Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-20
LETTER FROM piNEBuR MoccAslN. 1.

LETTER FROM PINEBUR MOCCASIN.
MoccAsiNrnLE, N. G. Febss, 1853.
Mr. PRirIuRs: Ned Davolt has sum wholesum e
sim2tums of Democracy, but he can't git over that
Know Nuthin ha bit Of SWARM yit and any body that
likes ginoine. emfatc SWARM would be delighted to
hear Asd on Leak. McRay Sine Co, Ned will call
ter nussn' Ned up, and 60 over to bis offs every
day or.two to have chat with him and innocuate
Democracy into him. I've jest cum back from his Of
BIS now, and want to tell you what he ses. ,, r..
Jungle Pinebur," ses be, "I'll be darned-"a
stop, Ned" ses I, {" you must quit that Know
Nuthn habit of SWARM? It's the FIRST step toards
your reformashun."
"Well, Uncle Pinebur,.' ses he, 81 won't swar no
more; I'll say rally, but III be darned-"
"There it is agn," ses l. THAT old Know Nuth-
and 60 on"
In this time Ned had got about half mad, and SEES
he, Uncle Pnebur, you must let me swar leetle
this Time for can't do justice to the subject without
it. There's Leak and McRay goin' round like two
imported animals shown themselves to the Ameri.
can party paradin every court and muster ground
with that cussed old Virginy Slime to groom Moray,
and Leak goin' it loose, each clamin' to have the
best bone, mussle I'd bottom; and darn their pic
tiers, the1 both git to the bottom afore long, and
don. care how soon. But what makes me the mad
dest is to see that cussed old Vrgny editur pretend
the State. recommendn' a dsorganizn', trublesum
Locofoco to his party, jest as if we didn't have no
man OF our own fttin to be our candidit. And
there's McRay, caimin to be Dimicrat and advoca-
tin principles jest the contrary to the Dmicratic
party. I'll swar don't b'lieve he's sincere. And
we take him up he'll be beat to deth as he ort to
be; and then if We git into power he'll be expectin
the bes: place we have, and can't throw aside our
old war bosses to promote him, and then he'll kick
up and play the devil and give more trubbe than
ne does the Dimicratic party, by darned sight
Who ever bearn tell of GineraPs givin' the com.
mand of his army to a deserter from the enemy p
Nobody likes trater, tho the treason may be &C
ceptabe. 70 II Moray to git fully into party
he'd be jest like the buttin rams head among the
dumplins Darn me if I'd be surprised if he jines
Douglass next; for when a ambshus man begins to
try to dsorganize his own party, there's no telin'
where he'll stop; and he's disadvantage to any par
ty he gifts into"
'Stop. Ned" ses l. "You have a wus opinion
of Moray than have. He's Southern man, and
it amt right to suspishun any Southern man Of be-
in inclined to Douglas and his Black Republican al
lies" =
II can't help it." ses Ned, "and shan't try, for
in his Dancy letter he the distribution queshtun
is of more importance than the slavery ishue and
l don't blieve any good Southern man would have
sed that. The fact is,"-and Ned looked nifty Sc.
rious--" the leaders would be leaders of the Anne
rican party in this State, has got down low and
with proper selfrespect can't foer the leaders
acknowledge his feership with them. What sort
of internal posishun is for the American party to
cum down from its high grounds of principle to set
aside all Its own champions, and take up renegade
dsorganizer OF the furren party-a man even rel ect
ed and repudiated by his party-a sort of high
bred or mofradite poitshun? I'll be cussed if go
with any SIGH party. Darn me-" ...
Med" ses I, dontt swar no more. l see your
posishun, and it's that only SIGH felers as 10
Smthers can stumick. Jest quit the whole concern,
fight for the democracy for years as hard as you
have fit agin thcm bring forth fruits meet for re-
pentance, and well give you the right hand of fel-
lership"
Ned loodcd right strait into the fire, and ses he,
Uncle Pinebur, I'll study about it. b'lieve the
can't rejoice like Slime does at the signs of its dis
solution for it's plain to every body that if goes
down the Union goes with it and tell you I'll &c
for regular Dmicrats before will for irregular ones
and I'll stand by Mr. Buchanan as long he stands
he now does, by the Constitution. The South
must be united and it can't unite except the prin
cipes of the Dimocratic party.
got right uP and took Ned's hand and told him
he was in good way, and that wished all his party
would take the view of things. He sed he did'n
see how any honest member of his party could tax,
a different view, or how any American Of proper
selfrespect could vote for disorganzer of another
party. Ses he, "Men may be convinced of error ant
may honestly change from one party to another
but they can't take up principles in opposishun tt
their party and still be members Of that party.
always distrust disorgan'zers. Nobody has any con
fdence in them. Nine times out of ten they sor
headed offs seekers, mad and desperit, and gon OF
the high PRESSURE rule or ruin sstem."
/ thought Ned had abou. as much Democracy a
he could digest for or days. and left him.
think he's hopeful case, and I'll bet he votes TO
| the regular Dmicratic nominee for Governor thi
year. shouldn't be surprised if have to restrain
Co..
| ous For instance, think he was unjest to Mora.
in suspishunin' that he would side with Douglas.
Yourn till deth
PINEBUR MOCCASIN.