Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-11-03
THE PATRIOTS CORRESPONDENT.

A late number of our paper contained the fol-
| lowing article:
"A LIE BRANDED. A correspondent of the Green's
borough Patriot writing from this place, says: The
OF the ocos in the Senate, confirming Dr.. Shaw
in his John Barnard, upon the evidence they
had, is without parallel in the annals of Legislation.
And sensible they of their guilty Conduct in
this NATTER and the great wrong that they were doing
Mr.. Barnard and the people of his district that all
of them, except George Bower of Ashe, could not
but show it in their actions, and particularly in
their faces. Some screwed and twisted in their seats
others turned red scarlet and threw up their heads
in stubborn defiance while the more conscientious
and honest of the clan turned pale, shut their eyes,
paT,y.' ''' " '''' AA"'''>' ''. ~ A' 'o'' " ~
The Raleigh Register makes extracts from this
letter, and calls them - pungent truths. We pro-
nounce the above lie deliberately penned tor the
Gfeensborough Patriot. There is truth in it, and
the correspondent knew 1t when he wrote it. This
is strong language, but it is necessary under the cir
cumstanees. 1t is peculiar feature in Scott-Sew-
ward tactics to abuse and defame leading Democrats
for a faithful performance of duty and deter
mined, far concerned, that these nalig
nant defamers shall be branded as they deserve"
We did not know, when we penned the forego-
ing, who this Correspondent {" Candor') was but
we now have reason to believe that he is a member
of the House of Commons Such language as that
written by the Correspondent if it had been uttered
by the member in his place, would have subjected
him to reprimand from the Speaker, by direction
of the House but of rumors and anonymous Cor
respondents the House can, of course, take no no.
tice.
We regretted to have to use the language we
did, but we take not one word of it back. We
have employed no such language in relation to
the Wing side of either the Senate OF the Com
mons and we shall not stand quietly by and per-
init such reflections ON our own friends to pass
unrebuked
This Correspondent, Candor,' in noticing our
article, INDUCES in the lowest personal abuse. We
shall not initiate him in this respect. When
person of the opposite party utters falsehoods or
ISLANDERS about friends-about men who, we
know, have been actuated in the performance of
public duty by just and honorable motives. we
shall be to tell this person of the nature of his
conduct, and we shall do this in such language as
will properly and truly set forth this conduct to
the people of the State.
This Correspondent, :" Candor," in his reply,
grossly and deliberately ISLANDERS and caumni ates
the Editor of this paper and the Editors of the
Patriot in publishing this reply, have made them
selves parties to these ISLANDERS and calumnies.
This Correspondent also intimates that he was
advised not to descend to notice :" any thing
from us ," and he would leave the inference from
his remarks that he was induced, by the persuasion
of friends, to refrain from assaulting us personally
What we have to say in reply to this is, that we
hold ourselves the equal Of any other man in point
of integrity, honesty Of motive, and personal re-
spectabity and we can look proudly down upon
this Correspondent of the Patriot, as our inferior
both in influence and position. AS to the personal
assault all we have to say is, that we are in the
City, and expect to be for months to come; and
that we are not to be deferred from the discharge
of duty by threats attacks of any character what
soever. We are responsible for what we say; we
write over our own name, and we are willing to
leave our conduct, which is open to the world, to
the impartial judgment of all honest men. AS
John Randolph once said, in reply to an antago-
mist, we have seen hotter times than this"
The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad has de- |
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