Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-06-23

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and their conederaes in the different Congressional
Districts, who. whether they endorse the whole of
their action at Philadelphia not are still With them
as members of the dark-antern organization, will
share with them, as they all richly deserve, COM
mon doom of political disaster and defeat.
+ Let the people of all parties seriously consider
the facts contained in this article
HOW is THIs9
We ask the attention of Southern men, and espe-
cialy of Southern Know Nothings, to the following
paragraph from late number of the American
Organ:
''Our friends must not be deceived-there has
been secession of the North and Northwest
from the American party-none at all-but simply
protest by those States against certain portions
of our PLATFORM which negative the idea of resto-
ration of the Missouri Compromise of 1920, and in
volving, as before stated point of sectional
policy--a naked abstract right of no earthly value
to either of the contendng pares-a question which
two years. time would adjust, if agitation sup
pressed"
Is this true? Was it merely protest, and not
secession? If not secession, then the american
Organ" and Kenneth Rayner, and John II. Haugh-
ton and Albert Pike, and Nel S. Brown, and 9TH
er Southern men, still in alliance with Gardner
and Wilson of Massachusetts,. How is it? Can
the Star or the Register explain? Some of the
Know Nothings about here have been badly bit re-
Gently by the Cincinnati Times they took it for a
sound journal on the slavery question, though we
told them al.along, and proved it too, by extracts
from its editions-one for the North and the other
for the South-that it abolition concern. Let
them now keep an eye upon their ''natiOnGp organ
at Washington. 1t declares that they are still IN
alliance eoith the abolition portion Of the Koao
Nothing party; and that the Missouri line involves
an idea of ''no earthly galue' to the South! One
step in the direction, and the american
Organ" will be an abolition journal.
PIcTURE.-Just imagine couple of gentlemen,
each with long POLE poking about after something,
and you have the editors of the Raleigh Register
and of the Hlsboro Recorder feeling for Mr.. Shep-
ard. They won't go right up and lay their hands
on him and if he will do but they stand off
and touch him here and there with ten-foot poles,
straining their eyes, and looking quizicay suspic
ious of him. They hope he is of such "stuff"
will suit them, but they can't be quite satisfied of it.
Occasionally they turn to the people and tell them
he is all right but again the exercise of the
poles. They can't quite nail his name to their flags
cant exactly hoist him at their mastheads. Call
you that backing your friend?
But we pardon them for their caution when they
say to themselves Shall we trust him? Didn't
he once turn loco, according the Register and de-
Nothing and deceive the ocos, and by.and-bye may
he not turn something else and deceive too !
Let's pole him while longer"
Proceed, gentlemen and by the time you get
through with your examination the true men of the
District will have poed Mr.. Branch into Congress
by such majority that you will drop your poles
and solemnly declare your candidate is not what he
cracked up to be-that he not the right
man-that you are glad you didn't tie to him.
The Hillsborough Recorder in its notice of Mr.
Branch's speech at Hillsborough Friday last and
the reply of Mr.. Henry K. Nash, says: awe may
say at the outset, he is stranger to most of
readers, that Mr.. Branch is pleasant looking gen.
tleman, with good honest face, and is fair speak
err" This under the circumstances, considering the
source and the precision and caution with which
the Editors of the Recorder write, is high compl
ment. We can assure the Editors-for know
the man-that Mr.. Branch's face is good index to
his heart. He is emphatcally an honest politician
He would cheerfully in our opinion, ,relinqush all
chances for seat in Congress rather than attain it
by equivocatioD, by course calculated to unduly
inhame or to deceive the people, or by an abandon
fanny portion of his -honored political creed
The nomination sought him he did not seek it.
The Recorder says, in conclusion, eff we may
judge of the speeches by the applause elected, Mr..
Nash's certainly produced most effect" Mr.. Branch
then, had it so far principles and arguments
concerned but Mr.. Nash chad it By the racket" We
are satisfied. By the way, does not the Recorder
know that SANS candidates and speakers have
certain sign by which they can call out applause
from the Know Nothings just when they please,
and in quantities to suit?
We leal n that attempt made, some days
SINCE to get up Know Nothing meeting at Botanic
Hill, Nash; but that, somehow another, the ma
jority on the ground were Democrats, and no one
appeared to speak for SAM" The crowd, how
ever determined to have some talking, and so they
called on E. D. Smith, Esq, of Nashville, and j. j.
B. billiard, ESQ.,. of Halifax, and Fl. 6. Williams,
Esq. of Nash-all of whom spoke in good style,
Kidding ssSam" in the od-fashioned Democratic
way. After time Mr.. Sears, of Nashville, at
tempted to say word two for Sam, but failed.
By the way, is Mr.. Sears citizen of this State p
And was he not a member of the Louisburg dark
lantern Convention?
The Democrats of Nash are always on the alert.and
always ready to ayow their principles in the open
day. In this case, as others, they were decidedly
ahead of I" Sam"
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