Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-06
Correspondence of the Standard.
HON. BURTON CRAIGE.


N,rssps EDITORS On Saturday last happening
TO be in Shelby where many of the people of the
County had assembled to attend the general muster
of Col Loves brigade, was very much gratItled to
witness the enthusiastic reception given to the Hon.
Burton Craige by the patriotic cluzens OF CleaVe-
land.
His old friends greeted him with cordially cred
table to them and highly complimentary to him.
The Democrats welcomed him public servant
whom they were delighted to honor; and the repub-
lican portion of the Wing party-those who scorn
to be mere stock in trade to be bartered about by
the darl-antern party like cattle at the market
place-received him with expressions OF their SIN
cere regard and friendship, pledging him their sup
port in future against any oppositon that may DC
brought to bear upon him by the unfair means now
resorted to-
There were also present few hoodwinked slaves
of the ubiquitous nocturnal treacherous, sneaklng
"Sam," the very sound of whose name has become
nauseating to honorable politicians of all parties;
and their reception of our patriotic, true-hearted,
Southern statesman little pecuC1Gr. Being but
few they strove to make up in buster what they
lacked in numbers; and although, by equivocal dis
claimers they tried hard to appear like free men, yet
the palor of their cheeks the wdsh glitter of their
treacherous looking eyes, and the tremors in the cor
ncr oftheir neither lips clearly married them that
easy to point them out as the slaves OF the darh
lantern party.
Without paying any regard to the few hood.win-
kers and darllantern lighters, who strove to pass
current their mock aoelc0me, which, however, was
clearly discernabie from the genuine honest-hearted,
true republican sincerity which came up to his sup
port from every fair and honorable man, without re-
gard!to party and from all his old Democratic friends,
with most trif1ing exception OF 0e7y few OF the
Cery smallest specimens of humanity that ever were
caught in trap Mr.. Crage's reception was latter
ing in the highest degree and encouraging as his
most ardent wishes could have desired.
At 2 o'clock, Mr. Craige delivered his address,
which was in all its parts, of the happest efforts
| ever heard on any occasion of the kind. will not
do him the injustice to attempt review OF 1T. L
may however, remark that his exposure of the dark
lantern party tracing their footsteps from their start
ing point in the hot bed of northern anaticism,
through the gravel pits of Salisbury and the back
shop of Yankee from Massachusetts, who is
squattng, with his treason TO the south, among the
good people OF Charlotte, was so thorough and COM
plcte that the best informed among those who had
already come out of the dark party, were fully
WINGED that such speeches would have the effect to
bring out Of the 'grauet pit" the Yankee shop"
and other hiding places every Of the young De-
mocrats who, after having been inveigled in, may
still remain bound in the net.
Confidently then, Messrs. Editors, may you assure
your readers that, although it has been announced
that, to divide @'al conquer" the Democratic par
ty, Col. Stowe has accepted the nomination of the
dark-lantcrn party, yet Mr.. Craige will be trium-
phanty elected by largely increased majority By
his open, frank, manly honest upright conduct, he
is gaining the support of ten patriotic Wings, who
scorn sneaking meanness, wherever it may appear
for every hollow hearted, gracel pit" "Yanhee
shop" Democrat he can possibly lose.
BY the way may inform you that Sans hid
ing places are well known; and that his dark deeds
are being exposed all over this region. The hood
winkcd, who still willingly the collar of the
political slave, all spotted and | am happy to
add that the number of Democrats in that unenvia-
bic condition is now exceedingly small and weekly
growing "beautfuly less"
At the proper time, | may send you something
decidedly "rich, from which your readers will be
amused to learn how d" fire has been fought with
fire how in their eagerness to secure recruits,
the enemy have admitted the " aC0oden horse with
in their gates-how the ID has been smoked in
his own den!