Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-10
Col. Daniel G. Fowle.

original secessonists have but little if any respect
for the wishes of the people. If they had, they
would quietly acquiesce in the decision pronounced
against them in August last at the ballot box, by
the largest majority ever recorded in Wake County
but they hold first that they entitled to all the
Offices and secondly that the people can oe caeled
and hattered or denounced and threatened into sup
porting their candidates In this they will find
themselves, as heretofore mistaken. The people
are ruling now through their chosen representa-
tves and agents. and the discordant clamors of the
Register and others will be no more regarded than
penny whistle In a storm. Er-
1t seems that Capt Oscar R. Rand is the candi-
date of the original secessionsts 1t is claimed for
this gentleman that he is a native of Wake Coun-
ty-that he is "a gentleman of fine talents and ed
ucation and that he fought bravey at the battle
of Newborn; and on the other hand it is insnuated
that Col. Fowle is not native of the County-that
he has evaded and avoided service in the army
that he has been nominated by "clique," and not
by the peope-and that he is not as well qualified
to represent the County as Capt Rand is.
The objection to Col. Fowle that he is not ma
tive of the County, has no weight whatever. Such
rule would have excluded from the public service
SuCu ulSu dS oauSSiI OOu' OduliuctS, DhSp-
ard, Mr. Miller, and others, who are not natives of
the County, and who have heretofore been elected
from it to the Legislature. Col. Fowle is citizen
of the County, and as deeply interested in its pros
perity as Capt Rand can be.
| We admit that Capt Rand is an educated gentle
man, but it has never before been claimed for him
that he possesses I" fine talents" For Capt. Rand
personally We entertain much respect He is
brave and worthy officer, and we should be glad to
hear of his promotion in the army. Indeed we
have seen it stated that he u.s. or is to be Major in
the 26th regiment, Gov. Clark having reserved this
appointment for him. But Capt. Rand is Origi-
| nal secessionist He believed in "peaceabs seces-
sion." 1t is true that, finding himself mistaken in
this respect he has gone forward and taken the
| field, and acquitted himself we'll; but many of
those who will support him, and who are disposed
to excite party feeling by the of his name are
also "peaceable secessionists, !" not only in name
but in fact and are skulking from war which, in
a secondary sense they were instrumental IN pro-
ducing. The people of Wake County have already
pronounced against original seceSsionsts for civil
office They hold that the fact that person was
an original secessonist is Prina acie evidence that
such person is wanting in that forecaste and sound
discriminating judgment which are indispensable to
| q successful management of civil affairs. Guided
more by passion and prejudice than by cool reason
and patient investigation their zeal often overleaps
their Judgment leading to consequences most inju-
rious to the body polite. The people of Wake,
having voted down the original secessonists in Au
gust, will not turn round and select one of them in
October to represent them, no matter how bravey
he may have borne himself in battle. There are
hundreds of private soldiers in Wake, who have
fought as bravely as Capt Rand, and who have as
strong claims on the Conservatives of the County
as he has.
Nor is it true that Col Fowle has evaded service
in the army He was one of the first to volunteer as
a private in the Raleigh Rifles He was soon made
Lieutenant in that company, but resigned, to hold
for brief period, the Office of Commissary. He
did this with the full and expressed sanction of his
company, and, as matter of duty, to aid in orgaL-
izing the Commissary Department which had just
been established As soon as this very important
Department of the service had been gotten fully
under way he resigned his place. and went to work
promptly to raise the Auburn Guards He sue
ceeded-was made Captain-then Lieutenant Colo
mel of the regiment. With this regiment the 3lst
he was in service for some time and shared with
them the perls and disasters of the battle of Roam
oke Island He was under fire in that battle for
five hours and aided in conducting the retreat after
our brave men had been driven back and overpow-
cred by superior numbers; and he bore himself on
this occasion with marked GOODNESS and courage.
The same party which now seeks to rnjure his repu-
tation and to defeat him for the Commons assigned
him to duty in the very face of danger, and forced
his regiment to take musketS which were almost
useless, while the best muskets distributed to
pet regiments; and at the very moment when he
was perling his life On Roanoke Island this same
party were endeayoring to fix on him and his
friends, because they had labored to preserve the
Union on honorable terms, and to avoid war, the
"hideous mark" by which they would be known as
Linconites and traitors. And not only this but
after he had been offered the position of Lieutenant
Colonel in one of the State regiments, and his name
actually recorded as appointed the place snatch
ed from him on account of his political opinions
and conferred On an original secessionist And yet
after all this the leaders of the party have the
assurance to call on the people of Wake County
three-fourths of whom are Conservatives, to vot,
against him and to sustain original secessonist
The Conservatives of Wake will hearken to no sucl
call. .-
Col Fowle was not nominated by either caucus
Convention, or clique" He'was brought for
ward by meeting of the people, in which ever.
D one present had voice He is therefore, emphat
ically the peoples candidate; and the people viii
see to it that he is elected. That his qualification
are superior in every respect to those of Capt Ranc
, every unprejudced person, who knows them both
: will admit.
4 In conclusion, we beg leave most respectfully t.
suggest to the Conservatives of the County the i'm
porance of turning out in full force on the day q
election. Our adversaries, though badly beaten il
August, are still active, and as wary and unscrupu