Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-08-13
Wake County.


We are not disposed to exult over a fallen foe.
but we must be pardoned for calling attention to the
signal and brilliant victory achieved by the Conser-
vatives and friends of Reform in Wake County,
Col Vance has carried the County by nearly eigh-
teen hundred majority, and the Conservative candi.
dates for the Senate and House of Commons have
been elected by majorities ranging from thirteen to
fourteen hundred.
This result wss chieved in the face of the most
extraordinary eforts'on the part Of our opponents.
Official influence, party prejudice and misrepresen.
taton and falsehood were all brought to bear against
US; but the people above all these influences,
and calmly and firmly, without undue excitement,
asserted their right to govern themselves by elect
ing men Of their choice to the Legislature Where
all have done so we'll, it would be unjust to single
out particular precincts having done for the
Conservative cause than others but our Wake
readers We know will pardon us for alnding to the
large votes polled by or candidates at those old
Democratic precincts which our Stalfederate oppo.
nents counted on largely influencing if not carrying
Upchurch's, Hayes, Banks. Barney Jones's, Joel
Jones's, Morrisve, Lashley'sX Roadss, and Roles
vile have given as large votes to the Conservative
cause were usually polled, in high party times,
by the old Democratic party-thus showing that
the great mass Of the old Democrats of Wake are
thoroughly united With the great mass Of the old
Wings in the work of conservatism and reform
Even the Nat. Jones precinct. which has been a
hotbed of secession and bitter party preudices, has
given Johnston but two majority over Vance
Another gratifying feature is the large majority
L.. II E.
Russ, Miller, Afford and Laws. This, of itself,
would be conclusive answer, if any answer were
necessary, to the foul and false charge preferred by
our opponents, that Col. VaEce and the Conserva.
tive candidates in Wake are wanting in devotion to
the Southern cause.
Nor has Wake County ever had in the Legsla-
ture sounder or more intelligent representatives.
Messrs Afford and Laws are not talking men, but
they are we'll known in the County for their sound
common sense and excellent jugement. Our Sena-
tor, Colonel Russ, evinced in the campaign superior
gifts as public speaker. The immense vote he re-
ceived, and the ardor with which his neghbo:s raj
lied to his support under the vile charges preferred
against HIM, furnish the best evidence of his elc-
walton of character and moral worth. Mr.. Miller is
jaw
/ He is ripe scholar, able lawyer and one of the
most accomplished orators in the Confederate States.
His knowledge of public affairs is full and thorough.
We predict for him commanding position in the
Commons and brilliant and useful career in the
! public service. ar ..1 -.,.s
Well done, old Wake! Such is the greeting
pouring in upon US from all quarters In the very
shadow Of the shade Offices, and within the pre-
cincts Of official patronage and power, her people
have pronounced in favor Of Reform and against
those who have so misnanaged State affairs. The
people elsewhere had heard Of this msmanagement,
and of the gross partyism and favoritism which
prevailed in the State government but the people
Of Wake had this with their own eyes, and have
voted accordingly.
! The following resolutions, adopted by the mass
meeting in Raleigh, on the Slst of May, which nom.
mated Messrs. Russ, Miller, Laws and Afford for the
Legislature, will show the platform on which they
| have been elected -. .l...-4 rv -'...
| WHEREAS, The people of North Carolina will be
| called upon, on the first Thursday in August next,
to elect Governor and members Of the General As
sembly; and it rs highly important that the admin.
istrati0n Of public affairs should be reformed, and
better men placed in Office than those who, for the
most part have been and are now in office; there
| fore, g..
Resoloed, That the partysm favoritism, inficien-
! cv and nisrule which have marked the administra.
ton of public affairs in this State since the com
! mencernent Of the present war; deserve the stern
! and unqualified reouke of the people; and that
change in this respect is indispensable to the pre-
servation Of the credit and character of the State,
and to that unity of sentiment and spirit SO much
to be desired and without which the efforts Of our
brave soldiers and people to establish our indepen
dence must be, sooner or later, seriously embar-
| raSsed
| RssoIred That our Constitutions, both State and
| Confederate, should never be violated on any pre-
tence whatsoever but should be sacredly observed
by all whose duty it is to enact, expound and en-
force the laws. :. ''' Sa1ff J. 4''s
/ Rssolssd, That tho people are the source of all
| power; and that they, and they alone, have the
right to govern through their representatives duly
/ chosen i'sf O.. a ~ = '-Ft -rt<5
Resolred, That it is the duty Of the legislative
and executive departments TO retrench and reform
as far as practicable in the administration Of the
government A prudent economy is especially ne.
cessary at this time, with increased public debt