The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-08

We publish to-day for the edification of
our readers, the reply of Mr.. Hanes, of the
Old North State, to the speech of Mr.. Leach,
Conservative candidate for Congress in that
ldistrict, wherein Mr. Leach said that Mr.
Hanes is man of strong memory. but OF
weak intellect" and whereupon Mr.. Hanes
says: s.rF IN, If
awe copy the above for the purpose,
among Others, of saying, in reply to General
Leach, that we are not responsible for the
fact that we are =" a man of weak intellect"
1t is our misfortune and not our fault. Mas
citur-non fiji. With Gen. Leach it may be
otherwise. Fiscitur-ron nat
After this neat reply from the OM North
State, we further present the following ar
ticle from that paper, published prior to
Gen. Leach's nomination. The article will
wear well during the present canvass. We
are indebted to the Greensboro Republican
for it. .a-.t. Hr.g.-
GEN. J. NJ. LEACH.
We learn that this gentleman announced
himself an Independent candidate for Con-
gress in the Fifth District, at Lexington on
Monday From this action of Gen. Leach's
it is natural to infer that he saw no hope of
receiving nomination. He will, probably,
claim it as great merit that he is not the
nominee of any party, caucus or conven-
ton. But the people will remember that
he Was not averse to receiving such nomina-
ton in former days, and will readily under
stand why lie is not such a nominee now.
We further learn that he declared in his
speech on that occasion, that these were
times that demanded the services of Estates
| men, and not mere tyros in political science.
| He said that statesmen were not born, but
| made-made by long training, public SER
vice and experience The old maxim, Mas
| citu--n0n ft. (born, not made) justified, as
was supposed, by the experience, and obser-
walton of all the wise men of the ages, has
suddenly been discovered by this made
statesmen" to be erroneous. We suppose
| that he, and the school which he is destined
to establish, will reverse it, and the maxim
with them will hereafter be Fiscitur non
nat. Nor shall we attempt to controverte
| the new opinion. 1t is true that at the
| early age of twenty eight. Augustus
| found himself at the head of the Roman
/ world with the craftsmanship neces-
! sary to its government; it is true that at the
still earlier age of twenty-seven William Ill
7 Prince of Orange, was renowned all over
Europe as the most distinguished statesman
and negotiator of the age; it is true that at
| the still earlier age of twenty-three AleXan-
| der Hamilton had conceived the whole Anne
ricsn system of government thought it out
! for himself without model, and embodied
| it in his celebrated letter to Mr.. Duane; it is
true that at the still earlier age Of twenty
two the younger Pitt was the Prime Minister
| Of England, held the destinies of Europe in
his hands, and displayed craftsmanship
equal to the occasion. Yet all these exam
| pks may not be sufficient to prove the cor
| rctness of the old maxim. They even may
! b perfectly consistent with the new opinion
| HIT, II so, they clearly prove that those men
WIRE much apter scholars than Gen. Leach
| that " statesmen" were made" out of them
| in much shorter-we can't tell how much
shorter-time than it required to make one
out of Gen. Leach.
After dethroning the old and inaugurating
the new maxim of the General, We are in
formed, proceeded to relate to his audience
that he had had large and long experience
in the State Legislature, in the Federal and
Confederate Congress, amounting to fifteen
years or more-that in this long service he
had been made statesman-that he had
done many great and wonderful things for
the dear people, all Of which he rccounted
and held up to their views as specimens OF
his splendid craftsmanship.
But of his claims and craftsmanship let
the people Judge This is a free country,
and we will be, among the last to deny the
right of Gen. Leach, or any other Estates
man." to be an independent candidate Tor
Congress, if he chooses.