Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-03-14
FOR GOVERNOR:
HON. JOHN w. ELLIS,
Let us be United.
OF ROWAN.

The approaching contest for the Presidency Will be
.bo most important which has taken place since the
formation of the government Upon its result will
dnend the existence Of the Union, the safetyS our
rropertv and it may be the lives of our families and
tbe dcstnies of unborn generations. North Caro-
lima from her reliable, conservative character, as
well as from her position one of the old Atlantic
s,aveholding States will perform important part
in this contest The result of her action in August
will tell for good for injury to the cause in every
State in the Union. If we falter or lose ground
here our allies in the non-saveholding States will
be disheartened, and may lose every one of them
in November Such loss would be fatal to peace,
fatal to the Union, fatal to the best hopes of man.
kind.
Let every Democrat in the State-let every voter
in the State think of these things.
1t is much more important to save State than it
is to reform it The black Republican pressure up
on us from without will grow stronger and stronger,
leaving US no time to dispute about State issues
among ourselves. When great cloud is rising in
the heavens pause in their avOcatons to look at
It wondering when and where it will break with Its
floods and thuEders. The mutterings of the storm,
family borne from distance, are disregarded; but
when the sky is shut in and the big drops begin to
fall through gusts of wind and the thunder follows
quick upon the lightning we nstinctively look for
shelter and protection So it is in political and
cial affairs Danger, when distant is scarcely dan
ger at all 1t may not reach US, or it may pass by
US or it may visit1us with diminished volume and
altered aspect. Present tranquility is agreeable,
and we are averse to fastening forward to meet
trouble; but black Republicanism denies us tran
guilty even in own homes, threatening us with
violated Constitution, with perverted and des-
potic Union and with the lash for shoulders if
We shall resent or resist the wrong and the dcgra-
dation it would put upon us. The danger is near
at hand, and the only hope Of North CdrOlina-the
only hope of the country is the national Democratic
party There can be no doubt about that. What
then: Shall we disregard the rising voice of the
storm? Shall we divide here at home on State is
sues and thus incur defeat at the hands of our
mics: Shall we run to neW party for safety; or
shall we still stand IN and stand By the good old
Democratic party, which is the same in Maine that
it is in North Carolina and which never willingly
or deliberately denies to any to any class Of
men equal rights and equal privileges? The Oppo-
Son party of North Carolina is all at once the par
ty of the people! How did that happen? When
did John Pool or George E. Badger, or William A.
Graham ever do anything for the Woodworking, Ia
boring classes of North Carolina? Mr.. Pool is for
soOth, in favor of equality in taxation. When did
he become so: v as it during the last session of
the Legislature when he voted against the principle
Of nd ralOrem' Mr. Pool is all at once in favor of
internal improvements. '. hen did he become so ?
Was it during his terms of service in the Legisla-
ture, when he voted against all appropriations,
general rule, except for his section, and when
he either lodged OF voted against bills for raising
revenue to pay for improvements?
Depend upon it, fellow-citizens, this newborn
zeal of these gentlemen for popular rights will not
last 1t is not real 1t is counterfeit. 1t is in d.
rect opposition to their whole past record as public
men. Bear in mind that they who promise most in
order to obtain place. generally the very persons
Who do least for the people after the place has been
obtained. This is emphatically true of the leaders
Oh the Opposition party. Bear in mind, also, that
ue paramount issue is the preservation Of COnsti-
tutlonal Union; that this can only be done by de-
'ea'lhg the black Republican party; and that the
only party which can defeat the black Republicans
8 @e national Democratic party. } Let US unite, as
heretofore, on all our candidates; and let make
'ne issues, as heretofore for our opponents. 1t is
not Tor them to dictate in this respect to the MAORI
" Let US meet them on our own ground and in
our own way Let us stand as one man around our
candidate for Governor. Let us sustain him and
reflect him, because he has acquitted himself well
IN The position in which he was placed in 1858, and
because he is the State embodiment of the para
mount issue, to wit the preservation of the Union
vi constitutional basis; and let US at the same
June determine that the Opposition shall obtain no
aa'antage over us in the County campaigns by their
cuhningly devised fables" on State issues Let
H unite and do this, and all will be well. Let our
s"'cnWord be unity-oneness Of purpose and of ac-
~" I" the campaign, and rictOrydt the polls.