Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-06-30

With self-sacrifcing spirit worthy Of all praise,
Duncan K. McRae is devo'ing his time and talents
to canvass Of the State with the view of awaken
ing the people to true sense Of their condition,
prospects and rights. Raleigh Register.
What kind, philosophical go"dh hearted person
Mr.. McRae is! How shall the poor benighted people
repay him for all this zeal in their behaf?-this
desperate and most disinterested attempt to rouse
them to "a true sense of their condition." They
are ruined, and know it not they are asleep, and
will never realize their true condition, unless Mr.
McRae should succeed in rousng them from their
leaden sumbers. How kind in him, repeat
And with what praise should not Mr.. Syme be greet
ed?-Mr. Syme whose happy privilege it is, as Mr.
McRaes agent, to announce these facts to the world
Federalism has always been kind and consderate
in its attentions to the people. From the days of
John Adams until now it has invariably sought to
take of the people, to instruct and enlighten
them and to protect them against themselves. 1t
would do so now, here in North Carolina 1t con-
siders that the people are ignorant-that they do
not know that the taxes are running them-that
thousands of them make their escape as emigrants
every month or so-and that they soiU not, being
either asleep demented, ask the general govern.
ment for some lands. If they would only ask for
them "Theres the rub" Of course they would
get them. Federalism, Know Nothingism, and all
the isms say they would but OH their stupidity!-
there is the bag of gold just at the end of the rain
bow, and they aoiU not take it! "What peebles!"
Of course Mr. McRae has other " view " but to
Washington to get the lands, or some of the pro-
ceeds to the old State from total ruin but his
course is just now "self sacrificing" that he will
not listen to the promptings Of ambition He leads
the boys Mr.. Syme in front-wth the sole view
of awakening the people to true sense of their
condition" Mr.. Venable "leads the boys" about
in spots in sort of irregular guerrilla charge; but
he does not lead Applewhite Richardson.
How these people sleep! Some Of them snor-
ing and that too under Mr.. McRae's eloquent dis.
courses. "What peebles!" They aciU not rouse
up and be enlightened Talk to them, brother
Syme-put your dark lantern to their noses and see
if they really asleep. Shine their eyes, bring
them to halt, and then preach TO them. Tell them
that their true condition is awful one-that they
have been asleep these many years, while all other
peoples have been awake-that some one has come
while they slept and sown tares among their wheat
that the chinch bug, the Philistines and the Nor
mons are all about to be upon them-that their riv-
about to dry up their Railroads sink and
that chronic rheumatism is shaking them from
Currtuck TO Cherokee-tlat they are taxed in their
toe nails, in their knees in their oins in their eye.
brows the tips of their noses, and even taxed in
their patence-and that, in short, they stand
ing slippery rocks while fiery pillows roll be-
meath their unhallowed feet"
| This is something like the strain in which Mr.
McRae addresses them. Catch that lofty strain
neghbor Syme; and if all this does not save the
| people from themselves-does not rouse them from
their stupor-does not awaken them to "a tru.
sense of their condition." we cannot tell what will