Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-05-12
For the Standard.
"sAMn EVANSVILLE.

"SAMn IN NASHVILLE.
MEssRs. EDITORS: notice in the Raleigh Star of
afew dates back, and copied from the Baltimore
Clipper, report of the municipal election in Nash
vile, N. c. And considering the population of our
village and the comparatively small effect that such
an election as reported could have large and
respectable community, it indeed appears too small
a matter to notice scontradict. But in Judging
men we must look to what termed small affairs,
and we can more competenty judge what they
would be II the opportunity was offered them, and
we must Judge of parties the same way, particularly
this pernicious and anti-repubcan party termed
Know Nothings
am prepared, sirs, to inform you that the report
published in the Baltimore Clipper and copied in the
Star is palpabe falsehood if not the Know Moth
ings are guilty of falsehood. There elected
in the town of Nashville, DR.. VIM. F. Drake. May
Or DIR. John H. Drake, Willie R. Williams and
Chas e. Sears Commissioners. First, as to DIR. VIM.
F. Drake; he, sirs, says he or has been called
Wing, but is Wing no longer +; that when party
stoops to so base and pernicious practice
Know Nothlngsm he cannot, true American
patriot, sustain such party; that if he is anything
he is a Democrats DR. John H. Drake we all know
to be Democrat, and bitterly opposed to the dark
deed party. Willie r. Williams says he does not
belong to the party, and members of the Know
Nothing party sN ore upon the honor of gentlemen
that he did not belong to the party; and Charles E.
Sears, the remaining man, is Know Nothing, and
the only one elected in the town of Nashville So,
sirs, we see that there was only one Know Nothing
elected out of the three Commissioners and the
Mayor, unless the party have falsely asserted in
saying that Willie R. Williams did not belong to
their party. And admitting that he did they
only equal-it made it tie. Srs, when party,
protesting to have at heart the interest of the United
States and her citizens, stoops so low as to write
and have published barc-aced falsehood, and about
trivial election that of the municipal cleo
ton in Nashville, where the vote polled did not ex-
coed twenty-five, what are to think Of them?
And what would they do if they had the reins of
government in their hands,? When we find an in
dvidual guilty of bare-faced lie place no more
confidence in him, and would warn Democrats to
watch this treacherous party. They have lied in
various cases. and be assured that when the offer is
made you of fat office when they get the power,
that promise is to be ranked among their other
falsehoods The correspondent of the Clipper says
''that it seems ''Sam' has been among and made
considerable acquaintance" Why did not the cor
respondent inform the Editor that SANS acquain-
tances were becoming disguised and forsaking his
company? Why did he not inform him that the
Council formed at Langlys, in this County, had
broken up and the members returned to the good
old way?" Why did he not inform him that there
has been several designations in the town of Nash
vile? o! short lived party! l think many OF you
in secret blush for shame when thinking of your
midnight doings.
This Know-Nothing party seducing many by
instilling in them fear that the Roman Catholics
will eventually overthrow government, when at
the time they are borrowing from Republican
Rome, one of the grand causes that overthrow that
Government. And think some of them might
profit by reading the speech of Camlius to the Con-
be admitted into the Consulship, and that the laws
prohibiting Paricians and Plebeians from intermar-
rying, may be repealed. He say, What must
this Empire, then be unavoidably overturned? mast
Rome of necessity sink at once if Plebeian worthy
of the office, should be raised to the Consulship?
The Patricians, 1 am persuaded, if they could,
would deprive you of the common light. 1t GER
tainly offends them that you breathe, that you
speak, that you have the shapes of men. Nay, but
to make commoner a consul, would be, say they,
a most enormous thing-Numa Pompius, however,
without being so much Roman Citizen, was
made King OF Rome. The elder Tarquin by birth
not even an Italian, was nevertheless placed upon
the throne. Survus Julius, the of captive wo
man (nobody knows who his father was) obtained
the Kingdom as the reward of his wisdom and vir-
tue. In those days, man in whom virtue shone
conspicuous, rejected or despised on account Of
his descent And did the State prosper the
less for that? 'Were not these strangers the very
best of all our Kings?" &c.
Republican Rome overthrown by political di
Visions secret political societies, and it would be
| if Know.Nothngs had their sway but thank God
Americans too wise, many of them to be gulled
into such party, and those who have been are fast
| forsaking it. NASH.
NASHVILLE N. c. May LIST, 1855.