Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-07-21

scented the President for the appointment of Charge
that Hons. Edward Stanly, Alfred Dockery. and
Jas. I. Morehead urged him to go home and enter
the canvass for Mr.. Kerr in Clingman's district, in
the contest then pending between him and Governor
Reid, adding that he could accomplish more than any
man in the whole State that, subsequently Mr..
Morehead wrote and signed, as did also Gen. Dock
ery highly complimentary letter 10 the President
commencing him for any ofhceto which he mi gh apply
that one night Mr. Stanly stopped him on the avenue,
and said if be [Edney would go home, eiectloneer,
and canvass the district thoroughly for Mr. Kerr, the
committee would raise three or four hundred dollars
for him to electioneer on. day two after Gen.
Dockery made the same proposition This was in
Gen. Dockery's room Mr. Stanly being present,
urged it. saying that he desired him particularly to
aid in that district in defeating the Clingman candi
dates for the Legislature. An evening or two after
t;en Dockery told him, at Browns hotel, that Mr..
Warren was looking for him, and anxious to see him.
The next evening, Mr.. Warren told him that he had
handed Mr. Stanly sealed letter for Edney, with a
check for four hundred dollars and that Mr.. Stanly
desired 10 see him at his room. He called at Mr.
Stanly's room-Mr Sanly said that it only wanted
fifteen days Of the electon-that he ought to be of to
North Carolina electioneering- he would see
the committee and get them TO furnish $50, which
would be $40 a day. Some two weeks afterwards
Mr.. SfanIy complained of his not having gone home,
and spoke of Waren's having given him a check for
four hundred dollars, which he [Edney7 might have
had if he had gone home.
Messrs StanIy, Dockery and Morehead were great
ly provoked with Edney, because be did not go home
before the North Carolina election was over-that be
had bamboozed and deceived them-that they would
not have aided him if they had not supposed he was
going home to electOneer etc. For this reason and
bee he wrote letter to Col Fagg. [another wing
umnary, somewhat notorious in connection with the
C Regimenl.1 praising Mr.. Cliugman, they turned
against him. and finally had his appointment with
drawn
Since The appe'rance of the letter of Edney's The
wing papers have been publishing a card of his
which appeared in the Raleigh Reg ser in 1852 DENY
ing thai one thousand do ars bad been offered him if
he would 60 home and ee '0neer in Clingman's dis
rict Of His he gives the following explanations
- II is proper that ! should say that prior 10 or
about he ime Of ou State election, Mr.. Stank spoke
10 me in tie House. showed me II statement IN one OF
the North Carolina papers the effect (if my mem
nrv zerves me right, as have not since it) that
Clerk in the Navy Department and certain mem
bar1 of Congress had otfere; thousand dol
lars to 90 home and enter the for the Wing
ket. Mr. Stanly said [ ought contradict II i'm
medIarely. told him was wiling TO do so as far
as the facts would warrant, but could not make a
general denial Of the mailer, He thereupnn wrote Il
contradiction applying specifically to the charge
published, which was able 10 sign, and which be
said he would send Oft that evening for publication IN
the Raleigh Reg lister"
Now, this squabble of which we have given the
points is simpIva family quarrel. All the parties
are wings. Edney has never been any favourite of
ours, but he has been Of the whg leaders-hey have
endorsed him-they have got him ofices-hey Gen
era Dockery included were anxious that he should
90 home and electoneer subsequently, this quarrel
with him because he does not obey orders in the
quarrel the whole thing comes out, including the
money to be furnished by the Wing Central Commit
tee at Washington, of which General Dockery and
Truman Smith, as we'll as other Free Sellers, were
members. 1t is pretty revelation as it stands. Of
off oft cd
reprobate. Well we don't know that he is not but
that's not our busness--it is theirs. He is their
man General Dockery's mantle man who was to
turn the mountains upside down for tbem-to aid in
defeating Gov. Reid and TO get chargeship and four
hundred dollars. Let them settle the matter they
can. It is hard affair as il stands We wouldn't
touch it with forty oot-p pole Let the Generals,
Dockery and Edney fight it out 1t is small difference
which whips Arcades ambo. Hard cases, both Of
them