Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-04-13


~. late Democratic Meeting in Wake.-Its |
'r ~,oceedinss withheld from the Standard, and
-onopolized by the Secretary for his own
paper, the Giraffe
IN Monday, the 4th instant, in pursuance of pub
=. notice. a meeting OF the Democracy of Wake
ronutv was held in the Town Hall in this City,
coorre B, Allen, ESQ.,, in the chair and Mr.. R. II.
Whitaker, Secretary. The object Of the meeting |
r,s to appoint delegates to District Convention
:, nominate candidate for Congress. We noticed |
tho proceedings briefly in issue of Tuesday, and
,,omsed our readers to publish them in our next
In,smuch as the Standard is the only Democratic
r,,cr in Raleigh. and as the proceedings of Demo-
srt;c meetings have always been furnished it for
utilization, we took it for granted that the Secreta
r. would furnish the proceedings on this occasion.
Rut he failed to do so of his own accord; and on
F.iday, George B. Allen, Esq, the Chairman of the
meeting happening to be in town, and having heard
that the Secretary withholding the proceedings
from the Standard, called upon him at his office,
demanded the proceedings; received them, and i'm
mediatey handed them to us. This was between
twelve and one o'clock on Friday, about the time
the Giraffe was issued containing the proeeedings
Our paper of Friday had been printed of, packed
m and sent out to our subscribers The reasons
which Mr. Whitaker, the Secretary of the meeting
and Editor of the Girgts, gave Mr.. Allen for his
course in this matter were first, that no order had
been made by the meeting for the publication Of the
proceedings in any particular paper and secondly,
We had not applied to him for them. Now, it is
well known that the fact that no order was made
for the publication of the proceedings in the Stand
ard was a mere oversight and it was taken for
granted that the proceedings would be furnished to
the only Democratic paper printed in the place.
Everybody knows it was an oversight; and every
body with the exception of the Secretary and two
or three Others thought a matter of course that
the proceedings would be sent to the Standard
But if no order made for the publication Of the
proceedings by what authority did Mr.. R Harper
Whitaker publish them in his own paper, the Gi-
rgHe' The Giraffe, it is known, is neutral sheet,
devoted to machine poetry, vulgar anecdotes, and
Journal or that it is fit or recognized exponent
and organ Of the Democracy of Wake, is simply
ridiculous. We did not apply to the Secretary for
the proceedings because took it for granted that
as soon as they were ready he would hand them to
US: and We have no hesitation in saying that his
conduct in this whole BUSINESS from first to last
has been little, ilberal narrow.minded, and selfish
and not only this, but the fact that he furn
khed the Editor of the Register with portion O
the proceedings before We even saw them, and be
fore they were published even in his own paper. il
proof that he was suitable person to be Secreta
" Of Democratic meeting, and that for considera
ton or reward, he would just as soon act with tn
opposition" as with the Democratic party. Yes, "
ask the Democracy of Wake to take notice of tn
TACT that portion of these proceedings the pre-
eeedlnss Of their meeting appeared in the Register
the Know Nothing organ, before they were sent t
Inc standard and that while the Standard of FIR
Gay was deprived Of the proceedings by the delibe
ate act Of the Secretary, the Register of the sam
Gay had portion of them in its columns, whic
Inc Editor Of that journal used as matter of cours
against the meeting and against the Democracy gel
orally.
Did Mr. R. Harper Whitaker and his adviser
ADVISERS suppose that we would submit to this
n0erate and Intentional slight? 1t is true that
n'e We have submitted to great deal and borne
great deal for the harmony of the Democratic part
oat 1T is the last straw that breaks the came
"acA" Our fund of patience is not greatly larg
Juan that Of other people; we confess that SO
~ certain prctessed Democrats are concerned, it
well nigh exhausted.
nu' thls is not all: Not only did this Seueta
1 W withhold the proceedings from the on
I ~ paper published in Raleigh, and mono
o'1e them for his own paper; at the same time Fl
.sa'ne portion Of them 70 the Editor of the r
"''' out we learn that several gentlemen who to
~ ''','e part in the meeting. have been misrepo
~, a." m'srepresented In proof of this we re
~ s ~" busbee's card, and to the article of our As
"S.e IN today's Standard -..-
!. No", We entertain certain opinions about two
w." professed Democrats who figured in that me
~, and We think the good of the Democratic pa
will oe promoted by expressing those opinions.
sf'aln the opinion, and we have right to expr
g. '"a' Edward Cantwell, Esq, concurred with
ae.ary In the course he has pursued towards
.. a ''at indeed he [the Secretary pursued
=. p'se more or less under his advice. We annou
i. Opn'on at once and directly, for we never
''uendo or insinuation. And did Mr. Cant,
.1pp0se We would submit to this? Did he SUPP
,s oOuld thus put slight upon Us under cove
on Se'er! Has he "grown 50 great" in his I
r"on' and in the fat Offices bestowed, or prom
i. r bestowed upon him, as to believe that the
,na A'''or Of the Standard will sit quietly d
ssl permit him to make war upon him from bel
n,u "uso' and to injure him by statements n
,.'s to Mr.. Branch and othersi If 80,
Sl''' eo is greatly mistaken. We entertain
,,. "" personally towards Mr.. Cantwell, and
! 81 ol him not as man, but as politician !;
H.. @s'ng and 50 speaking We feel boundte
W., ne has been here, among the Democtac
H.. aAe what he was among the Democracy o.
,o,.'' 'er-a source of disquiet and discord, an
N'' drawback to the cause; and in this Cpl