Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20

Mr.. Leaks Withdrawal from the Canvass.
Mr. McRae called and Mr.. Leak came. He came
at once IN due course Of mail. He did not wait 70
be called a second time Mr.. McRae was dsconcer.
ted and disappointed He called in good faith, yet
he did not pect to be answered from that quarter
and in that way. Hehad baited his hook and thrown
it out, hoping to catch fine fish, when 10 very
binary mud turtle seized the hook and was popped
to the surface - 10y
Mr.. Leak took the field and appealed to his fellow
citizens to come to his relief, and Mr.. McRae took
the field and appealed to his fellow citizens to come
to his relief. Mr.. Leak was prescribed" denonn
ced, "viGed by the Democratic press, and SO
was Mr.. McRae. They were both martyrs, chained
to the stake and most cruelty roasted. Every body
was invited to. come up and behold their sorrows
Foremost among their prosecutors was that man
Holden with very long and very sharp stick,
stirring the flames and enjoying their agony. TWAS
spectacle to make the entire State feel badly, espe
c;ay as these martyrs had been engaged in the very
laudable work of procuring land warrants with which
to pay the State debt tunnel the mountains, educate
the poor children, and render every body and every
thing prosperous intelligent, progressive, independ-
ent, and impressively salubrious. 1t was great
work, and Mr.. Leak proposed to do it on {" shares"
Mr. McRae objected. He wanted all the g shares
to distribute in his time and in his own way
and he cold-shoulde red Mr. Leak. He warned him
to conne himself to the borders of South Carolina,
while he enlightened the citizens of the interior and
middle Counties by speeches in his own defence"
Mr.. Leak, per consequence, got through sooner than
he expected he would and so he has retired, wear
ing several laurel crowns and other emblems Of
martyrdom. Retiring, he wrote his will and pub
lished it in the Fayetteville Observer. Therein he
says. with simplicity as rare it is deectable that
he counted on support and countenance from the fold
of "Sam," and that it " would be both untrue and
silly afectation to deny it." Disappointed in this re-
spect, he quits He leaves the field, but not to Mr.
McRae, for he candidly says, it is true that have
likewise noticed, that other of the opposition
press have expressed preference for another can.
didate. as being stronger and more likely to make
inroads upon his own party than myself AS to the
probability of this, can of course have nothing to
say" Some of the opposition press " is intended
for the Register and another candidate is intended
for Mr. McRae. He declines to say who is the strong
est Mr.. McRae, or himself Now, Mr.. McRae is as
modest gentleman Mr.. Leak, and will also de-
cline to determine this important question and so,
after all, Mr.. Leak may have to be called out again
| and the question submitted to council of their
friends
Mr.. Leak also pledges himself to support amy
spectacle and we'll qualified gentleman in favor of
distribution that may be brought forward regardless
of his hitherto, Especially the hitherto "" political
associations" Eureka we have found it that
includes Mr. McRae and so, after all, Mr. Leak may
extend to that gentleman his powerful and inAuen-
tial support. Tell it at Old Trap it be heard
in Stany Guiford and Wilkes that Mr. Leak retires,
but that he will support "any respectable and we'll
qualified gentleman for Governor who is in favor
of distribution.
! Mr. Leak concludes his last will and testament "
in these words 1.-The opposition press will oblige
me by publishing this letter." What does the gen.
tieman mean by ' the opposition press?" Does he
mean the press opposed to the Democracy, or the
press opposed to him? We confess We cannot tell