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LETTER FROM PINEBUR MOUCAs1N. s.

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LETTER FROM PINEBUR MOUCAsIN.
- No. 8. 81
MoccAsNy1LLE, N. G., July 20, 1856.
Mr. Printurs OF the Standard:
reckon you'd begun to think the Know.nuthins
had killed me, I've been silent so long, But I'm
alive yt and hope shall continue in the same con-
dishun till after the elecshun. Sum of the Know
nu:hns did say they'd kill me, but wasn't bit
Uneasy, for knowd they never told the truth If
they Lad sed they intended to let me alone l tell
you should have bin the look out for their
acts and words jest much by contraries as the
Irishman's dream
Mr.. Printurs it seems to me that men sumtmes
perseveres in wrong doin till they don't know right
from wrong; and l think the Know-nuthins has
about reached that pint. When them DELIGHTS from
the Greensboro convenshun staid all night at my
house, they told me Mr.. Gilmore was gwine to can
vas the State, but that he gwine down to Rolly
to see Gov. Bragg and make arrangements for them
both to go together. Thinks l, If that's SO the
Know nuthins must be gttn better, else Mr.. Gill
more amt like the rest of them. But didn't beve
word of it, and thought had sufficient resons
for my disbelief for the Know nuthns sed was so;
and never did blieve that any imparshal jury
would find them guilty of teln' the truth
kept watchin' to what would turn up, and
told the Know-nuthins here didn't bleve Mr.. Gill
more was gwine to be any SIGH gentleman. One
day Joe Smithers brung me the Register, and show
ed me where it sed Mr.. Gilmore gwine down to
Roly This jest confirmed me IN my belief for even
before the Register man turned his coat to Know
nuthnism, he had mighty nigh quit all dealns with
truth, and knowed he was wusser now than ever.
l told Joe it was all lie, and I'd bet on it. Joes ed
he didn't much beve in the Register neither, sense
it had fooled him so about the platform. Thinks I,
what mean paper that must be which mean
Joe Smithers thinks is unworthy of conf
dence.
Well, then, wasn't bit surprised when seed a
IF Gor Mr. in ho ASh
Spectator, paper edited by most rantankerous
God-forsaken, lynn Know nuthtn', who onct
Jest about rantankerous abotioniSt out in Wis
consin, where he published paper and cut all sorts
of shines. l say wasn't surprised, for l cum to
the conclushun that men who had bin dom mean so
long, had lost discreshun and Jest stuck their mean.
ness out right plain Meanncss had jest BEGUN their
natur, and they couldn't help it if they had tried
which they didn't.
It's rumored up here that Gov. Bragg writ to Mr..
Gilmore to know what he gwine to do and that
Mr.. Gilmore writ back to him that his friends at
the Greensboro conuenshun had insisted on his 60
in West fust, and that he had sum appointments up
there. 1t is also sed that Mr.. Gilmore invited the
Governor to 60 west with him, and told him they
would then consult together and make int appint-
ments tor the East l hope this ant true,
but blieve it is; and if it is Mr.. Gilmore has act
ed in way we mountaneers call medn for his APP
pintments in the East was made without any
sultashun with the Governor. In charity, | would
b'eve this done by the council, which Mr.. Gill
more is sworn to obey; but that don't make the
matter much better for him, for he had no bizness
to swar any SIGH thing.
think the truth OF the affair is this The Know
nuthins knowed there was great rebelyun up here,
and they concluded to try to quel it by trottin Mr.
Gilmore round by himself 10 keep Gov Bragg
from foern' him. it was determined to hold out the
idea that Mr.. Gilmore was gwne to Rolly to fix ap.
pintments with the Governor. Thus they intended
to have Gov. Bragg expectn' visit from Mr.: Gill
more and restn' quietly, while Mr.. Gilmore
preachin up in the mountains. 1t was right cum
niny devised trick but Democrats is hard to fool
and while was afeard Gov Bragg wouldn't find
out the appointments in time to meet Mr.. Gilmore,
received the Standard sayin Gov. Bragg will meet
Mr. Gilmore" tell you jumped right up and
hoered with all my might. l felt good all over,
and told every body about it. The faces of the
Know-nuthins got about as long as my arm, and
they all looked white round the gills. Ned Davolt
didn't eat bit ofsupper that night, and he and Joe
Smthers both Dot drunk before breakfast next
nin Ned SEES now it was d-ned bunglin' piece
of bizness, and he don't if it plays h-ll giner
ally with Know-nuthin' ducks You see Ned feels
sorter sorehcaded because he wasn't appnted del
egit to Greensboro.
But the Governor and Mr.. Gilmore has bin among
US, and time enLf has elapsed for things to settle
down here and jest tell you, there's no guessin'
how big Gov. Braggs majority is gwine to be. The
old Wings ses they amt gwine to support man
that will try to play SIGH tricks and that acts one
way and talks t'other. He's aginst the Revenue
law but he voted for it he's for free suffrage, but
he's voted aginst it all the time he recommended
frrener for Office and then swore to keep all urre
ners out of Office that he could he's for sum sort of
a bank but he can't toll what sort he's aginst tax
es but in favor of taxin little niggers; he's aginst
the Nebraska BILL but opposed to restorin' the Mis-
souri, compromise he thinks the repeal Of that COM
promise was wrong but don't think it would be
right to restore it !; he's for the Western address,
but aginst all its measures in the East he's in ia
vor of religious liberty, but aginst the liberty of
Catholics; and in word he twists and squrms on
every side of every thing and sticks to nuthin and
there ant many that's gwine to stick to him in these
parts.
And then agin the old Wings they can't vote
for Fillmore and Donelson, for they won't vote for
elector that calls them tories and traitors" as
Mr.. Cameleon does. l don't know who this Mr..
, Cameleon is for never heard of him till lately. l
s'pose he's sum obscure Teller that has oated up on
the scum of Know-Nuthinism; but as he's State cleo
tor, of course he speaks for his party He got mad
and lost his discreshun, if he ever had any, and
spoke out his feelns. But he ant sed no wuss than
other Know -nuthns, that has denounced the Wing
party as rotten,"" corrupt" &c
That little suuintn' Mr. Bodkin, the wringer-n-
general, and his man Friday, the editur OF the Sal
isbury Waterman, may call themselves old line
Wings and vote with the Know-nuthins after bein'
called SIGH sweet names tories and traitors, and
after bein denounced rotten, corrupt halt and
MANNED party for they have SIGH insane hatred
to Democracy that they'd 60 with old Nick to go
aginst it. But among the onest, unambshus Wings
up here they've got too much self-respect to thus
degrade themselves; and they intend to vote for
Buchanan, Breckenridge and Bragg the candidates
of the on y national party and the only party that
can save the Consttushun. That is what must
preserve. Men may talk about Union, Unon,"
but the only way to preserve it is to preserve the
Constitushun. want to hear more about the Con-
sttushun and less about the Union; for as long as