Year: 1861

that the wisdom Of man. ever Conceived i indebted
for its downfall Party coupled with the scuff1e
mcnt that Georgs Washingtoa efected We are
sick Of and dsgusted with "parties and party"
leaders or worshlppefs .Wellad fondly hoped that
in The face Of a darnpturesl GoyernncBt, "a soil
drenched with fraternal blood anda people reduced
70 poverty sl by the hand Of g party that here in
the South at least mea claiming to be men. and pa
triots at that would under the present delefnLa
peet Of affairs, fling party to tie does and all pun
together in common cause ike brethern, But
alas the demonstrations in the late election In this
State, satisfy US that the demon of party still
exists in North Carolina. We had seen. il in the
appointments to Office made by the appointing pow
ers but said nothing trusting 10 the good sense
Of the people TO rebuke the partzans N the contest
through which We have just passed But sadly In
deed have we been deceiyedl We1iye to learn,
however, and We have Just learned by the resent
elections that the "preciptaBt secessiohstsp have
organized themselves into part" in North Caro-
lima and that their motto is Offices for the Precipi
tators-nonc for Compromise or Union men !" We
have lndubitabe evidence of the Iact4Se have evil
dence that while their lips cried = no party Ito
dupe aud deceive the urisuspecting voter who had
advocated Compromise, they were bnsily employed
in marshaling their forces mot in the tented fel1
oh no-they have horror for that place, and are
willing enough to yield it to the Compromise Union
men-unless they can go as Commanders. Quarter
masters, Commssaries, f&c to prevent the election
of any Compromise Union man Chat wasl to Con,
gress or even vote for the same pen for President
and Vice President that they thenselFes supported.
Enough has been revealed to US to satisfy us that
no man who held on to the Union hoping to get .
Compromise, will receive the support Ct precipita;
tors for any Office. The Compromise men, by them,
outlawed, and even branded as I.ineolntes, by
shameful! muendo, and that too in the face Of the
fact that two.thlrds of the men now in the FIELD
fighting with the musket are Compromise Union
Vac .l..l. L ~.
tion day almost to mar they voted strict party
vote-at the same time crying no party ! !" acry
they found it necessary to raise to elect their men,.
And we tell you heemen Of the Soptb that If this
tyrannical and proscrptye party IS to rule the Gov
ernment now struggling 70 be free, we, for one,
wouldn't give a button for it-for as soon as they
cease to rule, they'll ruinl Mark the prediction.
and take heed


The foregoing remarks prepare US to enquire Of
certain Judges of the recent election mot at this
precinct howeyeE) if keeping the Graham electoral
ticket hid in back-roons and producing the Rodlnan
electoral ticket only on the table tailed either with
their sense of justice the Solemn oath they took?
Is the who is afraid to trnst Graham and
Brown to vote for Davis and Stephens, fit TO be
trusted? Other men may be preferred-to that VIC
do not obeci-but to hide tickets is shameful Was
this done? We speak by the card, and say it was
done at three precincts we wot Of, and we have
good mind to the parties and call on them to





concerned we care not silver who was elected and
who was not But let justice be done if the heavens
fall. And we give party tricksters and political
demagogues and sptlicks fair notice that although
it is doubtful whether VIC ever vote again on this
earth for any living man, yet we mean to watch
them with the eyes Of Argus and lash them with =
scorpion whip whenever we catch them In their
under handed and dirty tricks.


In this Congressional district the election of Mr..
Mclean is hailed and by the preeipitators shouted
forth as "a great Southern triumph What is the
inference? Why that Mr.. Dick is IA Lincoiaite
and all who voted for himi Aud yet the friends Of
Mr.. McLean-at least he did-deprecated party
issue, and he sought votes by proclainng the fact
from the rostrum that be held on the Union almost
as long as Mr.. Dick did! Indeed on this score, no
Compromise man could object to him. Had be pro-
claimed himself the candidate of the precipita.ors
and staked his election on party issue, Caswell
county would have recorded majority of 800 votes
against him? And in Person, his head wouli have
been beaten off his shoulders e great Southern
victory" indeed Who in the South is against the
South, except the miserable harpes and cormorants
who stay home from the battle field to fleece the
soldiers and their friends and to cry IA great
Southern Victory?" We had heard that while Mr..
Mclean claimed to have been a Compromise Union
man. almost as long as Mr.. Dick held on, yet he
run by the precpitators their party candidate
We discredted the report and told friends it
false. We did not and could not believe it! But
mere II Is gaZettcd To the world rs great Sani-
ern victory over Lipeolnism, OF course. But what
says Mr.. Mclean? Will he call it 9 great South
victory in the sense it is meant viii be
, come before again and stake his success upon a
party issucy We told him he would not :. touch.
bottom But if the preciptators want " party"
well let them have taste Of the next time. We
give them "a Lochiefs Warming We do not seek
it but let them press if they will. Deceived once
the Union men Gas they are called wi open their
eyes next time. And when the precipitators march
almost in solM phalanx TO the polls to elect their
party" candidate, they'll find pen as good as they
arc and quite as loyal to the South to measure arms
. with them