The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-07-05


hat nc uoncrivs il 10 have bsra ne aSiy e he !
Gsrrrnnr % sP<sk of il % lis Tohliosi irirnd.
That resrsraor 20 Il noe Is unpleasant % he
rdisar. arises from has posiIioa- Had his Psepo-
si,ioa in that lesisr heen carried out. be wouid.
in IN probability. have heen now lesioasly Ia
boring in The whis caase. But more q this lsi-
isr before ne eonelnde. We nas proceed % the
Standards ssairmrni oi facts"
The Editor says that when boy he vas Cor
Isrkson and Col. Johnson. a strange assoria-
iion.) bul did not IKE Mr. Van Bunen- In 1896
he vas in fascr of lodge Whites election. though
ne couli not vote; and the sane year he cam
menced work As jsurneyman printer IN The Ma
Isieh Star elEioe. That he wrote Cor that paper
several years. Ia being leading Wing PaPr;l
that in 1870 he voted Tor Gen. Harrison To
use the EDITORS own language. he was "a lack
son boy, Harrison man. and Whis!-and
we may adj. Henry Clay Wing ..-fs in
1872, we think Il was. he wrote for the Raleigh
Register thrilling eulosy Of thai distinguished
statesman; though after he became editor q the
STANDARD he ceascd not 10 lalIow Democratic CO.
iemporsries ia heaPins ohlaquy and abuse upon
that eminent patriot even 70 the day Of his death.
In June. 1913. the editor says he purchased The
STANDARD esiablishmeni--h connection with the
Star Office having ceased for more than two
years before = and al this time. and months
how many y preceding il. he adds, '' il was well
known 10 his immediate personal friends. that he
was out and out with the Democratic party"
Having proceeded thus Car in his personal histo-
ny. the editor inierposcs an argument against The
supposiiion that he was Influenced by reward or
the hope Of reward-namely, that the Democrat
&c party was then in a minority Of sir or eight
thousand lie then resumes his history, BY say
ing that In 1888, 1899. or 1910. while in The
Star Office. he addressed letter 10 Mr.. Graham
requesting loan Of money with which 10 pur-
chase a part Of the Star establishment" The
date Of the letter and the precise phraseoosy The
editor says he docs moi recolleci. lie adds Mr..
Graham replied, expressing his regret that he
could not. for some cause or other which he
aye, comply with the request This is a sum-
] mary Of the editors statement Of what he calls
g iacts," which Is followed by string of dcnun.
Citations both Of Gov. Graham and the Recorder.
Now for brief review, with specification Of the
"chargc."
The editor win remember that in 1896 he
wrote communication for the Milton Spectator
in favor OF Van Buren, and Johnson. Tor which
he received a compliment and an aImoniion by
Wing Of this county, now deceased; and thai
shortly afterwards he, in connection with the now
junior editor Of the Recorder, wrote a commune
cation, which was published in two or more pa
! pers, advocating the election Of Judge White
and John Tyler. This is referred 10 merely to
show the editors facility in taking either side Of
question. From the editors statement, he con-
'inucd an active Wing from 1896 20 the fall Of
1910. Our conviction is that he was a decided
Wing from the summer Of 1886 to the winter OF
1912. The letter 10 Mr.. Graham, whether dated
in 1888, 1892, or 1910, as the Standard vaguely
inimaics, or in 1871 or 1912, as we are inclin-
ed TO think, was written by the editor when he
was engaged in the advocacy Of Wing princi-
pies. We are pretty fully convinced that he
was then full grown man, had exercised the
elective franchise. and was a Henry Clay Wing.
As we have seen II stated, and not denied hy the
editor of the STANDARD, his proposition 10 Gov
Graham was, that he should furnish him with
the means that he might get possession of the
Star, and make ia more Efficient Wig paper
than any then published in Ralcigh!! VIII The
editor deny this! Gov. Graham did not comply
with the request, for what reason we do not
know for, as we have before said, VIC never
heard him say word on The subject. We can
readily imagine sufficient reasons 10 influence
him. His Partially for the then estinlable eli.
to, Of a leading Wing paper in the City, might
have induced him 10 decline; or feelings OF dc,
licacy, knowing that if he should provide the
means for starting Wing paper. Democrats
would brand il as his organ. But he did decline,
and the editor was lost TO the Wing party. In
June, 1913, TO the surprise of his fiiei DIS in Or
angc. the editor took charge Of the Standard, Tho
leading Democratic paper in the, State. Here
he has stuck for eleven years. il having paid weL
all the while. II on this review the editor doe
not !" blush." then il must he because his frc
! gucnt transgrcSsions have made him blush proof.
Twas well known. as the Standard has stat
cd. that previous TO the assembling Of the Bai
: more Convention the preferences Of the Wing
party were divided between Mr. Fillmore. Mr.
J, Webster and Gen. Scott, as their candidate 70
/ the Presidency; as il was that the Democrat,
/ party were divided between Gen. Cass, Mr.. Blu
i chanan, Judge Douglas, and Gen. Jefferson Da
!, Wis. Gen. Scott had strong division of his part,
: favorins his nomination four years bcforc--wa
/ known 10 have been jealous friend TO the com
! promise acts Of $50, stood high before his soun
# try for his patriotism and military>seryicrs-a am