Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-07-31

PIrrsBoRoUGH, July 25th, lS92.
<TosTHE Editor OF THE STANDARD l" CO Ro;d
sion al Peterborough on The Gath uitimo, o0'. ,ha
10 Mr.; Kerr 10 te of the sales Of
ihe pablie iandsS In my opinion no reply was eEel
more Triumphant. He asked why the wings, e."
always made this measure stalking-hO'SSe1 H.
overv election had obtained 1t. Mr. HTlI
;n,aTrnnted Gov Reid, and said it was because Johh
Tyler had proved renegade. This answer was very
Satisfactory the Federalists present, who stamPeu
and laughed great deal according 10 'Ne Ates'
Correspondent. a.,
Now it 50 turned out that John Tyler signed inc
bill for distribution, which bill contained clause na'
no distribution should take place whenever ihe ou'ie
on imports should be raised above ~ per cent; 40
nroyided for in the Conn promise of the Tariff. MS
was in 1871, and in April 1912, the Wing Coh!en,
ton in Raleigh pronounced this " wise anu J9
law Who then defeated this wise ana JUS "a
answer emphatically, The Wings OF the Norh' a III
nv reneoade Whios from the South who shameIuiiy
violated the compromise OF the larln' anu I"'s 49,
duties above 90 per cent tor me ProteGt'Io u;a
industry at our expense. lhey PleIeIeu ne ni,tance
extor,ed from our pockets to the comparau'e Pl''r
W. bcb thew would receive under the Distribution Id"
And vet, VIXEN the defeat of distribution is chargeu
upon the treason of John Tyler by Wing canoiua.e
for the high office of Governor, 1t IS very SAUSAGE
tory answer to Wing and produces great aP-
plause ;! o remporo, q mares
But it seems from Correspondent in the Raleigh
Register the signature OF " AN EYE WITNESS,
that this not only satisfactory answer 10 inc
triumphant argument of Gov. Reid. hut was " the
severest casgation to the exchange from Fortu-
gal that he has ever received. Now II so happens
that voted against this law for distributing money
from deficient treasury, and took strong GROUND
against it when last candidate before the people,
though opposed by true Wing. How therefore,
l could feel castigated by the answer OF Mr.. herr
that distribution was lost by the treachery Of John
TYLER if it had been in point of fact, am at
loss conceive. 1t could only be seen 6y the Keen
optics of IAN EYE WITNESS" Though thought
MIR. Kerr's Speech made up mainly of defamation
without argument, and bold assertions without tacts
he was perfectly respectful towards Mr. Reid and
every body else, and afterwards disclamed having
had any reference to me in any thing he said: -,
After the discussion over, friend of mine said
that Mr.. Kerr had made attack on me, TO which !
replied that if so it very cowardly one, as
was not able perceive it. He sat near, he said,
John ii. Haughton, Esq, who entertained his neigh
bors with remarks and criticisms during Gov. Reid
reply, and he John H. Haug hton, said Mr. Kerr In
tended an attack on me when he charged John Tyler
with being a renegade. This, therefore, taken IN
connection with the false and vulgar statement made
in the Raleigh Register shows that II was wished IT
not expected of the Wing Candidate for Governor,
that he should make onslaught upon me. How
far l saved from humiliation by the bundle of
papers which eye toitness says he saw prorud-
ing from my coat pocket, am unable to say. am
they will always protect me from open attack
from 80 eyre ,Uiness.'
IAN EYE WITNESS is no less nor greater person.
age than Maurice Q. Waddell, Esq, who has thought
proper 10 make most unprovoked personal attack
upon me. The charge that l had been inconsistent
in my support of Mr.. Tyer's administration, that
had been governed by selfish considerations in thai
support, have publicly pronounced falsehood and
a SANDER, and have every where met these charges
and nailed them to the base counterfeits.
There is old adage that those who live in glass
houses ought not TO throw stones; and when Mr..
Waddell speaks of men g in The Market " he seems
to have forgotten that he Of the first in the
market under the Harrison administration, and it is
equally charitable to suppose that he untyer-
ized by not having obtained office that other men
had been IyLerized," by accepting Office when Of
fered to them; for the biterest abuse poured
upon the head Of John Tyler was because he
would not consent TO turn of Office faithful and
competent and put in incompetent ones for par
ty purposes. Iimpute to either dishonest or
dshonorable motives for having sought or accepted
Office, but such imputaons come with very bad
grace from one who has lain the fountain of Ex-
ecutve patronage, ready and anxious be healed by
Treasury pap.
But to show that l was not even present when Mr..
Kerr spoke of political changes, and that nothing
said by him that could be considered personal to
me, enclose a letter received this evening from
DR.. Isaac Hail. whose statement will require no con-
hrmation wherever he is known. and ask generous
and enlightened public TO compare it with the vile
trash published in the Raleigh Register of the 9TH
instant, over the signature of 'cn eye citness''
Very respectfully,
A. RENCHER.