Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-09-13
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p.LEIGH, SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 1854.
ro NV SUBSCRIBERS AND FRIENDS.

To MY SUBSCRIBERS AMI RlCNDC
have made arrangements, by which have Sc
,rrod tbe services of FRANK l. WILSON, Esq, late
F1ior of the Salisbury Banner, as Associate Editor
# tbc Standard and as the business partner of the
establishment Mr.. Wilson will have charge, after
The 1st of November next, of the printing and pub
rbrp denartmcnt, and will also write for the paper
&c occasion NAV require This will leave with me
tbe principal Edtorship; and being thus exempt
from the heavy abors incident to the printing and
nnbI,hiur department, will have more time to de-
vote to study and will be thereby enabled perhaps,
70 render the Standard more useful to its friends and
more acceptable to its readers generally This is an
arrangement which | have desired for some time to
effect: and indeed it had become almost indispensa-
Bic, owing to the increased subscriptions and busi-
ness of the establishment.
Mr.. Wilson is we'll known to the Democracy of
the State as consistent and unflinching Democrat
and as forcbe and effective writer. esteem myself
fortunate in having secured his services. He joins
to fine abilities as writer, habits of industry and
labor and of attention to business, seldom found IN
the same individual. My friends, l doubt not, when
they shall come to know him as well as do, will cor
character and services.
| have been engaged for more than eleven years
in publishing the Standard. took charge of it at
period when the signs were not favorable to Dem
Ocratc success but have had the qualification of
recording in these columns since then, many glori-
Gus Democratic triunphs, and of rejoicing with
friends over the useful and benecent results ofthese
10 fI,o TTr;op I
trust that in my sphere of labor, have done my
duty. That have made mistakes and committed
errors, am free to confess but have constantly
striven to do what believed to be right, and have,
at ANY rate, adhered to principles without regard
tomen. 1have uniformly regarded it as my first
duty as Democratic Editor, to adhere under all
circumstances, to the great principles of the Demo
cratic party to the rights of the States, and to a
Strict construction of the federal Constitution as the
only course for preserving the Union of the States
ltse as it was established, and as its founders in
tended it should be administered and secondly, to
insist upon organization in the party as indispensa
Ole and as the only means of carrying out its prn
cpIes Nor have I been Indifferent to the prosper
yot North Carolina. l have the qualification of
eAiS
'0cate of Common Schools, Of internal improve
nens and of all measures calculated to advance our
hlhing agricultural and commercial interests and
oa' 1t was among the first if not the very first,
next to Gov. Reid to take ground for the great prn-
.te OF equality between free white men at the bal
"tooS' The course Of the paper, I scarcely need
@! VIII not be changed. 1t will continue to be a
defender and exponent of Democratic principles
inc unwavering advocate of organization in the
democratic party; and devoted to such measures as
Sal give promise of bringing out the resources and
adding to the prosperity and glory of our beloved
State
10 the friends who have stood by me through the
o0s and strlfes of eleven years. and who have sus-
'""ea me and honored me with their confidence far
s'ond my merits, take this occasion to return the
u, n"nase OF my most hearty thanks and gratitude.
ny highest ambition shall be to retain such friends,
make more friends of the same genuine stamp,
"Hu 10 prove myself worthy of their support and
Confidence.
II Will be necessary, in pursuance of the arrange
A'u' nave made with Mr. Wilson, to close all the
~ sI'ouhts OF the establishment, and commence anew
' 'sl OF November Subscribers to both the Week
anu Semi Weekly Standard, will have an oppor.
~, 'y OF paying up to that date, and of paying in
1'S''ce 81 or 81 as the case may be. The amounts
are IN many instances small but in the aggre
CIV uey make up large sum, and these constitute
D'n OF the profits of my labors for years past.
~ 81 Shall not look in vain for prompt payment:
uiese amounts. Remittances can be made by
'' al my risk, and receipts will be sent in the pa
f'' showing the amount paid and the time paid to.
III