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

md were never, 70 far q vsknow, in the Ssssiari
'f8ce. much less concocted IN Il We ts,l this cdr
or or this writer that We know him quite - ven
s he knows US and that tricky, scurvy, unpsin-
apied, intriguing politician d very apt to charge
'thers with such tricks q be docs himself But we
'ave no wish to pursue the Gira1s further. Il d
IN object rather to be pitied than assailed II
hought no doubt il bad done smart thing when
I monopolized those proceedings for its own col
INNS; and it has thereby reminded us Of the ass
hat played the flute by accident" This happened
in this wise:-
The fable wh oh present. oeeu..e to ne By seedess
stupid ass :ne m".nne vent. int" Geld By seeidses
And MS o0S and was e"o'sn' until b spsd By -
hu,e. which ob'vous gent, h.d IN sssisd BY sse
When smiling II with eager scea, be breassd By o.
cdent.
And made the hollow instrument. emit sound By sess.s,
iran sas.h exclaimed the brute 'e"w s'svs''y
f" in spite Of natures bent may shine ar oses By g.
cdenI"
And SO II was with the G,rers. He was made Sec
rotary Of the meeting, and Was thereby enabled to
" emit" one Democratic sound "by accident" He |
SMILED the flute with equal surprise and easrrness
and as the tones gathered in his collardlikc ears
and fingered about his nose he exclaimed with |
voice worthy Of his welLknown stupidity. show
cleverly play the autc!" And Mr. Cantxcll s,osi
BY, admiring the proficiency and the shining quail
ties Of his pupil and predicting Cor him still longer
ears, still sleeker coat and still heavier "frcd"
of oats.
We repeat what We said last week in relation
to Mr.. Cantwell We entertain no IN will to-
wards him personally, and We speak Of him not a.
man, but rs politician; and feeling and so speak
ing. we feel bound to say that he has been herr what
he was among the Democrats Of New Hanover, a
back to the cause. Ue, rs he well knows, have al.
ways treated him with libcrali,y and kindness. So
far from prosecuting him, We have bccn anxious to
correct his waywartlncss as Democrat, to save him
for the cause and his own account and to sec him
prefer his party and its principles to his inter
csts and his nvetcratc love Of Office In 1852 about
the first time We ever saw HIM. we met him in the
Baltimore Convention lie claimcta scat there from
of the Counties of the Cape Fear District; AMI
he we'll remembers that We and another mutual
friend, delegate from the Guilsor District took his
part, as We most probably should not have done.
against majority Of the delegates from the District.
lie was oustcd properly as think, and the scat
he claimed given to another gentleman. lie talked
loud and long in favor Of his right, hut his poo
pie voted him down. The next VIC heard Of him he
was editing sort Of distribution paper in VII
mington, opposing Mr.. Ashc for Congress and disor-
ganizing generally. Soon after that he came To Raj.
eigh to edit the " Statesman" That precious shc,t
lived but two weeks low much money Mr. Cant.
we'll got for that, We do not know but VIC have
heard that he was well paid for his services. The
object Of that paper was to promote the cause It
distribution" and il failed only because the money
was not forthcoming when needed II Mr.. Cantwcll
had succeeded then, the probability is that Gen.
Dockery would have defeated Mr.. Bragg. and the
State would have been distribution State Some
time after this lie took his sea: among the Commits
sioncrs Of Raleigh having been chosen thereto by
Know Nothing Board; and he acted as City Atsor-
ney, having been appointed thereto. he admits IN
his letter, by Know Nothing Mayor. His position
and his purposes about that time in politics, were
certainly doubtful We do not believe he joined
the Know Nothings or attempted to join them, -
Mr. Harper Whitaker did; but he took ofscr al Their
hands, and shivcrcd in the wind Every body ir
Raleigh knows this. Still, as We have said above
We were anxious to save him. We urged him to at
tend Democratic meetings; and VIC remember well
Is no doubt he does that about this time, while
Democratic meeting was in progress in the Cour
House. and while We were adtrrssing Il. he came in
that We gave way on his account sooner than ~
otherwise would have done. and bcfarc taking on
scat We called him out. lie responded to the call
and addressed the meeting. For q while after thi
he did pretty we'll as Democrat, for tho party va
rapidly gaining strength hut We always doubts
his firmrcss and fidelity. Ills defeat Tor Senate
rial Clcrkship in 1854 DISCOUNTED him, but his ccs
ton as Chief Clerk Of the Commons in 1856. AZ
pcared to give him fixidity and consolation Dunn
the McRac times, however, he wrote very singula
letter, in which he declared he "ecsr had bsss e
distribution, and that he had only gone into "tiel
up" for it at ono time to kill 1t! Every body husl
cd some repeated their old doubts ~ to the SCUM,
ness of his Democracy, and all thought his reason
for his "kickup" very extraordinary and very amt
sing.
+ Of Mr.. Cantwclls course in relation to this Cot
grcssional District, propose in closing to say b,
little. Mere concctures and opinions do not amour
tomuch and VIC have positive facts that VIC have
e right to use. We believe, however, that much
not all the unpleasant feeling existing here and els
+ where in the District and which VIC trust will 500
!. pass away, may be traced to NJ. CantwelL This
:, our belief and We have right to indulge and c
e press it
e We have now performed duty by no mca
/, gratifying OF pleasant We would have escaped
l. if We could; but we have been placed here Is
+ sentinel on the watchtowcr Of Democracy, and
must be true to our trust II VIC sec that plots a
4 forming threatening injury to tho cause, or III
% treason is being hatchcd It is our duty to speak
y fore the injury is done, tho treason takes wiz
r. The health, the comfort and even the safety Of
is ship sometimes requires that Jonah shall be q
n overheard The old Democrat ship Is the lrg
Ne and the strongest that sailed but large
n, is, her Southern quarter is well filed just now.
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