Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-07-17

of delegates % the respective State Conventons the
impression WAS pretty general in WashinEtch not
in Illinois, that the !" Douglas party and the Black
Republicans would come together before the Nov.
ennber election. Snch an Impression was prevalent
among the Black Republicans, some Of whom ex.
pressed willingness to take Douglas for the Senate
Even the notorious Wentworth stated in his paper
that, though personally opposed to- Judge Douglas
he supposed he would have to support him If he
should be taken up as the Republican candidate =
Under such circumstances, can any Virginia De-
mocrat condemn the Illinois Administration men for
the course they have pursued? What other course
could they, in fact, have taken consistently with
their princples? -. z >;
But it seems to be now understood that the Black
Republicans will have ticket Of their own, as in
past elections. Judge Douglas will have to rely, as
heretofore, the Democratic party Of illinois for
his reelection to the Senate He, no doubt, sees
that his loss is rrerievable by his desertion of the
Administration party. He has lost his party posi-
tion with the fattering prospects held out to him
for the Presidency, and from present Indications he
will certainly lose his place in the Senate, too He
has been taught lesion of humility which be
greatly needed and which, it is to be hoped he will
profit by. He has found, by mortified experience,
that to retain present honors or to gain higher ones
Democratic politician must be true to principles
be ready to fight for them in sunshine and in Storm
1t is said that just before the battle of New Orleans
a wealthy Lousianan came to Gen. Jackson and ask
ed how be to get paid for 200 bales of cotton,
which had just been pressed into the service by the
Old Hero, to form part of his famous breastwork
ell tell you sir" said jackson, handng the plan
ter rife) s'take this and fght for your cotton as
we are doing. You surely ought to be willing to
help save your cotton"
Now we can only say if Judge Douglas wishes to
get any more honors at the hands of the Democrat
ic party, he must 60 to work for them in his best
days. He must fight for them in their present bat
tie with the Black Republicans. He must do this if
he would save his cotton
With great Difference to our neighbor of the En-.
quirer we will remark, in conclusion that the PEG.
pie of Virginia do not wish the Administration to
make an overtures for harmony and union to Judge
Douglas and his friends, who left the Administration
at the time of its greatest need, and dealt out their
blows upon it with unsparng hand so long as
they seemed likely to avail any thing to the oppos-
ton. If they are now permitted to came back into
the Democratic ranks. pledge OF future good be-
havior, we think they ought to be satisfied The
idea of any "overtures to them from the President
| is out of the question.-Rich. EI.
FAMILY PR1DE-Many persons have nought else
of which they may boast the accidents Of birth.
Amidst toll and suffering, and that greatest of all
evils in human view, poverty ITSELF they derive
fort from the fact that they belong family which
is elevated by some real or false distinction above
the of mankind. In our country, wealth is
almost the sole ground of this distinction. One con-
sidcraton alone may be adduced as sufficient to show
the folly of such glorying. In worldly parlance it
is called the ickieness of fortune 1t would be bet
ter to designate it the uncertainty or changeahlc-
which appertains to all things earthly Riches
take to themselves wings and fly away. 1t is para
doxica in sound only say that mutation is constant
There is nothing more curious and instructive than
to observe the changes which befall the worldly
condition of individuals and families. Webster and
Cass were the of poor New Hampshire farmers.
1t was literally hard and rough cradle in which
kHoryu, cd loy thu hn~, H.
| slashes." A large majority of our statesmen rose
| to eminence by dint of constant and selfdenying
| toll.
| 1t is with wealth as with fame The richest men
in the country, with scarcely an exception, were
born to poverty. They inherited nothing save in.
dustry, energy and integrity. Astor and Girard
were notable examples. 1t is with men of wealth
| in almost every community. They spring from the
hard working classes, and their to their
own exertlons.
The children of the poor in one generation are the
rich men of the next; the scales turn and the rich
become the poor. God has ordained that neither
riches fame shall be transmitted with certainty
to posterity. There is no sure title to either. 1t is
idle to calculate on the continuance of wealth. 1t is
useless to predict greatness Of those who are the
immediate descendants of an illustrions ANCESTRY
The children of mendicant may reside in a palace,
and our future Presidents and Governors are to be
found in the humble dwellings of the poor.
How foolish then are the claims of any man or
class to social prominence, or to demand bestow
consideration for the possession of advantages which
the recipient had no part in procuring and cannot
confer upon others. The true and real aristocracy
is that of merit all else Is hollow and prctentious
Worth makes the man the want of it, the fellow"
Nothing exposes one more justly to pity and ridl-
cule than to seek or to show honor for any other
cause pure and upright character is the best
possession: the richest legacy is the influence and
example of holy life.-M G. Presbyterian
FIRST BLOOD SHED FOR LIBERTY IN THE REvoLu-
TIoNARx WAR.-The first blood shed in defence of
liberty and in opposing English oppression was in
the South. The State of North Carolina {" old
North State" and twin sister of South Carona-is
entitled to the honor. 1t was during the guberna-
toral administration of the notorious Gov. Tryon,
the English governor at the time, who built one Of
the most splendid palaces in either North South
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