The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-27

ws daily appreciate the expressions Of coed:
I'LL .ad peIsaaal respect ff.R lhs editor Of
n. Standard; and sc assare him that nothing
a psrsoaal unkiadaess has been let BY us To-
x.ri, him. Jpn the great political questions
zhieh now sritals ths eouhtry. ws have &c.
Sou.si opposite aides; bat that 10 no reason
.sy there should not continue 10 exist between
d, las ma, perfect friendship. Believing the
desire TO be mutual. we d. not fear that over
heated zeal on either side viii be permitted for
sas H'qeaI to ia.s'rup. this good understand
ing.
Bat aoiwithslandiag our wish TO make per.
pela,l chi. good understanding, we do not de-
are tina, his persona! respect shall prevent the
editor Of the STANDARD from treating our srti
slss aer.e,ly a. they deserve" We are per
ise,ly wiling tina, he should handle them with
s!Sr,, q; and if We esanOi msinIsin our ground
viz Of esurse &c shall have To retreat. Bio,
the battle mssi be fought before the victory is
won: and having perfect confidence 10 the cor.
rsr,ne. Ofihs principles aud the business Ofihs
case Cor which we are eoniending. NE have
no fear ss 10 the result, even though We may
be rm,~has an.kiIfaI in the r'e Of our see
Poas.
Ea why shoali ss Nah whea writing the
article 10 which the Standard slludssi 10 there
any thing 10 il Inconsistent. OF unfair. OF SD
surIl Has The STANDARD painted out single
error sveai We dsaiei the seeus.tiOn that
tie Wig press hid applied To any great Por'
tiOa Of the people Of Ihis state the offensive
terms "igaorsnt loco foeos aud rufi,ns." OF
any O,sss degrading sppeilstioa; and if we
Eere not correct, We called upon the Standard
10 name the paper WHICH had uespasscd. and
exhibit his proof Has be done sol No, ., oil.
he simply :.y.
eve have before ne three Of the leading
WI papers Of Noiih Carolina. published with.
10 month. in which collectively the terms loco
foeo. impostots. sgrariaaism. senseless losfef,
sluggish idlef lswaRgering pennyIess brsgesrts.
are used 90 applicable 10 the Democratic Re
publican Party
&. P,lies.,s 10 sone who call themselves
members of the Democratic Republican Par.
~" they msy have been used, and perhaps
no, very appropriately; and tho Standard has
vol shown ,hs, they have been otherwise used.
Th.tsrms themselves shay ih,i they could not
DO intended To apply to any sres, portion Of
ths people Of North csrolina. To character
rs the Van Buren, party in this state generally
a. "imPolters." "senssless losrers," slug
gsh ijlers." or swaggering pennyless bras.
ssus," would be quite a. outrageous a. the
terms Bank bought whigs."" Blue light Pc.
5etalis,s," used by the standard when speak.
ing Of the party opposed to him. We say
again, the Wing edi;ors have too high a sense
Of propnety. and too much respect for their
fellow citizens to load them with such names
even though they may have been led into sr
ror by the sopaistry Of interested and design.
ing poli,ieiaaA
The Standard takes il for granted tina, We
do not know the inca ming Of the term Loco TO-
CO, as understood in New York, and has there.
fore favored US with the following dehni.ion:
"A Locofoco is understood TO be an atheist;
q con,emner Of religion: q leveller in every
sense Of the word; ruffian who would rob the
rich "G their property. that there may be an
eqraI division: one who would destroy oil the
mlral features Of society; who would abolish
The marriage ceremony, and every institution
calculated To preserve the rights Of property
and the influence Of religion and morality"
This picture is somewhat darker than We
should have portrayed; nevertheless collective.
Iy the Loco Focos display all these character.
is'ics, portion of them only, however, being
common 10 them oil. Blu, this party, such as
1t is, !, numerous in the city Of New York, and
thcJ are lhickly scattered over oil the north,
era cities, and many are found even in the in
teriar. Will the Standard. please to tell US "a
which Of the two geea, political parties which
aow divide the country these Loco Focos be-
lOac! DO they not compose the very soul aud
bdy Of the "D,mocralic Republican Party
in the city OF New York; And is not part Of
their creed, SLOWS wirH rug BAxxs," reiter.
''od by numbers Of their party oil over thc
unionl