Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-07-11
NUMBER 1882.
For the Standard.
F.
To Hon. Postmaster General.

To Hon. Postmaster General:
SIR see you have been written to by Mr..
Allen, rendering his resignation noezs coleus bats
latin, believeO as Postmaster at this place Mr.
AS services will be greatly missing though his rea.
sons are all very plausible, prompting him to such
sacrfce-the sacrifice of the wishes Of his iaauDer
able political friends; and the sacrifice upon the
altar OF the American party, of pecuniary con-
sideration OF no mean importance-say. about on.
hundred dotIars per dnnuna 1t is, then, no aaors a
problem. W. N. Allen, disgusted with his old
friends, has gone over to the Rniarod Noodls f,hat
means Know Nothings,) and resigned his lucratire
office" as p. NJ. under Uncle Sam-with the hope
JorIorn hope-of holding Office by and by under
one " Sam, said to be a near relative of Kenneth
Rayner, and full father to a certain Ned Buntln. of
criminal court notoriety In view, then of this sad
fact, may it please your honor am an applicant
for the tucrdtice vacancy aforesaid Sirs. do NOT
consider it necessary to tell you anything about ef
ferson or jackson, old School Masters who had an
existence and death before had either. They
have gone to their long homes. and peace n tbe;r
ashes was taught in a school, over in Warren.
near the residence of old Mr.. Macon, andsfhe old
gentleman used to pet and pat me on the bead. and
say, my son, you may grow up to manhood-if
you do live and die democrat-support your State
anu haelonai constitutions mind my counsel" All
the boys in Warren loved old Mr. Macon and do
till this very day I've kept his advice. and reckon
shdH, II Mr.. Rayner don't get too thick with me
and honey-fuggle with me- and make me write Won
aAno"-NothinS letter don't like Rayner-hes
smooth tongued fellow; and if I wasn't always
watching and praying" he'd make me commit
political sin. These are my "antecedents.n up to
the time come to Weldon and went into the fish
business, since which I've been doing pretty Wen
until this summer. Rock amt been yery plenty
and Sturgeon ran over my net every second haul
1t Is said, however. that two bad fish wears never
come together.
I'm somewhat opposed to many things in politics
the names of which cannot at this time recollect
I'm opposed to Sam, the fellow who Greens about
over Railroad Bridges and lodges behind the ware
mousse. stand on the broad pLatJorxa in front of
the new warehouse, where all who run NAV see
stood out there, in the hot sum- last Sundav CSun-
day as it wasD and proclaimed to every BODY in IA
vor OF a. free ride over all the roads
Dir, these are my sentiments And I "thank
God that party has sprung up, and that the Amer
lean party, the principles Of which I am proud Ia
la mode RaynerO to say to the people of this conn
try most enthusiastically espouse" is the party TO
which You and /, and Mr.. Allen, and every true
American belong. Equal rights rigid construc.
ton OF a common sense d0cument-opposition IN
exclusion on account Of brth-opposition to reli.
| gious intolerance preached by Mr. Ravner and
| the whole tribe of Sdm's-" The Constiui;ou a, 3
| is"-these things form platform, as sound rs the
| heart of oak, and durable as time. on which
stand-especially if am appointed to the very LU
| CRAIlNE office just made vacant by the country.
loving .patriotc-American, Mr. Allen.
subscribe myself aGectonately YOURS. -
WELDON n. c., July 8, 1856.
| T. 5. If I'm not appointed, shall 20 to BotLes
Bay"