Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-23
Electoral sTic,,et.


the name .ef Judge Shepherd from cur Electoral
Ticket and put that Of William mel. Mckay in its
place, for the 4th District We have stricken out
Judge Shepherds name by his own request, IS will
De seen BY his letter in our paper to-day He is
unwilling to allow the use of his name when he feels
sure that previous engagements would prevent him
rom meeting the College on the first Wednesday
In December. Mr.. Mckay resides in the same
County with Judge Shepherd, and entertains SINH
lar views on public affairs to those Of Judge S.
With our contemporary of the Register and many
other papers in the State, weshal cordially support
this ticket, which has been recommended to us by
4 Many Voters" and endorsed by gentlemen of
various shades OF opinion. 1t is by far the best
ticket We have seen, and the most just in its compo
s'ten to the past and present political condition Of
the State; and while we regret that any thing like
acontest has been forced upon us, and while we
have honestly and sedulously labored to avoid
contest, we have no doubt of the election of the
above ticket by large majority. We shall not 90
into an analysis of this ticket to-day, as we have
done so before and every intelligent voter knows
as well as we do the antecedents and the present
position OF the gentlemen who are thus presented
for the peoples suffrages. But another ticket has
been presented by few ultra presses, headed with
the names OF Messrs. Rodman and Guion; and an
attempt mas been made to produce the impression
that Messrs. Rodman and Guion, and Mr.. Long and
others on this ticket, have been designated by the
people, or portion of the people, as their choice
No impression could be more unfounded So far.
for example, as MIR. Long is concerned, we think we
could prove from the Western Democrat and the
Salisbury Waterman, that but few persons from
but two Counties in the sth District have designated
Mr.. Long; and that Mr., Long himself called the
little Convention in Charlotte which recommended
him for Elector. But be this as 1t NAV, we are sat-
sfed that the people of the sth District would pre-
fer Capt Walker to Mr. Long; and we go further,
and say, that while by courtesy and right the peo
pie of the Districts, when they choose to do So des
ignate their candidates for the Office of Elector still
the vote is by general ticket and the whole people
of the State must be consulted in making nominal
tons. We prefer Gov Graham to Mr. Rodman,
Gov. Reid to Mr.. Guion, Mr.. Wooten to Mr.. Bond,
Gov. Bragg to Mr.. Edwards, COL Brown to Gov
Reid for the 9th District Capt. Walker to Mr. Long,
and Mr. Merrimon to Mr. Woodfn; and we shall
vote accordingly and urge our friends to do the
same. But this expression of preference has been
forced upon us-we would gladly have avoided
it if we could. The ultra presses referred to would
have completed their ticket in one aspect, if they
had presented the name of Warren Winslow along
with that of Mr.. Guion for the State at large They
would thus have had for the State at large an out
and-out Military B0arl ticket. The attempt thus
made to obtain from the people of the State an en-
lorsement of the Military Board, by presenting a
portion Of it for their sufrages, is covert admit
but it is none the less offensive to both the people
and the soldiers, whose interests have suffered by
that Board, and who want nothing to do with its
defunct members
The Wilmington Journal, in raising the Rodman
and Guon ticket, evidently means to question the
soundness of such men on our ticket as Graham and
Brown. We have no space to-day for the Journals
remarks, but may give them in our next
We trust our friends, both at home and in the
camps will vote the ticket headed with Graham and
Reid. This is fair, just no-party ticket 1t is the
very ticket for the crisis; and its triumphant cleo
ton will do much to repress that baneful spirit OF
party which is, unfortunately making itself felt
among US. Vote the ticket all the way through, as
you find it in the Register Standard and other pa
| pers in the State that adopt the Graham and Reid
ticket; and in this way Danish strife promote har
/ mony and good feeling and put down the hydra
head of party raised for selfish purposes in ouI
! midst.
~" We will send by mail TO all persons who
may desire it. Electoral Tickets at $500 per thou
sand the postage being $1,O0.