Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-09-01

Democrats into the belief that they we're not going
to make much of an effort, but would do all in their
power to assuage party wrangling. We knew We |
had large majority to overcome, and consequently
had very little hopes Of beating, until saw how
bad our enemies we're scared, and then it was too
late Just 50 it was with Scales in 1855.
1t affords none of US pleasure to record meanpess
of our fellow men; but then must not be SO rec
reant as TO shut our eyes against any thing among
us. l do not count it mean in the K Ms for back
ing clear out from the paramount principles of
Americanism," for it is perfectly natural for school
boy, when he gets we'll licked for thing "never
do more;" but do call it mean to make a
debt and then not only repudiate Qhe responsibility
off the debt, and lose nothing, but actually make
the other shoulder by dcnonncing it. and accu.
sing others of making it entirely. They also glori
fed over the Mexican war. War is always popular
after it is over, and taxation odious in whatever
shape it comes; hence their motto in this campaign
seemed to be- Tn agin high tares and for the merit
,oar. TmJor Railroads and agin payin' for 'em.
Last year the Democrats shouldered prejudice
that had been ground in us from our infancy, and
rolled it out of the ring, whers it belonged. Know
ing that we had removed the greatest obstacle they
ever meeting US in fair fight again, and turued
complete sommerset backwards and we could hard
| y tell what sound it when we heard them away
over on the other side Of the railroad question. We
asked them what they meant; they cried "taxes!
taxesll taxesIIl" We poked reputation at them
they cried "distribu ion!" Expecting them to be-
gin where they had left off two years ago, had
tuned my ear to the howl about our native land
the oft repeated sentence about falling on WarsaTs
height, bleeding at every pore for the liberties of
| Poland"
Whenever any public distress occurs, they seize
it and make the most they can of it; and Ramsay
would stand up, with face hard knights vizor,
and declare that it democratic msrule and
| government extravaganza that brought on the COM
mercia crisis. / heard of his we'll informed
| hetfe intel
gent man knows better; but the crowd believed it."
There is nothing new in this but the confession.
| Ramsay seemed hardly to remember how badly
he was once scared about foreigners, until the last
speech of the campaign, at Mocksville, when he said
that he heard that there were about one hundred
foreigners to be naturalized at Salisbury before the
election. / am surprised that anybody should fail
to see through such a transparent trick-why was
nothing said about it at Salisbury, where it could
! be investigated?
Up to this time he seemed loath to sketch the
| dark side Of the picture which Eastern shore
presented but delighted to point away TO the far
! West where continents Of public lard reposed in
prospective effulgence, brighter than ever divine
threw the eysian fields of paradise-or he
seemed more concerned about it.
Five years ago would soon have expected TO
see them carry out their pledge by drawing their
apple pealers and uncoopering their protestant souls
to desert the old settled States "cussed furren
ers," Qor the same dangers threated now them
and promise 10 vote for Democrat just for the sake
of few acres Of a "howling wilderness" filled with
wild injuns that want to scalp what white folks
already there.
Ramsay blowed so loud and long about public
land that os his poor hearers actually believed
that if he was elected every man would get plan
taton. Why did he not elevate his strain little
and preach to them of rich bottom lands covered
with punkins-of meads covered with lowing herds
that should never 60 dry-of gardens that should
be well rained upon-of corn fields that should
never need repanting? / have not seen hoso dead
the people have killed this old horse again. but
would like for you who we'll read to keep an &C
curate account Of how many times the people have
killed him; and beg politicians not to dig up any
more dead hoss in Denmark. They have kilt the
poor old hoss agin and agin, like the old woman
who was sitting in an upper window fast asleep and
the sash slid down her head and kilt her but
it knocked her out and she fell the edge of
hogshead and that Kilt her agin and she fell head
foremost into the hoshead and it was full of water
and drowned her, and that Kilt her ngin but sht
lay there all night and there a hard freeze, an6
that kilt her dgin;; and in the morning twelve mer
"sat on her case and broke it in. and that kilt he'
agin! So mote it be with Distribution.
DAVlE VOTER