The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-09-06


That Letter, again!
AS We expected, the editor Of the Standard
positively declines fasosing the public with pc
FusaI OF his letter TO Gov. Graham. no,wiihsiand-
ing bis hiusler when he supposed il probable that
the said letter had been lost, and could not be
brought up in judgment against him. Gov. c.,
while he declined pshai.aing the letter himself,
informed the editor, rhrough,the Recorder. thai,
IL was ST bis service. and would be delivered to
any person he might Authorize TO call for it. /;
when he might, if he chose, publish or otherwise
dispose Of il according to his discretion. This
placed the editor in dilemma which he had nst
anticipated, and from which his usual tact sas
not sufficient 10 extricaic him. He must now
either publish the letter himself, or ,ihc puI,lic
witt conclude that Il Is II such a nature that be
is unwilling for il 10 see The light. But he will
not publish it--preferring to take this horn sf
The dilemma, rather ,han,lei his Democratic read.
ers know what thorough going Wing he was
Of the lime that letter was written. His plea Tor
withholding he letter Is 80 rich .tha, we ynust
quote il for-ihe amusement Of our readers. In
bis issue Of the ;0ih of August. the editor no.
tees our request that be should give the letter 10
abe pubic, and says:
@Ne have no claims VI any sort upon W.
liam A. Graham; and certainly. under sach cir
cumstances, we shall not 60 oui Of the way to
ask him to do us the favor to furnish us with
Cur own private letter addressed to him, 10 he
used in our own vindicaiion. Neither shall we
draw any further upon the patience Of our read.
ers by discussion Of the matter, which is al.
most entirely personal. and matter. too, in
which they can take bat little interest"
Il is no doubt true that the editor has no
claims upon Gov. Graham; hut then Gsv Gsa-
ham has relieved the editor from all embarrass-
ment on this score, and generously offers to de.
liver the letter 10 any person he may authorize
ito call for il. II, therefore, il will serve for the
editors "sin,lcaiien." he can have;it Al word.
Has. be 20 friend here whom he could authorize
10 call for i The editor errs in supposing
that the public take but little interest in this
matter. His humidity, we may suppose, sug-
gcsted this thought, but we can assure him tina,
his articles on the subject have awakeuel an in
terest which is not confined TO one party alone.
The Wings ave anxious 10 see the letter, that
they may read The fulLgushing Wing sentipenis
it contains; and the Democrats, I'VE apprehend,
wish 20 zee il 70. the editors. vindicaiion." For
the qualification Of so wide circle. then, cannst
the editor, for moment, lay aside his modesiy,
and favor the public with perusal ofthe letter.
Having uttered his rash conclusion hot TO ask
for the letter to publish in his :. own ,yindica-
iion," iEe editor Of the Standard .conclples with
some ill-natured rcmarks about Gov Graham
and the junior editor of the Recorder. The re-
marks about Gov. Graham VIC shall pass by wiih-
put comment, as they are hui a repetition % the
slang used belore the election. ia what he has
said about the junior editor, there is vanity aud
selfcpnceit IN his assumption &c superiority,
which can only serve to render him ridiculous.
The editor Of the Standard speaks Of the Junior
editors very moderate capacity for enjoyment"
---of his display of loadyism and serviIity -
and very compacenily assumes for himself the
magnanimity Of "uncle Toby" in his address to
the fly. The junior editor of the Recorder fsec-
ly admits that he has very moderate capaci-
~ for enjsyRcnt," moderate, that, unlike
the editor Of the STANDARD, he could peyer be in.
duced TO abandon his principles for the purposes
Of ambition or pecuniary reward--so Every mo-
derate," that he would prefer a spei ,cppscienc
TO all the rewards Of partizaa service. The in
situation that the Recorder has been guilty Of
either tsidyism' or "serviliy" Cannot he re-.
sarded as entitled TO any consideration, either by
the junior o. senior editor, coming, as /. docs,
from an editor who has gown fat on tina. sort !,
o. pabIium--a nausealins dose Of which Was re-