The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-11-04
NAssBIY.
The October Elections-Mf. Nasty Dis
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From the Toledo Blade.l


witch is the State NV Kentucky.
Oct. 10, 1868.
The recent eleckshuns hev not RESULTED ez
ioyftilly CT We caod hev wished, but Their
hev bin enuff Dimocratic. votes pollcd to
prove that the old party is alive, and not
dead ez its enemies wood hev us believe.
We didn't quite carry mieany; Ohio isn't
hardly ourn, and notwithstandin all the
money we spent in Philadelphia on re
peaters and naturalization papers, that
State is Jest out NV our reach. We hev come
Jest near enuff to victry to miss it. I feel ez
I did wunst two years ago. / went into
Bascom's to git my regler half past nine nip,
when wuz Mortified at bcin informed by
G. w. that ther wuznt a drop IN the house.
Seem the agony depicted on my face ne did
manage to squeeze one reasonable assuager
out of bari, hut jest ez / wuz putting it to
my lips Joe Bigler, either by accident or
design, stumbled agin me and the precious
fiooid waz wastitl on the floor. The Re-
publikin Joe Bigler hez stumbled asin us
jest cz we he'd the goblit NV success to our
lips and l mourn ez did then.
Several causes hev operated to bring
about this result, none NV which are Nv
nacher to be discouragin to the Dimocrisy,
however. ~ sH
1. We shood hev succeeded he'd the Re-
publikins nominated man who wuz con-
siderably less popler than Gen. Grant, and
who woodent hev been able to hold so
many votes. Their amt no doubt Nv this
He'd they nominated man less in favor
with the people we shood hev he'd an easier
time Nv it.
2. He'd the Dimocrisy nominated more
popler men-them in whom the people he'd
more conference.-the result wood hev been
far better. Gov. Seemore is an admirable
candidate, but somehow he didn't strike the
popler heart. He did all he Good to shoot
the masses, but the masses went back on
him. He made speech asin repudiashun,
and in favor Nv payin the bonds in gold:
and then, that ther shood be no complaint
from anybody, he accepted nominashun
at the hands Nv repoodiaters and payers in
greenbax. But his genrous nacher hez bin
misunderstood. Wat wuz really a desire
to satisfy all styles Nv people wuz branded
ez week.-Mrs. and vascillashen, and SO he went
down.
g. Gineral Blare hurt US. 1t is troo we
hleeve in the sentiments enunshated in the
Brodhed letter, and my admirashen for him
on other accounts is unboundid. I hev
alluz loved him sence one memorable night,
when seed him take 18 drinks in 30 mlnits,
and walked off under it. Here" thot I,
sis nv sonperior-to him I bow" I tried
to surpass it, but caved at the 18th. He
is entirely acceptable to the South. His
Brodhed letter reflex our views precisely.
Deekin Pogram's brother who lives in Ala
bama knows where is niggers are Twin, and
he ardently desires the abolishun Nv the
carpet-bag governments, that he may seeze
EN- and redoose EN- to their normal speer.
Capt. McPelter's old cavalry can be rallied
at minit's notice, and he axes tn lead EN-
again among the rich farmers NV Southern
Ohio and 1njeany; and We all desire that
the Northern men wich hev come down
among US like locusts with all their shops
and factories and stores, and mowin ma
chimes. skool houses and SIGH, tryin to elc-
vate the niger above us, shell be hung or
sent packin out nv the country, leavin US to
manage things our own way. But Blare
shooden't have sed so. He shoOden't hev
alarmed the week democracy Nv them States
witch desire peace, and who are on timid on
tine subject of revolushen. Blare hurt us.
His letter wuz correct but inconsistent.
4. Our platform wuz agin US. He'd it been
different in all partiklers, we shood hev
polled more votes, pervided, nv course, that
we he'd different men astandin onto it. This
is clear.
5. The Republican platform was agin u.s.
He'd they made q different platform, and
put other men onto it their platform, and
our men bein both more objectionable to the
people, and our platform and our men bein
less Objectionable to the people the result
would hev been far different. This is clear.
A careful examinashen Nv these reasons
for our defeat shows how neer we come to
success, and how little stood in the way.
What shell be donei There's the question
which perpose to answer.
We must heV a change Nv candidates.
Let US remember the Postoffises are at stake,
and that when it is all billed down, Post
offises is wat we are goln for Eff Seemore
stands between US and Postofhses, Seemore
must he put out Nv the way. and if Blare
prevents us from reachin Nv EN-, Blare must
be immolatid. The recent elections show
that both these men are in the way, and
both must. therefore. 60 to the wall. This
is my candid Judgment
l, therefore, urge the droppin of Seemore
and Blare, and the nominashen Nv that
| stanch patriot, whose name l brot out orr
| ginally, Jethro L. Kippins, nv nlinoy. for
President, and Capt. Abslum Kilt, Moo Jer-
sey, for Vice. These gentlemen wood be
entirely acceptable to all factions Nv the
party. Kippins hez no opinions and never
he'd, and ez Capt. Kilt can't write, he will
not compromise us by any indiscreet letters.
segest these names to save expense TO oul
ners yoozed thus far needn't be changed
Kippins looks very like Seemore, and Blare's
portrate wood do jest ez well for Kit. The
Dimocrisy NV the North never saw anything
NV military except wat they mite hev OBJ
served in the vicinity NV the British garrison
in Canada, and they wood'nt know the diff
ference between q Captains uniform and g
Major Generals. In Kentucky and the
Southern States no change wood be required
The Confederit flags under which we march
will do ez we'll for Klppins and Kilt ez fo
Seemore and Blare.
Let this be done to wunst, or all will b
lost. Let US have men on the track who he'
no rekurd to pint at Eff we had wun mai
who he'd good rekurd, we wood do well t.
take him, but ez that haint the case, the mex
best thing is to take one who hez no rekurt
ut ALL Sich man is Kippins. With Kip
pins at the front we may be ashoored NV vic
try We may rest confident nv postoffisis
and happy in the ashoorence NV at least fou
years nv uninterrupted Twin on the treasury
All other elements Nv the canvass are lit
and trivial compared with Postofis. It re
quires rapid ackshen. but iist now when tn
party stands with one foot over the brink u
destruckshen aud tother on the edge NV pei