Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-04-03
The Difficulty at the Raleigh Depot.

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The Newbern Progress noticing the difficulty at
the Depot in this City on Sunday, the Gath of last
mont, Says: ...0sf
"Dexhibits truly adeplorable state of things and
one which if not speedily arrested must end in the
ton of mob violence. 1t does not appear from the
above which side is to blame. If the delegates 60
ing up from Godsboro' were the aggressors they
to blame and if the citizens of Raleigh provoked
the "war of words" they are to blame In our
present deplorabe condition it is wrong to get up
these dssensions and bitter hatreds among ourselves
We cannot all think alike political Subjects and
probably it is best that there should be some differ
ence of opinion, but this difference may be honest
and each and every man owes it to himself, to de-
cency and to the peace of society to respect the
opinion of others. No party can ever attain any
permanent ascendancy by abuse, vtuperation and
violence, and we hope that the future there will
be less of it North Carolina"
The observations of the Progress are just and to
the point; but we owe it to this community to state
that the citizens of Raleigh" did not provoke the
quarrel, We have made inquiries, and we learn
that a portion of the delegates, when they reached
the Depot, were singing vulgar songs and abusing
Raleigh and Wake County. One of the songs, for
example, was
"W. W. Holden is q id Submissonist
And id Submissionst is q id AbOlitiOnist."
Wake County and Raleigh were denounced as
"Submission holes" At length one Of our citizens
made some remark, when the reply by one Of the
delegates was that they had been to Goldsborough
to demand their rights and secure justice. The re-
ply to that by the citizen was that if people
got justice they would get it with rope around
their necks; to which the delegate replied that if
such justice should be melted out it would be by
an Abolitionist The citizen then dared the dele
gate to come out of the cars when all who were in
condition to navigate" forthwith "precpitated"
themselves among the crowd. There was much ex-
citement for a few moments, and general fight was
expected Fortunately good counsels prevailed, and
5ioodshed was prevented If one blow had been
struck the probability is that several persons would
have been killed. We learn that Mr. Stewart one
of the Editors Of the Salisbury Banner and Hon.
Burton Craige, the member of Congress from the
Salisbury District, were conspicuous among those
who were ready to flight it out" In common with
all with whom we have conversed on the subject we
rejoice that the quarrel did not proceed TO blows;
but if it had these noisy and (some of them) drunk
en- delegates would have been severely chastised. I
And this took place, be it remembered, on che
Sabbath day; and the persons who commenced the
quarrel are portion of those who heading the
secession movement in this State. Verify, "when
the wicked rule the people mourn" No good cause
even could prosper in the hands of such men, So
far as we are concerned do not regard their abuse
We are sustained by sense of our own integrity,
and by thousands of the best people of the State
We were tollng for the Democratic party and for
internal improvements long before such persons as
| Stewart were thought of or known in this State !;
but we have no doubt he had free ticket in his
pocket while he was abusing US, without whose aid
in 1S4S the charter for the Road on which he was
riding could not have been passed. About Mr..
Craige we have little or nothing to say. He was
excited-felt himself bound to stand by his towns
men-and no doubt regrets the whole affair. We
know of no one in the State who has received so
much from, and done SO little for, the Democratic
party as Mr.. Craige. But he has ceased to be a
Democrat, because he is disunionist. He was in
a similar condition in 1882, when he followed Mr..
Calhoun and deserted Gen. Jackson He is neither
Democrat nor Whig for the principles of both
those old parties were opposed to dsunlon. He de.
sires to be reelected to Congress. Few Office.
holders die, and none resign" He would like to 90
to Washington again, to continue the work of de.
stroying the government. Agitation on the slavery
question is profitable, because it keeps men of ex.
treme views in both sections in Congress We trust
Mr. Crage may be relieved Of the duty of returning
to Washington. He can do no good, and may dc
harm as q member of Congress. North. Carolina
needs men at Washington who will labor in good
faith to preserve, not to destroy the Union.