Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-07-06
Mr.. Branch,S Card.

Mr.. Branch's Card.
We invite attention. and especially the attention
of our readers in this District, to the Card of NJ
Branch, which appears in the Standard of to-day.
We are glad to observe the explicitness with
which Mr.. Branch relieves US of the imputation un-
der which we really thought he had placed us. We
very cheerfully accept his explanation; though we
thought at the time, and still think, that the cir
cumstances were of such a character as not only to
Justify but to require the article on which Mr..
Branch comments in his Card.
There are several points in Mr.. Branch's Card to
which we might reply in explanation and selfde
fence but we have idea of engaging in contro-
vcrSy with the Democratic nominee for the District
in the midst of his canvass Mr.. Branch evinces
strong disposition in his Card to promote harmony
in the party. We join him in this wish Weare
not to blame for the present state of things in the
District. But we forbear. Read the Card, brother
Democrats that Mr.. Branch is our can
ddate, and then let US go to work and elect him by
an old-fashioned Democratic majority
"Thirty Millions of Dollars for Secret Service!''
Such is the caption of portion of an election
eerins pamphlet, bearing no name and no imprint,
which friend has forwarded to US from the First
District. This pamphlet was no doubt sent out from
the Register office, but who wrote and who printed
it no one knoaos. 1t is sort of unclaimed anony-
falsehood, very thoroughly condensed, fasten-
ed together by fancy figures and floating about the
various Congressional Districts of this State. Who
wrote it, Mr.. Syme? Is this the pamphlet from
which Gen. Leach read. and endeavored to make the
people believe he reading from Cobb's Report?
The statements in this pamphlet which is enti-
tied what it costs to be governed" are wide of
the mark and as far from the truth were the cele
brated Ogle statements of 1910. We warn the peo-
pie against it. 1t is intended to mislead and de-
ceive. When these "opposition" leaders, fellow
citizens read to you long accounts of extravagant
expenditures from anonymous pamphlets, ask them
if they think you are so verdant, inexperienced,
50 unacouainted with the ways of the world, and
with the tricks of unprncipled politicians, as to
take for granted what these pamphlets contain.
Demand the .trcts-caU for the official Statements.
1t is sound rule in politics we'll theology, to
"prove all things" and hold fast to that which is
good"
This pamphlet contains the following utterly false
statement in relation to the thirty million bill"
Read it, and then say if the writer could tell the
truth, if he were to try, about any thing:
"THIRTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SECRET SER
y1cE-And to complete the list of the extravaganza
of this most extravagant administration and to add
the climax to its unblushng effrontery, Mr.. Bu-
chanan now asks to have 100000 900 placed at his
disposal, to be by him disbursed secretly, without
check, restraint or responsibility. Is it not time to
pause and consider. Having depleted the public
treasury to its last dime, with s6,00O0Oo short in
the Post Office Department, he wishes to grasp the
expected incoming revenue, to the exclusion of the
legitimate expenditures of Government to this vast
amount Have the acts of his administration in the
past been such to justify confidence which has
never been given to any admnistration-the wisest
and best! In effect, he asks to be clothed with
powers which not only have never been exercised,
but have never been asked for by any administra-
tion"
There is not one word of truth in the foregoing
extract 1t is all false. "Secrct service " money
indeed d!-when the bill proposed to be passed con-
tanned the sum to be appropriated with directions as
to how it should be used, and an express condition
that the President should account to Congress for
every dollar expended. Do these people, who got
up the pamphlet and who are circulating it-does
any respectable man believe that James Buchanan
would steat or squander, Or permit any one else to
steal or squander the thirty millions referred to
No, fellow citizens, it is all "for Bumcombe." The
intention is to excite and impose on the people.
Have these "oppositionists" forgotten the pecu'
aton, the stealing not to put too fine point
upon it"-which was carried on under the Fillmore
administration? Have they forgotten the Gardner,
the Galphin, the Crawford frauds? Do they not
know that Mr.. Crawford, one Of Mr.. Fillmore's
Cabinet ctcers was compelled to resign on account
Of his completely in the allowance of fraudulent
claim against the government, and out of which al
lowance he pocketed $4,000? And yet these pee
pie have the audacity to talk about "secret service
money!" and to cast reflections on the integrity o
James Buchanan!