Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-12-01
Our ASSailants.

our ASSalldntSs
We shall devote more space in our next to our
...runulous assailants We shall show the people
= the State, and especially the Democratic people
-bo these men are. We shall lash these "hounds
+ rorer" and their masters who are setting them
:, mill they howl under the inAiction. We intend
., teach them what Democracy is, and then drive
,ter, out of the party which they are seeking to
I.rov for the qualification of their own base pur-
poses,
The Salisbury Banner, under the control Of the
State printer, has opened upon us, las in duty
bornd" We shall not devote much space to this
,,,,arn. or to the unknown scribbler who now con-
diets it. The Banner speaks of us as submits
zionist" The Banner in thus speaking of us SIAN
dsr.ps We will be found as far in front in the
v danger as the valiant Captain General himself
,rtbe unknown scribbler for the Banner 1t is not
srsrv man who fumes and threatens who will fight
venthe time comes. No high Office glters before us
toIare us on to dsunion and civil war. We make no
calculations looking to epaulettes, and high salaries,
and commissions to consult with other States. We
reseeking to serve and to the country and we
are not thinking, others are Of their own promo
ton. The worst men in this country are those who,
like the Salisbury Banner and the State Journal,
and the Wilmington .ouraat and certain fre-eaters,
are attempting to hurry North-Carolina into dis
union and civil war. In the name of every thing
sacred and dear to man, we call on the people to
come to the rescue-to rebuke these agitators and
rvreserve their own liberties from the perils of
srchy and military rule.
1t seems that Mr.. John Spelman, the State print
er. has purchased the Press establishment and turn
ed it into "7he State Journal" Where did the
money come from that has paid or that is to pay for
this concern9 Was it not raised by set of dsap-
pointed ire-eating politicians? And is it not their
object in thus purchasing the freedom of the press
destroy us because we are true to the people? Is
not the Governor of the State party to this combi
natOn? pretty press truly, to speak for the peo-
pie! The organ, or rather the slave Of clique!-
the mouth piece of scheming and housing poti-
Gans!-the sewer into which all bad passions, and
all hatreds against are to be emptied and that
too and that only, because true to the people
and their rights
We shall pay our respects hereafter to this clique
oOheefh, anu thoroughly eAposet lii ali It's uouoii6S
and wlndings.
But the most refreshing picture in this moving
panorama is the aspect presented by our amiable
friend R. Harper Whitaker, in retiring to the shades
Of private life. In executing this purpose, the
effects of which will be indelbly inscribed in history,
he says:
an taking leave of the editorial fraternity do
50 with more than ordinary regret My intercourse
With them has been extremely pleasant, With bare
t'fptioa. | wish them all we'll"
v it'll "a bare exceptionl" This, this is cruel.
Vur retiring Achilles would shoot Parthian arrows,
tut they are only broom-sedge shafts. Farewell
Harper! May the sharks of the sea, the lions Of
The wood and the evil of this evil day leave thee
Gben and undsturbedl
The Pres is dead it has been said
We leave it in its glory:
Twas brave and bold, but now tits "sOId,
And this doth tell the story.
He raved aud wrote. and showed his boat,
With much untried Democracy,
But now he sleeps in darkening deeps-
But "requie-s-c-d-t in pace!"