Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-01-15

IL there was anything in which Wosh;,
sCr upulously CONSCIENTIOUS it was in tbe 80" was
VI Tic Illuminating power; scrutinizinp tb e, 'Se
Oh canoidates; their comparative claims On n'neSs
OF Pooe services and sacrifices, and with
!he equaole distribution of offices among tho
~ a.. N"icLl ne governed himself solely by conS;5'
erations for the public good. He was ~ IONS: volSId
scrupulous where his own friends and rSpeCaiiy
were concerned. 80 far as know n,,
"ouid ne say, :" would not be in the remotant
gree lhnuenced IN making nominations nv ,notils
arising from the ties Of family or blood " Jo;s
Life Of Washington ' -A'Sa"gs
The example thus presented by the father of u.
country, would, if it had been faithfully obsoru.s
nave materially contributed to prevent the obrsoo
and corruptions which have become a part of An
lean politics. And even in the South nndor a.
new order of things this example seems to bouo
been partially lost sight Of In many instance
persons are appointed to office who are incompaon,
to perform the duties assigned them; and we con
trace the motive which led to their appointment f.
no other source than that of parzan preference ~
the tiles of family or blood" As general rrIo
both IN Confederate appointments and in annoir,
ments in this State. 10 one is considered wor.b..
who did not prefer to dissolve the Union. or who
' " '"S" Ho such preference, turn
upon ana asSali those with whom he acted in en-.
deavoring to avert the revolution. Such was not
the policy of Washington. He was too candid 70
profess one thing and practice another. Tn orc.r.
izing the government he called to his aid such mon
as Jefferson and Hamllton--the former the founder
oil the so-called States rights, and the latter tbo
founder of the so-caed federal school: and in an.
IN off ba
whether they were for independence in rs, or in
l"o "hen the declaration was made. Heregarded
all as loyal and worthy who had either fopcbt for
liberty or paid their taxes and suffered to ocb;o,o
it, or who had even wished we'll to the c.,so 70
which he had dedicated the latter and grander NOR
ton OF his life. Tories he detested and nppisbod
ana reoeillon and sedtion he put down himself with
inc s'rons hand when he was President; but he
was never known to place himself in the situation
OF suSpecting the whole body Of his countrymen
because few were dSloyal, or of devising test
oatAs as means of uniting the people in their
resistance to tyranny. Indeed Washington himself
though he hailed the declaration of independence
with JOY, Was not so forward as Henry and others
who possessed dispositions more ardent and moro
N"NN"NiN ''i"h Jul ile weighed every step IN
the great march of deliverance from oppression in
the scales of reason and common sense, and on no
occasion surrendered himself to the promptings of
passion. He was slow in tearing down, and slow,
cautious, and patient in building up He did not
prefer to dissolve the connection between England
and the Colonies, bit accepted and advocated disso
luton in the last resort when indispensable to the
maintenance of liberty. lie was neither thought
less enthusiast nor laggard in the struggle, by
which old forms abolished and new ones estab-
lished in their stead And yet he never thought
that those who were more OF less forward than he
was, were less true to the of liberty nor did
he ever profess in breath to know no difference
between those who had embarked their all in the
cause of independence, and in another by his prac-
tice, cut portion of them off from all appoint
ments, civil and military. But the maxims and
conduct of Washington are alike questionable in
these latter times.
"Naure made but one such man,
Aud brUke the die in moulding" WASHINGTON.