Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-27

ed to place their hopes in the Mountains verify
these people imagined vain thing ~ could ire.
quenty learn, by public and private intelligence OF
the ringcr-ingeneral ringing and ringing and ring
ing through the mountains: The bell at Sails
bury jingled and jngied and jinged; while the ring
er's little man. Friday became more eloquent than
ever heard him before-He became more terrific
and cer6ifc as time rolled yand the election came
on Cen Leach went about doing good, i. e., speak
ing at schoolhouses and bycorners in order to get
these places addressed beforcour eector got OUT tell
ing that Frank Pierce into thePresdency only as
county court lawyer and that the charges of secre-
cy, dark lantern, &c., all amounted to this" that
the members had pledged their lives and fortunes
that they would stick to the Union to the last and
much more of the same sort. He too ranged high
up close to the border of Clingmans District. "Ver-
lily these people imagined vain thing"
Seeing things taking this course l thought to
write to you frequently if not oftener, and tell you
of the frantic wigge of the serpent's tail in the
west, while you bruised his head" in the east l
thought there going to be great discussions, ex
those who had Joined the "knockkneed " party
from good motives, having been fooled so often and
finding it so difficult to keep up with the changes of
their leaders, became so vexcd and perplexed that
some came out honestly and cussed" the whole at
fair; others who wanted to appear consistent
though far off the track, concluded to "lump IT."
while others finding themselves " bit, and not wish
ing to tell it, remained right STILL and said nothing
and did not vote at all; while the Democrats with
the pride of faith and certainty of being right,
walked up and put in their votes as if nothing had
been the matter. The opposition tried to get up an
excitement among the terrified; but it was no 60
Jing'er and Friday did all they could; but they
found that they had "imagined vain thing" FRI
day came out honestly C) and acknowledged that
the meeting few days before was, to some
extent, failure;" but Jingler talked like it was
about large and enthusiastic an affair as ne had
ever seem He hasn't been far from home. n re-
spectacle orator said that Buchanan done more
to fix the charge of bargain and corruption on MIR.
Clay, than any other Democrat and that Clay ner-
en- spoke to him afterwards" They hammered on
that old "ten cents" until it got thin that every
body could see through it. The people were told
that the Catholics had piled up Bibles on the Amer
lean shores and burnt them. One orator set up the
most pitful and pathetic howl that | ever heard
from stump either hollow solid, and exclaimed:
elbow long before you could not say, this IS nag
orn, my natire lands" But the people were not
so easily scared. When Gimer's mouse tale and
Gen. Lcachs louise tale, and more of the same sort,
were re sorted to in order to divert the people from
more grave enquiries; but this was no go" they
had imagined vain thing" Some tried to hold up
for the old Wing party but finding it too weak, and
finding themselves abused by the upstart party so
much worse than they ever had been by the Demo-
Gratis, they finally come entirely over to us. The
"preachers," too, did their part" and thereon
hangs tale"
Return our thanks to Hon. L. OBJ Branch for
documents sent us during the campaign. and tell
him if he has any copies of the last annual mes
sage of the President to send them on for Mr. Pur-
year did not send the last annual message he did
the others. Why he did not, 81 pretend not to
know" Farewell SCOUT.