Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-12-04
The Eiectorn, Ticket,

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We are not disposed 10 continue or promote
controversy in regard to the late Electoral vote IN
this State. Nor will we handy epthets with those,
Who from bad habits, ifnot from bad breeding, are
too prone to indulge in unjust false and vulgar
criticism upon the characters action or motives Of
gentlemen, whose high moral standing places them
TAR above the reach of the shafts of malice BUTT
may be proper for US, as We have unwittngly aided
IN placing the names of the gentlemen which ap-
peared the peoples Ticket" in a position to
be aimed at and traduced by those who are unwor-
thy to be named in the same connection with them
to give word of explanation. The first electoral
ticket which we saw published in the State, appear
ed in the Raleigh Register, from an Anonymous
respondent That ticket we presume formed the
basis of the other tickets which afterwards appear
ed. Finding that the members of the Legislature
had failed to suggest ticket and that the people
had let the time slip for doing So the Standard
with the sole view of hsrmonizing the feelings ofa
proposed ticket without consulting any one which
we hoped would be acceptable. We were unfortu-
nate in our suggestions, not supposng that any dis
like to us or to our course would necessarily pro-
duce, in matter Of that kind diversity of senti-
ment. Our contemporaries, the Register and Green's
boro' Patriot at once raised the names of MeSsrs
Graham and Bragg for the State at large instead
of MesSrs. Reid and Pool which we had named and
the Charlotte Bulletin, we believe first brought on:
the Rodman ticket. We deprecated the division,
but could not help it We found that others re-
GREETED it. and were anxious to secure such unanim
ity as would result if possible, in presenting but
one ticket to the people of North Carolina in order
to prevent the bad moral effect upon our Northern
enemies of exhibiting division in the election.
Without our knowledge cooperation, several
gentlemen, we understand met in this City, framed
ticket and rendered it to the three political papers
here, under the signature of Mary Voters" We
at once expressed our acquiescence provided one or
both would do so. We are positively assured that
no gentleman whose name appeared on that ticket,
was consulted either directly or indirectly about It,
and, so far as know, not one f them took any
interest or concern whatever in promoting its cleo
ton. Indeed so general was the wish among the
conservatives and friends of that ticket that there
should be but one ticket, and that all political or
party feeling should be removed on that OCCASION
that, so far we know, no one felt any concern
about having tickets printed or circulated ex-
CSPI "udl Was uOlle ny our own press, winch We
did almost entirely as gratu,ty-not more than
1900 tickets having been ordered from US, and 900
of those by contemporary.
Under such circumstances the miserable claptrap
of the g Holden ticket" the "Graham and Holden
ticket" and the Graham and Brown ticket"
thrown out by partizans, made such slight impress
sion upon us that scorned to notice it. The in
nation that the ticket failed because of the unpop-
ularity of two or three on it. or because the
people of North Carolina doubted their loyalty or
patriotism is not only baSey false, but the intima.
ton is libel upon the good sense and patriotism Of
the people of the State We have drawn no invidi-
Gus comparisons between the gentlemen who COM
posed the two tickets, nor will we; but we may
justly remark that men in North Carolina enjoy
fully the confidence and esteem of their fellow
citizens, as men of honor integrity political wisdom
and high bearing than those upon the peoples
Ticket d" who have been so unjustly magned and
traduced in certain quarters.