Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-06-13
THE CONGRESSIONAL, cANr.o

The present state offeeng indicates 49,,
ddates and politicians in most of the Conn" the can.
Districts in this State will have rather Ss'onal
this summer. Dull time
The first and sixth Districts will bo
tested In the latter, Messrs Purvear a a Con.
have already commenced the canvass .ns a"o Scales
the ball in motion till the day of elao VIII keep
Scales chances Tor success are said to be A. AIR.
and We sincerely hope that he NAV In az, naterng,
come the know nothing majority in t ue TO TO over.
Two years ago he was beaten Ly onlv .e IT,, District
800 votes with proper excrtion On ~ "''ie Over
democratic friends that majority can pat Of our
While Mr. Scales is fighting the battle NIL eVefsed
and DEVOTION let every friend buckle w ~ energy
and take the field for worthy leader sra ,S a'n'or
honorable means to secure his election Tl. use all
OF the sixth District owe it to themselves people
State to put the seal of their condemrat;oaa 10 The
MIR. PuIyear and his course. in Conure. VI Upon
against the Kansas Nebraska bill. and H., lie voted
manifested his unwillingness to removo ~ Going
restriction which operated against the rsh,s oaoas
South. The Missouri compromise was nat a' VI The
constitutional, but it was tyrannicaI and " y IN.
its operations-it conferred PRIVILEGES ~ aroa in
the North which it denied those Of mr. ."nthS Of
country, and prohibited souherners fom s s',1 Of
with their property in territory acquired hr settling
mon blood and treasure of all portions ofbe r v4'
Such was the effect of COMPROMISE ,rl: Vnlon
Puryear, the know-nothing candidate IN " ,t Col
District, voted against repeating, althourb ha SSh
that he was acting in opposition to the wisho AeW
majority OF the fieemen of North Ca,ol;n.
only So but MIR. Puryear is liable to Tho oh. Not
indirectly aiding in the election of h,ac. 'se OF
can Speaker. Although he did not voe f. .fpuoH'
he voted for man that was but little if ,nv ,aak
he voted for Fuller who at one time camss "t''er
"a Wilmot provSo man up to the hub" and r"n pe
voted tor remington an abolitionst. Are the po"d
npnnIa q VT nirfr lot,
gress man who has so often mis.representaa 'uOon
We hope and believe not ''' 'ne'A:
In the first District the canvass will bo o,o.u..
cally conducted by DIR. Shaw and Mr. Smith e u
former the democratic and the latter the knowo ,I'
ing candidate. ""'"'HOn'
The second, third and fourth Districts u;, -,
doubleday be represented by Messrs. Rufin W."
slow and Branch-all democrats, and no onn,s;' '.
so far. Fp''''V"
In the fifth District, John A. Gl,ner ESQ i< fl.
regular wing know-nothing candidate He is onno
sed 10y NJ. z. Waddell, Esq, of Cha ham-ssmas no.
litIcs. If that District is to be represented BY an
anti democrat We greatly prefer Mr. Gi!mer to- Nr
Waddcll, especially the latter althourh an india
pendent candidate) says he diskcs the drmo"ra,,
and is as much opposed to their principles as ever
he was. The majority.in the fifth District is about
| 5000 against US, and therefore look upop he
election of Mr.. Gilmer fixed fact.
~Messrs. Craige and Cngman will be re elected IN
the 7th and Sth Districts, probably without oppp,
ton. Both are well tried and experienced Re.resru
tatives. At this time the South needs the services
of such men, and with them her interests as well a,
the interests ofNorth Carolina are safe Mr.. Craprs
time and talents have long been devoted to the up
hold ng of the principles Of the democratic party
he battled for those principles when the odds were
against him. When log cabin and hard cider hum.
buggy swept over the State like mighty avalanche.
Burton Craige was one Of the foremost in resisting
it. and everywhere in the West was his voice heard
for democracy and her time-honored principles.
Whether he has opposition not, ask the voters
of the 9TH District to give him an enthusiastic sup.
port on the first Thursday in August, as a compi.
ment to faithful public servant
Some time since know nothing Convention was
called at Morganton for the purpose of bringing out
opposition to Mr.. Clingman, but We learn that on the
appointed day only two delegates appeared; conse
quently the move was failure
OF the eight congressman, the democrats are Ger
tain of five; and if the proper exertion is made VT
believe they can get seven. Try, friends, and hav
it so. Charlotte Dem