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

"Mr. McRae reminded the audience of the fact
that when in 1910 clouds and darkness overshad-
owed the fortunes of the Democratic party, he was
manfuy fighting its battles and sharing without a
murmur its fate, while certain Editor, not thou
sand miles from Raleigh, was clad in coon-skins
having string of gourds around his neck and sw
ling hard cider in log bin."-Register's Report
Of UcRae's Speech.
So did Rives and Tallmadge, and Van Buren, and
Benton, and Blair fight the battles Of Democracy and
share its fate; but they permitted their ambition
and their seshness to get the better of their judg
ments, and, abandoning principle, they fell at once
deeper than pummet ever sounded. The late Con-
sui of the United States at Paris, with Douglas and
Wise, are on the same inclined plane which the
public men referred to went down to those i'm
measurable depths; and the late Consul has already
sunk so far that no mortal hand can reach him to
bring him up.
The late Consul has been highly honored and we'll
paid for his sacrifices % for the Democratic party
We believe he also shared the fortunes of John T-
ler and was by that gentleman when President,
on special GRAND to Mexico, for which he received
some $4,000 He afterwards subordinated dstri-
button to the Consuship at Paris and went abroad
leaving the lands to be squandered and plundered
as aforetime and received therefor $50, 900 in
dry federal money. He returned and took up the
distribution thread precisely where he had drop
ped it and now, some of the Know Nothing distr
butionists are afraid to run him for Governor, lest
in the midst of the campaign he might be offered
another federal office, might accept it. and thus leave
them without candidate. Nothing would be left to
them then but 10 fall back upon their principles, which,
it must be confessed, would be dangerous opera
ton. They might fall on space, and so fall adj an
.7fnitum.
Our former political associate does we'll to remind
us of those "coon. skins and rattle those gourds
about ears. He makes the matter infinitely worse
than it was We neither handled gourds wore
coon-skins in 1910. We were engaged at that day
in setting type for a living-we had no time,
as Mr.. McRae had: to devote to politics and
speech. making; and we wore plain wooden and
cotton Clothes which we earned and paid for
by hard labor. As to log cabins" our earliest
recoectons associated with houses of that
Sort for We were born in of them; and
doubtless had more sincere respect for their
occupants in 1840 as have now, than those old
federa!iss who affected to be the poor mans friends
and some Of whom SO warmly applauded Mr.. McRae
in this City on Monday last. We have never sought
federal Office would have it if offered to US
and to this extent at least We have the advantage
of Mr. McRae.
We repeat, Mr. McRae does well to twit US with
1910. The federasts and Know Nothings have
been doing the same thing for fifteen years. The
gentleman repeats with fuency the lessons he has
learned in the opposition school and if he is salts
fled with his employment in this respect, are
sure are. Our political record for the last IF
teen years is without blot. We have labored fol-
and sought the good of our party more than our
own,-we have thought more of principles and Of
the triumph of our cause than we have of SELF No
say that we have ever even hesitated either
as to principles to organization since have
been at the head of this press Can Mr.. McRae say
as much? Mr.. McRae was born and brought up in
minority, and he adhered to it after it reached
majority only SO long as it promoted and honored
him; we left majority for minority, and that toe
at time when the success of the latter was regard
ed as next to impossible. We willing any day
and at all times to compare political records with the
gentleman.