Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-05-14
VOICE OF TIE PEOPLE

VOICE OF TIE PEOPLE. gs
We take the liberty Of making the following ex-
tracts from private letters received by The De-
mocracy of the State is not only undivided but Is
thoroughly aroused; and brilliant victory awaits it
"A friend writing from Chatham county, says:
o. Enclosed you will find q for your Know Nothing Killer
Show them no quarter We will do duty here sp-
prove Of your cash system" -.-
A friend from Stokes writes:
Enclosed you will find eight dollars which pays my
rears OF subscription the Standard and also year
advance assure you that Democracy never more
noulshlng condition in county than at present. and
Know Nothing is fast the much that its
members like ostrich of the sandy deserts
of They have ok their heads under the sands Of
aboltonsm leaving oil their horrid extremtes public
gaze, making the old line Wings to the Democracy,
able course to pursue"
An old subscriber in Randolph-one of the Demo-
cratic Lots in that Sodom of Know Nothngism-
writes:
To-day my year is out and enclose you g for the
Standard the coming year. cannot successfully fight
vised schemes that have been invented lib
critics think the Know Nothing the most sneaking; but
with the name of Bragg at mast victory certan.
A good old friend in Caswel writes:
"For the enclosed 81 please send the weekly Standard
to Mr. Azarah Graves at this Office He says you may
gard him as of patrons long you continue
the war the Know Nothngs and should the time
when course towards them shall change he wish
es his to be discontinued Mr. e. has long been
of the old line Wings of this county"
A friend in Rutherford county writes:
Democracy is rapidly gaining ground in this section
Many old line Whigs-nlen with whom have battled for
with u.s. They could not swallow the Know
Nothing pill Bragg will get larger vote here than
other Democratic candidate for Governor ever got The
western reserve is in good way aid you will hear
A fren6 in Catawba writes us as follows:
"If John G'mer expects to be elected Governor, he
must get his votes from old federal Guord presume
the Greensbrough Patriot has long since to The
conclusion that Guord the whole State of North Caro-
lima: In this he will find himself mistaken about the first
week in August
Can any tell what has become of the old Pedee wag
lie has been heard of but since his defeat
in October last over the dead BODY Of Sam So will be
with Gilmer after August. Gov. Bragg will receive
larger vote in this section than given hum two years
ago No one, to my knowledge has complained OF him as
u State officer"
friend in Forsyth, who is we'll posted in politics,
writes US as follows:
1--WE amused lately in perusng article in the K.
N papers to the effect that Gmer would receive
votes this the 9th District than Dockery did This de-
caration made for effect, else the writer did not
know what he was talking about Now let us see how the
vote two years ago In the ten Counties composing
the District Dockery received 1854 votes and Bragg
leaving Dockery majority of 9S. This is larger major
y than Gen. Scott received and 600 more than
any fair-minded honorable man-one who eseems
truth before eror-sit down and pen prediction which
he must have known would not be 1ulhed? Kecoect,
when Gen Dockery for CD ernor the Wing party
entirety he got the full vote Now the party dead
aud the ism that sprang up on its is weak scky
dsorganized YET notwithstanding this large majority for
D"ckery Bragg trumphantly elected If there is
solitary Democrat in this District, land have taken pains
to enquirer who will support the Greensborough nominee
mentioned On the contrary, know of many Wings, who
will cast their first Democratic vote for Gov Bragg 1t
not unusual to hear Wings they will never vote for
Know Nothing; and this is peculiarly the in
this District. In conclusion, predict
that Gov Bragg rM gain upon his cote IN this District
least Nee hundred rotes. There is enthusiasm
here for Gmer 1t is generally conceded that he will b.
defeated by large majority"
friend in Haywood county writes:
1.-THE Democracy in this part of he State bet
ter organized than it is am confident Gov. Bragg
will receive largely increased vote, and that Of th
counties West Of the Ridge will send Democratic member
| to the next Legislature"
A friend in Pasquotank writes US az follows:
"Gov Bragg is the particular favorte of this District
and though went by the board last August yet nten
to give honored handsome majority at the coming
election The name of Bragg create such a storm o
enthusiasm from Halifax Cu-ruck that Know Nothing
ism will b. shattered and destroyed by its power. Thu
District may be safely relied in the future unchang
! ngly Democratic