Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-30
HNgsheads of Tears.
Trust not those cunning waters of his eyes,
For villany is not without such rheum;
And he long fr,,}oa :, -

lhose whom mercenary political scayengers declare
nave been forced out of the public service by the
no party men. 1t appears to be a weeping time
with these scavengers The very filth with which
they beaaub the tqmbs of their imaginary martyrs.
is saturated with their tears One of them, speaking
of the "proscribed," enumerates the following:
Ruthn and Craige, Cngman and Avery, Bragg
ana Nelo Mlnslow and Person, Saunders and Erwin,
Ashe and Shaw, Branch and Venable Sbenberd and
Hill, and host of Others"
These gentlemen will not thank these mourncrs
for oury'ng them before they are dead Who "pro-
scrlbed" Rutin and Craige? Many of their friends
preferred them for seat in Congress- but Mr. Craise
voluntarily declined reelection. So did Mr. Ruf.
fin, who would most probably have been elected to
Congress if he had desired it; but he preferred to
enter the army, and thus occupy more enviable
place than in the civil councils Who "nroscribed"
Clingman and AveryG Did not their own ultra
party friends do it ? Mr.. Clingman was elected to
the Senate and defeated for the Senate bv the same
Legislature. The "no party" men neither elected
nor defeated him, for they were in minority in that
body. And Col. Clingman may well thank his ul-
ira party friends for this treatment for his present
position at the head of his regiment is as honorable
as any he ever aspired to.
Nor have Governors Bragg and Reid been "pro-
scribed" by the "no party" men. If they have
been displaced from high office, or thrown in the
back ground for the present, it is altogether owing
to the fact that they not ultra enough for tho
ultra men with whom they have been acting The
cry Of these men has been on, on, and those among
them who have hesitated, or who have paused for
moment to contemplate dangers or to take new
reckonings on the perilous sea of revolution, have
been josted aside, or run over ard disabled. This
has been, to some extent the fate of these two gen.
tlemen and now the very men who set them aside,
or run and damaged them, shed crocodile tears
over them, and charge others with having 'pro-
scribed them.
Mr.. Winslow was "proscribed" by Hatteras and
the coast which he poo:pood at when called on to
| put in state Of defence.
| And what has Nj. Person deserved, that he has
not had at the hands Of friends? Though young
man, and not very brilliant, older and ADLER men of
his party set aside for his benefit to give him
Judgeshp, which he voluntarily resigned. He
has since served in the Legislature, and was recent
ly, if he is not now, Quartcrmaster with the rank
of Colonel. The faction with which he acted in the
Legislature put him forward as their leader but he
failed in this position, to their modification if not
! his own. We have made many great men in our
| day ou: of small materials, but we acknowledge We
! should fail in such work with such timber as Mr.
! Person. What has he ever done for the State or
the people, to enttle him to special consideration
| "ProScrbed" indeed!
1t will be news to every body that Saunders and
Erwin have been "proscribed." Gen. S. has been
bountify fed for 10 these forty years from the pub
lie crib and even now he is filling an honorable Of
flee, which affords him good pay and but little work,
owing to the stay law which has tied up the Courts.
lie elected to his present office by d,sorganzing
his party; and on two memorable occasions, when
his party indulgei the hope that it had planted it.
self on firm ground-to wit, in 1912 and lS52-he
dsorganized and injured it in his efforts to obtain
office. The statement that Gen. S. has beer, "pro-
scribed" is one of the best jokes of the day. Such
thing is impossible. We will, however, do Gen.
Saunders the justice to say that he has filled his
numerous offices credtably to himself and with usc-
funess to his country; and that his long and ardu-
Gus labors in the cause of internal Improvements
alone should cntitle him to the thanks of the pub
lic What we mean to say is, that he has not been,
is not now, and never can be "proscribed." Mark
Erwin, like thousands of other brave spirits, is in
the army. 'IIe did not hang round Raleigh for a
commission as others did, but he raised companies
of his OWN gallant mountain men and joined the
Wise legion.
And Mcssrs Ashe and Shaw are classed among
the "proscribed." Where is Mr. Ashe? Does he
not of choice renqu!sh civil office for the better
paying one of Railroad Presidency and is he not
now q Quartermaster in the service of the Confcder-
ate States, with the rank of Major? DR.. Shaw is a
member of the State Convention and Colonel in
the State troops Do you call that prescription?
And Messrs. Branch and Venabe are also among
the 'proscribed." Mr.. Branch has been almost
constantly in Office ever since be came to this State
from Florida He volunteered in April last in the
Raleigh Rifles as private, but did not go in that
capacity. He was relieUed of this duty by being ap
pointed Quartermaster General, with the rank o
Colonel; and as soon as this Office expired he was
appointed Colonel of State troops by the Governor
Another case of prescription weep oh ye croco
diles Mr.. Branch aoiU 60 on horseback, whoever
goes on foot.
And there is Mr. Abram W. Venable--he too, il
seems, is "proscribed" Who did it? The people
of Granville by eecting him to the Convention, and
the Convention by electing him to Congress!- i
Weep, oh ye crocodles, over this crying injustice
We rather suspect, however, that Mr. 7cnable, like
many other promising old gentlemen is in the lear
and slipper'd pantaoon" of political existence
He has served his day and generation with much
noise, and with much advantage to himself; and
for one with many others, we expect to vote on the
9Th day of next month to permit him to retire te
the shades of private life. He can then visit the
soldiers in camp, as he is now doing without incur
ing the uncharitabe impuaton that he is only seek
ing votes. and not the welfare of the soldiers.
The weepinp procession closes with Messrs. She
pherd and Hill They too, it seems, have beer
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