Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-04-11

BLACK REPUBLICAN AssAILANTs OF Mr.. b.
CHANAN.-We are surprised to find our contemporary
of the Register joining in the assault on Mr.. Bu-
chanan, charging him with corruption in Office, and
urging wicked and corrupt men in their efforts
to embarrass his administration and bring discredt
on the good name Of the country. The Register
cheers such men as Covode and HaSkin in their at
lacks President who has been as true steel to
our Constitutional ri hts. The following, from an
exchange paper in Kentucky, will show who these
men Covode and Haskin are The Register is no
abolitionst and no black Republican. We arc not
willing to believe that that paper has any sympathy
with that portion of the Opposition which is thus
engaged in maligning Mr.. Buchanan yet the Edi-
tor joins in the cry which these men have raised,
and leaves no effort untried to degrade and injure
the President. Some of his readers may approve
his course for some of them would submit to and
take office under Seward but the greater portion of
them, we have no doubt, disagree with him in the
reckless opposition and gross injustice he is exhibit
ing towards the PRESIDENT
Amongst the dirtiest of all the dirty dogs in
Congress are Covode, Haskin, Adrain, Hickman,
and SOmes. These fellows have been busy during
the whole of this Congress in smelling out "corrup
ton" against the Administration. Three of them
have declared that Mr.. Buchanan attempted to buy
them during the last Congress, and short time
since another of them offered resolution to inquire
into the matter. Very much to their chagrin, the
Democrats voted in favor of appointing the commit
tee declaring that if there any foundation for
the charge, the matter ought to be Investigated and
an exposure made, without regard to cho was gull
ty. But since that time the raScalS have not open
ed their mouths, nor made any report and there is
hand
Gratis urge that the facts be brought out.
Another of them offered a resolution Of inquiry
into corruptions in the Philadelphia navy yard and
in certain elections in Pennsylvania and other places.
And when Mr.. Houston, of Alabama, suggested that
the investigation should be extended to a certain
penditure of money for the black Republican party
in Maine, they refused to do so, because they knew
that one of their own set (Somes) had borrowed
$4,000 from the black Republican treasurer of
Maine, and other persons had borrowed some $780,
600 more and failed to pay it back and the
er became bankrupt, and exposure followed And
now, with this $4,000 in his pocket pundered
from the treasury of Maine this fellow Somes is
Of the most loud-mouthed of those who charging
corruption against the Democratic party.
The leader of these knaves is Hickman, of Penn
sylvania, and Speaker Pennington made him chair
man of the Committee of Public Expenditures
Amongst other duties devolving upon this commit
tee was that of letting out to the lowest bidder the
binding of books for Congress. Well the fact has
come light that this contract for binding has been
given to two of the intimate friends Of Hickman
and that at the same time there was another bid Of
fered to them to do the work at much cheaper
price than Hickman has agreed to allOaO has tUo
friends.
This is the kind Of scoundrels who are constantly
making charges and bringing in resolutions of in
quiry about the corruption" of the Administration
and the Democratic party.
There is not one of them who would not plumber
the public treasury if he had half chance, who
would not sell himself for any price to any party.