The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-26
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Monday, February -.

A press of Job work which We could
not postpone. has oecasioned delay 10
the publication nf Ihis number IT nur pa
per We cannot afford ., keep help
sufficient iar these emergeucies: bot We
will promise that they shall accur a. sell
dam as possible Our outside lorm Is
dated Friday the 29.h.-iI should be
Monday.
The editor of l'se STANDARD does u. too
much honor IN si,flhuliHg The remarks ia
our gsper of thu ST. inst. In the pen 81
w. waddsll. IT, did not furnish one
line II 4: neither Was he At our elbow To
prom.,i ". but MAS attending Granville
csarr some thirty or forty mice distant
Tie Dad NOT even SEE il unill alter lis pub
licaiion. Our columns arr alw ays open
TO the communications of correspond
snts; hut they ar never admitted ~ edl-
tnrlals. Fhsldepartment Is reserved FL.
cluslyels for the productions IT our own
pen Wien go see our articlrs stray.
ghng abroad. We cannot say that they
are always worth claiming: but W. shall
ever protest against any person being
thrust into our arm char without our
consent. The editor nf lhr Standard
may possibly have been led into lhe er-
ror by having himself adopted a differ.
enI practice: but u j. much more prOhs
bic the. he erred Intentionally. thinkinR
thereby to furnish occasion far fresh
attack upon w.. Wsddell. But W PIE.
vent mistakes hereafter, we assure the
Standard. that il he is dependant upon
his neighbcrs for his editorial paragraphs.
lcs are not. Such as they are, they are
our own. And this responsibility We
take cheerfully, because in all our edllo.
rial course our conscience il void Of Of.
fence. We have at no time perverted
the truth, or knowingly Propaga'ed q
ialsehood; neither have We At any Time
advocated doctrine which We did no,
believe 10 be consistent with the true
principles NJ our constitution and OF ge-
nulne repuhlicauism. We have never
las some havel endeavored In tickle the
ears Of tine people BY parading before
them string VI phrases without mean
ing; or Ia excite their FtejudIces BY as
sertions. Inueudoes. sly hints and sur
misses which would not bear the test VI
examination. We do not sing psans 10
{" the democracy of the people," while
we are rndesvoring to bind them with
letters Of brass. We have never yet been
willing to barter the liberties of our codn.
try for (" thirty pieces Of silver" Does
the conscience of the editor of the Stand.
ard rest thus easy within him! The
shee, before US ought to disturb him for
a twelve month. In the short article
under review, he has assertions without
proof, differences unsustslned by facts,
and surmises which We should suppose
could originate only in mind de.ermin.
ed upon evil.
But whether the error was committed
intentionally or through Inadvertence, the
editor Of the Standard will perceive tha,
justice to ourself, as we'll as TO Mr.. Wad.
dell, requires that he should correct it,
We are aware that in SO doing he will
suffer some inconvenience. His facts
closely resemble q row Of bricks, placed
on end at short intervals; il you knock
down one, il will upset its neighbor, and
thus the whole row is Frustrated.
We took up our pen for the purpose
Of correcting the error into which the
editor of The Standard had fallen in re.
gard to ourselves; not TO write column.
But we would ask the Standard if il is so
common to publish The speeches deliver
ed at public meetings, as to warrant the
supposilion that because the Register has
not published the speech of Mr.. Wad-
dell, he has been " instructed to suppress
it," Notwithstanding all that the Stand
ard has said of the speech, we are in
clined to believe that Mr.. Waddell has
nothing TO fear from its publication; and
the more so, because the Standard has
not yet venturcd to give his . three mi
nutes recollec.ions. If il contains all
the bitterness he represents, he surely
would not be backward in exhibiting its
deformities 10 his readers.
Having taken il for granted that the
editors OF the Register have been " ills
struc,ed' no. to publish the speech, the
Standard in tone of triumph adds: Z" Il
is just as we expected. Mr.. Waddell and