The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-12-02

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A correspondent ii the Milton Specia-
mr. al las, week. over the signature az
"U,l'." has attempted IL rspnmand rs
lrhw,ng refused In publish The circular
q VI, Graves. lie appears 10 have
Ss.rissd the idea shai ia eitgr i under
m ol.rgalt,n to publish al thlngs sub
niied 10 him, Whether grae " false. II
sey happen ~ be purely ro',ucal"
W. doabs sheiher sav eiiot csn he
lnand sho will agree g'l" hun IN Iais
,a-ucular We certainly d. noi. We
sa., thaI we have always earrci.eJ
puVer degree II liberaIIts IN these pai-
sr.. anil feel sure M one las ever had
r. rause II complain, against IL. For
ts rssons which We stated. Ne iecl,a
q aLg place 10 The circular u Mr.
Sees and We siill think ourselves jds
t6-i by the facts Of The case. Our rrs-
,on. do not. however. appear To he sa..
ssi.rory 10 the cnrrespoadeni al the
s9sr.sIor; but he has failed. nevertheless.
b convince us that our course was not
ngh,.
We said. in our former remarks. that
rlhe ruth can BE- nn one side ONLY"
TIE Spectators correspondent agrees
9th Us IN this: hut thinks thai we ought
b publish me other siie, and " let out
r,iers Judge Tor themselves" and hence
Tgles. that even IL We were correct 10
d. opinion that the circular 1t VIZ.
Gnves vas " erroneous IN argument. ~.
sDec, IN principle. and false ~ fact.
yst Ee ough, % publish II, and q" leI our
rtaisn condemn IL. instead oil condemn.
Eg Us Tor snhhold.ng H." We should
b sure oi being condemned BY our read.
rs. and should justly deserve It. we're
se 10 publish sfucles shlch We believed
70 be false and deceptive. and trust tn
iher sagacIiy aud limited means Of In-
iorna'Inn to detect the error. Our Rad.
ers require Us 10 publish - the ruth the
shOIe truth, and nothing but the truth:
and thls we shall al all times endeasor %
DO We trust that we shall never be 80
welded TO any party, as To be made VIII
Eng To publish falsehoods ior the purpose
Of obtaining a temporary triumph.
The writer SAYS. this 10 the firsi
hine he has ever known an editor " re
iu'e his columns To any matter purely
POLITICAL" II this be true, his knowledge
/. very limited. Does he know oi one
Van Buren editor WIN has had the ran.
dor 10 publish both Sides oi the question:
he will look aroGnI, he will find no
editor Of his party less obnoxious To the
iaulI he condemns Than We are. He
should remove the heam from his own
eye. before he mcddIes with the mote 10
cars. ts..
He asks whether We would rather
publish lie Thai would operate in "a.
'or Of the election Of White. or uulh
ma' would operate In favor Of Van Bat
fen." Will the accomplished correspon-
sent Of the Spectator take upon himself
70 point out an instance in which we
have published "a lie" to favor Judge
White, or withheld "a truth" to The
Prejudice Of Mr. Van Buren,! We are
not Conscious Of having a, any time fol-
loved the example Of the organs Of the
Van Buren, party in tins particular.
The writer says. we :" have made 4
sa'bIed statement Of some parts oi Mr,
@Favess circular, and some comments
We'll calculated to deceive those who
read the Recorder only" Can he show
wherein we have either garbled" Mr.
Srrves's circular. or made a comment
Calculated To deceive! We are sure ht
ean'ot; aud as little as we esteem hi,
o'srfeliau, we do nu. think he will even
attempt il.
The writer says that "whs, we cal