Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-15

A"s No"s HOM connecticut and Delaware.
ne news from both these States is highly encour.
aging The reaction in public feeling has commenc.
ed-the sober second thought" of an honest peo-
pie Is doing its work. Many of the Southern Dem.
ocrats were alarmed and depressed by the result in
Maine, and were inclined to doubt the success of
Buchana an and Breckenridge; but since that time
floods of light have been poured upon the free
States-,he people have been brought to see the
awful precIpce to which they were being hurried
oy the Fremont men; and hence the result in Con-
nectcut and Delaware. The good work will 20 on :
and the prospect now is that James Buchanan aoiW
rece'ce from one hundred and eighty to tuo hundred
| Electoral uotes
In the local elections Of Connecticut, the Demo-
Gratis have made clear gain of fourteen towns since
| the last election.
In Delaware, in the election for INSPECTORS and
Assessors, the Democrats have succeeded by large
majority Their majority in the State is about l..
800. Last year the X. Ms had majority of l. 900.
The Richmond Enquirer says:
Eve repeat it, whether Southern men will rally as one man
to the support of Buchanan negec, do his election
is placed beyond peradvenure if the Democrats continue
do their duty actively and zeaousy AS they have done
thus far The South safe for him. by universal
except perhaps the State of Maryland vote mar he
controlled bv the sem-aboop vote of the civ IF Ra,,;
more though even that is not certain leading Fillmore
man In that city weeks ago claimed thousand as
his majority in Baltimore and the municipal election
has cut down that ority than two-thrds and if
the same results achieved in November throughout the
State its electoral vote will be given for Buchanan. And
the PROBABILITY Of this result increased bv the considera
ton that strength usually the DISTRICTS while
that OF the opposition in the towns in the South How
elect our with the utmost We have never doubt
ed that they would be elected but supposed probably
calculated upon Connecticut and Delaware have gone
i1r our party Now we say to our friends with all honesty
That we despair of few States in the Union We see no
occasion fear ability carry every State that voted
for Franklin Pierce four years ago"
SMALL MArTER.-The Fayetteville Observer, al
luding to the importance of full supply of Elec-
tora tickets, says its charge for tickets is 81 70 per
thousand, or 81 sent by mail postage paid; and it
adds {" the Standard charges S. per thousand for
Buchanan tickets" 1t also says, the Standard is
the only paper We remember to have seen which
advertses tickets for sale"
We remember to have seen Electoral tickets ad-
vertised in both the Richmond Enquirer and the Raj
eigh Register, at the prices fred 6y the Stan.
0d'". We certainly do not expect to make money
by printing Electoral tickets. We never have We
have sent off, every Presidential election not less
than fifty thousand tickets free of charge and we
expect to send off soon to subscribers, free of
charge, about fifty thousand Buchanan and Breck-
inridge tickets. We lave an abundance of tickets
on hand. which we would be pleased to give away
to any person who will call or send for them Those
who choose to pay for tbem have them as before
stated, at seventyve cents per hundred So for five
hundred, or S. per thousand.
The Editors of the Observer must know that DO |
ltical Editors contribute in every campaign, hun.
dreds of dollars in the way of documents, printing,
&C., for which they receive return in money
We do not wish TO be considered, even by the Ed.
tors of the Observer, either stingy disposed to
charge for work than other Offices charge and
hence this notice of the Observers article.
Democratic Meeting and Dinner.
The friends of Buchanan and Breckenridge will hold
Mass Meeting at Ransoms Bridge, Nash county, North
Carolina, Friday the 3lst of October 1885, Public
Dinner will be given and all friends of the Constitution
and the Union invited attend, Come and ALL
listen to the clarion voice of Democracy Many eminent
speakers will be present and address, the people
WIN. d. HARRISON,
and others, Committee of Arrangements.
We learn, from the Warrenton News, that the
meeting is expected to be large one, and will be
addressed by q number of distinguished gentlemen.
The Committee of Arrangements are the very men
% provide a feast of reason and flow of soul."-
With the News we say
Constitution and the Union. Your country expects every
nan to do his dutyin these times Meet and commune with
ach other your duty to country, your hearth
ones and to your household god and when the day of