Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1855-09-12

Ing that ever mentioned it to you at any time as
confimatory ofthe political charge to which you
fer could not have done so, for nerer 6elieued
50. do not noao beliere so. 1t would have been
as you seem to think, but which the facts do not
sustain, that the Nuncio had precious knoaodge that
the appointment aoas to be aade and before 1t real
ly acds made" .4
We have made this extract from Mr.. Barringers
letter. first, to show the kind and liberal spirit in
which Mr.. Barringer is disposed to deal with Mr..
Rayntr; secondly, by way of additional proof that
Mr.. Rayner, during the campaign, treated the state
ment of the Nuncio to Mr.. Barringer as statement
involving "preuious knouledge" on the part of the
Nuncio; and thirdly, that we might again spread
before our readers Mr. Barrnger's unequivocal de-
caration that he nerer 1elerea the charge of bar
gain and corruption preferred by Mr.. Rayner, and
that he does not 7,0ao 6eliere at.
Mr. Rayner appears to be much irritated, because
ga portion" ofwhat he is pleased to term the "anti
American press, has ''pretended" to discover
issue of veracity between Mr.. Barringer and him
SELF Doubtless he meant this for the Standard.
To the record!-t the record, Mr.. Rayner! Can
any fair-mnded man-any intelligent and indepen-
dent thinker-any sincere searcher after truth, re-
concile your statements and Your inferences with
those of Mr. Barrnger's? You, yourself, declare at
one time that Mr.. Barringer told you one thing;
and at another, that he told 20" another. Is not
that so? Wherefore if conscious of straightfor-
ward dealing your part, and if ready to challenge
and defy scrutiny, did you promise our Weldon cor
respondent to publish, and then fail to publish Mr..
Barringer's letter of the 9th July? Why is that
letter still kept back from the public? Mr.. Ba, rim
gers letter to you reveals the fact, which you ad-
nit in yours to him. that he wrote you the Goth
July, urging you to publish that letter "as soon as
possible" The election, it is true, was when
you returned to Raleigh and received that letter
but The honor Of the country scas still at stake =
the charge was being used in other States, your
authority and the immediate publication of the
letter, aside from these high considerations, was
due alike to yourself to Mr.. Barrnger, and to the
public. And wherefore is it that your organs here
the Register and Star-have persisted up to this
moment in concealing from their readers Mr.. Bar
ringers letter to Mr.. Ellis of 23d July? We pub
lished our letter to Mr. Ellis; and we intended
matter of justice to you, to publish your letter to
Mr.. Barrnger which you requested us to do in your
note of September End; indeed, we have given all
the documents on the subject, from first to last.
One word from you, Mr.. Rayner, would have in
snred the insertion in those papers of Mr.. Barrin
gers letter of July 2Sd-but that word was with
held and the people, so far as those journals arc
concerned have been kept in ignorance of material
facts involved in this controversy. \ 'pretended"
issue of veracity indeed The public will Judge.
AS to the sur cast by Mr.. Rayner upon the Dem
ocraic press, that may pass for what it is WORTH
We know of no such party-Mr. Rayner knows of
no such party as the "ant-American party By
one stroke of his pen he has sandered thousands Of
high-toned American presses and millions OF Demo-
Gratis, his fellow-countrymen. Can he expect for
bearance at their hands? Has he any right to ex-
pect it? "Americans " and anti-Americans ~
Mr. Rayner and his friends "Americans," and
his opponents are alien in name and in deed! This
is specimen of his berality, his fairness, his sense
of truth and justice. And what has this Aners-
can " been doing? He has been charging upon the
dominant party-upon millions of his countrymen,
corrupt bargain with the Romish Church-a charge
which, if true, would blast the character of hisown
government and consign the American name to per-
petual obloquy and disgrace! In his opposition to
an administration which is inscparably Identified as
ALL administrations must necessarily be, with the char
acter of the people at home and of the country
out proof corrupt motives and corrupt conduct and
to pronounce and insist upon guilt, where, as Mr..
Barrngcr truly observes, he was bound to pre-
sumo innocence until guilt shown" This is
" "Americanism is it? And =" ant-Americahism"
consists in rcpeliing and disproving such charge
in vndicating the honor and the spotess character
of the Republic at home and in foreign eyes!
There is one point connected with this charge
which would ofitself suffice to repe and render rdic
ulous all the imputations thus by Mr. Rayner up
on the Democratic party and the country. 1t is this:
He states that the fact that the Pope's Nunco was
the first to hear of Mr.. Campbelis appointment and
the further fact that he exulted it evidence
of the strength and influence of his Church in this
country afford proof conclusive of the understanding
or bargain referred to- Admit this, for arguments
sake to be true, and what is the position he would
assign that functionary? Why, he would have US
believe-he would have intelligent, sensible men
believe that this willy, shrewd sagacious Jesuit
had suddenly become chilli in policy and action,
By admitting, in Substance, to llEr Barringer the
existence Of corrupt bargain, to achich he and his
Church, here and in Europe, high contracting
parties!
! It is rumored-wc know not with what truth
! that Mr.. Rayner will make another publication on
this subject. We may, therefore, feel it to be our
duty to refer again at some length to this matter.
We entirely willing to rest it here, satisfied as
we are that the Democratic party and the country
have been signay vindicated by the publications
already made; but if Mr.. Rayncr is disposed to