Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-04-12
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The public had lost sight for time Of the feder.,
candidate for Governor, when hold he suddsnIr
shows himself at Gates Court House armed and
equipped according TO LAW tells his name, and pro
ceedsin his work Of discriminating the Democracv
The General, it must be admitted, would have had
fine time Of but for Mr.. Bragg who happened r.
BE present and who consented to meet and exnosS
his defamation to the people. w learn that M
Bragg cut him up root and branch that he left him
mo ground 70 stand upon; and that the most ult,.
partzans of the federal nominee constrained -
hang their heads IN confusion and regret at the ev'
hibition made BY their champion.
Thomas BRAae is one of the best informed and
abiest public me min the. country He possesses =,
clear head, "a ready and Impressive delivery, and
thorough acquaintance not only with the history of
parties but with the great principles of DEMO-.
racy, to which he has adhered from the first with
marked fidelity and constancy; and one NAV verv
well imagine how easy task it was for such man
to meet and overwhelm in argument the federal can.
didate for Governor
friend writing us from Hartford county s.r..
" Gen. Dockery is down here among us. He comos
out boldly and tells the people what his name j.
how the public lands are to be distributed Sc +
he is elected was much amused at the Genor.l
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should want to divide the public domain so soon u
We trust the General will not parcel out the Lands
without due notices he might to say the least Serve
scire taeias such instrument on his fiend0
to let them know what is on foot and where to II.
cate so as to obtain the choice sections Atapvrato
VIC hope he will allow himself to be undulv dis.
tressed about the inability of the Roanoke farmers
to procure gacanny TO put on their poor land
Roanoke crop will be Indifferent one if the
public lands should not be at once divided.
We are indebted to a friend at Edenton for the
following notice of the discussion at Gainesville:
EDENToN, N c., April 9. 1854
Mr.. EDIToR..a The first grand display Of political
fireworks in the East off last Monday at Gates
villc and the incidents of the occasion seem to me
to deserve a passing mention. The I" Gineraps"
plan of operations is charming specimen of his ca
pabity to produce fine dramatic effect His design
was doubt, to descend in the midst of our Guiet
people with sort of meteor-ike rapidity sudden
and brilliancy,s dazzling with the imposing
scene, and taking captive our magnations before we
should have time to recover from the shock Ac-
cordngly, without previous Totice intimaton to
the people, he appeared at Gainesville on Monday
morning of Court week Nobody expected him
nobody knew of his whereabouts, and least of all
suspected that he was in our midst The Wings
of course gratified that their candidate had
thus taken time by the forelock and the anti Con-
vention members of that party (of which can
you there not afew) eagerly fiocked to hear
what the I" Gneral'' had to say to Eastern
that question. As for the stGineraln himself he
was in glorious hunor--all the field to himself
competitor to weary him in his speech, and
large crowd to practice his demagogueism upon.
The " Gineral is conducted to the platform-the
speakers stand and the crowd eagerly gather round
Just then there is little stir-a gentleman of
consequence it seems has appeared and sure enough
he is escorted to the stand too and introduced to the
oral't ocl Ne, = emilia
grimly. Mr.. Bragg took another look at the re-
doubtabe and quietly took his seat. Here
pretty kettle of fish" that man Bragg f" had been
scared up by the Locofocos meet him. thought the
esGneraI ,--there he was-he believed they called
him Bragg-he had "heered" of him before. The
"Gneral thought, 1expect, that the Democrats had
been planning little of the drama well as hmef
.-he thought, doubtless, that Mr.. Bragg had been
kept shut up until that moment, but the fact vas
that Bragg had just got to Court and entire
ly ignorant of Gen. Dockery's arrival until short
time before the speaking commenced. He was asked
by the Democrats to- reply to the Wing candidate,
and although twas unexpected to him, he could not
and did not decline Depend upon it, before he got
through Gen. Dockery wished himself on the top of
the Pilot Mountain OF anywhere else, rather than
stumping it through this low country with this sledge
hammer humping him on his head. l am by no
means expressing myself in terms unjustly adulato-
ry, when say that Mr.. Braggs speech was ono of
the finest specimens of close logical augmentation,
and of keen, exquisitely pointed rdicule that ever
heard The Democrats were in great glee-the
w higs looked very serious and gloomy. He'd bet
ter not travel with that man. Bragg, said an honest
farmera The anti Convention Wings tacitly agreed
to kick the platform and candidate overheard. If
this gladatorial xhbion is an earnest of the bal
lance the Democratic nominee will achieve prouder
triumph than the annals of political warfare canyet
boast of. And if Mr. Bragg las. is confidently ex-
pected here1 should beethat nominee, Gen. Dockery
will receive aquietus that consign him to the po
litcal shelf for life. y ours truly,
sLOOKER ON.