The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-03
THE REaIsTER-MR RAYNEiR = m

Inc Register of yesterday submits a. bill of
complaints against The Standard, for what il is
pleased to called an "unfair and iliberain course
Sn our part In regard to the pending controversy
between Mr.. Rayner and the Senior Editor Of the
Commercial That paper says: = 9ai 81. ->5.tfs
Ihe Editor OF the Siandardn publishes, at
length, the attack Of the Editor of the " Com
merclal" on Mr.. r.; and although he referred TO
Mr. RS vindication, as published in the 8: Regis
ter" ne yet refuses to state that M. R. therein
denies and pronounces false, the charge put forth
in the Commercial" The Editor of the 'Stan-
dard" is evidently determined that the readers of
his paper shall never know that Mr. R. pronounc-
ed the statement in the |" Commercial to be sab
solutely and unquali6edly falsen 4ss4
-" Now " what does all this amount to- Is it
expected Of US to crowd our paper with Mr.. Ray.
ners philippics against Mr. Loring especially
when the Register itself refused to publish the re-
marks of its brother Wing, the Senior Editor oil
the Commercial, in regard to Mr.. Rayner2 The
Reglster must be juSt to its own party friends
before can with reason call upon Us to be gener-
Gus &c the Whig Representative fron Hertford
But that paper says we refused to state I" that
Mr.. Rayner denied and pronounced false the
charge put forth in the Commercial, and that we
are "evidently determined" that our readers "shall
never know that Mr.. Rayner pronounced the state.
ment in the Commercial to be absolutely and
unquaIi6edly false" We are "eviden,ly deter
iH4ucu OH no Sucn tnlnS. we OlStlnctIy stated
that Mr.. Rayner had characterized MIR. Loring as
a "t0othtess ciper"-a 'eanting, hypoeyilieal rene
gGde," and so on and if that is not both tanta
mount and " eat-amount" to telling man that he
has uttered a faIsehood, or that he is capable o
uttering one, we do not know what is.
! Tho Register also says that we pursued this
course, not because" " we love Loring but that u
we hate Rayner more" A pretty kettle of fish
truly We have never troubled ourself either to
" Lore " or "hGte" Mr.. Rayner-to like or dislike
him. And to the relations between Messrs
Rayncr and Loring, venture to predict that
the former gentl tleman will " lore" the latter, after
a few more numbers Of the Commercial shall
have been issued, just as well-whipped child
+" lores hickory
| Certainly, Mr. Rayner is the most sensitive
politician in existence. True, he is catching ii
on both sides; but then, my dear Mr.. Register,
philosophy, Sir, philosophy! A public man. and
especially one who is talked of for Governor, must
expect to be thoroughly sifted in his public char
acter, and if he comes forth from the trial good
G0heGt, so much the better for himself and friends.
Thus much, and no more-at present.
P. s. Since writing the above we have received
the Commercial of Friday last containing the re-
| ply of Mr.. Loring to the Communication of Mr..
| Rayner. Mr.. Loring is " evidently determined"
not to initiate Mr.. Rayner in the use of vulgar
and abusive epithets, for he writes in chnsle and
digni6ed style; and if we not greatly mistaken,
Mr.. Rayner, we told him in last paper,
will " rue the day when he reused up the indig-
nation of the Senior Editor Of the Commercial"