Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-12-16
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PINEBUR M0CCASIN ON MR. Moray.

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Mr. PRINTERS: Notwithstanding my douts sum
time ago about there bein' SIGH man rs Linn Be
Sanders, land as sed then say now, still have
my douts l am convinced there is SIGH individual
as Dunkn K Moray, for heard of him about four or
five years ago disorganz:n' Dimicrat, runn'n
aginst Mr.. Ashe for Congress till furren appint'
ment run aginst him. when that impenetrable sub.
stance stopped his erresisable force right short OH,
and he left the country without another word about
distribushun; and expect, if the truth was known,
he never would have sed anything more about dis
tribushun if he could have got all the federal appnt
ments he wanted. As long as appointments lasted
he had nuthin to say about distribushun but when
disappintments cum, then he fell back on that old
posshun, probably thinkin he might be bought off
agin for his former course shows he'd ruther 60
abroad and get his sheer of the public money than
stay at home and fight for his sheer of the public
lands. .. ;H..u
It's rumored up here that McRay intends to be
canddt for Governor next year, and I'd like to en-
courage him to run; for he cant carry off no Dimi-
Gratis, and about half the opposshun won't vote for
him. He'll find himself runnin' fust to the Know
Mullins and then to nuthn which is nifty little ways
further and all the way down hill, and it wont take
him long to reach the bottom. hope he will con-
slider my solisitashuns added to those of Linn Be
Sanders { if there Is any Linn Be Ssnders) that he
will run ; but want him to understand he gifts only
my solisitashuns, and not my vote.
= I've bin nightly tickled at the Know Nuthins
about here, and b'lieve they're right good spesi
of their party all over the State. Joe Smithers
takes the Register; Ned Davolt takes the Green's
boro' Patriot; Jim Haskins, (Jm amt bin livin'
here long) takes the Asheville Spectator; Bob Null
Inns takes the Salisbury Herald; and Bill Scoper
takes the Salisbury Waterman and jest to them
all git together and compare papers, and hear them
cuss and quarrel, is enuf to make a good Dimcrat
amost split his sides open with LATTER Joe and Bill
about agrees and they both 60 for McRay, for they
say they've tossed about from party to party till
they don't know adzactly where they are now, and
more'n that they don't cuss where they are,
jes. they're agn the Locofocos. Ned ses he's out
andout, ginuine true-blue, up-tothe hub American,
and he wont support any canddit but one that rep.
resents his views; and he wants to run SIGH can.
didit on principle, if he don't git thousand votes
in the State Jim SEES he's for recurrin' backwards
and putin aside Know Mullins, shy Locofocos and
every thing else and organizing on the old Wing
platform Bob nearly agrees with Jim, but seS he's
for anything that turns up, SO its aginst Locofoco
ism, for he's bin jumpin and skippin' from thing
to another till he don't darn where he goes
next.
Each of these leaders has few follerers, and the
Kilkenny cat fight isn't circumstance to the scratch
ms and clawins they give each other when they all
git together The Register and Waterman men
swar it's no use to run any body but disorganizin
Dimcrat for they can't expect to elect him, hut
with any body else they wouldn't be in the field
even. NcO SeS, Let u. ne Oeat ana Oe.OarneO,
but let us stick to principle" and Jim ansers, "Prin-
ciples -darned, you never had any sence you
egaded from the Wing party" Bob puts in, {" Be-
darned to every body and every thing, and darn me
if know or care cuss about any body or any
thing" and they go darnin each 9TH
all the time and still leavn each other thread
bare. Joe and Bill they wont vote for any bo-
dy but Moray; Ned swars he won't vote for any
body but a regular American jim swars he wont
vote for any body but old line Wing that has
or jned the Locoocos; and Bob swars lie don't care
whether he votes at all or not, and if he does he
don't care who it is for; and thus they swar and
cuss each other, and make more fuss than 40 old
women all talkin' at enct. jest moralizes to thea
and SEES, " A weak house divided agin ITSELF" &C.
But one thing amuses me. Every rascal of them
admits Dmicrat will be elected, but at the same
time they swar (hey can't help swarin) that the
Dim'cratic party is badly frightened. It's all the
consoashun they have, and I'm for lettin' them
JOY it. They are types of the opposishun party all
over the State and we'll show them who's afeard
next August. Yourn ii. de,h,
PINEBUR MOCCASIN.