Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-02-24
RALEIGH.
Mr.. Leaks Withdrawal from the Canvass.
Mr.. McRae called and Mr. Leak came He cam,


~ Mr.. McRae called and Mr.. Leak came. He came
at once in due course OF mail. He did not wait to
be called second time Mr.. MeRae was disconcer-
ted and disappointed. He called in good faith, yet
he did not expect to be answered from that quarter
and in that way. Hehad bated his hook and thrown
it out, hoping to catch fine fish, when 10 very or
dinary mud turtle seized the hook and was popped
to the surface .. ...- .-.'. ..ra i.
Mt. Leak took the field and appealed to his fellow.
citizens to come to his relief, and Mr. McRae took
the field and appealed his eilow-c citizens to come
to has relief Mr.. Leak was prescribed, denoun.
ced, vifed" " 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 was
asPectacle 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 salubrous 1t was a great
work, and Mr.. Leak proposed to do it on &c shares"
Mr.. McRae objected. He wanted all the shares
to distribute in his own time and in his own way
and he cold .shoul dered 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,
ing several laurel crowns and other embems Of
martyrdom. Retiring. he wrote his will and pub
lished it in the Fayetteville Observer. Therein he
says. with simplicity it is deectable that
he counted support and countcnance from the fold
of Sam" and that it " would be both untrue and
silly affectation to deny it." Disappointed in this
spect he quits He leaves the field, but not to Mr.
McRae, for he candidly says, cit 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 bis party than myself, f,-as to the
probability Of this, can of course have nothing to
say" Some of the opposition press " is intended
for the Register and "anoher 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 as 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. IL
+ Mr.. Leak also pledges himself to support "any
spectacle and we'll qualified gentleman in favor of
distribution that may be brought forward regardless
of his hitherto, Especially the hitherto u 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-
tia support Tell it at Old Trap "-let it be heard
in Stany, Guord 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: The opposition press will oblige
me by publishing this letter." What does the gen.
teman mean by the opposition press?" Does he
mean the press opposed to the Democracy, or the
i press opposed to him? We confess We cannot tell