Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-05-14
Consciousness OF THE STANDARD.
PHnADELrH1A, May 10, 1856.

PnlLADEIrH1A, May 10. 1856.
10 IT. tie Editas g tie Standard
The municipal election limited 1t last TRANSFERRED
Tuesday last and the result doubt already known
to YOU The Democratic majority in the neighborhood Of
election Of at least thousand Besides glory which
take under this windfal have the patronage Of the
the Commonwealth This, particular advantage
honest party is great loss the rotten which has
fall we elect State officers about month before the Pcsi
DENTAL election, when may look for still further
ing and WILL doubt contribute its full gar.
nshing prospects November Take all think
twenty thousand If Mr. Buchanan should be the nominee
however, that majority will be doubled, for his popularity
him. in last ~
say upon my honor do not believe there is in Amer
lea whose would of ITSELF and for ITSELF command
votes for that elevated post than his The for Vice
President will of with the ticket but let ask
you Graham did aid the Scott ticket in North Cardinal
honor repubicanism when add that, the devil himself
could not have done that but did not Graham help it, Well
Carolina, but every where Keep his up; if would
die in the political for Mr. Buchanan live for
my iaherand and think myself noby occupied
brow Of 81 her favoe sons have BEEN wherever The
remained the same and my racrnal feelings alive
to the interests of her offspring They have adorned the
the wilderness blossom the by their enterprise, but
the ladders Of their glory have been for part
nished by strangers and the for their labor melted
out by other hands than those okndred early friendship
If she would elevate let her stand fast thous-
ands who have shared her neglect will applaud her for her
efforts to vindicate her maternal fidelity.
see occasionally limited at that the friends of certain
candidates jealous the support preferences
has been among the friends Of Mr. Buchanan in
tain localities it has not been generally For my
part think positive neutrality would be preferable
war We not enemies, and what is more, cannot
whip the enemy without the assistance of each other The
Pierce must help done for and they do
nothing without aid What would say for North Car
oina however, must say for Pennsylvania she
tre of allowance. For twenty years she has felt herself
sighted for she has felt that she had burning
and shining light the service of her party and her
and for twenty she has been told to wait
tie longer At the last Convention she told that she
would home and settle her domestic discussions she
should then have nominee for the Presidency This she
has done and in the meantime her great has
brighter and brighter Added all this is the impor
tant fact that this is her last chance Mr. Buchanan the
only national that she boast Of except perhaps
whose glass will out with before his That she will
have Others abundany certain, but Of years. and
upon that may fail to produce his peer either in
ability personal popularity Operated by these consid
it is that the friends of Mr. Buchanan
should be jealous Take for them the pledge however,
they will be true to the foremost and thar
to President Pierce. S. H.