The North-Carolina standard., 1845-10-22
aTHEINDEPENDENT.

"The Editor Of the Independent," Mr. Loring
has long paragraph in his last paper, in which
he stoutly AYERS that his transactions with the
Banks at Raleigh were all fair and legal. Thi;
may all be so, and we would be glad to believe
that the conduct of the Banks had no sort of infu
ence in shaping the course of MIR. Loring in poll
tics. And if we have been too severe in our Ian.
guage towards him on this subject, he must blame
himself He must recollect that he all at once turn
ed from most bitter anti-Bank man to warm
eulogst of the Banks, and at the same time from
most radical Democrat to most inveterate
whig. Not satisfied with eulogising his new as
sociates, he must every week applyto the Democ-
racy such terms as T" Jacobns. rowdies," "repu-
diators," "rufhans" and the like choice epithets.
Was this becoming in man of Mr.. Loring's pro-
fCssion and time of life, towards body of men who
had been his best friends2 And could he expect
the Democratic press to treat him with their won't
ed courtesy, when thus abused and villified by
him2 We have no desire to mcdde with Mr..
Loring's private affairs, nor have we any person.
al ill-wil towards him. tgratiies US 10 hear that
he is in easy and prosperous circumstances; but
if he expects to be treated with courtsey he should
have little charity for others. ae
ave take it as very ungenerous for Mr. Loring
to drag the Editor of the Standard, and has pri-
vate affairs into his controversy with u.s. 1t would
look more manly, if he has pick at the Stan
dard to make the attack openly, and not over our
shoulders MeckIeHburg JefersOnian.
The Jeffersonian, in closing his article, has
done us justice in the premises, so far as he could
with the facts before him; but we beg leave to
say, that Mr.. Loring was mistaken when he said
the Editor of the Standard "Jorro,ocd from the
Banks TO purchase his establishment We as
sumed condition of the purchase, certain debts
of his in Bank; but we did not borrow. Those
debts have been discharged long since; and how
ever the veteran of the Independent may feel, we
knoU that Bank accommodations never had, and
never will have, any thing to do with our course
as Editor of this paper. Whilst we trust we
should not be insrnsbe to the demands of a rea-
sonabe gratitude for hvors conferred, but tOr
tchieA ace shall mecer ask we hold in utter scorn
the poor wretch who hangs upon Bank indulgen-
ces, or upon any indulgences, the price or the
condition of his political soundness or personal in
dependence. Towards Mr. Loring we entertain
no personal iII-wiI On the contrary. we would
throw the mantle of charity over his errors, for
we are frai all of US; but we cannot help plying
him in his present unfortunate and deplorable po-
litical condition. About his private affairs and
personal character we have nothing to say The
one is doubtless safe enough and the other sound
enough; but he ought to remember, when he gets
into his tantrums of political rage, that most Of
the cash he uses to print with against the demo-
Gratis was obtained from the purses of the demo-
cratic party, for work and labor done. He might,
at least remember that he is striking old friend
who stood by him as long as he proved true to
himself This much in Justice to ourselE
III Editor Standard.