Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-12-04
THE NORTH @CAROLINA STANDARD:
The EIecfnrnl TicLnf

we are not disposed Ia continue or promote a
controversy in regard to the late Electoral vote in
this State Nor will We handy epithess with those,
who from had habits. if not from bad breeding, are
too prone to indulge in unjust, false and vulgar
criticism upon the characters, action or motives of I
gentlemen, whose high moral standing places them
lar above the reach of the shafts of malice But it
may be proper for US, as have unwittingly aided
IN placing the names of the gentlemen which ap. |
peared on the peoples Ticket" in a position to |
be aimed at and traduced by those who are unwor-
thy to be named in the same connection with them,
to give word of explanation The first electoral
ticket which we saw published in the State appear
ed in the Raleigh Register, from an anonymous cor
respondent That ticket, we presume formed the
basis of the other tickets which afterwards appear
ed Finding that the members of the Legislature
had failed to suggest ticket and that the people
mad let the time slip for doing so, the Standard
with the sole view of harmonzing the feelings of all
proposed ticket without consulting any one, which
we hoped would be acceptable We were unfortu-
nate in our suggestions not supposing that any dis
like to US or to course would necessarily pro-
duce, in matter Of that kind, diversity of senti-
ment. Our contemporaries, the Register and Green's
boro' Patriot at once raised the names of Messrs.
Graham and Bragg for the State at large instead
Of Messrs. Reid and Pool which we had named, and
the Charlotte Bulletin we believe first brought GU:
the Rodman ticket. We deprecated the division,
but could not help it We found that others re-
GREETED it. and were anxious to secure such unanm-
ity as would result, if possible, in presenting but
one ticket to the people of North Carolina in order
to prevent the bad moral effect upon our Northern
enemies of exhibiting division in the election.
Without our knowledge or cooperation, several
gentlemen we understand, met in this City, framed
ticket and rendered it to the three political papers
| here, under the signature of Mary Voters" We
at once expressed our aequcscence, provided
both would do SO. We are positively assured that
no gentleman whose name appeared on that ticket
was consulted either directly or indirectly abont It,
and, so far we know, not one f them took any
| interest concern whatever in promoting its cleo
ton. Indeed, general was the wish among the
conservatives and friends of that ticket that there
should be hut one ticket, and that all political or
party feeling should be removed on that occasion,
| that, far know. no one felt any concern
about even having tickets printed or circulated en-
cept what was done by our own press which we
did almost entirely gratulty-not more than
1910 tickets having been ordered from US and 5000
of those by contemporary.
Under such circumstances the miserable CLAN tran
of the Holden ticket" the Graham and Holden
ticket" and the Graham and Brown ticket"
: thrown out by partizans, made such slight impress
sion upon MS that scorned to notice it, The in
nation that the ticket flled because of the unpop-
ularity of two three names on it, or because the
people of North Carolina doubted their LOYALTY or
patriotism, is not only baseiy false, but the intima
ton is a libel upon the good sense and patriotism of
! the people of the State. We have drawn no invid
Gus npar>ons between the gentlemen who COM
posed the two tickets, nor will we: but we mas
justly remark that in North Carolina enjoy
more fully the confidence and esteem of their fellow
citizens, as of honor, integrity, political wisdom
and high bearing, than those upon the "People's
Ticket" who have been so unjuStly maligned and
traduced in certain quarters.