Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-04-21
Know-Norhins-yhir Infatua,ion. :

! place on the 22d February How shrewdIy and
dexterously the managers of the oligarchy suppos-
cd they were fixing up what to be done. How
adroitly they supposed they were conceang their
plans and purposes-and yet how completely they
exposed themsc.vesl Every thing was arranged,
cut and dried beforehand all for the personal bene-
hit of less than halfa-dozen. men.
These Opposition worthless have great contempt
for ottceseeking OH how they loathe and abhor
1t and yet with what melancholy fondness they
look back upon the day when they revealed in the
joys and delights Of place and of official station.
Oh! how they gloated over the thought that by
hitching ad ralorem TO the tail of their kite, they
would soon see it flying above the clouds. One,
becoming tired of the drudgery of the law-and
having tried his hand at the Vice Presidency with
the most disastrous failure concludes that by giving
himself margin enough, by striking for the Presi-
dency, he might possibly, in the shuttle of the po-
litical cards. turn up the Jack" of vice once more
Another finding the philosophical quiet and repose
of private life proving irksome at last concludes
that seat in the Senate has its social pleasures and
enjOyments for some of its members; whilst the
dry and dull details of useful labor may be perform
ed by those whose mediocre abilities are just cacu
lated for such employments. A third has his vari,
Gus axes to grind, and his various purposes of self
! iShness to accomplishment who so well calculated
to aid him in his ends as those whom he can manage
to thmblerig into positions of power and influence.
And then the dr-sergeants of this oligarchlccabal
stand ready waiting, with erect nosrils dilated,
and eyes gliStening ready to carry into execution
| the behests of their liege lords.
1t is really sckening and disgusting to see party
which has boosted of its contempt for office which
has so long praed of its devotion to principle-and
which, amid all its changes of names to suit the &C.
caSion has ever boosted of its conservatism all of
sudden change 'front.' and in desperate fit Of party
madness, inscrbing its banner a doctrine which,
not six weeks since, nineteen-twentieths of them
spoke of with scorn and detestatlon 1t is notori-
Gus, we believe, that Gov Graham refused to vote
| for Mr.. Turner in Orange last year because Of his
| advocacy of al CGlOrem taxation, and because Of
the manner of his advocating it, by trying to excite
| the preudiccs of nOn-savehodcrS against the "arS
| tocraIic" shareholders of the country. And yet,
| "prest0, change" and Mr.. Graham becomes sudden
! " converted to the new faith And Just about this
! time somebody, somewhere or somehow, finds out
that the same convention that is TO blow the trum-
the Presidency. And as the prospect of the future
begins to break upon the mental vision Of those in
tcrested, what and dazzling beauties continue to
| present themselves. "Oh! yes, that's the very
idea! With al rdlorem, we shall certainly carry
| the State. That's fixed and certain. We can carry
that gratifying 10 the presidential nomi-
mating convention. We can assure that body that
in North Carolina we have the Democratic party up
gum-tree on local question of State policy; and
with this assurance Of taking our single Southern
State from the Democracy, of course they will yield
to the Viee-Presdenoy, if nothing more, and by
way of making sure Of that we will propose North
| Cardinals favorite SON. for the Presidency. We
will pursue the course Of jocky in selling horse;
| we will ask more than we expect to get or are will
ing to take" But about the time of the assembling
of the convention, here a circular letter from
| the selfconstituted committee of the "Constitu-
tional Union" party-on which, by the way, were
some half-dozen or more candidates for the Presi-
! dency or V;cePresidency, calling on their party in
each State to nominate two candidates for the Presi
dency, one from their own State, and the other
| from some other State; and to these &C names
! their national convention to be confined in
nominating candidate for President and VicePreS-
| ident What was now to be done? The coupling
/ of another name with that of the "flvorite son /"
would weaken the force and moral influence of his
! nomination But the "favorite son." after mo-
ments reflection, concludes that that TOAD
may have precious jewel in its head" He con-
cludeS that by thus combining his strength with
that of another, return of compliments may fol-
low. VERY WELL who shall the other man be?
o.
might make Southern man too strong-you might
secure for him the nomination by the national con-
vention, and as, in that case the Vice-President
would have to come from the North, you mig ht de-
feat the very end you have in view" "Well, then,
Northern man what Northern man? Everitt, of
Massachusetts, "No, that wont do. Massachu-
sets has but - votes, that wouldn't help much
Hunt, of New York, is the man. New York gives
"a votes If we go in for Hunt, Hunt, if he fails
to get the nomination. would by way of grateful
return of our compliment go in for nominee,
or if he should get the nomination for the first place.
| he would 90 in for our nominee for Vice. In either
event. "a added to 10 makes A votes-a pretty good
capital to start upon " That's it that's It'll a
bright idea, capital arrangement" is responded by
the sagacious in council And so the drill-sergeants
are summoned the word is given with orders to
pass it round and in due time it is incorporated in
the resolutions of the committee of Is, in pathetic
style, that Graham and Hunt are the nominees for
President of the Know Nothing Wing Constitution
al-unionpeoples-ad raIOrem party of North Carroll
ma, in august conclave assembled So much for
Octavius.
But Mark Antony has ambition too. He has his
designs to carry out He is very anxious to secure
his country too-in his way. He don't want the
Presidency That is laborous office, when great
deal of hard work is to be DONE and great deal of
abuse to be encountered. Nor does he want the
Vice-Presdency. The VcePresident has to sit still
all day and hear tresome speeches; and to be very
solemn and dgnifed in his demeanor. Mr.. Badger and
Mr.. Graham can't both be elected Senator next win
ter. for their is but one vacancy to fill; and it is