Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-07-26
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self to play second fiddle to vile hrelinc sb n
this City, contains string of charges against IN
Russ, Miller, Laws and Afford from which ". ''SSfS
the following: quote
Keep the fact before the people, Tb,,,-
Bledsoe, Jones, Busbee and Marriott for t NeSsrs
OF allaying and putting an end to the purpose
winch has been and is still being engendaroJ strife
county by Mr. Holden and his seIfsfvIoI ~ IN this
tive party, proposed at Auburn to MeSs UUnSerVa
Miller, Laws and Afford, that each of tbo. russ,
should select live friends, which ten friend tickets
Two tickets, should select four out of tbo VI The
didates to constitute ticket to he ro,oS Snt can
friends of both the tickets This f,ir iOr by the
proposition to compromise and have hut a patriotic
mas Deen rejected, and MeSsrs RusS Mil Gcket
and Afford have determined that No., .U., Laws
not cease in Wake county, let the cOn Ssnle Shall
be what they may" '"' consequences
VINO is responsible for party strife in Wo,.oc
ty? Not the Reform candidates, for thew woro sD
in the field Gov. Manly stated at AI,r,n~ ,,'"
they were all good and true Soutber, ,~o i, rna'
did not Messrs. Bledsoe, Jones, Busbce and N,ru.
at once Withdraw, when Gov. Manly made tb,tJ
claratlon? Certainly, the Reform tckot :. W.
posed oil as able men as they are; that tio,.o.
hrst IN the field, and Gov. Manly, who will rot.
them, (that is, Messrs. Bedsoe, Busbee Jonos WI
Marrlott) distinctly declared that the candia.,.
the Reform ticket were as true to the Sontb .. :,
on the other ticket. We repeat, thereroro A..
there is party strife in the County, the Rcr,r -,
ct is not responsible for it.
But, IN order to avoid the appearance cvor -,
party STRIFE, the candidates on the Reform, .,
| agreed not to canvass the County any frrtron
| What then? Did that satisfy the snoiIs ,,..,...
NOT at all. 1t was then they showed the cIoron
ioot Ihey proposed to ignore the people entirely
to deny to them the right of CHOOSING tbcir -:
representatives and vest this right in fen ror,on.
to be chosen by the candidates themselves AL
TINS they call "a fair and patriotic" propositioD,
IL IS not ialr because the Reform ticket was first =;
the held and is believed to represent LARGO mo
)orly OF the people, and it is not patriotic because
IL deliberately proposes to deprive the people of the
right OF governing themselves If ten men may,
say who Shall represent the people of any one Conn.
ty, one man may say the same as to all the Conn.
ties, for the principle is the same; and If this c-
done' we should at once have an oligarch or king
But we are not at all surprised at this proposition
IL is IN keeping with the conduct of some oC tIo
very same men, in this County, IN Nav, 1861.
Then, Messrs Badger, Battle and Holden, who were
the choice Of the people, attempted to be com.
promised out of the field. The former and the It
ter did not at ALL so fearful were they that
party feeling would be evoked, and NJ. Battle mere
Iy rode through portion of the County, because
ne was not as fully known to the people rs Messrs
Badger and Holden; but two Of their opponents
Messrs. Manly and Bragg-took tio stump to adj
vance their own election and some of Their friends
started the report and labored to induce the pcop
to act upon it, that Messrs. Manly Bragg, and Nor
decai composed compromise ticket and that Messrs
Badger, Battle, and Holden had withdrawn from the
contest. These facts are well known in Wake Coun.
| ty. We can judge of the future only by the past,
and We now warn our Wake friends that the same
game may be attempted in this contest We advise
them to pay attention to any report that conf
promise has been effected between the candidates,
but to vote for Russ for the Senate, and Miller,
Laws, and Afford, for the Commons.
Another evidence of duplIcity is to be found in
the fact, that the Register, speaking for Mcssrs,
BledsOe, Jones, Busbee, and Marriott, and their
friends, has stated that compromise was proposed
to the Reform candidates, but at the same time it
SURPRISES their reply to this proposition. That IT.
ply is given below, and we venture to say twill
never appear in the two Stalled organs in this City
1t is conclusive in its character that they fear
| let their readers sec it. Here it Isl
RALEIGH, July Is, 1862
GENTLEMEN THE proposition made by you that
the two tickets now before the people of the County
shall select each five voters and that the ten voters
thus selected shall choose from the candidates now
in the field single ticket for the Senate and Com
mons, and those not chosen shall retire. has rcccv
ed from US the respectful consideration to which i
was entitled.
We cannot accede to it, for these plain reasons
1t was not of our own personal seeking that we be
came candidates. but in addition to the solicitations
Of a large number Of voters privately made, w
were recommended as candidates by large, res
pectablc and patriotic meeting of our fellOwciti
zens, composed of men who belonged to both TIN
old political parties coming from different parts o
the County, and representing the various Interests
thereof: and we do not believe it would be respect
full or acting in good faith to them. or showing
proper regard for the confidence thus reposci in us
to accede to any such proposition. 1t would b
giving ten men, not selected By the people, or an!
respectable portion of them in point of number
but by as only eight in pumber)-the power t
dictate ticket to the County, and thereby torcStaI
the wishes, or defeat the will of the people
would certainly be establishing precedent of vcr,
doubtful policy or propriety, which we have no RICH
to assume the responsibility of doing
The readiness with which we accepted the prOpc
sition to dispense with canvass of the County
shows our anxiety to prevent as far as possible,
personal and political strife. And We think til
people are as capable of judging who OF the cand
dates now in the field should be elected, wilhou
the advice of the ten proposed as they are to vol
Understandings, Without public discussion Inc
are qualified 10 do both and that too without undu
excitement No doubt you concur with us IA tn
view To them, therefore, we leave the issue.
Most respectfully,
j. P. II. RUSS,
G. H. Afford,
WILL. LAWS,
Ii: w. MILLER.
To Messrs. BLEDsOE, BUsBEE
ZONES