Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-07-28
The Contest in other southern States.

The Contest in other Southern States.
We copy from the South-Side Democrat the following
interesting summary of the Democracy
in Georgia, Alabama Mississippi, Louisiana, California
Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky 80
- GEORGIA. -
Here the Democracy in the highest spirits The great
giants OF Whggery in that State the ablest Wings
Stephens in bold oppositiom to the
new faction while the Democrats united in the
fearless and radical hostility to the culverters.
ALABAMA ~ -laEt
Governor Winston will be elected with the utmost
The Phlladepha platform evasive empty and untenant
ed has crushed hope that have been entertained
by the Sans Indeed, the apathy aud gloomness
the ba 1 D %on e most
ton Conscious of their ability to defeat their foes they
Place to step on their coat tails
MISSISSIPPI.
The Democracy of this gallant State are thoroughly
the John J. McRae he present able Incumbent
for Governor and have issued stirring wholesoued adj
dates says correspondent in that State in the field
and are Staying the HindOo party right and left,
drawa from the lodges We have before us one by the
first man who established Know Nothing newspaper in
He concludes his card as follows:
the Of &c. a hs erdr n bs 10 s
Gnssd from serving 1 any longer in their ranks In with
this a s 'haa
forth hold myself absolved from all allegiance to the Anne
rican party. .---
Having been Democrat prior my connection with the
Know Nothing organization shall humble efforts
Very respectfully &C.,
The first gun from that State is the election of sheriff
in De Soto county There four candidates in the field,
two Know Nothings ard two antis The combined Know
Nothing vote amounted to $685. the combined Democratic
At the election of November 1853 the Wings polled s75
votes in De Soto and they the habit boast
ing that they had 400 enrolled their Know Moth
ngs records But behold the RESULT Five hundred and
ninety-three and all told
Here aware the main article in the K
N creed is reDudated by the faithful The State Council
onounces the plank against Catholics unfounded
and entirely unworthy of our country"
eve sha say they forever continue protest against
nal that relig ous is question between
individual and his God We utterly condemn any attempt
never affiliate with any party which holds sentiments not
that not be put taken off suit the caprice of
the moment or the necessities and preudices of the locality
it be in In this State there is large Catholic VOTE
and the repmdation of bgory is an open bid for this vote
over HOO majority, and the State is safe.
Here the Know Nothngs had of their earliest and
most complete riumphs but the good of the people
is telling with the most marked effect on the Hndoos
Francisco BY upwards of thousand majority At the
late elections the Democrats eeced their candidate for
Mayor over Sans candidate by 60 majority.
Col Pike, gentleman particularly famous for his long
tween the big bar Of Arkansaw' Bowery swell, is
the Magnus Apollo of X. ism in this State, and
of the conspicuous of the and the
Philadelphia Convention He was of the committee
to whose jonery the famous platform is due, but
he is already tired of it, He made speech few days
since in New Orleans in which he coHpnene& the Louis
una Councii for its course on tile CakAoItc pknnk
Arkansas is too thoroughly Democratic be harmed by
any instrument as blunt as this Pike.
TENNESSEE KENTUCKY.
In both these States the -cvalry of the Wing party is
ayin$ itself with the Democracy against the new faction
In the former State in North Carolina, the necessity
fol religious persecution most imperative The last
Ss shows Protest ant churches to the number of 2o and
Roman Catholic churches to the number othrec! The
gallant Johnson dealing heavy blows this last and
worst Boston Importation and he aided by the eloquence
and influence of that Wing whom Tennessee delighted to
honor, Hon. James c. Jones.
In Kentucky the fight hot and assured that
tie order is reeling under the heavy blows which receives
from Wings and Democrats The of the late lamented
Clay our in open opposition the order and six of the
twelve Scott electors ranged i'll similar position of
antagonism. They
Joshua F. Bell, of Boyle; VIM. Preston, of Louisvile
Lucien Anderson of Graves; Curtis +. Burnam, of Mad
son; Thomas E. Marshall of Woodford; Thomas B. Steven
of Mason To these might be added those of
Henry G.. Bibb acting Lieutenant Governor of the
Albert e. Talbot Hon. Joseph r. Underwood, Hon Arch
ibad Dixon and host of the flower of the old Wing
chvalry."
So stands the fight