Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-06-13
LETTER FROM P1NEBUR MoCcAsIN.
MoccAsmv1LLE, June 6, 1857. s

LETTER FROM PINEBUR MOCCAsIN.
MoccAsmv1LLE, June 6, 1857.
~ Mr.. Printers: Who's Linn be Sanderss You
say he's bin member of the legislator, but we new
er hearn tell of him up this way afore Did ne ever
make moshun or q speech in the legislator! 1
thought knowed sumthin about all the politishuns
in the State, but never hearn of Linn be Sanders
till now. / ak you now in arrest, and want you
to tell me, is he raal 6onatfed man, or is he sum
6ctishus character the Know Mullins has got up,
pretendin' he's sum qunsequonce jest to cheat the
Dimicrats? I'm inclined to think he's like the on
esty professed by his brother Know Nuthns-all In
the magnesium but if there is any SIGH man in
fact he must be one of them vain, weak sort that
can't git glory and therefore chooses to dam his po
litical current with little notoriety. You know
there is ginerally sum would be crate men that ant
got sense enu be grate but they are kinder stuck
up and pulled up with vanity, and because their par
ty won't take them up and put them in sum high Of
fis they BEGUN disguised with their party and with
its want of apprehension of !her talents and sud-
denly they go over to the inemy with crate fur
ish of trumpits and think they're kickin' up devil
of a dust over all creashun, when, in fact nobody
is busted or dirted but themselves Sich suppose
to be the of Linn be Sanders if there is in fact,
any SIGH man, which I'm inclined to dout but Ned
Davot swars he bleves 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 pFetenOS not 10 U HeSe the StanuaTu, Uut
now that he thinks there's sumthin' gained to his
party, why he blevesit, and Gums to the concushun
the Standard tells the truth. I b'leve Ned ant
mnch better than Linn be Sanders, if indeed, there
is any SIGH man as Linn be Sanders which still
dout
But admittin, for the sake of argument, that
there is SIGH as Linn be Sanders, and that he
writ the letter in the Standard, l think he shows
that he's fool and also has bad Judgment for he's
bin one 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 SEES. is the
Central railroad and the Free Suffrage bill, and that
he voted for both. WE'LL 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
votes on these matersthat is posin there IS SIGH
a man as Linn be Sanders, which, as | sed afore,
dout; for who that had any raal bein would pretend
that Free Suffrage had any thing do with the State
Diet? This seems to me conclusive that there's no
SIGH man, in fact, as Linn be Sanders.
But I'm wastin' TOO much time on small subject,
and probably on no subject at all for still have my
douts whether there's any SIGH bein as Linn be San
ders and if there is he's absurd enuf to be consid-
cred Know Nuthin' fickshun.
What begun inns Iefter for was to give you sum
of my idees about that 80 millions of surplus in the
treShury. Now, ant for distribushun nor deposit
nuther think it belongs to the gineral govern
ment. and that the ginera government will need it.
don't think it could be better expended than in
duciE' them Internal Mormons to wife apiece,
in exterminatin' them and the Know Nuthin' Plug
Uges. Sum ses it's 'corrupshun fund, f" and
that the gneral government will it for bad pur-
poses. Now, if the gneral government can't take
Of 80 millions Of dollars who'd trust it to take
OF 80 millions of people? and if it can't do both
it's unfit to exist another mint, and ought to be
abolished. Thems my sentiments. ant for trust
in my life and liberty to anybody that wouldn't
trust with my dollars.
Accordin' to my idees, Dmicrats may differ on the
questshun Of deposit and its expediency; for there's
no constitutional principle involved; but when it
Gums to distribushun, no man can 90 for that and
remain Dimcrat, for that's both unconstitutional
and inexpedient, and moreover it tends to make the
States dependent on the federal government by a
absurd and mistaken noshun that the federal gov
eminent is enriching them, when, in fact the feder
al government has and can have nuthin to give
them except what they give it; and of that amount
they must pay government officers for collectin and
dsbursin' it, so they'd never git back much as
they paid out. The tariff has now bin reduced, and
if it brings more revenue than is needed why, re-
duce it more, and keep reducn i: till more mon
ey is collected than is needed to defray expenses
and then can keep a dollar in his pocket in
Std of payn it to the federal government and then
considerin it nifty favor for the federal govern
ment 10 give him back 80 cents. Distribushun is
nuthn' more nor less than buyin' federal bounty at
dubbic price and sacrsin' State suvrenty to boot,
with inevitable tendency to loss Of personal r.
spect, and consequent degradashun, endin' in ty
| or 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 other, and If nuhn
turns up, extrornary, to require it, let US use it in
Strengthenn our army and navy, and especially our
navy. The Millennium ant cum yt, Notwithstanding
the advent Of the CRATE good and glorious 'Sam "
and till that Gums there'll be wars and rumors OF
| wars, and we must act accordinly. To preserve
| peace must be prepared for war; To protect
| O1rp Ou hnutt NO onS he all IN
it with force. Our navy is insuffishen 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 as tribute? Who
had ruther give dollar for nashunaI glory and
personal security than buy 30 cents with it from
the federal government which is only the creature
and the servant of the States? Who begrudges
money when it's needed for nashuna honor? and
who wants to hire the glneral government to give
him dollar by payin' it two?
But I'm tired of writin' now, and will close for
the present Yourn till deth,
PINEBUR MOCCASIN.
P. S. Will you plese inquire of Mr.. Simm OF
! Syme, or whatever his name is, and also of the Will
mington Herald man, Mr.. Burr, land, by the way
he's no kin to Pinebur-if he was, I'd choke him
wellD what they mean by indorsin the anti internal
improvement sentiments Of Linn be Sanders. that
is, s'posin there Is SIGH as Linn be Sanders
Are they opposed to improvements, too? And dc
they also ndorse that poetry about Sans ben' a
sham and havin a lot in that bad place they men.
shun? Now, as understand it. they are lvin' on
the same lot with SAM" and I'd like for them te
state whether Linn be Sanders, admittn' there is
SIGH man as Linn be Sanders, has rightly described
their premises. If he has, think they ought to be
in favor of improvements for it's a wide domain
and has plenty of room for improvements l 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,
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