The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-18
MIR SHEPARD AND "vERITAs."

+. MIR. SHEPARD AND "VERlIAS. 5.
We invite the attention of our readersto the ar
ticle below, signed Veritas," and the Card of Mr.
JAMES B. SHEPARD in reply to it This most Of
fensve and outrageous article, appeared in the
Register ofthe 10th instant, but did not meet Mr.
SHEpARD's eve until about one o'clock on the
succeeding day Very soon after he saw It, ne
called on Mr. GALES for the name of the author !;
and on Thursday morning, the 18th instant, Mr..
SHEPARD handed to Mr.. GALES his Gard, which
appeared in the Register of next day.
1t would appear, from the questions put to MIR.
GALES by Mr.. SHEPARD, and the answers elicit
ed, that the former gentleman did not know the
name of the author, and that he was absent when
the article was inserted. He asked also if he
knew the handwriting He replied, he did not.
He was then asked if he endorsed the article-in
other words, iAs responsible for aoh0t appear
Ell In his paper. He replied that he dill not en-
dorse the article, and that, he had been at home,
he would not have inserted such a production,
without having been furnished with a responsible
name for the statements made
Here, then, is an article Of the most slanderous
and outrageous chamberlain article assauting a
private family for political purposes, and dragging
into the partizan contentious of the day the name
OF one Of the most respectable families IN North
Carolina-here is an article reeking with venom
and hlsehood and detracti"n, published to the
world through the columns Of the Raleigh Reg
ister, the organ ofthe Whig party in North Caro-
lima and when the author of it is demanded, the
Editor replies that he does not know the name of
the author, and that he was absent when the arti-
Gle was inserted Is this, then, the security which
private families in this State have against the
attacks of Il vulgar and reckless political press
The Editor diA not knor the author; the article
was published in his paper and yet tie hrumk from
the responsibility. The author, whoever he may
be, has been denounced as poltroon and liar; !;
and every thing which could have been dane by Il
man of honor under the circumstances has been
done by MIR. SHEPARD.
The l,uer covering this oil; nsivc communica-
ton was, 1t seems, poSt-mark' d "Forcstville." -
This circumstance furnishes, however no reliable
evidence that it was 1rriifrn at that place. The
probability is, that it was concoctcd and written in
this City and that, to escape detection, the author
had it transcribed here, and sent it to ForesvIle
by some individual going there in the cars, who
dropped it into the posofice at that place for this
City. And it is strongly suspected that the Editor
of the Register knows more about the author of
the article than he deems it prudent to reveal and
that the author himsc1fis sacakng about this City,
safe IN his cowardicc AMI insignGcance. 1t may
be important to state, in connection with this mat
ter, that Alr. Gales reached here on Sunlay the
8th insant-two days before the article in question
appeared; the inner form OF his paper must, there
fore, in all probability, have come under his own
personal surpcrintcndcncc. The puppy and cow
ard. who wrote the article signed Veritls" has
however, by his dasardIy conduct forever forfeited
whatever claims he may have heretofore had to
gentlity or notice.