Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-11-19
1856

Rayner's conduct Ia this lCity version sustained
BY facts and then let candid and impartial pub
lie Judge, whether the course pursned by him Mass
In accordanee with his professions OF devotion to
the American cause, and best to promote
the success Of Mr.. Fillmore, or whether It was de-
signed to secure the election of, Cox Fremont BY
inyeiglng the Fillmore men into the support Of .
so-called Union ELECTORAL Ticket, which, in sober
truth, was to all intents and purposes Fremont
ticket and which, if successful, would have voted
solid for Fremont. and elected him President, in
stead OF giving pro rata vote for Fillmore and Free
mont, and sent the election into Congress
In expressing cur views of Mr.. Rayner's conduct
might well charge him as not being possessed Of
overstock of modesty delicacy, at coming here
the instance and under the auspices OF well known
black Republican wire-pullers and intriguers to in
struct the American party of Philadelphia what to
do. We might perhaps justly, even go further, and
denounce his conduct, as thousands of good and
true Americans believe it deserves to have been i'll
timed, impudent and impertinent; doing no credit
either to his Judgment his sense of propriety. All
this we feel we might do without justly subjecting
ourselves to censure for SO doing for we cannot
well imagine more arrogant effTontery than that
displayed by Mr.. Rayner, in coming here as he did,
under such auspices and, surrounded by such coun-
sellers as he had cooly going to work to enlghten
the good people of Philadelphia, what course they
ought to pursue. y
If SO competent to give advice, SO potent in his
influence, and SO earnest in his support of Mr.. Fill
more, how comes it that Mr.. Rayner came here, and
thus neglected his own State? If SO brim-full Of
zeal in support of the American cause, why did he
idle away the entire canvass, without doing any
thing to promote Mr.. Fillmore's election, until as
he admitted himself within three weeks of the cleo
ton! Had he remained at home, and there done
his duty, mig feel disposed to respect his pro.
LESSONS of devotion to the American cause. Had
he canvassed North Carolina for three long months,
as he should have DONE with the zeal and energy
which characterized his efforts here for three days to
distract and dsorganize the American party, might
be willing to believe him honest and sincere in his loud
protestations of being actuated by simple desire
to promote Mr. Filmore's election. But as matters
are we cannot thus give credence to his professions
the contrary, truth constrains to say, that
believe he came here not to the Fillmore cause,
but to secure the election of John G. Fremont and
earn seat in his cabinet
We are reluctant to lmpute motives SO selfish and
unprincpled but the facts staring in the face in
regard to his conduct preclude the possibility of ar
irving at any other conclusion. Though TIE fact is
denied for him, not by ham, it is less VIGOROUSLY
true, that he came at the instance, and under the
auspices of black Republican leaders, and that
while here he was in constant concave and counsel
with the notorious and unprincipled Chairman OF
the black Republican State Committee. To such an
extent did he carry this intercourse with the black
Republican leaders, that he even attended caucus
of theirs, on the evening of the Holy Sabbath, and
there in concert with Gibbons, Gilpin, and other
black Republicans, of like str pc, conspired and
planned to head-o, embarrass, distract, ana divide
the American party, which, before his arrival here,
had been a unit in support of the regular Fillmore
and Doneson Electoral Ticket. Why guilty of all
this and why thus associate and conspire if his aim
was to advance the election of Mr.. Fillmore?
Wear we'll aware that Mr.. Rayner's plea of JUS
LITIGATION is, that he aimed to portion of the
al 10 IF mia for Mr
thereby defeat election by the people, and send
it into Congress. This excuse justification he
may tell to the Marines but he can deceive no one
in this community by it. Had the so-called Union
Electoral ticket been made up as well OF Fillmore as
of Fremont men, and had there been any guarantee
whatever that any portion of those it would ever
have voted for Mr.. Fillmore we might give Mr.. Ray
credit for being sincere and truthful in the rea
given by him for his conduct. But who in this
community that docs not know that that ticket was
to all intents and purposes Fremont ticket? Who
is there that would pretend to disguise the fact
that if it had been elected, and the vote of the %
persons it would have elected Col Fremont, that
all of them would have so voted, instead of giving
pro rata vote, and sending the election into Con-
! gress. No honest Fremont man in this community
will for moment deny it, and no matter what Mr..
| Rayncr now may say to justify his own treason to
the American party, he we'll knew this before the
election, and while he was urging Americans to de-
sert their ticket and support the Union ticket He
could not help but know that the Union ticket was
| mere scheme, concocted by such political trick
sters Thaddeus Stevens, Gov Johnston, and Chas.
Gibbons, to swindle honest Americans unwittingly
out of their votes and secure them for Fremont
der the impression that they were thereby promo
ting Mr.. Fillmores success. No man knew this bet
ter than did Mr.. Rayncr, and yet he lent himself
| with all his might and energy to the nefaricus
scheme Why did he thus act? What object had
| he in view? What good for the American cause
could he hope or seek to accomplish? Let him an
swer, if he can.
As we have already said, we wish no. to deal with
| his motives. We judge him by his acts, and we
speak of them as they deserve Wes submit his con-
duct to a candid and fairdeang public; and we are
content to let that public judge him by them Ifit
be true as he says in his letter, and have dis
position to doubt his assertion, after having wit
messed his own conduct that the tactics of Philip Of
Macedon were practsed by the Locofocos in the last
contest-f say, this be so, then it is right and
proper that the public should know the real charac-
| ter of his own conduct so that all may be able to
judge whether he is, or is not himself among those
whose hands most likely touched the panniers full
of gold" and who will most probably be one of the
"mportunate traitors" that will seek their reward
from the Iocofoco party. Had he succeeded in bam-
boozng the Americans into the support the Union
Electoral ticket and securing its in the State
the vote of these Electors would have been given to
COL Fremont and that would have secured his cleo
| ton, in which event, we doubt not Col Fremont
importunate traitor in the South, to reward with
| first class Office.
Philadelphia Nesos, Fillmore paper.
| az Attention is invited to the advertisement OF
Mr.. Bromell in this paper. The premises offered
for sale are very pleasantly situated.
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