Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-04-20

amended him 10 SUCK 70 Ms paper, anu CHOOSE,
s Sa. the gallant Richie Warrick Warwick M.
r.a.well of Virginia-rather to be the king maker
Than the king" .-.-. rs,-
Mr.. Cantwell frankly and personally declined"
&. He endeavors to produce the impression that |
,nproached him on the subject Of the Governor
HI, Nothing could be more unjust or unfounded |
The truth is, he approached US repeatedly, and We
liked about the matter only as he drew US out and
~ talked carefully and prudently, for we knew the
.o,tican with whom We were conversing. It is not
.rue that We sought or desired his support; and the
inference, the unmistakable inference chat is as far
a. We will 90 now,) which we drew from his Ian
IMAGE was, that he was opposed to both Ellis and
goden and in favor of another person as compro-
misc candidate. He went to Charlotte to operate as
he did operate against the expressed wishes Of the
democracy of Wake whose delegate he was; but
h.sre he left Raleigh he did something which was
% handsome and Cantrellish, that must tell it.
II, repaired to the Comptroller's office, rsnsacked
the public rectr Is and took list of all the sums
nb;ch Holden had received as State printer, to use
,r,;ust Holden at Charlotte! He could not under
s,pd why Holden could not be satisfied Wth money;
= u,s his test, both of Democratic principle and re-
,,,rd and he was minded to tell the Convention So
Rut enough of this Mr. Cantwell charges us with
III. crime of ambition. We plead guilty-but our
ambition is not mercenary, and It has never injured
our partv. He recommended" us, too, to "stick
to our paper" That was very kind, but We did not
ak him for his advice. Mr.. Cantwelrs maxim,
then is the tailor to his needle the carpenter to
his plane, the farmer to his handle the editor
10 his table, and the printer to his composingstick
Such people must not aspire, says Mr.. Cantwell in
Substance, to political station. They must stand
aside to make room for Mr.. Cantwell and the like.
The offices and the honors not for them and it
i "ridculous ambition" in them to struggle up
varls. Like the shoemaker, they must "stick to
their last" If they will not, Mr.. Cantwell will not
.,c their friend-he will cease to advise them-he
will pronounce them 'imprudent," selfish" 'rdc-
ulm,sly ambitious" Cruel Mr.. CantwelL Very
we'll then, why does he not "stick" to his profess
sions Why is it that the democratic party is called
upon to support him, to shingle him over with Of
fees We recommend" him to "stick" to his
law-books and become Judge! Why not: We
warn him through this newspaper, and Through
others as friend" to "stick" to his law, to eng
neer his cases, and to let Offices and disorganizing
newspapers alone
Mr.. Cantwell says he could, if he chose to do so,
give the particulars of his rejection of four approach
e made to him to edit the newspaper talked of here
last fall No doubt of it. They knew their man.
Was he not approached and asked to do the same
thing bv the Know Nothings in 1854: We heard
the rumor at the timc and We know the impression
was, during the Know Nothing .f"ror, that Mr..
Cantwells whereabouts and course were uncertain.
Now, we have no objection to a Democratic newspa-
per in Raleigh designed to advocate the cause and
not the interests of few. Such paper We would
welcome with the right hand of cordial goodfellow
ship, and We would stand by it and fight for it as
colaborer in the cause as long as there was "a shot
in the locker" But if newspaper protesting to be
Democratic is established here, for the purpose o.
advancing the interests of few, and Of Furnishing
us for our ridiculous ambition" as Mr.. Cantwe i
pleased to call it. we will war on that newspaper
and on the vengeance-takers who may back it til
they die the death. And the people will stand b,
US, try it when you may! But Mr.. Cantwell resis
ted -four approaches" Roman-like firmness, rar
political integrity! But, could it harepoid? Tha
is the question Did the [" Statesman" pay: Asl
Mr.. Cantwell Did the Giraffe pay in 1853, whe'
itpreached redistribution" and abused the Stand
arde Ask its editors, who wcpt at least pint q
salt over its remains. Will it pay now: Ask then
a few months hence, and they will tell you.
Mr.. Cantwcll and his organ, the GircTs, both es
press "surprise" at our article Of Wednesday last
Whether this surprise is feigned or not We canne
tell but We can readily conceive that Mr.. Cantwc
aas surprised for he had gone on SO long in his a
tacks on us, and in his efforts to prejudice promner
Democrats against us to advance his own ends, tn
he thought We would bear any thing and every thin
politically he might put upon US. The gcntlema
Is now undeceved
We have no idea of replying to the peurile edit
rial Of the Giraffe, but there are some falsehoods
(which We will expose. The arguments C:) Of Il
writer Of the authoritative know not who he rs
defence Of the course pursued by the Secretary
monopolzing the proceedings in furnishing pa
Of them to the Register, and in Withholding the
from the Standard, are perfectly ridiculous. Tn
are weak, silly, contradictory, and false, and "
occasion among intelligent persons only 4 smile
contempt The attempt by this writer, to draw
line between Mr.. Branchs friends, in the late me-
ing, and to produce the impression because Den
Gratis differed on the occasion as to the best couI
to be adopted that they are enemies to each 9th
to Mr. Branch, or to the Standard, is not only
sldious and disorganizing, but is wilfully wick
Since the object evidently is to destroy the par
and not to strengthen it and that too at the exper
Of truth. The statement by this writer, that
meant to include such Democrats as Geo. B. ALI
VIM R. Poole, and A. M. Lewis, and "evcry me
oer Of that meeting who voted 20 amend the reso
Ton as proposed by Mr.. Whitaker, and who vo
10 lay Mr.: Wilson's majority resolution on the
ole"-we say the statement that we referred
'hese as certain pretsssed Democrats" is wilfu
and deliberately false. The statement "that
husbee carried the resolutions to the meeting in
pocket" is also false. The resolutions were dra
up by Mr.. Cox, and were in his possession.
Chairman, who is good Democrat and just m
appointed Mr. Cox NJ R,,choa and NJ T,rnor