Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1854-05-24
NUMBER 1929.
CFroin the Salisbury Banner.
hBTTER FROM PINEBUR MOCCASIy.
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..--.,.,-....sA April 15, 1S5k
Mr.. PRrNTrR: reckon we are havin' one of the
greatest times up IN this country you ever heard Of
There's such spltin' up of things that you hardly
S know where I'd find the fragments Gneral Bynum,
Nick W oodtin, Curnel Gather, and the whole host
OF Ieadin Wings is ptted against Curne Baxter and
Ny. Hyenaman, the editor Of the ASS. Spec and thu
way the wool is 1yn' makes the stockholders in
the Mestern Factory, up in Buncrimb, in hurry to
git 'nelr mashenery In oPcrashun. Curnel Baxter
and the ASS Spec. man svare by the Whip piaffnrrn
and G.neral Ddckery, while the rest of EN- sEsre
aginst both, are gon into an independent move,
ment to run sum other candidit on another platform.
There wont be single ccndidit for the Legislator
in this secshn of country that will put his foot on
the Wing platform: Sum of 'em will swaller Giner.
al Duckery, but they will shet their eyes and clinch
their teeth jest like the boy did when he swaliered
the big black bug in his buttermk, and if they are
elected they will go for unlimited Convenshun, and
the most OF em arc bound to pledge themselves to
go for Free Suffrage by Legislative enactment.
Bill SInithers and the other ordinary Wings, who
are in the habit of goin Jest as their leaders tell them
to go, are in bad fix They don't know which lead.
ers to foller. One pulls 'em one way and another
another wayi and they don't know what to do. 1
met Bill yesterday, and ses I, "Well, Bill, what are
you for now ?" 'tI'Il be darned il know" ses he,
Baxter tells me to stick to the Whig platform and
Gineral-Gineral-tha old feller they nominated
down to Roly, but disremember his name and
Woodfn tells to hold off and wait and sec If an.
other candidit does not cum out for open Conven.
shun. / axed him what the Convenshun was for
and he sed it was to settle every thing. Jest told
him could settle my own accotnts without any
Convenshun to do it for me. ] then went to Bar.
ter and axcd him what a Convcnshun was for, and
he sed it was to alter the Constnshun as the people
pleased except in particulars that the Legislator
thought it oughtn't to be altered in and he went on
ann talked long time, but couldn't understand
him, and told him would study on it, and SO left
HIM"
axed Bill if he still opposed to Free Suffrage.
Yes, am" ses he 'and don't see use for Con-.
venshuns no way, but then must 60 with my par
ty if can find out how it's gon'. But I've got so
acres of land, and must protect my intrusts."
We Free Suffrage men jest stands and locks on.
It's family quarrel. and we don't which whips,
so as we whip both, which we certain to do. We
don't want any Convcnshun but If One is called we
want it to be a unrestricted one. We feel that We
part of the people and make Legislators not to
dictate to what 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 heaI from me agin. Whggery is now in bad
way and likely to be wuss and Gineral Duckery
will find it uphill bisness tryin TO carry his plat
form about here. He'll fall thro' and both him and
it will go to smashes together.
No more at present, but remain
Yourn till deth,
PINEBUR MOCCAS1N