Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-03-07
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RALEIGH. SATURDAY,. MAR. 7.,s,,
The Register and the ssIdes of March,,
The tides of March" have brought trouh,o % 49,

The tides of March, have brought trouble to an.
contemporary of the Register. He speaks eloomi,v
of the past nd the present, he reviews John ~.
Ter, who, he says, though "a good hearted man, full
of benevolence and kindly impulses" was wrecked
on the rock of his vanity,"-and he insists that Gen.
Pierce was Ignorant, incompetent, and obscure
and was taken up on that account, and made Presi
dent, "by an INSCRIPTIONS party" These are grave
charges. Are they true? John Tyler, true to his
recorded opinions, vetoed the national bank scheme
and saved the country. That was enough for Wing.
gerry. All was "vanity" after that act Whigyery
baflled as in the days of Jackson, made one more
effort under Mr.. Clay, and then dwinded until it
shed its skin and became-'Sam" The TAYLOR
and Scott contests were but the throes that attend
ed its death.s.ruggle; and our contemporary, who
could not support Scott, and who nevertheless did
support him. was by and in at the DEATH So much
for Tyler and Taylor, and Scott and "Sam."
Though Gen. Pierce was this Ignorant incom.
petent, and obscure" man, yet, says our contempt
rary of the Register, his administration pa.
renthesis-"it ubounds in striking and memorable
ti,cts." Ah!-,his ignorance" this ''ncompeten.
cy," this "obscury" blazed out did il? PIT struck
y,
memorable ?" How? Who did all this? Not
Gen. Pierce, insists our contemporary, for "having
principles to maintain he necessarily didn't carry
out any principles" Sage conclusion Ian unprin.
cipled administration, headed by an Ignorant in.
competent, and obscure" man, Astounding in strik.
ing and memorable facts" Thank you for that,
venerable contemporary. We begin to understand
your style of writing, and shall wait patiently,
as Oliver did, looking if not "asking for more"
The tree is known by its fruits. We are content,
as an American citizen, to leave the administration
of Franklin Pierce to be judged by its acts and by
the great results it has accomplished. Our cotem.
porary is not ignorant of these acts and results
though he affects to see nothing but "fre-swaowing
friends, blood and vengeance" and the lombard.
ment of Greytown.
The old Wing spirit looks up drowsiy from its
leaden couch, where it was tenderly laid by "Sam"
in 1854 and turns its eyes on Washington City.
grand and exciting pageant is going forward there
1t remembers what it has been, and it thinks Of
what it might have achieved, but for its surrender
to "Sam." Never more will its choice, never will
Sans choice ascend the "capitoline hill" to take
those oaths which Mr.. Buchanan took on Wednes-
day. These are touching ccrainties. They throw
their sombrc shadows over the pages of our cotem-
porary,-they affect him, insomuch that he writes
bitterly of Tyler, who dealt Whiggery so sad blow
in ls4l, and of Pierce, who defeated his auorite,
Scott in 1852. One thing alone remains to console
our worthy contemporary, and that is, the hope he
entertains Of getting, day or other, his 'shesr
of the public lands"
Hope springs eternal in the human breast
Man never is, but always to he best"
P S. Fetch along the lands. Let every one
have at least Section and let cgislate ourselves
rich Why not? We have only to will it. and we
shall have governments without taxes, railroads
without number, and vast empires towards the set
ting sun. Let US dress the commonwealth, and
turn it, and set.a new nap upon it." Let the good
time come, and then "there shall be in England
seven half penny loaves sold for a penny, and it
shall be felony to drink small beer. All the realm
shall be in common, and in Cheapside shall my pal
frey 60 to grass"