Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-08-12

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Dockery as so important for the cause of internal
| improvements, feel better now. They may as well
dry up their superhuous tears and be easy The
cause of internal improvements has received no de-
trment, but has, the contrary, been advanced by
Mr.. Bragg's election. Gen. Dockerys election, we
have no hesitation in ing, would have been iniu-
rious to judicious and progressive system of i'm
provements. We have our for this opinion,
but do not deem it expedient to give them here.
If Wing leaders will calmly review their
conduct, they will find that they have endeavored
to make party capital out of this question: and that
too, at time when the united energies of both par
ties required tie carry forward to completion the
present works. and ensure the passage of new pro-
jects having in view the improvement of other por-
tons of the State These leaders, in the blindness
of party rage and stimulated by the little hope of
making few votes for their candidate, have
gone behind the armistice, to speak, of 49,
and held Mr.. Bragg responsible for views and
course of action, which, according to their own
showing could have had no influence on his conduct
as Chief Magistrate at period like the present.
And Gen. Dockery, himself, not only endeavored to
excite prejudice against Mr.. Bragg in this way, but
he made promises of public land proceeds most I'M
likely to be fulfilled, and out in many words
for Railroad thanking South Carolina and pronoun-
ced it a Thoroughly North Carolina work, when
it is evident that such Railroad if built must Sc
riousy affect the States interest in the North Caro-
lima Road 1t might be regarded as unchartable in
us to charge that Gen. Dockery pursued this
for the sole purpose of increasing his VOTE or to re-
fer to the fact that the proposed Road is to run by
his own door; so merely state the facts leaving
the people to draw their own conclusions We point
the other hand, with pride to the course of Mr.
Bragg with reference to this contemplated improve
ment He was not prepared either to approve or dis
approve this project; and so, being actuated by no
unworthy desire to make party capital out of so i'm
portant question, but wishing we'll to all improve
ments of judicious and not conflicting character
and calculated to improve the State he wrote to the
officers of the Charlotte Convention respectful let
ter giving his reasons why he could not have the
pleasure OF being present to participate in the pro-
ceedngs of the body. The clamor that was at once
raised against him oy these Wing leaders was only
another link in the chain of proof that they were
more bent on party than the substantial in
terests of the State The facts, say, convict them
of this.
Mr. Bragg stands on the Resolution of the Demo
cratic Convention, which is, as he concnded in the
canvass, fuller and explicit the subject of
improvements than the Wing Resolution.
We have always found that those who talk most of
their no-partyisne the most mveterate of Wings
and of party men. We have and heard some
thing of this in the late campaign. This internal
improvement issue capital issue for these no.
party gentlemen lug into the canvass and it must
be confessed that they did this with solemnity
which was striking and impressive to the unin-
formed as it ludicrous and reprehensibe in the
Judgment of those who thoroughly understood them
But tile people have spoken and the real friends of
udicious and progressive system have been sustain
ed, notwithstanding the efforts to the contrary to
which we have REFERRED and the attempts made to
mslead and deceive the honest voters of the State
and we have alluded to these things, not so much
in spirit of criticism as to hold up to the people
course of conduct on the part of the Wing leaders
which may be of service to the cause of truth and
of internal improvements in future campaigns.