The true Democrat., 1855-10-09
The Post Office Charges-Again.

In our last issue showed, upon the esti- mony that Borland himself furnished us. that the charges he made against us of having clan destinely obtained the address of the president to the know nothing State council were base falsehoods. Our return from Jefferson county, where we were called last week to attend our brother in his sickness has been so recent that we have not the time to notice fully his very in sidous reply.
 To raise a smoke, i'll which to escape from the just censure of an enlightened public for the false charge he had preferred, he has divert ed the controversy into an entirely different channel, not at all gcrmane to the issue of wheth- CT he was or was not guilty of falSehood in making the charge.
 Our statement that Milton Butler, who is now dead, furnished us the copy of the address we received, is the means with which Borand en- deavors to raise this smoke. He endeavors to show that MT. Butler, in sending the address to us, committed " "dishonorabe act," and then by allusons to his death, he endcavors to create the impression that our statement was direct charge against man lying in his grave. So anxious is he to prove Mir. Butler guilty of a henious offence he does not rely upon simple recital of the facts, but goes into abored ar gument of nearly column in length.
 We, however, do not think the ex-Minister with all of his sophistry, has made out his case After reading his article, we do not think that Butler was guilty of any ofense. Certainly when we made the statement it was far from our belief that we were charging a crime against his memory. Nor do we yet believe that we did
 Mir. Butler was man with whom, while liv- ing, we had many pleasant passages. We al ways thought him honorable in his dealings, and, as an evidence of our kindly feelings to- wards him, sce often dtd him favors Mat he might have asAed in vain ct Me Gazette printing q3ice.
 We never tread heavily upon the ashes of the dead, and Borland's charge that we have done so in this instance is without foundation and for malicious purpose We were told by the know nothing organs that the secrecy of the order was done away with, and MT. Butler doubtless thought so too. So far then from his having committed "dshonorable act' in fur nishing us pamphlet which contained an at- tack upon us, he did simply an act of justice an act of manliness-an act against which even the author of the address himself cannot com plain. We always entertained high regard for Milton Butler while living, and now that he is dead, we respect his memory. We leave to Dr. Borland the task of backening it by false hood and sophistry.
 But this in our own defense against the charge ofhaving ruthlessly invaded the grave. We must call Dr. Borland back to the issue before the public. He charged that through the post mas ter or mail agent, we were permitted to use the pamphlet sent to "well known active advo- cate" of the know nothings Gin neghboring State." He afterwards acknowledged that this "active advocate" did finally receive the pamphlet seat to him. To show that his charge was false, we produced tho pamphlet which we had used. It could not, therefore, have been the one sent 10 the "active advocate in neighboring State"
 We leave it to Dr. Borland to get out of this predcament as best he may. The public, and even the know nothings will do themselves no harm by watching man who thus shows him. self so reckless of the truth