
against falling into the in the future. it
lis purely in this spirit, and not with any desire to
excite feelings tending to elimination recrimRa-
&tion, that we aude the dific uties, and, indeed
partial failure of the Democratic party in the last
ELECTION for members of the State Legislature. Few
can doubt but that, had the Democratic force heen
uned In the several counties, Its aggregate ma ory
4 in the General Assembly would have been such as
to have rendered all intrigues in that body perfectly
Spowerless and, even as it was, had every member
fhaing d Democrat, stood up in good faith, We
Try different result gh have been anticl ated These
things are notorious, and present reference 10
: them, is simply for the purpose of using them
s warning in the approaching Congressional contest
lin August next when do sincerely hope, that the
xparty will go forward man, with no divisions
or dissentions, through the effects of which ihe
democratic strength may be weakened in the Con-
gressional delegation as it was las: year the MEM
8 bers 10 the House of Commons of the State. All
the States in which elections have been held since
the great Presidential contest in November las have
shown constantly increasing majorities for the De-
8mocratic party. To this rule have excep-
Aton, and we do most sincerely trust that North Car
ona will not be the first State to furnish an instance
of falling off. OF this, feel confident there
is not the slightest danger, if even common prudence
govern our counsels, and We be not insane enough
Ito split among ourselves Of this latter, we do not
Essee much probability.
In the first District, (chiefy Outlaw's,) the diff.
s Guilty, we presume, will rather be in getting a can
didae into the field, than in adjusting the conflicting
$ claims of aspirants. This District WAig in
GoVemLer, but mot by amy nI1ons hePoossly > and
pleased to notice that friends in the vari-
Gus Counties composing it moving for Gonven-
stion be held Gatesvile, early day, for the
&purpose of bringing out suitable person candi-
5date, and devisng other proper for
fling the Of the party in the approaching
Hest. Friends with whom we have cnnversed, resi-
dent in Halifax and other Counties of the District
gspeak in a very far removed from Responding.
srhey regard the chances very fair.
8 In the second Wayne district, we presume a
gConvention will be held. A meeting was held last
Sweek at Goldsboro, and so Delegates appointed TO-
represent Wayne county therein. Messrs. Lane and
sRuffn, formerly candidates under different circum
stances, prominently spoken of in connection
: with the nomination. Mr.. Loftn, County Court
EClerk of Lenoir county, is also mentioned, or has
announced himself a candidate. We presume that
: Mr.. l.. will abide the decision of Convention. At
Eany rate, nothing bet the most cupabe negligence
unpard bad faith, possibly prevent the
kelecton of Democrat from District in which the
party majority is thousand. And certainly !
the Democrats of the Second District not the men,
4 from whom any wavering need be feared.
Of course, we cannot Say what may yet happen!
but, so far to suppose that the rel
swill be any Wing candidate in this District Our
opinion is that there will not; nor, althou oh!
rumours have not been wanting have we been led to
anticipate any opposition to Mr.. Ashe from among
the ranks of his own party. 1t will be time enough
Ito discuss the most prudent to be pursued in
.such case, when such case arises.
In the Fourth District, Messrs. Venable and Lew
lie, both Democrats, are candidates. A Convention
has been talked of, but yet seems to be deci-
ded upon. Mr.. Lewis is spoken of as gentleman
.of highly respectable character and talents; Mr.!
Venabe is, of course, we'll known, and his friends 8
seem confident OF his reelection The District is;
Democratic by over two thousand. There seems to!
be idea of Wing opposition upon which. perhaps,
/ may depend the calling of Convention.
1 he Fifth District contains Wing majority of:
some eighteen to ninteen hundred, and is of course
conceded to that party. Something, perhaps, might
be done towards paving the way for the future by rel
ducing the majority but matters now stand there
lis little grounds to hope for the present. In the Sixth
District. however, the majority is not thou
sand and our friends, many of them at least, think
There is for exertion and reasonable hope of
success. This District is, in great measure that
represented in the last Congress by Joseph P. Cald
well very respectable gentleman, who, although al
SWhlg could not support Gen. Scott; he took no ac
five part in the contest in any way. What may YET.
|be done, remains TO be Whether Mr.. Caldwell!
Twill again be candidate, whether, if a candidate
The VIII not encounter opposition from the Scott wngi
lot his own parry, we cannot say, but presume that
1.-THE course OF the Democrats will be Influenced verv
considerably by events which may occur. Thew
would certainly prefer Mr.. Caldwell an ultra Scott
Whig' anu most certainty gooo ana true Democrat
Ito either. The Seventh District set down as Del
|mocratic is beyond question, and nothing is re-
Iqusite but proper action the part of our friends
ito elect riumphanty the candidate of our party w q
have some of old friends from that region,
and they coincide with in the belief Public opin-
ion in the upper part of the Dstrct-at least SO far
las judge from private conversation and the!
tone of the democratic press-pons to Burton Graf
Esq, of Salisbury as the Democratic candidate. LII
selected as such, Mr.. Crag will, no doubt, do his
duty, and arouse and bring out the whole strength
of the party. James Osborne, ESQ.,, of Charlotte,
late Superintendent of the Mint there, will, in ALI
probability, be his Wing competitor. In the Sew
ZENITH District as being the most nearly balanced the
greatest amount of caution will be necessary, and it
will be requisite to unite and cooperate thorough
IF this be done, the result will be certain victory.
Since the preceding paragraph was penned, we
have received the Charlotte papers, and learn from
Them that Messrs Craig and Osborne declared them
selves candidates at Union Court last week. They