Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-02-11
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE STANDARD

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. l, 1857.
7o'the Editors Of the Standard:
GENTLEMEN: To you at distance, the result Of
our Senatorial election is doubtless matter of
prise. In this particular region not quite
easily affected by political casualties Eight years
ago similar result was brought about, and by SIM
liar means Pennsylvania in large State, and the
Democratic party is made up Of elements embracing
every sectional tint, from clear white to charcoal
black; and although the white preponderates there
is quite enough of the other to make itself and
felt, whenever entire union is necessary. David
Wilmot was the first mouth-piece adopted by the
rotten sheep, but he has ceased be their spokes.
man, and his place has been supplied by any num-
ber OF conscientious disorganizers Their purgatory
time Of transition, is about one year, when they
bring up regularly in the federal abolition party
There about dozen in the present Legislature,
and their first demonstration was in the defeat of
Col. FOrney. As it is trite too for their final
leave-taking of the Democratic party, they anu
sing with their reasons for the first step. One of
these is letter of Mr.. Buchanan, expressing, or
rather acknowledging his friendship for Col Forney;
another is old letter, written by the latter
torney for Forest in the business Of collecting testi
mony. Both are harmless scare-crows, OF course,
and only excite the remark that they had to say
something" You must not allow either these
marks the unfortunate result referred to- to i'm
pair your confidence in the substantial strength of
our forces. Nor should you, by any means, allow
t'to weaken your estimate of the position of Col.
Forney. lie is the soul and the sole of the party
here, and cannot he separated from it, either in
thought, word, or action. Through the columns of
the Washington Union he hurled the first effective
darts at Know Nothingsm, and from beginning to
end, has siung the enemies of the Constitution and
the Union with poisoned shaft and dissected their
fostering motives with double-edged knife. lie
carried Pennsylvania for the Democratic ticket,
crowning thereby his ndisputable claims to the ha-
tired OF the entire opposition. His destruction there
considered az he first Of hpir
dinal duties. This endearS him us, and should
douby endear him to the friends of the Union in
the South. Impressed with these views, his friends
in this section arc urging him upon Mr. Buchanan
for the post OF Postmaster General. This, it is
thought, will kill two birds with one stone. twill
thwart the enemy, and give the country the right
officer, and in the right place. If you of the South
wise, you will keep the lever under Col. Forney.
l know him; he is with us in close, clear, and lc-
gitimate construction of the Constitution While
he is upermost, negroism will be down,-when he
falls, the enemy will see daylight through our de.
fences. Mr. Buchanan is a host, but his arm can
not be too strong. set and the set upon the rights
of the South has yet to be made. Keep your lamps
trimmed and burning, and above ALL where you find
lights this side the line, attend to them Forncy
is the brightest now and he should be particularly
trimmed Tell these things to Gov. Reid and Mr..
Bggs, as naked facts, and they will have the effect
that facts have minds like theirs. This particu-
larly desire, the distinguished gentlemen referred
to, form part of the great tribunal before which
Cabinets have to appear and individually have their
merits canvasscd In the event Of COL Forney s
nomination, the enemy will be on the alert, and
every exploded calumny will be revamped and snug
gled into that body. hope and trust that ut least
thai portion of the Senate whose afnties of the
right sort, will be ready. There political rea-
sons high the clouds, for investing Forney
with the power and dignity of the post referred to.
A brighter day is dawning on the country, or a
gloomicr one, and the Democratic party if remain
unit, can control the advent SO earnestly hoped
for. ... ... ....'. B. =.
The Inauguration will be rendered an unusually
imposing one, by the clubs and military companies
from this section of the Union. Fashion will also
contribute its share i'll the general offering to the
first Pennsylvania President. If the humber ranks
should include your humble servant, your presence
will be properly appreciated -. S. H.
Preston S. Brooks wasin his 37th year. He leaves
wife and four Children and it is said that after his
decease, letter to him, from his wife, was opened
stating that it would be the last prior to her confne
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There is peculiar soemnity and sadness accom-
panying the sudden departure of one so young, sc