The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-04-08

wDuld 1xercis thI priv bye. 3 there are any
feasop!H r ~ sppfeh< nom bese gentlemen
are so fond Of indulging So far as the
white men are concerned, the question is an
insult to their patriotism and intelligence.
Nor is there any just ground for charging
the negro voters with any such folly and pre-
they now constitute more than one third of
our whole voting population ace hare get to
hear that any one of that complexion rs q can
didate for Congress or any State office
Even in the Counties in Which they control.
they have displayed no anxiety or eagerness
for the County officers, being cputlcon appa1
rently for other reasons than their OwnIseekl
ing. But if an overwhelming numerical pre-.
ponderance were not a sufficient, assurance,
is there no security in that superior intellect
ual capacity and culture justly assumed for
the white race 2 But it is said that social
equality is to follow the extension to the ne
gro Of the right of suffrage. To thisI an
swer thatit not yet had that effect among
white men. Hundreds of years have elapsed
since all distinction at law between the No.
BILE and the Peasant. Papist and Protestant,
gentleman and mechanic, Christian and Jew,
have been leyelled with the dust and vet do
we see these distinctions in the gndations of
society and the experience of every daylife.
How is it that even the President Of the Uni
ted States cannot escape the intended insult
but real glory which recalls his humble orr
GIN Is it true that in North Carnlina the
mechanics path to distinction is unobst ruct-
ed save by the lack of talent and mental
qualification : Is he not rather, with us,
l 4 II
considered merely verb, whose office is be-
slowed not BY the people but by GRAMMAR
ans, and slgnllnnes TO be, to do and to suffer ?
FOR my own part CONFESS weakness mes II that
| DC weakness winch prompts men to adj
mlre ana respect hereditary virtue. Repub-
'or.ns, 'n &C ~ .ts IT. annohs US
pcisoisi ~ l1..y .sli'l.ulSSp, Conspicuous
taisr' an.' ~ Ivy , alu purify =, PEE
soma cnal ac'sr =, SUCH t!e ieaper OF
o ons thet I ~, p III "na - 'ess " ,':s
sncestors man VIII, i;ke h;msa,f s'nrnS az ne
t;ngn;sbed Inv tbe 4ayor of i,;s on,,a ."n w
on6 in b;s iav- a,so deservaJ s' gu!
oonntrvp Tbsse t;tl.s ~ hon ~ ~ n's
n;znd ;yherrayarr URINE ia ackno,sioI - .;Oso
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w 'uI Piluo ""a s.o y. .no oI"'o' "u' M,
year oy yea. orc L.. oM aH"s lr:ln US ana
enl'on,.S ous '' :a n'"''e' sceA'hS ABROAD
su'.e ho''. ,o' ,nuus'y anu enterprise
Nei'"er rePeheu ny laui.ionai exclusion nor
n,"nopo.izco ny tue veterans ol an Gillette
ciVlii.atlon, we are now 70 preach the evan
gel OF iaDor, ana honof MN VINO iaDors with
the mana as well us tile Drain. ,.lr
The aristocratic party have renominatetl
all or nearly all of the old office holders. It
is curious and suggestive fact that nearly
all of them are are old line Wings, or con
nected with the old line Wing families
They belong to the class and they entertain
the same opinion on public questions with
the distinguished President of the February
Convention. Fer some undiscovered pur-
pose he boasts not only of his ancestry but
of his consistent adherence to Wing princi
pies. The Republican party on the contra
ry, ignoring the divisions of the past. and
looking only to the future, call to their leat,
W. w. HOLDEN, a man of Yesterday self
made man. Democrat, the architect of his
own fortunes: mechanic. printer n na,Y,
of the people 1t is true that Mr.. HoIpRN
has been not consistent, but he never had a
fair opportunity t. conceal his opinions. He
has been, and is journalist, lille other men
could safely follow, he had to lead, and to
record each passing change and fitting sen.
timent. His mind for years has been the
mirror, wherein the actual sentiment has
been most faithfully reflected. The breath
of public sentiment and the pitiless storm Of
detraction has often clouded the clearness of
his perception, but always left his personal
character undimmed without reproach. A
ity we all require. and the people are always.
just; they are proud of his talents and of
his integrity. In all his changes he has been
true to them. ..'' - -.'. ~. '.'. ~
And they are not unnlindful of the same
capacity for public trusts, in any station
To the son of Judge Dick: modest gentle
man. and also a democrat and a good lawyer,
for many years the District Attorney of the
United States, and whom the State and Fed.
eral authority have alike considered worthy
the Judicial robe, they tender the office of
Supreme Judge. He will honor their choice
and adorn the position. w. B. Rodman, is
another new man and u democrat, years ago
he would have been on the Supreme Bench,
but tor his youth and his moustachios-
Thomas Settle is another Democrat, and a
young man. He has been speaker of both
branches of the General assembly, and if he
returns from Mississippi in time will speak
for himself. It strikes me that if negro Su-
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