The North Carolinian

Col. Hoke.—The Federal papers have already commenced the attack upon Col. Hoke in a spirit as contemptible as it is weak and vindictive. Their candidate, Mr. Graham, having written a letter, as he was compelled to do, to apologize for his past course, and explain away his gross political inconsistencies, they are pouncing on Col. Hoke, and abusing him from Cherokee to Currituck, because he did not think proper to follow in the footsteps of his competitor! But if it will afford any satisfaction to these federal gentlemen, we will state to them distinctly and unequivocally, that Col. Hoke's principles are the principles of the democratic republican party; and that, as its principles are sound, and calculated to promote the public good, so he will rejoice with it in its triumphs, and stand by it 'mid all disasters and defeats that may be destined to befall it.

Both the candidates have expressed a determination to canvass the State; and in that canvass Col. Hoke expects to circulate freely and constantly among his fellow citizens, and devote whatever energies he possesses to the fullest discussion of important political questions. He neither asks nor desires the sympathies or the forbearance either of the federal press or of the federal candidate; he is able and willing to stand in his own shoes: and whether he be a Dutchman (as he has been called in derision) or a mountain-boy he will teach some folks the difference between democracy and federalism.—Ral. Standard.