Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-04-26
For the Standard.

Editor OF the Standard -
DEAR SIR: From the tone of the Raleigh Register
and State Journal perceive tina: MeSsrS. Syme
and Spelman are very anxious to persuade the Eau.
thorties that be- that it is all important to the
public welfare, for the Standard to be suppressed
and Holden be put down. Have not these worthless
mistaken the public good for their own private
newspaper interests? Twill be rather dangerous
well a high handed. experiment | trow for
the authorities to attempt the suppression of any
indedendent press, and more particularly so of the
Standard, which has so warm place in the affec-
tons and confidence of the great mass Of the people
would mOdestly advise the authorities to consider
we'll what they are about before they take any step
in that direction. If one set OF opinions only, is 10
be advanced and advocated in North Carolina and
that to be done III language which must first be
submitted to and approved By the authorities then
indeed, have we fallen upon evil tunes and the last
vestige of liberty of. conscience and freedom OF
thought will have taken its everlasting flight and
the people who have heretofore enoyed those ines
tmabe privileges and blessings shall know them no
more forever When such madness rules the hour
then establish oligarchal organ; interdict the
publication and circulation of all other papers issue
an edict declaring Syue and Speman Zone Vir-
ginia Scotchman and the other an Englishman) Ed
itorS GenerallsSimo, and make it capital felony for
any other newspaper to publish, or the people to
read anything which is not to be found in the col
umns of the Court Journal" This course opine
ably we'll Our people are reading people; If
they cannot get sGch papers they prefer, they
will take such as they can get Should the Stand
ard be suppressed, then perhaps, the subscription
lists of the Register and Journal may flourish and
spread like green bay tree. If the people are not
pleased with the course of the Standard they can
suppress 1t by not subscribing to it. Just in the
same way that they have been suppressing the
Register for the last twelve months-the Journal
may continue to breathe little longer than the
Register because 1t is bheld by the few old Hun.
kers who still have government teat in their
mouths, but it too will eventually die for the want
OF nouriskmeut These two immaculate papers sec
their impending DOOM hence their great efforts to
postpone the evil day by making one of their own
| ilk, VIM Johnston, Esq, Governor of the State
this they find quite as impossible Job as the sup
preston of the Standard. know Mr.. Johnston
well-he is quite good natur.d, clever money.
making, easy sort of mamie is forty five years
old or thereabOuts-receved liberal educaton
graduated at Chapel Hill some twenty odd years
ago. stood tolerably fair in his class studied law and
has been at the bar about twenty yeaIs-never dis
tnguished himself there, and drabt much if he is
known outside of the limits Of his native and adopt
ed counties, and the l;ae of the Charlotte and
Columbia Railroad in Any other character than as
good, easy kind Of man, and pretty fair Rail-
road president. IL knew nothing of him personally
| land know nothing prejudicial to him as a mani
! his want OF delicacy and refinement Of feeling, as
exhibited by his going into little town or county
meeting and sitting present while some personal
TREND by way of compliment no doubt, and not
with any seriousness of purpose, introduced reso-
luton commencing him for Governor and after its
adoption, no one present desiring to wound his feel
ings by voting against him, getting up and telling
the audience in hot haste, that he would serve &c.
DC, convinces me, and think will convince many
others who are friendly disposed toward Mr.. John
SION, that he is not the man for the place. have
proper regard for Mr.. D., and there are some offices
wniSn ne would fill in my humble Judgment, with
e1,t TO himself and satisfactorily to Others bat as
iUr governor in this crisis, he is not the Give
US 1Sranam, or Badger, or Holden, or Bait Moore,
Z.b bfoMn' or Fool, or Bragg, or Reade, or our own
N@o, Ut some other man Of known character aud