Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-05-30
Wake Comfy.

The Register, in its last issue, takes up Messrs
Thompson, Haywood, Cox, and Mordecai, the Dem
ocratic candidates for the Legislature in this County,
and as the Editor doubtless Thinks dsposes Of them
for good and all. Mr.. Thompson twas an opponent
of Free Suffrage Mr.. Haywood is ian aristo-
crat"-Mr. Cox, though he has been in the County
long enough to justify his nomination by two hun
dred delegates of the Democracy, has nevertheless
not been here long enough to suit neighbor Syme;
and Mr. Mordecai-awful to relate!-is opposed to
John Pools platform on dd ralorem because he
wishes to save few dollars tax on his young and
old negroes
This is the substance of the Registers bill of in
dictment against these gentlemen
Now, Mr.. Thompson's vote against Free Suffrage
in the Senate in 1s4S was given two years before
that issue was incorporated in the Democratic plat
form. He had no instructions on the subject as the
issue had just been started But Mr.. Thompson
ted for Gov. Reid in 1S4S, the author of Free Stuff
rage and he has uniformly since that period cast his
vote for Free Suffrage men. As we SAID in 1866,
when defending Mr.. Thompson against similar at
tack made by the Register, Mr.. Thompson "was
opposed to the principle of Free Suffrage, but
he thought that Constitutional amendments ought
net to be hastily made; and he not prepared in
1S4S to sustain the measure, inasmuch as, in his
opinion the will of the people in this respect had
not been Enthusiastically manifested. In 1850 that
will was most clearly made known; and Mr. Thomp-
son. If he had been a member of the Assembly, at
the session of 1S50'51, would no doubt have given
the measure his warm support. Four Democratic
Senators and five Democratic Commoners voted with
him in 1913; and Of these Commoners, Gen.
Phos. J. Person. of Northampton, was the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in the 9th District in
TS49 and received the united and enthusiastic sup
port of his party. He is now, like Mr. Thompson,
and has been for years, firm and decided advocate
of Free Suffrage" In addition to this Mr. Thomp-
son was unanimously nominated for Congress by
the Democratic party of this District in 1855.
This charge against Mr.. Thompson comes with a
bad grace from journal which itself opposed Free
Suffrage and did all it could for years to defeat it
But Mr. Haywood is ian aristocrat," says the
Register. Wherefore?-how? Wedeny the charge.
An aristocrat is person who CONSUMES without
producing who does nothing for society or the
common veal Every body knows this is not true
Of Mr.. Haywood. He is member, and laborious
member of an honorable profession. He mixes
freely with his fellow citizens, and we have never
heard-of his treating the humblest person in the
County with contempt or disrespect. But says the
LEICESTER, he calls himself "a Catholic Democrat"
Weald the Register have the impression go abroad
among the uniformed that Mr.. Haywood is a
Roman "Catholc" Democrat? The Register
Knows the meaning and force of italics and capital
letters. and hence he says Mr.. Haywood declared
himself "a Catholic Democrat" True, he did
but he said he was catholic Democrat-that is, q
liberal tolerant Democrat opposed to rigid party
tests, and willing to recognize all persons Demo-
Gratis on general principles who claimed the name
and acted accordingly. That was what he said, and
that was what he meant.
But Mr.. Cox has been here but few years, and
is unknown in the County" He is well known,
MI Register, to the two hundred delegates by whom
ne was nominated They are satisfied with his
nomination, and SO the Democrats of the County
1os whom they acted, whether you are satisfied or
not Mr.. Cox is native of the State as our neigh
oor Of the Register is not He was carried to Ten
nessee involuntarily when child but soon after he
had arrived at mans estate he returned to North
carolina, married, and settled in Edgcombe. He is
true Edgcombe, Wake County North arolinian.