The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-11-22

"WIfd rinsprsssnia'isns - The editor q
the tltiisharoaeh Rre.rdef has two statement,
n has paper 81 the eth iRstaRl. which IL ma.
tseed By - 81 ell. ne are obliged 10 eonsil lei
a. Niiful misrepresentation. % the first place
hs knSrs that the remarks concerning the Bas
ina Courier were extracted from anoIhes pa
per- he knew this from the position IN which
the paragraph Vas placed, though the credit
Sas Accidentally aIn,i'ed.
] The matisr which fellows, q, o ate mum
her &c the standard We fad, Sc the editor
ka0rs never appeared IN tue STANDARD a. COZ.
ssyIae our sentiments or those Of our eorres
Pladenis; but are the upnions Of Ais psrIs, lair.
| ~ quaied by ~. We think Ihe Ilscarder must
ea"s'.,e himsrlf with she reflection that no one
"f his iesjeTs will belisSe shat he has stated,
any more thsn himself The editor of the Re.
eotder 70 surrey from home; ws cannot think
he has 20 far ,ioreoliea himself 90 % pea the
sesndsious aiie'e Which appears under the
head Of all the h"nssiy'"
The editor Of the Recorder 10 al home,
, and respects himself too much 10 make
any " wilful misrepresentation" himself,
or to cory them from other papers. know
ing them 10 be such. The drift and de-
sign Of our article, which has called forth
the above remarks from the Standard,
were as plain as the English language
could mske them. and We are sure that
not one Of our subscribers possesses 50
much Obsusi.y Of intellect as not to be
able 10 perceive them. We cannot. there.
fore. force ourselves TO believe, iha, so
acute an observer a. the editor Of the
STANDARD has 50 grossly misconceiSed
whs, we intended 10 say; but consider
him as having pus forth this clustering
verbisge as shield to cover an inglori.
Gus retreat The editor knops tha. the
quotations a, the close Of our article were
given only as samples 10 illustrate the
JGiTns,s with which quotations. had been
made from The Boston Courier and other
Wing papers. and f,om the speeches Of
Wing neutrality-suspicious. OF which
appear d'ily in certain print: in the coun-
try. and of which the Stan lard itself con.
taias no, few. M one has been de.
ceived by what we said, and the STAN
dard must have forgot what was due TO
truth when he denomlna,ed ours a a. scan.
dalous article" We think he should
have spared himself the chagrin which
his ungcnerous remarks mus. occasion al.
ter more mature reflection.
But the Standard says that we kneD
tha, the article concerning the Boston
Courier va, no, original in his paper.
We did not say tina, il was; but we found
it there. and We knee tina, i, was placed
there with an intention TO increase exist.
ing prejudccs agains, the Wings. We
knetc also that il contained Q falsehood.
which we felt it a duty to correct. We
did correct il; and here is the front of
our offending.
Bu, admit that the article was not ORR |
ginal in the Standard; is the propag CATION |
Of il any the more jussi6sble' If | pro.
psgate scandal concerning my neighbor,
am TO escape censure because l did not
originate the falsehood! lf the Standard
did not know that the article contained a
falsehood when he published it, has he
since rectifed the error by informing his
readers that il was not the editor Of the
Boston Courier, but THEODORE SEDG'
WICK. the Fan Buren, candidate for Lieu.
tenant Governor Of Massachusetts. who
was " wiLing TO lire and die in The faith
ofihaf honored and much abused { Hart.
ford) Conueniion?" We think the Stan.
tard not long since said, somewhat boast.
ingly, that e. he never promulga.es what
he believes To be untrue, nor fails 10 cor
rect an error" How does this agree |
with his conduct on the present occasion!
The course which the Standard has |
thought proper to pursue in relation to
our article, is characterized throughout
with want Of candor little less marked
Than .ha. which has been pursued in re-
Iation 10 the article in the Courier. He
kao,os our article was not intended to de-
ceiye, nor did il deceive any one; nor
would the Standard have so represented
il, il no could have found any other mode