Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-10-21

rate states In doing this has not been less my to
within the limits Of the Constitution than TO infringe
shall make no osenstious parade of devotion to your
interests promises of future g Pc
aindged by the records of my official conduct NOT aoA
have Claims upon your support founded on an abandon
ment Of property, practice or home on nornern Gol
no other home than in the county Of my BIRTH and in which
the graves of my parents; and my fortunes snd ges
ny linked with yours from infancy not less from choice
than accident have remained nnbrokeu to this hour NY
residence is still in place. twice visited BY tho public en-
cmy from whose violence have not sholy ecaped,-
With you continue to share the dangers and difficulties
incident exposed condition. aud you will require no
higher guaranty than that resulting from entire commune
ty Of interests the dgent of all the at my
ton Of the State has, indeed received full protection:
The fall of Roanoke Island aud the control Of our inland
waters by the enemy greatly multiply the dlcuiaes ~
make Known our weakness and wants in Congressional de-
ta,c and thus perhaps invite hostile vsattons; but bog
you ho without evidence TO impute remssness 70 your
fedeate authorities in more quiet and not less useol
manner real condition and just claims for protection
No merit duo the performance Of simple act OF public
duty Yet, when blame is impded or insinuatea fair
charge unsupported by proo And ys considering our
been wonderfully spared the scourge Of invasion Nor let
be gateu that great army, standing with unbending
front at the very gateway 70 our state IN sod
psbed through It's dispersion larger surface fi!.
ustraon Of this be necessary it may be found in the mil.
anxiety with which witnessed the withdrawal Of nesry
all the forces from North Carolina for the purpose Of re-
rorcg the army under General ~ aee thus 1s Ss
necessities of le enemy occasoDed by this very augmen
talon of the force confronting him. led to the recall of
Gen Burnside and his troops aid almost berateo us from
the presence Of an enemy.
In presenting my name for election it is source OF
just pride and qualification to find myself called on 70 ds
Of complaint must assume that my public conduct
meets your approval: Blu: reports which seem to have
been nduSirOusy circulated among the troops from
the District have been recently brought to notice. that
demand and shall receive, prompt correction. am rep
resented as baving given several obnoxious votes:
as the "twenty negro clause which exempts from con-
scrpop the owner manager Of twenty or more slaves
3D. In favor of the at the last session Of
Congress, which imposed tax kind of one-te9. or
he upon the agricultural productions of the country
3d. And against the proposition to increase the private
4th am further charged With having favored tho ap
pontmen of an officer from Virginia to the It. Colonecy
| of the 5ath N0rth-Carolina regiment.
shall dispose of these charges one and all briefly by
prououncng them unquaifed!y fatss Destitute Of even
the sembIance Of truth, and directly the reverse Of my
acts they must have been brcated and after this denial
only be circulated for the base and dishonest purpose
purng and preparing the way Of success for some
| new and ambitious aspraut for popular favor:
have uniformly supported by vote aud otherwise eve.
ry fair effort to increase the compensation paid the private
soldier and to promote his personal comfort in sickness
leagues voted for the bill imposing taxes upon the prop
ery the country the al uaOre principle and Paya-
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tued in the Senate, the eectual Of redu.
cling volume of that currency and rendering The resi-
due well future issues of the government more va1a
practical value of the soldiers pay. the procurement OF
supplies for himself aud family far than any proposed
| increase in lis nominal amount.
resisted the passage that Objectionable feature in the
exemption act. and at the following session voted with
unanmnus House for its repeal
recommended for the appointment referred to- and used
all the influence at my command to secure 1t to very
gallant and erorous officer in the service, Capt John
Randolph, of Northampton, and no one tss
In connection with the correction of these msrepresen-
ations it is not improper in to add that the provision
against extortios limiting prices upon the product OF the
Of October 1862 and also the proviso in the
&C, Of April last an annual ss Of five hundred
s entitled to exemption, inserted in the bills
upon nv motion. l make this statement due to my.
self and in order proper understanding of course
in reference the subjects of these sanderous charges,
and certainly not constituting any claim upon your
favor.
will add word further by way Of personal explaua-
on have been reluctant to occupy present position
candidate. and long hesated to let my name 60 be-
fore you Ny strong nclinatons were to retire from
public life, and lay aside the and responsibilities Of
official sat:ol. Scarcely month remained before the
dav of election. No dissatisfaction made known to
me as existing among any considerable portion OF the peo-
Pile of the District I do not naw know that any such
prevails although am appriscd omost active efforts to
offered Disaster had lien uDop our arms The public
mind fverish and despondent SO in Consequence
Of the series Of brilliant victories which had
seemed 10 scarcely t, admit of question.
TO my SURPRISE the very day afe the publication of my
name that Of another gentleman holding high official Po-
siton in the State, is announced in opposon In few
enter The public councils of the nation and give up his
private soldier, and obtain for him larger pay:
The idea has perhaps occurred to that active charity
might find more ample scope for its exercise iu the pu
charge, and among its wounded mlimed and suffering
INN tes than could possibly be expected the floor Of
than hundred members of which it consists will
add too that such measure has repeatedly passed that
body and would long since have been the sw but FOR OBJ
staces nterposed in the Senate These efforts on behalf
of the soldier promise more useful results and certainly
not needed in the House. . -
Nor does North CAr.sna stand in need of cham
pionshp of her fair Her fame has been upon
every hard contested field since the first battle Of Manas-
sas by eunfnching courage and heroic deed: of her
great struggle and by the fidelity endurance and self
sacrificing spirit Of her people The simple narrative Of
% address,
looks the great subect-the efficiency and rength OF the
srmy, its subsistence. and the national anapces-upon the
ground, suppose, that they have been well managed.
shall say nothing further On these topics -
Another candidate has also appeared and will be Before
you.
bad hoped for harmony in the selection of your
sentative The contest is not Of my seeking and sba
not now shrink from it. requirement. We need the united
hope the final ASSAULT preparing for overthrow
Far be it from to seek to SOW dssentions and dscord
should y BE- Nv apTSrhs Of your confidence were capable O
cordial and RECIPROCAL be cultivated and strengthen
ed between all branches of the public service and the peo
pie, it would conduct revolution to successn
ISSUE To this end have my endeavos the past been di
rec:ed ard will be in the future shall leave the issu
in your hands, content if you shall dismiss me from you
service, and sincerely hoping that my successor may
able meet the full measure of bis own expectations
wy '''' 'eN' ~ ". N. q. SMITH.
To the Voters Of the Fir st Congressional Dis