Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-08-03
To the Voters of the 4sth Senatorial District
of North-Car0lina, composed Of the COunties
Of Rutherford, Polk and Cieaveland.


FELLOW. CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS IN TIE SERVICE -
At the earnest solicitations of numerous friends,
am candidate for re election to represent you in
the Senate of the next General Assembly of said
State 1t was my intention to canvass tho district,
and by speeches, make the people acquainted with
my views on the most important questions before
them, but l shall now be denied that pleasure,
having been ordered with portion of my CON-
mand to Asheville. Therefore it has become ne
cessary that should appear before you in a card,
giving you my views in q condensed form. am
not only we'll known personally to most persons in
the district, but am also politically known as =
Conservative after the straitest Sect" by which
you will understand me to be a champion Of the
rights, liberties and freedom of the people, and to
oppression tyranny, or despotism in any form, n
"fell opposer" l am in favor of using all legal
and honorable means to maintain the former and
prevent the latter,-I am opposed to everything
foreshadowing Dictatorship. In the language Of
Hon. A. H. Stephens, I" | would not turn upon my
heel to choose between masters l was not born to
have master from either the North or the South"
We are now wsging a war against powerful and
relentless foe and in which it IS necessary that all
our means and energies should be Steadily and prop
eriy used but am sorry to believe that military
necessity has been made an excuse to Cypress our
own people, by the passage of unconstitutional
laws among which are the Conscrpt law, the
ding the act to suspend the privilege of the writ
OF ha6eas corp which last in its general atSres,
has been pronounced unconstitutional by the abiest
lawyers in the Confederacy. | voted in the Gen
eral Assembly condemning this act, and asked ito
repeal By this law the rights of freemen are net
only wrested from them and trampled under fors,.
but it was passed for the cypress purpose Of pre-
oenting the Jreemaen of North Carolina from er-
ercsing their privilege at tho 6allotbOr muzsling
the press stopping public discussion, in short to
oreak doom the Conservative party in this State,
and cripple it elsewhere. Remember this North.
Carolinians!
The policy of the administration in the repudia
toa OF its own currency, is another measure which,
shows the want of foresigh: and capacity to admin
ter the government in that statesmanlike manner,
which the tho exigency of the times requires. IT.
seems to me an ordinary foresight could have pre-
vented these evils, and kept inviolable the rights,
liberties and freedom Of the people, and the sover
eighty of the States; but they are upon US, and
what is the remedy to remove the evils, and save.
ourselves Tho answer is easy and simple-re-.
move the men from Office who have assisted in the
passage.of these laws, as fast the power of the
people can get at them and prevent those from get
This being done, it is to be hoped our country will
be free from oppression. have ever been opposed
to the principles in each Of these measures. The
policy of the Confederate government in these
measures, has had powerful influence upon our
State government, and forced upon it heavy and
unnecessary burthens. Again, the tendency of
some Of these measures has made the civil subser.
Went to the military law, thereby Weakening the
sovereignty Of the States, and tending to CONSOLE
dated government, to which am bitterly opposed
My competitor, DR.. W. j. T. Miller, of Cleave.
land, may almos: o:: quite say, is life long poll
tican, and has represented the people of this dis
+ trict in both branches of the General Assembly
hence his political acts public property, and 1t
is certainly right that the people should know
what his political career has been.
The first l knew Of my competitor he was an
old line WHY, the next heard of him he was /.
Buchanan Democrat, the next he was Bell and
Everett Unipn man, and / understand be used the
expression that be "gloried in having an opportu
nifty to vote for Bell and Everett, the Union eani
date: tor the Presidency, in o. der to break down
Breckenridge and Lane, who were the secession
candidates Ito use bis own language,) to dissolve
our glorious old Union" Next he was making
stump speeches in favor of secession to dissolve
. that GLORIOUS old Union" Leopard like, he has
many spots, or like the Irshman's flea, put Won,
finger on him and he's not there Secession took
place, the GLORIOUS old Union" was dissolved and
suppose since that time he has kept the faith toll
erably WELL having voted for Johnston against Gov
Vance; be also voted for Lander against Hon. j. G.
Ramsay, assigning for reason that the latter was
Laneotn abelitionist. do not know whether the
Doctor intended to brand the men Of his own conn
:; ty who supported the Hon. J. G.. RAMSAY - Lin
ootn abotitioists not thie he can answe, bette,
J himself Being an original secesaionist, pfesums