Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-08-16

hailed IS feoW-enemies oTthe Richmond usufpation,
and to be Welcomed back a. feoR-partners in all
our countless national blessings.
A GLoR1OUs VIcroRr.-The election that has inst
occurred n this State Is in al its aspects the most
remarkable political incident of the aga Mr. Hol-
den, who had undoubtedly exercised great inHuence
in the State, and who prolsnely claimed to have the
power 70 kin and make alive "a sort of North
Carolina Warwick, the " setter up and puller down
Of king having traded for two years on Gov.
VanceB political capital, concluded that he was
strong enough to kill Vance and make alive Holden.
At period Of deep depression in our national con-
dition, when reverse after reverse had shaken the
faith and made towards Of many and traitors of
some, Holden ayailed himself OF the universal de-
sire Tor peacet make the attempt at self elevation
on which his heart bad long been set Vance stand.
ing firm as rock, Holden virtually abandoned the
cause Of his.country, and openly arrayed himself
against its National and State Administration. But
he miscalculated his own influence, and utterly mis-
understood the feeling Of the people of North Caro-
lima 7heir desire for peace was unmingled with
any, the slightest thought Of the constitution rs
it is and the Union as it was" Their determine
tion was and is to have independence and an eternal
separation from the yankees. They had no idea of
encouraging the enemy to invade the interior Of the
State in search Of . Union sentiment and utterly
condemned the publication In the Standard of the
various Editorial and other articles Which denounc.
KEGS, and the Withholding of the accounts of our
triumphs o Behold the result The imaginary
Samson, who had laid his head in the lap of the
Delilah, Ambition, finds himself shorn of all his
strength, abandoned by even his friends, and so
prostrated that he can never hope to attain that
i Position" which has been the cherished aim of
his later years. The moral should be laid to heart
by ambitious men. To q calm observer, it would
seem that Mr.. Holden had enough to satisfy any
reasonable mans desires. A few years ago he had
become unquestionably the most influential man in
he State. His central position, and the skill with
which he managed his Press, combined with an IN.
wearied asslduity in intrigue, enabled him to mould
public opinion so far as to reduce the old Whig
party to minority and 70 elevate the Democratic
70 majority. Then stepped forward self determin-
ed to clutch the highest honors in the gift of the
party he had built up, and then crossed his path
the many others whose eyes coveted thesame prizes,
or whom he had offended. They defeated him
de turned upon his party and pursued its leaders
with venom even surprising that which he had so
long exhibited against the Wings The latter were
OF course delighted-they encouraged the mutual
assaults of their old opponents taking the side ma
turally enough, of the renegade This led to so
much OF association and assimilation, that Mr. Hol-
den appears to have anced that the old Wings whom
he had so deeply injured and so bitterly abused
would do more TO feed his ambition than his late
party. 1t was an unreasonable miscalculation, not
justified by the lights Of either sacred or profane
history, or apToper understanding of human nature.
The results Of all these blunders and the rewards
Of all this Unsuitable ambition may be seen in the
votes of the Army and the people Nothing like 1t
was ever known. The public have for months been
piled with bold assurances that every body was going
for Holden, and he would certainly be elected In.
diViduals were mentioned by name as his support
erS but they almost invariably repelled the imputa-
ton. Counties were then claimed by the score and
these have all spoken their emphatic contradiction,
not excepting Wake Even down to the morning
Of the election Holden assured his readers that if
the people would but vote they would reverse the
army majority for Vance aud elect him (HeldeH.)
Did he really believe this? If so, let him no lon.
ger boast Of his facilities for ascertanng public sen.
ument II he did not believe tive need say no
more We need only point to the results.
What will be Mr.. Holden's next position Time
will tell. We incline to the opinion that he will
deny that he was candidate at all aud shouldn't
wonder if some of his friends contend that there
Is no such person as Holden. The Yankees are the
people disappointed and mortified at the result
They have fiattered themselves that there was
Union party at the South, have considered Mr.
Holden as It's leader, and looked to this election
for fully establishing its predominance in North
Carolina, to be followed by other similar exhib-
tons in other States They will now see that, &C.
cordng to Lincola's own admission, 1.-THE war is
not only an error but crime" Such q victory
over Holden is worth several victories in the field
70 the character of North Carolina it Is of inest
.nable value. Let US all thank Providence and
take new heart for the glorious work before US
Fay. ObserOer.