Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-06-17
LETTER FROM PINEBUR MoCcAsIN.
MoccAsINvILLE, June 6, 1857.


kr hearn tell Of him up this way afore Did he ever
make moshun or a speech in the legislator? i
thought knowed sumthin about all the polit'shuns
in the State, but never hearn of Linn be Sanders
till now. AK you now in arnest, and want you |
to tell me, is he raal dondfed man, or is he sum
fictshus character the Know Mullins has got up,
pretendin' he's quinsequonce, jest to cheat the
Dmicrats? I'm inclined think he's like the OH
csty professed by his brother Know Nuthius all in
the imagiEashun; but if there is any sich man in
fact he must be one of them vain, weak sort that
can't git glory, and therefore chooses to dam his po-
lscal current with little notoriey. You know
there is gineray sum would be CRATE men that ant
got enuf to be CRATE but they are kinder stuck
up and pufed up with vanity and because their par
ty won't take them up and put them in sum high CT
fis they becum dsgusted with their party and with
its want of appreSheashun Of !her talents, and sud-
denly they go to the inemy with crate fur-
ish of trumpits and think they're kickin' up devil
of dust all creashun, when, in fact nobody
is busted or dirted but themselves Sich suppose
to be the case of Linn be Sanders, il there is, in fact
any sich man, which Fm inclined to dout; but Ned
Davot he b'eves there is man of that name.
but he confesses he never hearn OF him till now
And by the bye, this shows Ned's hypocrisy, for he
always pretends not to b1eve the Standard but
now that he thinks there's sumthin' gained to his
party, why he b'iieves and Gums to the conclushun
the Standard tells the truth l biieve Ned ant
much better than Linn be Sanders, it, indeed, there
is any SIGH man as Linn be Sanders, which still
dout.
But admittin', for the sake of argument that
there is sich man as Linz be Sanders and that he
writ the letter in the Standard, | think he shows
that he's fool and a>o has bad Judgment for he's
bin Of the principal causes, accordin to his own
showin, Of what he thinks the evils to the State
The very roots Of all trubbles, he ses, is the
Central railroad and the Free Suffrage bill and that
he voted for both. Well if he had no better sense
then can he expect to be trusted now? For my
own part think he made mistake and give good
OH these matteIs-that is, sposin there Is sich
a man as Linn be Sanders, which, as | sed afore.
dout; for who that had any ranl bein' would pretend
that FREE Suffrage hau any thing to do with the State
det? This seems to me conclusive that there's no
sich man, in fact as Linn be Sanders.
But I'm wastin' TOO much time on small subject,
and probably subject at all, for still have my
dous whether there's any sich bein' Linn be San
dcrs; and f there is he's absurd enuf 10 be consid
cred a Know Nuthin' fckshun.
What begun inns ieiter for was to give you sum
of my idees about that 80 millions Of surplus in the
treshury. Now, l ant for dIstribushun deposit
nu,her. think it belongs to the ginerai govern.
ment and that the ginernl government will need it.
| don't think it could be better expended than in
ducn' them internal Mormons to one wife apiece.
i'm extcrmnatin' them and the Know Nuthn' Plug
Ug!irs Sum ses it's ''corrupsbun fund.-" and
that the gineral government will use it for bad pur-
poses. Now, if the gineral government can't take
ca of 80 millions of dollars who'd trust it to take
care of 80 millions Of people? and if il can't do both
it's unfit to exist another mint, and ought to he
abolished. Them's my sentiments ant for trust
in my life and liberty to anybody that l wouldn't
trust with my dollars.
Accordn' to my dees, Dimicrais may differ on the
questshun Of deposit and its expedency; for there's
no constitushunal principle involved; but when it
Gums to diStribushun, man can 60 for that and
remain a Dimicrat, for that's both unconstitutional
and ineXpedienk and moreover it tends to make the
States dependent the federal government by q
absurd and mistaken noshun that the federal gov
ernment is enichfG them, when, in fact, the frder
al government has and have nuthn' TO give
them except what they give it; and Of that amount
they must pay government officers for cOllectin and
disbu rsin' it, 50 they'd never git back much as
they paid The tariff has now bin reduced, and
if it brings revenue than is needed, why, re-
duce it more, and keep reducin' i: till mon
ey is collected than is needed to defray expenses
and then can keep dollar in his pocket in
slid of payn' it to the federal government and then
considern' it nifty favor for the federal govern.
ment to give him back 80 cents. Distribushun is
nuthin' more less than buyin' federal bounty at
dubbic price and sarr6sin State suvrenty to boot,
with a inevitable tendency to loss Of personal
spcct, and consequent degradashun, endin' in ty.
rannical government Of monarchy, or despotism,
sumthin' wuss.
But, say sum, this is inevitable surplus, and
what's to becum Of it? Now it's my opinion there
will be need for it sumhow or other, and if nubn'
turns up, extrornary, to require it, let it in
strengthenin army and navy, and espeshally our
navy. The melcnnium ant cum yt, notwithstandin
the advent o: the crate, good and glorious 'Sam,
and till that Gums there'il be and rumors of
wars and we must act accordinly. To preserve
| peace must be prepared for To protect
| commerce without force We must be able to 60
it with force. Our navy is now insuffishent and all
| the present surplus might be well expended IN in.
creasin' it. True, the larger navy the more will
be its annual expenses but who had not ruther pay
| two dollars for defense than tribute? Who
had ruthcr give dollar for nashunal glory and
personal security than buy 90 cents with it from
| the federal government which is only the creature
| and the servant of the Statesy Who begrudges
money when it's needed for nashunal honor? and
who wants to hire the gIneral government to give
| him a dollar by payin' it two?
But Fm tired Of writin now, and SO will close for
{ the present ..-....s Yourn till deth,
! -s- PINEBUR MOCCASIN.
| P. S. Will you plese inquire of MIR. Siu.m ol
| Syme, whatever his name is, and also of the Viii
mngton Herald man, Mr.. Burr, (and by the way,
he's no kin to Pine6ur-if he was, I'd choke him
well) what they mean by indorsin the anti internal
improvement sentiments of Linn be Sanders, thai
| is, spOsin' there is sch man as Linn be Sanders
Are they opposed to improvements, too? And dc
they also indorse that poetry about Sans ben' q
sham and havin' lot in that bad place they men
| shun? Now, as / understand it, they are lvin' or
| the same lot with sam, and I'd like for them tc
state whether Linn be Sanders, adnittn' there is
sich man Linn be Sanders, has rightly described
| their premises. If he has, think they ought to bs
! in favor of improvements, for it's q wide domain
and has plenty Of room for improvements ] sus
| pect they both disapprove Of Mr.. Sanders letter
(grantin' there is Mr. Sanders) except that part
| it in which he abuses the Dmicratic party; bu
they darsn't say P. NJ.