Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-16

For the Standard.
MEssRs EprroRs Fight on fight hard, and fight
faithful and victory is certainly ours, as IN ola
gina-God bless her forever! -,
The other evening, while reading your STANDARD
of reality the partial election returns from Virginia.
never felt more rejoced to see the result OF one
election in nv life0not of our own State. 10
hear the Whigs-Know Nothngs-boast of the an
ticitated Know Nothing triumph" in that old
Mother of States, and now to witness, know, and see
the "aneapected" contrast, is enough to exalt the
veins of every tried and true Democrat to the crown
of his head and on the other hand, after the Wings
(Know Nothings,) boosted so independently, anu
really impudently, that they would carry every
thing before them, like mighty whrlWind OF tol,
nado in that old Dominion that all eyes, North and
South were looking most intenty unto her, to see
which way the die would be casted; that she would
be the index the Southern States, and the destiny
of her sister Southern States would De ruled oy ner
action-I say, when all this in desired view by
the defunct Whigs-Know Nothings-and then, TO
so suddenly miss their desired expectations was
enough to cast them down again. like the sentenced
criminal prisoner, whose neck was doomed to tue
>hempv knot of awful destruction! reckon our
"deserted Shepard received such pill on the de-
featng arrival of the old Virginia election that ne
will not digest it before the I'd day of August next
and by that time it will doubtless become SO mofplo
that death will speedily cnsue.
Why sirs have the people of this most glorious
Union just got to find out they were or are Q
Americans? Have we been taking DAY 1or nlght
and night for day all this long period OF our lnde-
pendence? Are we, American-born, yet to be
taught by K1Soao N0thimgs that We are Americans
Has the Democratic party, Qhe only true Pol!tlca1
party) been governing this most free Repuoilc all
this while, with few exceptional and mow deiunce
JVhig periods) and been in the dark all the while
What an absurdity No, really, this is not the case.
But, in my humble opinion, the Wings nave oeen
in error all the while; and now, like COW IN the
nire instead of getting out of error they mlre deep
er in, until they have worked down into the hereto
fore unknown pit of Know Nothingsm that has
never been explored before, and only noso by I'M
righteous, ungenerous and wicked men-1ore-run-
ncrs to their awful doom.
Sirs, the Wing party is politically dead; they
have surrendered their name and fled, and taken
refuge under the dark lantern" of Know Nothing
ism and in their fleeing excitement, have carried
off few, and but few, weak-mnded Democrats,
by soaring threats, good words, and fair speeches,
to deceive the hearts Of the simple which brings TO
force divine language, "That men of your ourselves
shall rise up" in opposition against you giving heed
to seducing spirits.
But l am proud to know that, under my knowl
edge there is no Democrat OF thigh standing IN
the political ring out of it, that has joined
the midnight 'assassns Nothngs! And
proud again to say, that not even the honorable,
high minded and high -standing Wings such as EX
Gov. Graham and the Hon. John Kerr, whom the
Raleigh Register and other papers formerly Wing,
and cXatng these very men, proscrlbe.-
Really intelligent Whigs-if they defunct-are
not going stoop to such low, frce-negrosl, and
shameful society. No true Democrat is going to
Join them in their midnight crusades, nor honorable
Wings either.
Then, Messrs Editors, be not discouraged; dc
not despair, but continue darting forth your bomb
shells of truth and victory will be ours-did l say
qciU be ours? 1 will recall and say, so1n remain
ours, for we have and yet possess it.
Now, Messrs. Editors, here is my humble ano
candid opinion, that if the Wings of the United
States had had the ascendency in ruling this govern
ment, nerersuch society as the s. Know Nothlngs
would have been Matched. AMERICA.