Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-03-12

GRAND X. N. RAr-EYk-FIcATI0N NETTING m RALEIGH.
in accordance with previous notice, given in the
Register and by handbis posted about the street
corners the X. Ms held grand ratification meeting
at the Court House in this City on last Friday night
The novelty Of q K. N. meeting with open doors
and lights in the room, excited the curiosity Of some
twenty or thirty Democrats and caused them pro-
| coed to the scene of action. Of this number we,
the Associate, were one. While on our way to the
designated place the Court House bell Generally
rung when fire breaks out,) was put in violent
notion The quiet citizens rushed into the streets
eagerly cnquring, "Where's the firef" We replied
at the Court House, and made our way thither.
On counting noses we found just eleven, about
half of which had an old familiar Democratic ap-
pearance.
After several spells" of bell ringing, some forty or
fifty persons, and boys, collected. About o'clock
the meeting was organized by calling Capt W. H.
Harrison to the Chair, and appointing Messrs O. L.
Burch and w. H. Smith Secretaries. We noticed
that oil tho K. Ms took back seats-not ofthem
going within the bar Why they avoided this spot
we cannot tell unless it be that it inspired terror
by being called the place Of justice
Capt HARRISON on taking the Chair, thanked the
meeting for the honor conferred upon him. He then
alluded to his having been delegate from North
Carolina to the late National Council and Convcn-
ton at Philadelphia, WHERE he said, the black Re.
publicans were forced to withdraw, leaving a con-
sentative and national body. BY the bye, it struck
us that the Captain forgot to tell the meeting that
the black Republicans forced him to withdraw first,
and that he was not in the Convention when the
nominations were made.
committee of three, consisting of Messrs. Gales,
Hustled and P. Williams appointed to draft re-
solutions for the consideration of the meeting In
about three minutes they returned, and Mr.. Gales
read the resolutions all of which were unanimous
ly adopted by vote of four ayes and noes. Maj.
Hustled then rose and said he not prepared to
make a speech-that he believed in fun-that lie
was taken into back room where the resolutions
just reported were shown to him-that he approved
Of them, &c. He culogized Mr. Fillmore, and at
tempted to do the same favor to Doncson; but his
voice failed. and with strangling choking, and al.
most inaudible utterancc, he brought his remarks
to close with hoarse cough and resumed his
seat.
Hon. John II. Bryan next took the floor, and went
it on the high pressure old fogy system for about
ten minutes He praised Fillmore quite extrava-
gantly, but he never said Donelson once By the
way, is Mr.. Bryan a member of the X. n party?
We think not
feeble cry raised for Hamilton C.
Jones, Esq, but there was response. and silence
prevailed for a minute or two Hon. S. H. Rogers
then took the floor, and squintcd considerable dis
satisfaction at the Kansas.N Nebraska bill. We say
sQuiated, because he did not call it by name, but
evidently alluded to it. He bcrated President
Pierce considerably, made lick at the Democratic
party generally, thought Mr.. Fillmore platform
enough, and begged his friends to rally to him and
work for him. We thought the Honorable gentle
man must have felt little sore remembering that
he had voted in Congress against the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, especially when Capt. Harri-
son had just boosted that a proposition to restore
that Compromise had been voted down in the K n
! Convention by large majority.
| Mr. Gales was next called on, but excused him
self on the ground of physical ndisposition, and
called the attention of the Chairman to the business
part of the resolutions which authorized him APP
point twenty delegates to the X. N. State Conven-
ton to be held in Greensboro on the 10th of April
! next. Thus little Raleigh clique of two dozen
Know Nothings, in night meeting, take upon them
selves the assumption of power to act for the whole
county! beautiful exhibition of the beauties of
Americanism!
The meeting finally resolved itself into Fillmore
and Donclson Club, and adjourned
On the whole the meeting a cold, fat insipid
affair. There neither life, energy, even hope
about it. 1t was a dead drag from beginning to end
The speakers we're all Sc unprepared," and could only
say a few good words for Fillmore, and damn Don.
olson with faint and insnccre praise. Mr.. Bryan
was for judging men by their fruits, and those of
thought of those of Doneson, especially those
sketches of Fillmore written by him when he was
| Editor Of the Union .?
| We presume the resolutions will be published in
the Register and the Editor of that paper, as in du
ty bound will make grand flourish; but we think
we may confidently appeal to every man in the
meeting to sustain in the opinion that there were
meetings would not leave corporals guard for the
nominees of the Philadelphia Babel, and VIC proph-
ecy that the leaders will not risk many more open
doors and lights in the ROOM
"Renegades and traitors always achieve notoriety,
but fame hardly ever" Judas Iscariot became no.
torious but not FAMOUS. roy. argus
Two other instances of the same sort now occur
to us-Benedict Arnold and Andrew jackson Donel-
son. Read the following extract from an editorial
in the Union when that paper was conducted by
this man Donelson. and say, if you cam that he has
won fame rather than notoriety, by his apostacy.
Hear him:
"IKM1GRAr1oN-The Republic of Wednesday con.
| tajns long article on immigration to the United