Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1852-09-01
THE ROCKFORD ISLANDER. i

LIE ROCkFORD ISLANDER. ''s
A few days before the late election for Govern
or, the Plymouth Villager" and +" Albemarle Bull
letin published statement to the effect that
Gov. Reid had, in discussion in Sulry County,
taken ground in favor of distributing the School
Fund according to white population; and these
papers gave as their authority for this statement
gentleman IN Rockford. We denounced the
whole affair at once as an outrageous fraud, and
called upon these Editors to give the name of this
gentleman Or, failing to do so, to make up their
minds to be Held responsible themselves for the
falsehood. The last Villager speaks out as fol-
lows: .....
1.-THE publication of the Rockford Letter in our pa
per OF the 2Sth ult has we perceive, considerably RI
led Messrs. Holden and ulick, and several other Lo
cofoco spokesmen. We recur to the matter now in
justice to ourselves, and not in to the imper
tnent comments OF these gentlemen of the Patriot
and Standard.
The letter was signed by Mr.. Abner w. Brown. 1t
was dated at and mailed from Rockford; we still
have the original. 1t was received by'us only two
tdays, we think, before ISSUE. Some considera-
ons induced to give credit the statements in the
letter. The Democratic editors told US that Mr. Kerr
had adopted the opinions ascribed to Gov Reid be-
cause they were popular in the West. The same in
ducements were offered to Gov. Reid-we knew no
sufficient reason for Misrepresentation. The state.
ments made as facts, and capable of proof. FL
they were true, it was Our duty public journalist
to make them known to the people, This we did, not
doubling their truth-accompanying the publication
with what considered suitable word of warning
to our Eastern friends.
Sufficient time has elapsed for the confirmation
of the statements Of the Letter-that has not been
done, and we now declare our belief that Governor
Reid was mlsrepresented- by US, but by the wr-
ter of the Letter. We do not know the writer per-
| sonally-but be he Wing or Democrat, we can only
express our contempt and disgust of the man, who
will not only belle political foe. but meanly mislead
an innocent editor into the publication of libel.
We denounce and despise the author of the Letter
we despise him as liar, because he lied.
This is all we can say, or do. in repa1aton Of the
wrong we have done Gov. Reid; for unlike those
gentlemen, we value too highly the prominent men
And unlike them we are ready-desirous, to make
the amende honorable, when we are convinced Of
error.
| A word to those gentlemen, before we close this
notice: Their notices of the Letter referred to, may
be construed intimate that the Vlager" and the
Bulletin. acted in concert, in the publication of
the Letter referred and that sent it forth know
ing it to be false If that meant, we say, in all
the bitterness of our nature, they fouly lie. If the
stamp of falsehood given to the statement was inten
6ed by them in any way to apply to US, we give back
the lie with scorn and loathing; and will not always.
long bear the insult without efficient vim
dication. If they only intended it for the author Of
the Letter. and in no wise for US, them we have moth
say, than that he well deserves the
| of US all. "
And so the Villager has been done up I" Brown.
Who Is Abner V. Brown? Cannot some friend
in Rockford ascertain and inform us who it was
that, about the 18th Of July, put letter in the
Postofce in that place addressed to the Editor of
the plymouth Vilager'! If hoax, who per-
petrated il If deliberate lie, intended to injure
Gov. Reid, who wrote it?
The way the Villager" swears at Brown" is
rather caution. 1t Is a pity that such inno-
cent Editor as Mr.. Eborn should have been mis-
led, embroiled and en-" Jroaon "-ed in this way.
We have no reply to offer, just now, to the saw
age remarks the "Vilager in relation to brother
Gulick and ourself We cannot begin to explain
with such man as Eborn standing just before us,
with his sleeves rolled up his knuckles creased and
sanded for the conflict, and ready to pitch into us.
Such "vindication is rather too efficient" for
us; we prefer to explain after the thrashing. We
have one consolation, however, and that is that
Gulick is nearer Plymouth than we are. Somebody
is to catch it, and Gulick, from his proximity, very
naturally-we will not say properly-comes in for
the first dressing; and it may be that Eborn, by
the time he gets up here, will look upon the whole
affair as an innocent" joke, and let us of:
But seriously, the Editor the" " Villager" owes
it to himself to ferret out and expose the writer of
that letter. No one will doubt, after his remarks
on the subject that he received such letter or that
he now has it in his possession; let him, then, if
he would vindicate the dignity Of the press and
aid in preventing repetition of such falsehoods,
hunt up the writer and expose him. If we can
be of any assistance to him in this work. we at
his service.
The DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND GEN. Sco1T. An
editor, although philosopher, thinks that Gen.
that he possesses the same administrative powers
which have been accorded to the Duke of Yelling
ton, who is also a military man. This is very un-
fotuate reference for friend of Gen. Scotts 10 make.
Accident made the Duke of Wellington premier Of
England and after very short trial he forced to
resign this high position purely for the reason that in
point of mental intellectual capacity, he was
unable discharge the important duties OF the high
position in which his sovereign had placed him.
Pure military men are the greatest bunglers at every
thing except fighting. ". Y. Herald.
The Wings, says the New York Lantern, have
been pummelling Pierce lately, because the Lon
don Times praises him, when at the same time
they parade letter from the Duke of Wellington,
endorsing Scott.
INVASION OF CUBA. 1t is stated that arrangements
are actually making for public meeting in New
York. with view TO enlist the active sympathies Of
the people in favor of the renewed attempt revola
ito" in xuba. The meeting will be held at Metro
poIitan Hall. about the middle Of
should the next news be Of an exciting character.
| Baltimore S,sn.
1t appears to be probable that another Cuban
: expedition is on foot The government of Cuba