Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-18

,vessrs: HoldeI& Nilson

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lumber of the Standard, signed g Nestor, = which
expressed some surprise at the fact that in the late
lection for United States Senator's the Wings and
ssnow-N othings voted for Badger and Graham, in
tead of rendering the compliment to Rayner, or
utlaw, or Reade-or even McRae
d Your correspondent "Nestor" seems to be per-
,nal friend and admirer of Hon. K. Rayner and
GEMS to write rather complainingly of the Know
othing Whgs for their slight of Rayner. I can q
! ,e no reason for any good Democrat giving himself
~ concern on account of the way political enc
lies settle their family jars For myself feel graf
! ied-and think our Democratic friends through
1t the State have cause to feel gratiied-at the
ote, of which "Nestor," as the personal friend of
! ir. Rayner, seems to complain. These compliment
+! Try votes by minorities very significant. Be- /
g freely cast, by each one voting without any ef
,rt being made to them, without eleconeer-
canvassing or exerton on the part of friends,
ley plainly show the natural and unbiased feeling
{ those voting. I agree with {" Nestor" in one
hing. The vote of the minority shows very plain
| that if the Know Nothing Wings had had a ma
! rity in the Legislature they certainly would have
! ected Badger and Graham United States Senator'S
IS Democrats, we have nothing to complain of in
lis but rather cause Of qualification. For although
! either Messrs Badger nor Graham any favorite
the Democratic party they certainly are less OBJ
ctonable to us than Rayner. For the last four
ears at least Messrs. Badger and Graham have
! cen quiet, whilst Mr.. Rayner, of all men in the
ate has been most violent and denunciatory of the
| democratic party and active in his warfare against
I. Since the rise of Known othngism, he has
iven us more trouble, by far, than any other man
North Carolina. This reputation of him by his
wn party is the reputation of -Nothingism
! self by the dark-hntern disciples. 1t is the best
! violence that they have become ashamed of them
elves ashamed of their odious principles, as you
ave again and again told them they would. This
ote of the minority for U. S. Senator'S is the last
expiring groan of remorse on the part of Know
Nothingism in this State, for its many misdeeds and
t:Olitca heresies. Messrs. Badger and Graham have
lever either of them, belonged to the Know-Noth-
ing party. Neither of them ever sneaked through
culvert, with dark-lantern in his hand. Both of
chem have always been understood as regulating
the ntolcrant principles and mischievous purposes
of the Know-Nothng order. Whilst on the other
hand, Rayner has been from its origin, the great
bell-wtther of the concern.
But there other points of view, in which this
complimentary vote by the minority, to Mcssrs.
Badger and Graham ought to be gratifying to the
Democratic party-in Mr.. Badgers case especially.
1t is endorsement by the opposition of Democrat
ic policy The opposition in this State, the leaders
at least have generally denounced the repeal of the
odiouS Missouri restriction, and the KansasN ebras-
ka bill Mr. Badger voted for that BILL spoke ably
for it. and true Southern man-on that occasion
at least-aided greatly in the SUCCESS of the
The late complimentary vote to Mr. Badger, is an
endorsement of his on the question referred
to. Mr.. Rayner, have always understood, has de-
in his late Tariff letter. written to of his north
ern friends. So that, whilst Mr. Badger stands en-
dorsed by the opposition minority, for his vote in
ivor of the repeal of the Missouri restriction, Ray
stands rebuked for his opposition to its repeal
and his high tariff views in his late letter. to which
l have referred, and which confess was sorry to
see coming from Southern man.
This is to me- Democrat gratifying result.
1t proves that in North Carolina there is no division
of opinion to the propriety of erasing from the
statutebook that unjust odious and tyrannical dis
elimination against the South, contained in the Mis-
souri, restriction Let northern abolitionsts think
of this and beware! "Nestor" asks why Reade
was not also worthy of complimentary vote? Let
it be recolected that the Hon. John Kerr also voted
with Mr.. Badger to repeal the Missouri restriction
At the next election this same Mr.. Reade opposed
Mr.. Kerr, mainly upon the ground of Kerrs vote
for the repeal and his opposition to KnowNothing-
ism, and defeated him, too. How stands the case
now? The very party that opposed Kerr, and re-
viled and abused him, have now taken the back
track and by the complimentary vote to Mr.. Bad
ger Kerr stands endorsed and Reade stands rebuked
by his party.
And YOU Messrs Editors, have cause to feel graf
flied at all this. From the start you have been true
and jealous and unwavering champions of the South
upon this Missouri restriction repeal. You have
maintained straightforward course on all the vari
phases of this Kansas question, sustaining the
bold and manly course of President Buchanan, re-
| gardless of the taunts of political enemies, the
vacllation of timid political friends. Al no matter
| how honors may be awarded or complimentary en-
dorsements be distributed, by the one party the
other; yet, you should enjoy the qualification Of
seeing both and all parties united on the plat
| FORM far as involves the repeal of the Missouri
restriction and the Kansas policy of the South which
you have so long and so uniformly sustained
The causes of qualification to the Democracy, as
involved in these complimentary votes to Messrs
Badger and Graham, do not stop here, even. 'Nes
! tor" refers to McRae, and asks why he wasn't wor
thy of complimentary vote. There again. Messrs
Editors, what you said to McRae by way of warning
has turned out to have been prophecy. You warned
him again and again that the position he occupied
was not tenable one. You told him that the oppo
sition themselves looked upon land distribution az
exploded humbug; that it was deluson and
cheat, and intended as such; that the opposition
would use him to subservc their own selfish ends
and cast him by old shoe, when they received
the benefits of his industry and ability, &c, &c
Well McRae did make gallant fight for his new
found friends and allies but it wouldn't do. l
turned out Just as you predicted. Mcaae fell in tn
cause Of the opposition, all covered with wounds
which arc not yet healed. \ complimentary vote b,
those for whom he had sacrificed himself nigh
have been to his wounded feelings what the oil an,
wine of the good Samaritan to him who ha
t;llen among there's. But it turned out Just as yo
mad predicted, viz: that the opposition themselve
did not believe in their own hobby of land distribu
ton, but were using it as mere party cry, to dc
ceive the ignorant. If they had been in earnest il
their pretended zeal for land distribution, it is tn
most natural thing in the world that they shout
have endorsed McRaes course in the gubcrnatoris
canvass. As it is, McRae also stands repudiated b
the opposition minority and land distribution stand
repudated as miserable hobby, by its pretende
friends.
1t is to be hoped one good result will grow out
this 1t is to be hoped that McRae and those fe,
Democrats who followed him in this wild-goost
land distribution chase will have seen the insncer
ty, Observation-Disclosures, and l may say, ingrattud
of their late allies, who have misled deuded and
almost every instance betrayed them. Let ther