Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-06
Know Nothinsism in Maryland.

WE'LL au6 honorable State-6 man WnolWaS COM
paratively unknown, until he was taken up by the
Plug Uglies as their chief Plug. Gov. Hicks, in his
inaugural speech, gives the most unmistakable proof
of his qualifications statesman of the first grit.
His knowledge of his native English tongue, as will
be seen by the following, is equalled only by the
versatility of his genius, the depth of his Plug Ug-
lyism, and the breadth and sweep of his statesman
ship. Hear Hicks, as follows:
" Our natioe population is industrious enterpris.
eng and properous get their industry is burthened
ana their acc"muAations eaten up By the support Of
foreign paupers, annually cast ON our shores!"
"Our native population is"-and "yet their in.
dustry,' dc. This extraordinary and unjust con-
sumption of victuals-tEis eating up Of the "accu.
mutations" of our industrious, enterprising and
prosperous" native population, is no doubt Of
the causes of the high price of pork. Only think
Of it!-these foreign paupers not only thus consume
"accumulations," but they "annually cast on
our shores" They do not come now and then, but
ANNUALLY" Just as the whale "cast" up Jonah
they " cast" on our shores; and they come
hungry prepared to eat, sharp set, bent the de-
struction of vicuals.
We commend Hicks for his provident attention to
the interests of his constituents We trust that
Hicks will continue to stand by our native popu-
laton," and see that each of them gets his due
share of bread and bacon, even if these foreign
paupcrs should starve as the result Maryland did
we'll when she told Hicks to go up higher. He is
ornament to that old State, which settled by
Catholics. and rendered ilustrious by Charles Car
roll who, not having the fear of the future Hicks
before his eyes, also Catholic. But Gov.
Hicks does not affect the Catholics He abominates
fho,o H. ~ A.
did not aude to them in his inaugural, because he
felt he could not do them justice. He is too good
Know Nothing not to bate " Catholics and foreign.
ers." He believes Maryland created expressly
for Hicks and the Plug Uglies; and keeping alive
as he does the fires of persecution and intolerance
in that quarter, he looks hopefully to his brethren
of the South for an answering CLEAN. That CLEAN
he gets and then. The dark lantern it is true,
burns low in North Carolina, but it burns neverhe-
less and if Hicks could only know, as We know,
how the cement of common hatred TO Democracy,
as well as to Catholics and foreigners still holds
his brethren together in North Carolina he would
be as happy as Plug Ugly is when he is permitted
to cat his own victuals-a performance
shamefully prevented by foreign paupers."
Only one thing this patriotic Governor lacketh.
He is not for " distribution" if he is, "Sam has
not thus far permitted him to say so. The foreign
paupers have not only "eaten up" the "accumu-
latons" of our native population" but they are
trying their teeth on the public lands. They are
actually settling upon them. retaining them from
savages and wild beasts erecting houses upon them
and culticating them. They preparing to swal-
low them, together with all the Accommodations" of
"our native population!' Hicks ought to know
couple of our stumpers now on the stump,
stumping to prevent it.
But Gov. Hicks knows well what he is about.
The I" children of the Evil One wiser in their
generation than the children of light" Distribution
is not SO popular in Maryland the opposition "to
Catholics and foreigners" and the latter hobby is
still in use. Here distribution is supposed to be
more popular than the other issue; and hence
have in this State the distribution hobby. The peo-
pie of North Carolina, it is thought can be bribed
with the promise of their own money to abandon
their States rights principles-can be induced by
the rafting of few land warrants, to desert the
Democracy, and thus throw the State into the hands
of "Sam!" Vain hope! The people of North
Carolina will not go with either Hicks of Maryland,
or Know Nothings and disorganizers here at home;
time honored principles, and present, now and here
AFTER serried front to their combined assailants.
By the way, how is it that Gov. Hicks is sworn,
an oath-b bound Know Nothing, while his brethren
in this State claim to have been released from their
oath? If released, who released them? How do
we know but that they in secret correspondence
and communion with the Know Nothings of Mary
land? Can the Register inform US.
The newspapers state that Mr.. McRae was
Every severe on the Standard" in his Wilmington
and Goldsborough speeches. We expected this
We do not fear Mr. McRae nor do We desire his
compliments. We spared him in his contest with
Mr. Ashe, and we have stood by him and been his
friend, when others denounced him and would have
cut him off from the Democratic party; and now.
simply because we have attempted to perform
duty to our principles and our party organization
by exposing the shallowness of his arguments and
his dsorganizng conduct, we are singled out and
the gentleman is livery severe upon the Standard"
The Standard will, hope, survive it ALL No
public man is more indebted to the press for the
reputation he enjoys than Mr.. McRae; but some
public men have way, when the of the press
does not suit then of turning upon it and endeavor-
ing to destroy the very power by which they have
been lifted to political responsibility. -
We also learn that Mr.. Leak is livery upon
the Standard" His procamatons against the STAN
dard and its Senior Editor are said to be equal to
those of Bonaparte upon the Alps. We confess that
| Mr. Leaks course in this respect amuses We
learn that when he concludes his speeches he is re-
sponded to by faint shutting of feet, and by feel
ing unexpressed it is true, that he will speak next
time at some other point. Only when he is "uery
severe" upon the Standard is he appauded, and
| then only bY the Know Nothings