Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-10-09
An Electoral Ticket.

time therefore, that ticket of Electors was before
the people of this State and IN the absence of any
thing like general movement among the people on
the subject we have thought it our duty as citi-
zen, and also as in some sense exponent Of pub
lie opinion, to offer the ticket which we do to-day,
under our Editorial head. In suggesting names for
Electors, while we have studiously ignored party
feeling we have at the same time endeavored to do
justice to the old parties as they existed prior to
February last and as they were blended at that time
BY the great issue which was then upon u.s.
For the State at large we have suggested David S.
Reid, of Rockingham, and John Pool, of Pasquo-
tank-the former secession Democrat and the lat
ter Union Wing. One of them resides in the East
been heretofore honored by the sutfages of large
portion of the people of the State
For the ten Districts we have suggested four Union
Wings, to wit, Lewis Thompson, William P Tay-
lor Tod R. Caldwell, and q. W. Gambler three Sc
cession Democrats, to wit, Council Wooten, L. W.
Humphrey, and John Walker and three Democrats
to wit, Jesse G. Shepherd, William Eaton, Jr, and
Bedford Brown, who yielded slowly and reluctantly
to the progress of dsunion, and who did not proba-
bly,, finally determine on resistance and dissolution
until the proclamation of Lincoln in April last We
may have failed to state precisely the position of
these gentlemen during the time which interviewed
between February and April; but Col Brown, it is
we'll known, was an avowed and prominent Union
Democrat Now let us sum up: Messrs Pool,
Thompson, Taylor, Caldwell, ard Gambler will re-
present the avowed Union Wings of February last
Messrs. Reid, Wooten Humphrey, and Walker will
represent the avowed secession Democrats of the
same period; Col. Brown will represent the avowed
Union Democrats while Messrs. Shepherd and
Eaton will represent those who occupied at that
time position midway between such men as
Col. Brown and the four secession Democrats above
named We nave thought the matter good
deal, and we believe no ticket could be presented
which would be acceptable to the people Of the
State which would come nearer doing justice to the
two old parties or to parties as they exiSedIn Feb
ruary last 1t is true that if we look to old parties,
there are seven Democrats and five Wings but
then of these Democrats only four were decidedly
and warmly for secession in February, while all the
Wings mentioned were then decided Union men,
and with the three remaining Democrats, may be
supposed to represent what has been called the
conservative element in this State We believe, too
that each of the gentlemen named would be accepta
bic to the people of his District if they could assem-
BILE in time in mass meeting or in convention to Sug
gcst or nominate. The first District, we sure,
would not object to Lewis Thompson; the second
would not object to Council Wooten the third
would not object to L. w. Humphrey; the fourth
would not object to Jesse G. Shepherd; the fifth
would not object to William Eaton, Jr. the sixth
would not object to Bedford Brown the seventh
would not object to William P. Taylor; the eighth
would not object to John Walker; the ninth would
not object to Tod R. Caldwell; and the tenth would
not object to G. W. Gambler And so far as Messrs.
Reid and Pool are concerned, we believe vast ma
jority of the people would chCerfuly support them
for the State at large. 1t also be recollected
that while The District Electors chosen from the
Districts, they nevertheless voted for by gener-
al ticket, and thus all the people, without regard to
Districts are interested and have right to be con-
suited to some extent at least well the people
! of particular Districts.
| In suggesting the above ticket we have deemed
it advisable to present the name of no one who was
! Elector last year. They are all new men so far as
| the office of Eector is concerned.
| We shall support the above ticket unless some of
| those mentioned decline to serve unless other
names shall clearly indicated by the people as their
choice 1t is important to have but ticket; and
while are not disposed to be obstinate as to the
one have presented, we yet think that no better
ticket all things considered, could be offered to the
people The time between this and the day of cleo
ton, (the 9th of November) is short 1t is useless
to be beating about for names for Electors, when
we have so many worthy men for whom the people
will vote cheerfnlly and when fthe matter is much
longer delayed thousands will not know until the
| day of election who the men are that have been
agreed upon as candidates. Besides, there are
thousands of our fellow citizens in the army who
are entitled to VOTE and it is important that some
ticket should be suggested to them by all parties
| here at home so that entire harmony may exist
j among them. Many of them are far distant from
us, aid it will require weeks to enable them to
select and agree upon ticket unless we agree here
! among ourselves. Let not our brave soldiers who
are fighting our battles be mortified by the specta
Gle of strife and division such matter as this,
among those whom they have left behind. Person
ally, we can cheerfuy vote for any good reliable
man for Eector without regard to his former polit-
ical opinions but in forming ticket to be voted
for by all, we have carefully avoided presenting the
name of any one known to be offensive to, or I'M
popular with the people. Nor have we placed on
the ticket the name of any one who is in the army,
because we doubt the policy and propriety of con-
ferring upon the same man military and civil ap-
pointments, and especially for the reason that no
man who is in the army be honored by civil
office. Finally, they are all gentlemen of unblem-
isbed reputation and high moral character. We
ask the press of the State to give our ticket and
this article an insertion; and we soenlnly declare,
that whatever allusion has been made to party IL
this article we have deemed absolutely necessary
for the sake of harmony, and that are not actu-
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