Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-09-07

privately and represented his claims to patronage,
without assailing him as he has done, publicly,
merely on private "twittngg But the nominal
Editor, Strengthening himself up, and drawing on
that large stock Of independence which he is known
to possess declares that don't expect to receive
our pay from that quarter that was not in all our
calculations We expect our reward from the high
minded, intelligent, and independent Democracy"
He says he expects his "pay" No doubt of that
Precious little does he for principles, for the
Democratic cause, if he can get his "pay" But he
sooks-not to Gov. Ellis-but to "high-minded"
men for his reward! Is there Democrat in the
State who will endorse that reflection on John W.
Ellis? "Tell it not in Gath-publsh it not in the
streets of Askalon," that R. Harper Whitaker, of
the Ftreb7and does not look to Gov. Ellis for re-
cognon or for patronage, but he expects his "pay"
from "high-minded" Democrats!
But this attack upon Gov Ellis will recoil on the
heads of its authors. 1t cannot injnre him. Strong
in the affections of the Democracy of the State, and
conscious he is of the purity and integrity of his
motives, the insinuatons cast upon him by the
treacherous and the selfish, who would destroy the
party to promote their own little interests, will only
serve to sink them lower, while they will raise him
higher in the popular regard In this case the Vi
per is emphatically gnawing file.
/ We now appeal to Democratic contemporaries
in all portions of the State to look into these things
and to come to the rescue of the party against the
plots and Vaccinations of disorganizers. Dr. Shaw
has been assaed Mr.. Scales has been asSailed both
by the Firsbrand and the Warrenton Ae,cs and
Gov Ellis has been held up untrue to the duties
of his position and his responsibilities as a Democrat.
1t was not enough that DR.. Shaw and Mr.. Scales
were defeated, after as noble and able campaign
as Democrats ever made; the Warrenton Neacs, to
serve a few persons who own it. and to curry favor
with Mr.. Branch after Mr. Branch had shaken it
from his coat-tail comes forward to reproach those
gallant men, and reprmand them for not advocating
the Thirty Million bill. Are these things to be endur-
ed? The cloud is small just now-no larger thana
mans hand; but it may gather, and unless promptly
dispersed may produce injuries which years of labor
will not repair. For part ask nothing at the
hands of our contemporaries or of the Democratic
party of the State. If it be necessary in order to
ensure harmony, to sacrifice us, let 1t be done. We
owe every thing to the gallant and confiding Demo-
crazy of North-Carolina If i've are in the way of
the Firebrlnd and of the Warrenton Neus, or of
those who control those sheets, let the Democrats
in their primary meetings say so, and we will bow
without word to their decision. If any of our
Democratic contemporaries think that they would
have borne more than we have borne from the two
sheets referred to- let them put themselves in our
place, look at all the facts, at all the surroundings,
and then give the benefit of reconsideration of
their opinion. If they suppose that we are disposed
to be dognatca or dictatorial, we beg them to be-
Eeve that they have done us great injustice. Our
first thought, our ruling thought is alcays for the
cause and if we have now and then spoken freely
and severely, the language not meant for them
or for true Democrats, but was the result of the
most ardent desire to do our part in defending the
principles and maintaining the organization of the
party. We have assumed nothing for the Standard
which we have not freely and cheerully accorded to
our contemporaries referred to. We repeat we make
this appeal, not on our own account Int account
Of tile cause. See to it, brethren that treason is So
fenced, Reorganization rebuked, and harmony re-
stored. If you think that the Fire6rand, the War
renton Nems, and those who control or cuuntenance
them are right, sag so; if you think they are not
right, and that the nuisance ought to be abated,
say so. The collected WILL the concentrated indig
| nation of the Democratic party of the State would
blast these concerns into silence and oblivion. 1t is
your province to collect that will and to concentrate
that Indignation 1t is idle to hope that these sheets
can be reformed under their present auspices. The
thing is impossible We acouM hope, if We could,
but we know them too well to hope. Penance may
humble them for time, but nothing less than poit-
ical outlawry will abate the evil.
| We expect to continue and conclude in our next
what we have to say on this subject We expect to
expose, even more thoroughly than we have done
to-day, the conduct of the FreJrand and the Neus,
and to give to the party and the public clue to
their motives for assailing u.s. We expect to show
that those motives are personal and malignant; the
result of personal favor expected or looked for on
the part of the Neacs but not offered volunteered
by us; and of personal favor asked by the Fire
brand, and refused by us. After our next issue,
however, We shall pay attention to the attacks
which may be made on US by these two sheets
Nothing which they may say nbout Us will move us
to reply. For the sake of harmony, and for the
good of the cause, will submit to their attacks,
looking to the Democratic people to do us justice;
but if they should assa Gov. Ellis, DR.. Shaw, or
Mr. Scales, or Mr.. Cngman, or Gov Bragg or Mr..
Branch, Or Mr.. Bledsoe, or any other good Demo
GRAFT whether humble or exalted in position, we will
certainly defend them and assail these sheets in
turn.
| NoRTH-C CAROLINA SPRNGs-We learn that the
Messrs Stth of this city, who by authority of the
owner, have the sale of Kittrells Springs are nego
tating with, and will probably effect sale of said
Springs to company Of gentlemen who have both
the means and energy to make it one of the first
watering places in the South. The Springs have
attained such notoriety within the last few months
that should the bargain be closed, it will be per-
feet coinage of money to the purchasers-Peters
burg Press. .......
Our cotemporary of the Press has not overstated