Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-02-13
RALEIGH: SATURDAY, FEB. ., 1861.
candida,es for the Convention.


Candidates for the Convention.
Rufus L. Patterson and Thomas j. Wilson, Esos.,
are the Union candidates for the Convention in For
syth County. We presume the d,sunionists will
have no ticket in Forsyth, as the County is over
whelmiagly for the Union
Hon. j. G. Shepherd and David McNeill, ESQ.,,
are candidates in Cumberland The Observer of
Thursday calls for meeting of the conservative
voters of Cumberland and Harnett to be held to-day,
to nominate candidates. Col A. S. McNeils James
S. Harrington, G. c. Barbee, Gen. A. D. Mclean,
Col. Alex Murchison, Hon. L. Bethune, W. Mel.
Mckay, W. B. Wright, and B. R. Huske are spoken
Of. The Caroliuian, which is an ultra disunon pa.
per, is in favor of Messrs. Shepherd and D. McNe.
d.. Thomas Bunting and W. S. Devane Esq, are
candidates in Sampson. We presume these gentle
men belong to the "no hope" or disunion party.
B. A. Kittrell and B. G. Douthett, Esqrs, are
Union candidates in Davidson County
Hon. W. A. Graham, Capt John Berry, and John
W. Norwood, ESQ.,, are spoken of as Union candi-
dates in Orange. TIE County is entitled to two
members.
The Unionists of Granville have nominated Capt.
Ed. Lyon, James S. Amis, and John Bullock, Esqs.;
and the disunionists have nominated Hon. A. w.
Venable, I. L. Hargrove, and S. S. Royster, Esqrs.
We learn that the Hon. Bedford Brown is can
didate for the Convention in Caswell We expect
to have the pleasure of recording Col Browns elec-
ton by = large majority. The other Union candi-
date will probably be Dr. j. E. Williamson or Will
liam Long, Esq
Be not deceived fellow-citizens The votes you
will cast on the 2Sth for delegates will be by far the
most important act Of your lives. Vote for no man
who is not for the Union, or who is not hopefu. of
its preservation. The "no hope" men, no matter
what they may call themselves, are disunionists.
The National Flag.
Mr.. Tarner, the Senator from Orange, in letter
to his constituents which we find in the last Hills
borough Recorder, says:
"Your national flag, instead of floating from the
DOME lies upon The floor of your CAPITOL deserted,
dishonored, and dsowned. Disnnionists stand by
ready to spit upon it. | believe the true men of
Orange would as soon open the grave of Washington
and spit upon his ashes, to dishonor and spit up
on the flag he loved so we'll"
This is truth strongly and boldly expressed
iAidS tt0s IL suOulu Oc 81! "A MOtlOu ID ulauc u
purchase national flag to be unfurled from the top
of the capitol, when Mr.. Hoke, a particular and in.
innate friend of Gov Ellis moves to refer the prop
ostion to purchase to the committee propositions
and grievances! And dmembers sit paralyzed in the
Commons, with no word Of dcnuncation Tor the man
who thus dares to insult the flag of the Republic
Gov Ellis ask for and expend thousands fdollars
Of the Deonle'S moDev nthor nrrDncoc
word does he utter in favor of purchasing flag to be
unurled the capitol What is the inference from al
this? Why, that Gov. Ellis, Mr.. Hoke and others who
! act with them, hate the Union and would rejoice te
see it destroyed. But the Union uiU lice, and no
! die. Thank God for that! That glorious old flag
! shall yet be honored on North Carolina SOIL annie
! the sheuts of the people and the roar of cannon.
! Though many and bright the that appear
! In the nag BY our countr, unfurlcd;
And the stripes that are swelling in majesty there,
/ Like Rainbow ndOrn;ng the world:
! Their lights unSulied rs those in the skv,
by deed that our fathers have done
! And they are Ieagucd in true and as holy tie,
! In their motto of " Many in One
! From the hour when our fathers fear!essly flung
That banner Of starlight abroad
; Ever true to themselves. to that motto they c!ung,
! As they clang to the promise of God
: BY the bayonet traced at the midnight Of war,
On the fields where cur glory won;
! Oh perish the hand or the heat that would mar
Our msto Of MANY in One
From where Green Mountain tops blend with the sky
| And the giant st. Lawrence is rolled,
, To the waves where the balmy Hcsperides lie.
/; Like the dream of some prophet Of old
| They conquered-and dying, bcqnea.hed to care,
Not this boundless dominion alone,
But that banner. whose luvelin IS huows the air,
And their motto nf Many in One"
Then up with our fag-let it stream the mir.
A.; Though our fathers are cold in their graves;
They had hands that coud srke they had souls that cou
dare,
Aud their sons were not born to be slaves"