The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-09
"A DEMocRArIc rnrruo1,nrR !.

for the Standard and then refused to publish his COM.
munications He says: .as-
son the 18th May last, Immediately after Col.
Es!d,s starting the new issue Of Free Suffrage the
Editor OF the N g. Standard addressed to aeter,
aPprlslng me OF the fact, and requesting me to write
some essays for his paper sustain Col Reid in his
new position, saying he knew could do it 6. Gb.',
lie likewise stated that he (the Editor of the SIAN.
dard) had advised Col. Reid, as he passed through
naieign on his way to Newbern not to stGrt 1t. That
the the Editor may be properly appreciated
is proper to add that have frequently had commu-
ncatlons published by the Standard and that have
been repeatedly solicited, publicly and privately by
lts Editor, TO write tor the paper. These facts
which the Editor of the Standard will not deny. Demo-
Gratis OF North Carolina, is this the of paper to
which you are willing to look for truth ?'' - .3e
The Register, in introducing this communication
to the attention of its readers, says: -f'f T.-
"We call particular attention to the Sd and last
No. Of this writer, in this paper; and we would es-
peciay commend it to the careful perusal of the Ed
tor of the Standard" 1t lis true much pleasure may
not be afforded him, by its Perusal-but it will bring
to his mind few facts which he may have forgotten.
We submit, now, if it not cruel in the Editor, to
solicit gentleman, who was s. able' to do that
thing, to write for his paper and after he had taken
the trouble to do SO, then to refuse hrs article admis
sion into his columns! beautiful piece Of courtesy
and gentility, truly! - g =. -. -
+" But what is this, about Mr.. Holden advising Mr..
Reid not to sIGrt that Free Suffrage issue! What
the EoltOr OF the " Stdndaro, nlmSelI opposed 10
Free Suffrage! Yes, true gun-for the Editor,
we presume, will not pretend to deny the statement
of his brother Democrat who says he will not. Wel
well J! Hang your head for very shame!!! Why
did you advise him not to start it! The Standard"
has all along told that this has long been meas
ure dear to Mr. Reds heart and the Editor has pass
ed many unhappy, sleepless nights account of it.
But it turns out that Mr. Holden himself was opposed
to it in May, when Mr.. Reid first told him OF 1t!
Good heavens what mess !!"' 10 + 'v--
Now the facts are as follows: Immediately after
Col. Reid's nomination for Governor, he did the
honor request opinion the question of equal
suffrage The principle had long been dear to him,
and he desirous of discussing it in the campaign
just about to open. We wrote him that we were
then, and always had been, in favor of the principle
of equal suffrage, and would like to the State
Constitution amended; but we doubted the pro-
priety of making it an issue in the canvass. We
pressed him, however, to follow the dictates of his
own judgment the subject, at the same time assur-
ing him that if he came out on the stump for the doc
trine, he should have our cordial support After he
had accepted the nomination, and when he arrived In
Raleigh every Democratic friend in this community
who heard in converse with Col. Reid upon this
point, will bear witness that reiterated what
had written him; and no living man can step for
ward and say with the slightest semblance of truth,
that he heard Us ''oppose" on any occasion or
in any way, the principle of equal suffrage. The
main reason why we doubted the propriey of making
it an issue in the canvass was, that we considered
the time too short for the people generally to investi-
gate the question and to make up their minds upon it,
as we knew they would wish to do; but as soon as
it was determined to bring it forward, We went into
discussion of it. and contributed to the full extent
Of our feeble powers render the question in its
Mo To fho 1vlhl li0 undor.
standing. But day or two before our departure for
Baltimore, in May last, wrote hurried and hasty
letter to this IS Democratic Freeholder MIR w. o.
Gregory, of Granville County-in which We inform
ed him that Col Reid had started the question: and
that we wished him, in case he agreed with US in
opinion to write essays for the Standard on the
subject. We kept copy of that letter, and cannot
therefore say with certainty what it contained but
we feel perfectly confident that what we wrote to
Mr. Gregory will bear no construction different from
the above statement of facts. Our letter to that gen.
tleman, if not marked confidential. - was under
stood to be private letter. and certainly, to say the
least upon this point, never expected to see any
portion of it in the public prints. We wrote to Mr.
Gregory as one friend would talk to another confden-
tally; we addressed him an attached and prudent
party friend and the fact that We kept no copy of
ness perhaps carelessly, and that we looked for no
after-claps. We know that we wrote in haste, for
We the eve of starting for Baltimore, and we
were of course busly engaged in making arrange
ments for an absence of two or three weeks.
On our return from Baltimore we received letter
from this gentleman in reply to ours in which he de-
nounced Col. Reid for what he pleased to char
acterize his 'precipitae and 'tpres"np"ou' course
al TO- nIIoh
this letter, as protest from one Democrat against
his course. This we could not do, simply because
it did not become US to publish any thing calculated
or designed njure the Democratic cause; and es-
pecially, as the Whig prints, already teeming with
and unfair arguments the ques-
ton of equal suffrage, were all open to this Demo-
cratic Freeholder." We might have made room for
zrgune,,ts but had space to devote to de''u'-
,;ations, of the Democratic candidate for Governor
This " Democratic Freeholder, - it will be seen,
,als upon the s. Democrats of North Carolina ;, to
know if this is sthe of paper meaning the Stan
iardl to which they willing to look for truth
md yet in this very letter which he wrote u.s. and
which he expressly requested US to make public, ne
says: readily recognize yOs'r right,
Is Editor of independent press, to take whatever
.reund on this question your own conscience may
prompt" -! .. sss.-.: :! &. .-sa = u ..... aas-
But we are disguised with this matter. and we
lrop it. We have shown that the statements OF the
register. quoted above are false and that the Impress