The North-Carolina standard., 1850-07-24
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dard's " respectable /" informant heard him mako
speech in this City! For this statement, We have
the authority Of the records Of the unissrsity,
1919, Gov. Manly was at Chapel Hill, . member o
the Sophomore Glass. In 1918, be was At Chapel
Hill member Of the Junior Glass. In 1914, he va.
at Chapel Hill, q member of the Senior Class. The
Standard, therefore, and all concerned, stand con
victed of an attempt to susain David 8. Reid, by
statement that is msenbly false." It is due to al
parties to state what We are sorry to learn, that B. B.
Smith, Esq., 10 the " Standards - Informant Mr.
Smith is mistaken in his recollection, and regre,
arises from the fact that he has placed himself in 50
awkward position about this matter"
The Register, it will be seen, attaches great deal
Of importance to ds, but says little about the aess
That Gov. Manly made that Speech, and that Mr..
Smith heard it, there can be no doubt Mr.. Smiths
word will 60 far, and be believed as soon, as that
of any man in North Carolina and his memory is
too good and he is too intelligent, to have made
I" mistake" in matter Of this sort. If Gov. Man.
ly scas at Chapel Hill in 1912 and 1914, did he no,
visit Raleigh occasionally. And could he not have
been present at of the meetings of this Society,"
during Of these visits and have made the Speech
But however that may be, the fact is so.
The truth is, Gov. Manly has not himself denied
AS famous as he is for denias-that he was Fed.
eralist during the war with England. He admitted
the fact, as we are informed in his Speech at Went
worth. Mr.. Manly was Federalist, and, with othe,
Federalsts, went by that name down to the time the
Federal leaders flched from the Revolution and ap-
proprlated to themselves the name of Whig; and he
is Federalist now, just he thirty years ago.
The name of thing makes no difference. We
Judge men by their principles and their deeds, no
matter what they may call themselves. But the
Register repels the charge of Federalism as if i,
were crime. What will the old-fashioned Federal
lists of the State called Wings and in the Whig
ranks, say to that! Do they relish the compliment
The Register moreover pronounces the charge
" miserably false" ''The organ" thus loses its
tone, and grinds harshly. He ought not to such
miserable" words. Why not say positireIy, clearly.
or decidedly " false"' We beg our very amiable
and youthful contemporary TO think Of it. Decidedly
'' false - is certainly strong enough.
We can tell the Register that the late war with
Mexico is destined, before many years. to be just as
popular as the war with England; and We should not
be surprised to find that Editor, with others tina,
might be named, denying, ten years hence, that they
ever opposed that war. 1t is fashionable to deny
things nowadays; and as Whigism gets no better
as it grows older, may expect that the leaders Of
that party, with Gov. Manly at their head, will not
only keep up this fashion but improve uponit. They
are well convinced that if the people could once
thoroughly find them out, they would soon haye
leave to take up their hats and walk. Deny every
thing, and as fair in politics., seem to be cardin-
al maxims in the Whig creed.