Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-02-01
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==7I WEDNESDAY. FEB. l. 1854.
DAVID S. REID.

DAVID S. REID aS
i Governor, David S. Reid, will retire
Our p'sD ~ the close of this year with reputa-
on'. frmness, and patriotic devotion to the
n0r "0', snrnassed by none of his predecessors.
bic 8OO" n,ad at any thing like brilliancy in his
has NV '.;on-he has sought no eclat, and done
ninis',". more effect; his highest commentator
ching ~ .ho results of his laborious application
p'la ,nblic business, and IN the Statewide popu-
dI N'i.l' t,,t one thing which, in connection with
lhei' ...o+op. we regret; and that is, the fall
aanlD time being of the great principle OF Free
re for 'u' ,.b originated with him. But this meas
uFase ,ast in safe hands, and the people of both
re al " coo that it is engrafted in the Constitu
arleS W. thot bv legislative enactment and their
jon a'' tLo nells Like the tabled Antaeus, it
an'tOn I" u.itb new vigor from the earth; its very
I'll Sp t|cb the popular heart with more force than
AA VIII tos,re commanded; and there is no Wing
eve, ,.bo can crush or keep it down.
;F'u'1 IA * one of those public men who neither
TOW ~, st,tion nor decline it when called upon
''A '"y, .;.o Of the people to assume it. His rule
'"' " has been to perform his duties to his
l'lOD = tbe hest of his Judgment, and to adhere
COUNT" ;nlos under all circumstances, leaving conse-
to p''H' .,,,a care of themselves. Such man
s,;tb in the people, and they, IN return must
''' c,;tb in him. Norman can say that, during any
nav, ' ,.n,rairps he ever varied hairs breadth III
% D .nions or principles with the view OF obtaining
III .,,+;onal support what he was IN Curntuck
""' y, n cherokee; and what he was before the
he ""' 10 :. now as their Chief Magistrate. 1t is
le0P' tbrrefore that he should be an object Of
'''",N' ..t.cbmeut and respect and that his ad-
cu based as it is on sound and well-detined
-;;n,nIes, should approach its close with SO many
-,,;f.;ng evidences of popular approval.
,zz-7,o Rerister with affected indignation, takes
n task for having expressed confluence In Fresl-
5nt pierce-for having said, on the land question,
:. : due 70 the President no less than to our time
,,or.d prnciples that we should still occupy the old
-.,n,d Well. what of it? Is there any thing wrong
/, fiat. The Register says such sentiments are
adacstable anti-republican. 1t also speaks OF
hem as embodying high toryism, and appeals
;, tho pcople to know if they will obey the royal
n,r1ote of President Pierce" We have no bettor
s,ar to offer to such stuff than to characterize 1t
d, rhO0l5ov demagogueisna; the demagoguclsm OF
vorn.down party hacks is bad enough, but that is
worse.
aIIich Toryis,n": And this from a journal which
but few weeks since gravely proposed for the adoP-
ton of the people of North Carolina the British
n-cce of eecting representatives from localities to
which thew do not belong! We take the Register
on its own ground-on ground voluntarily assumed
80 nd fnfo
unworthy to speak for free, selfgoverning people
We point to that paper, not only as the echo and
reflex of Hamiltonian, Badger, and Graham Federal
in but as the enemy of Free Suffrage and the IN
b!ushing advocate of doctrines which would turn all
representative government into an absurdity, and
erect once more among the decaying and detesta-
be edifce of British rule! Can this be possible?
Its-read that paper, fellowcitizens, and judge for
Yourselves We speak from the record. The twink
Ings of the "Tr-Wcckly Star " are not merely
harmless, but absolutely tolerablc, when compared
TO such sentiments these.
But the Register charges that we are a man-wor-
shipper. Our whole course disproves the charge;
but with what grace does this come from a journal
which hailed Henry Clay, in 1874, as more than
mortal, and which ranked Gen. Taylor with the peer
less and ilustrous u AsHISGToS? The truth is, next
to the servile gorernment-men of England, many
leading Wings of this country-we will not say all
are the most confirmed man. worshippers to be
found Every four years we have second Washing
ton; sooner does their Convention meet, and wran
Gle, and nominate candidate for President, than
are told that Washington is again among us, and
that the people are to be prireged to vote for the
very greatest man upon the stage of action. And
men II the people, who have rather singular way
domgss they please, should decline to vote for this
.Snadate they are charged with ingratitude, and
Hars are expressed that the government and all in
EFes'S will rush to ruin. These are plain and unde
na0e facts, which we have given in self-defence
inOe tnan from any wish to utter hard things about
Oar political opponents.