Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1857-05-20
The Celebration at Charlotte.

We learn from the Charlotte Democrat that the
most extensive preparations in progress for the
celebration, in that place, of the anniversary of the
Mecklenburg declaration of independence. The day
will be greeted with thirteen guns, and thirtyone
will be fired at sunset The procession will be
formed at ten A. NJ. and will proceed to the Presby-
terian Church Grove, where prayer will be offered
by the Rev. DR.. Lacy, after which the Mecklenburg
declaration will be read by James W. Osborne, Esq,
and then an grafton by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks,
D. D.. LII. D. Gen. John A. Young is Chief Mar
shal, and has appointed his Assistants Gen.
Walkup Messrs. T. D. Gillespie, L. j. Grier, and
Il. A. Terrence.
Hon. A. P. Butler, of S. c., DR.. Ramsey, Of Tenn.
Chief Justice Nash. Hon. D. L. Swain, and many
other distinguished persons from distance are ex-
pected to he present The Democrat says, "it is
hoped that the three Governors, Wise, Alston and
Bragg will honor the occasion with their presence"
The stores in Charlotte will be closed during the
day, and all business suspended.
The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad and the
North Carolina Railroad will pass for half EFice all
persons who may attend the celebration. ~
- Mr.. Branch's appeal for support to his Whg and
American @ friends took US by surprise.
Register.
We are authorized to say that Mr.. Branch did not
make an appeal to the Know Nothngs for their
support, either at Oxford any other occasion.
He said in his speech at Oxford that if the members
of the Know Nothing American party were sats-
fled with his course, and should think proper to
vote for him, he would be pleased to receive their
votes; and that if he should be elected without
opposition, he would Of course prize very highly the
D,,k, H.
far as he could prevent il, should act under
any msapprehension. His opinions public ques-
tons had undergone change, and, fesen-
tative, he would be governed as he had always u ~
\by Democratic principles. He wished every ind
vidual voting for him, and every party failing tc
run opposition to act with full knowledge of his
position and his purposes.
We warn our Democratic friends against alld(king
defeated adversary to excite distrust of the|
chosen candidate. In all his speeches Mr.. Branch
is condcmning and opposing distribution and ht
will make compromises with Know Nothingism
Probably for very slight concession the Register
would cease to assal his course-to print detached
and garbled sentences from his letter, for the pur
pose of disparagng his literary and classical attain
ments. But no concession has been or will be made
He is the candidate Of the Democratic party of tn
District regularly and unanimously nominated an,
he will be elected triumphantly, whatever may b
the character of the opposition, if any, that may b
brought against him. The Democratic party of thi
District and of the State, is more united and NOR
powerful now than it ever has been; and it stand
now, of old, above fear above reproach. Gu
contemporary may hope to discover some slight oper
ing in the serried phalanx, but he will find himse
mistaken whenever the effort is made. Principle
first, organization next, is our motto as party.
has carried US through darker days than these; an
our fortunes as party hardly now, wit
the federal government and nearly all the Souther
State governments Democratic, with Democrat
principles the laws of the land, and with three
fourths Of the Young men of the country attachin
themselves to and supporting our cause