Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-05-20
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LETTER FROM PINEBUR M0CCASIN.
No; 3.

D.
MoccAsINrnLE, N g.
April 10, 1864 -
Mr.. PRINTUR: reckon we are havln one OF the
greatest times up this country you ever heard Of
There's such sptin' up of things that you hardly
know where tofind the Fragments Gineral Bynum,
Nick Woodin, Curnel Gather, and the whole host
of leadn Wings is ptted against Curnel Baxter and
Mr. Hyenaman, the editor of the ASS Spec, and the
way the wool is a flynn makes the stockholders in
the Western Factory, up in Buncumb, in hurry to
git their mashenery in operashun. Curnel Baxter
and the Ass Spec man sware by the Wing platform
and Gineral Duckery, while the rest of 'em sware
aginst BOTH are gon into Independent move
ment to run sum other candidit another platform
There won't be single ccndidit for the Legislator,
in this secshun of country, that will put his foot
the Wing platform. Sum of 'em will swaller Gner-
al Duckery but they will shet their eyes and clinch
their teeth jest like the boy did when he swailered
the big black bug in his buttermilk and hthey are
elected they will go for unlimited Convenshun, and
the most of 'em are bound to pledge themselves to
go for Free Suffrage by Legislative enactment.
Bill Smithers and the other ordinary Wings, who
in the habit of goin jest their leaders tell them
to go, in had fix. They don't know which lead
to foller. One pulls 'em one way, and another
another way, and they don't know what to do. l
met Bill Yesterday and ses I, swell, Bill what are
you for now ?" "IlI be darned if know" SEES he;
Baxter tells me to stick to the Wing platform and
Gineral-Gineral-th old feller they nominated
down to Rolly, but dsremember his name, and
Woodfn tells me to hold off and wait and see if an
other canddit does not cum out for open CONVEX
II.
and he sed it to settle every thing LEST told
him could settle my accounts without any
Convenshun to do it for then went to Bax
ter and axed him what Convenshun was for, and
he sed it was to alter the Consttushun the people
pleased except in particulars that the Legislator
thought it oughtnt to be altered in and he went
ann talked long time, but couldn't understand
him, and told him would study on it, and so left
him."
axed Bill if he was still opposed to Free Suffrage
Eyes, am" ses he land don't use for Con-
venshuns way, but then l must go with my par
ty if can find out how it's goin But I've got 80
acres of land, and must protect my intrusts."
We Free Suffrage men jest stands and looks on.
It's family quarrel, and we don't care which whips,
so as we whip both, which we certain to do. We
don't want any Convenshun but if one is called, we
want it to be unrestricted one. We feel that we
part of the people, and make Legislators not to
dictate to what we shall do, but to do what we
tell them to do, and intend to tell them to give us
Free Suffrage.
When any thing more of importance turns up you
shall heal from me agin. Whiggery is now in a bad
way and likely to be Wuss; and Gineral Duckery
will find uphill bisness tryin to carry his plat
form about here. He'll fall thro, and both him and
it will 60 to smashes together.
No more at present, but remain
Yourn till deth,
PINEBUR MOCCASIN.