The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-05-20

gentlemen OF the conservative persuasion
had assured you that the negroes of Warren
remembered with the liveliest gratitude your
ancient efforts to secure their emancipation
and colonization or fossillzation for the sole
benefit of the Caucasian, as we'll as your
presently entertained opinion that only such
rs could read and write, or about one in five
hundred should be allowed the ballot, and
even they excluded from holding Office, and
were therefore waiting with unparalleled anx-
iety to cast their ballots fOryou and thus Sc
cure to the State your invaluable services in
the formation of a Constitution and civil gov
ernment. The prospect was pleasant. You
had grown old in patient waiting like the
renowned Micawber, "for something to
turn up." And now it was turning. 1t is
currently reported that in anticipation of
the event, you had prepared and printed a
Constitution of North Carolina, e0name u
faut, which you were to press to adoption
at once and adjourn the Convention upon
the third day of the. session. This would
render certain your Gubernatorial nonina-
ton and election, perhaps as the choice OF
both parties. Then no less than Senator
ship could be offered to one who should have
performed such transcendant services to the
State. This would do very well, but then,
the Convention would meet in Chicago in
May. Surely an ex-Gubernatorial Senator
from North Carolina would stand fair show
for the Vice Presidency. Of course, the lat
ter could not be made to serve at once, but
there was little doubt of the former. The
election came, and after it the returns. Out
Of twenty five hundred ballots, fifty -four
bore your name. That night the world lost
a model Constitution It would have
bO1u bvttrr If THAT effort of grnius had 5rru
preserved, to put side and side with the one
drafted by " Holden's creatures,"- and, the
Northern usurpers in the Z" mongrel Corven-
tion," just to show the people what might
s have been done if et r4lH
>. But you could not rest until you had
tempted fate again in the political arena.
Your love of your country and yourself was
SO uncomfortable that you could not rest
without some manifestation of the same.
You must offer your services to distressed
North Carolina, as a knight-errant, who
would drive the carpet bag dragon from her
soil, repress the presumptuous African until
such time as it might suit the convenience
and pleasure of his former masters, either to
"fossil:ze "-as your friend Helper says,-or
colonize the inferior race. Surely at the
last moment the people would learn wis
dom, would turn from the mongrel "black
and tan and see in you ready saviour. q
You were not at first SO confident in the
success of your new role as you had been
during the election for Convention. In fact,
the result of that was rather depressing.
In trnth, the situation was somewhat des-
perate The Marshalship might not last al
ways, especially if your opponents should
triumph, and A. j. be impeached Ben
Wade might not look with favor on one
who had given his time and influence for
two years IN nefarious attempt to break
down, defeat and destroy the Republican
party of North Carolina. 1t might. there
fore, be we'll to provide other quarters be-
fore you were compelled to move out of the
present domicil. 1t was but common pru-
dence; and then, again, you are not as
young as you once were. You could take
the 'iron-clad"; this you counted a great
advantage. The other two candidates were
both banned by its provisions. You
thought this might be used with telling eff.
feet against both before the people, and that
as it most certainly wonld be. Your friend
Helper, therefore, the literary Assessor,
Nojoquist-mad this the burden of his
Record and one OF the two arguments
which he dared to bring up in your favor.
The other, was the sale of the human chat
tells before alluded 10, which, by some
strange oversight or misapprehension of
terms or fact, he denominated manu- mis-.
sion. This mistake should be corrected at
your earliest convenience. Aside from this
negative merit, your only hope lay in your
numerous and hungry deputies. too many of
whom were genuine rebel Conservatives, or
dyed-inthe-wool Northern CopperheaGs, to
afford you much assistance In your anxiety
to secure interest with all parties by the dis
tribution of your official patronage, you had
cast it principally at the feet of rebelious
swine, who having trampled your favor, had
no scruples in turning to rend you. Posi-
tive claims, there were none in your favor
A dismal attempt was made to enlist popu.
lar sympathy in your favor, ON account of
your position during the war, but it was
complete failure; chiefly, I think, from the
extreme uncertainty in regard to that posi-
ton. The best information regarding that,
which could be secured, was to the effect
that YOU occupied about the same position
relative to the contending powers that YOU
have since occupied in relation to the two
parties. You were for the Union without
being against the rebellion. You called
yourself loyal, and growIed at everything
that was done to preserve the nation. You
carped at, and criticised movements, bat
ties and campaigns, but your own valor was
as fleeting as the champagne at Wizards.
1t is said that your constitutional timidity
and antipathy to exertion stood seriously in
your way during the war. Common fame
reports that as NOrth-C arolinian and a
refugee. you might have secured an honor
BILE position in the Federal service, instead
OF hanging about the streets and saloons of
Washington, acquiring left-handed in
tlmacy with members of Congress, and
sponging treats by obsequious boot licking
from Scared and war-Worn veterans. It is
generally believed that the excuse, which
you have so frequently given for not entering
the service of the Republic to-wit, that YOU
were fearful that your hand might uncon-
sciously be raised against the life of some re-
bellious relative or friend, might far better
have been stated as wholesome fear that
said rebelious friend or some comrade of
his might make out your " final statement
sooner than was desirable to you. In other
words that you were more afraid of being
killed than of killing. 1t is even said that
upon certain occasions, when you had par
taken more freely than usual of patriotic
liquids, both in private and under the Ed
itorial "we," you pledged your life, your
fortune and your sacred honor " to the sup
preston of the rebellion. As the two latter
would not be of any appreciable value to the
nation it was of course incumbent upon you
to preserve, care for, and make the most of