Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-07-15
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than favorable while Dockery is Notifying the in
teigent part of his own party with ms oisgustlhg
slang and miserable demagoguelsm Livery Deiho-
Graf ia nerfectly delighted all of them declaring their
determination to spread themselves till the evening
of the Sd of August; while the W higf are dlsheart-
ened and some of them are openly going ior bragg:
Tot the crane shot of the Standard come on; let
roth be proclaimed the house tops and In the
corners of the Streets let the people see that the
Wbip party is nationally exploded and that the De-
mocracy is their only help IN time OF neeo' a'iu
glorious victory awaits US
I will here add few words relative tc the speech
of Mr. Bragg at Dallas. There was on the 4th IN :
slant a very respectable number OF the Gltlzens VI
CASTOR County assembled in the Court house, d.
Dallas to hear Mr. Bragg, who had an appointment
there for that day. About one O'CLOCK MI: Drag
commenced his speech. He pronounced IN MS open
mo remarks most beautiful eulogy upon our happy
conntrv and in a chaste and eloquent style alludeu
to the 18th of July the birth day OF this mighty
country He then for one hour and a half enchaih-
ed his audience with one OF the most clear, arsueh
tat;ve and logical political dscourses have ever had
the pleasure of hearing. He showed by facts and
arguments conclusive, that the wing party hau no"
no national existence that upon the passage " '
Nebraska and Kansas bill, the Wing party Norih
had abandoned their political friends IN the oou'h'
and that they (the Wings North) had since then CO.
aesccd with the abolition party, and were no" WIN
the abolitionists waging an open war upon Inc con,
stuton of the country and the peculiar institution
of the South. He triumphantly indicated Fresloeht
Pierce from the contemplate charge by his opPo
nent and the sordid Wing press that ne hau laFoieu
fed all who were not blinded by party that the De-
mocracy of the country headed by President Pierce
was the only rock of safety upon which the consul
tuition could rest with security and that the sttu
tion of slavery could look in other direction loL
assistance and protection against the tanatlcsn Oh
the North lie showed ALSO that the W mig parry
had abandoned all their former ssues-that the oahh'
the tariff the repeal of the independent treasury
the abolition of the veto power, once TO thaI parry
40 dear were now only known as the soTro"Iui MS
tory of the past-al of them have been ostraciZeu;
and that there remained only one single ISSUE
and that only in North Carolina to wit the distrl-
button of the proceeds of the public lands; and
Mr. Bragg showed that this proceeded from one OF
two reasons, either that the Wing party are now
satisfied that they were wrong, or they are satiseu
that majority Of the people are opposed TO these
measures either of which reasons would be sum
GENTLY conclusive against party Ill government
where the people are the soverelgns
Mr. Bragg next took up Free Suffrage lie snow
ed the Justice of that measure to large body OF our
fellow-citiZens. He showed the consistency oil the
Democratic party in advocating this important mea
sure; and he showed also the opposition, lnconsls-
tency tergiversaton of the Wing part upon IT. anu
satisfied every one that the Democratic party were
the only true friends of free suffrage lie next TOOK
up internal improvements; he stood upon the De-
mocratic platform; he was North Carohnlan, ana
desired to see the resources of the State developed
and its prosperity advanced and that this could only
be effected by judicious system of internal improve,
ment: he was for extension OF the Centrli ltoad
east and west, and for such other improvements as
to go beyond the of the State or TO endan
ger its faith and credit. Upon this subject he pleas
ed every one, and by his frankness gave the lie d.
rect to the contemplate charge OF lodging. lie
lastly took up the subject of Distribution the last
plank in the once boosted platform OF the hgs and
before he was done with it, if there was any plank
there could not it. He showed that it was only
humbug to carry the North Carolina elections that
no other State was making it an issue that it could
not be effected, and that the only proper application
of the public lands their proceeds is to the pay
&C. Al loHk orHfh nnfrG NyInO M %
necessary expenses of the Federal Government, and
that was the only way that equal and equitable |
distribution could be made and that by so doing the
tariff taxes might be taken from the necessarles OF
life and the people be enabled to purchase them at
much lower prices than they now compelled to |
pay. 1 have not time to give you full account OF
Mr.. Bragg's most excellent speech He concluded
by rallying the Democracy, and the effects of the
speech will tell in thunder tones upon the day of
election in CASTOR COUNTY.
THE DISCUSSION AT LINCOLNTON
Mr.. EDITOR There time when the Lincoln
ton Wings had some enthusiasm for the cause of
their espousing But alas for whiggery that time
has almost gone. Mr. Bragg was treated during his
stay here with the greatest cordially and must con-
slider himself under obligations to friends and foes
for their kindness and attention to him. On the
other hand. the Generals friends few and dis
tant; all seemed unwilling to pay him court; and
some leading wings did not much attend the
Church to hear his ranting thunder The fact is, Mr.
Editor, the we'll informed Wings of this place are
ashamed Of their candidate; and though the most
of them will probably give him their votes they must
think with me- that he is only corporealy fitted for
filling the Gubernatorial Chair.
But to the discussion. Mr. Bragg took the lead
in point of time las well in every other respecD
and commenced by proving the Wing party to be
dead; that 1t consists in ncgroism at the North
and Institutional humbuggery at the South and
that great national concern, it has wound up its
business, or rather had it wound up and retired
He then went on the discussion of the usual TOPICS
handling each one with masters hand, and satisfy
ing all of the truthfuness of his position On Free Suf
fage he was particularly happy, repelling the Wing
assertion that they the true friends of this Dem
ocratc measure, and also undeniably demonstrating
that the legislative method is the most practicable
convenient, and economical and is the one prefer
red by the Convention of 1885. He treated the SUBJ
ject of Internal Improvement coclly quietly and So
berly not making extravagant declarations which |
no one could carry into practice but evincng in all
his words those qualities precisely, which will ere
long constitute him of the best Governors North
Carolina has ever had The baube Distribution he
tossed about with just severity showing up in every
aspect, holding its deformities view and at last
burying it beneath the mountain of its own absurd
ity, so deep that nothing more than its deforlned
gnost may rise to gull the credulous or tickle
the fancy Of the avaricous. In all of his bearing a.
mong us, Mr.. Bragg made an impression the most {
favorable to himself as patriot, scholar and as
a gentleman. !
Then rose the General, in all the pomposity of
ms own Pharlsalcal scff-mportance He set out by
nsinuating at the fact that by misunderstanding 7
It Mr. Braggs lodgings, no had been unable to COM
mence his speech till twenty twenty five minutes
after the appointed time. He tried to give curren
cY to the false idea that Mr. Braggs delay was in
entional and said, that he would for lack of time
'e compelled to omit much important matter that t
would otherwise have been presented He occupied @
ct md half