Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-08-11
For the Standard.
DAHBURY, Stokes Co., Aug. 1, l6


DAHBURY, Stokes Co., Aug. 1, 1856.
Vessrs Holden Dc Wilson:
(IESrIEMEN: In the Greensborough Patriot of the
o-ti, nit appears a communication signed "Danbu-
~ Council the object Of which seems to be to dis
cr,,lt nav statement contained in my Card dated
a5,h June and published in the Standard, in rela-
4on to my disconncction with the Know Nothing
n licl: and sets out by Tending and ''prOvn i'll
r,a! niger style-snch balderdash, low qubbling,
and ridiculous cant can seldom be found in any at
t;.I. Of newspaper ScribblerS-Ho date nor persons
ai.ys are appended to this miserable efusion. The
names of several persons in Stokes and Forsythe are
MENTIONED and of the falschoods they aim to
raf,crate are couched in such language that it is
difficult for any one to understand what they are dri-
virS at .s
When my Card first Appeared in the Standard
some of the members of the Danbury Council being
touched many sore places, were like bind moca-
s,l, II .iugust-strikiRg in every direction and
sometimes hitting MISUNDERSTANDING full of poison
avn blind with rage, about dozen OF them assem-
b,rd in the Court House in Danbury, or o. about
the 18th July, consult tog"sheE-to defend their
precious characters and to concOct schemes to de-
ilo2i>n me. They ripped and snofteds faEed and
ru,ted-were like the last OF the DutcA Soy
errors of New York, Peter Stuyvasart, sometimes
called Peter the hcadStroug, WHO, when that place
Wa taken by the English retired to the outskirts Oh
the City, shut himself up in hease, and gave vent
to MS passion by cursing and swearing, and coutln-
u,.iy tnunpny up and down stairs with his wood
en- lee. 81 person passing along the street near
by at the tine from the humping inside and loud
vo,eiatonS, would doubtless have been reminded
OF the civarous Peter After each one had done
t.,.n. what they had heard-ii reation-to the mat
ter what one had heard that another should shave
sill that another did say, they despatched one OF
their body with all the pntS TO write piece for the
papers, and doubt after many hard days toll
many sheets of foolscap being written and reswrt-
ten, the mountain in labour, the little mouse
was produced, the article appeared. =
DO not deem it necessary to notice many of their
I po,JlI ahn al q
of their fasehoods, frauds, and deception, but they
are showing themselves fast enough. By their
fruits We shall know them" The assertion that [
went TO R. w. Wharton and requested him to mi
tate ME, is without foundation. Having been per-
suaded by another person, | supposed friend. to
become member, who said to Inc that he could
not initiate me, but could get to do it
brought Mr. Wharton into his room where was then;
with testament cross, and ritual, and then took
one degree As to my being elected Vice President
of the Council Danbury, it without my cement.
objected and protested against It, mentioned that
belonged to the Salem Council-had never with
drawn or been discharged from it, and could not,
according to their rules be member of more than
one Council at the time. Something is said
OF my having been expelled from the Council at
Danbury about 1St July, and here the writer has
caught himself Did he not know that never
regularly a member of that Council, but belonged
to another? do not know which to pity most, his
ignorance his impudence. Being hard Iun for
something to say the case of my initiating w. IL.
Reid is mentioned. | was importuned by others to
DO so. That used extraordinary exertons to in
duce him to become member is palpable false
hood. They say Charles w. McAnally told Hen
~ Snow that had dvulged to him the names of
the members belonging to our Council and had CIV
Ell him the signs" &c. Here is their Cuffee-Iike
evidence. Somebody told another man something
in relation to the matter. have the certificate of
I. W. McAnnally, Esq, gentleman of unlmpeach-
able character that this statement is utterly false.
As to Mr. Snow, it is we'll known that he is fid-
getty, tickle, would be-smart dapper little man, en-
trely TOO big for his breeches About a year ago
hewas Democrat, then he changed to a wv big, and
he is Know Nothing. | never told him that
came out in my Card against the Order, because I
knew they intended to expel me. TheFe is an old
maxim - those who live in glass houses SHOULD be
careful how they throw stones. As to their inn
eadOes about my getting some one tO-wrte fOf me,
is nothing more than might be expected from such
men-who have been famed for theft very dstin-
g>hed eceakncSs and being mere iackies for 9TH
ers. 1t is true that am of humble orign-my pa
rents were poor but honestly my own efforts !
have got what little education | have-I have work
ell IN the corn field like negro-I have went to
school and kept School-have made some money by
by honest eIorts-I studied Dentistry, and am
endeavor ng to become proficient in nay profess
SION. However much may prosper in the world,
hope never to hold my self aloo from those among
whom was raised. | know there some, and
particularly tose who have assailed me in tue pub
he prints, who also of humble origin By reading
their productions in the papers it can be seen that
they initiating the slang of certain arstocrats by
Speaking sneeringly of self made men, wishing to
produce the impression that they belong TO the up
PER ts4 The little picayune redeye& POtatoe of the
treehsborough Patriot, too wishes to know who
writes for me, and when became Doctor? The
answer can better be given when he can make it
appear who writes his Editorials-w hen, did ite be-
COME Editor? Was he ever accused Of having
more than enough to last him from Saturday
hgtt until Monday morning?
In conclusion, 1 will only say that the character
OF many of the Know Nothing OrdeFis being Known
Tor Veacy and fair dealing and the time is not far
distant when Courts of Justice will deal with some
OF them they deserve
JOHN F. RIDDICK
We, the undersigned, citizens of Stokes and For
Sythe Counties, do hereby certify that Dr. John F.
kiddIck was born and raised in Stokes County, and
has ever, and does now, bea- as good "a character
Tor honesty, veracty, and straightforwardness as
any gentleman in the State-that the statements
made in his letter dated 25th june and published
IN the Standard, in relation to his withdrawal from
tne hnow Nothing Order, we believe to be correct.
mat we do not for one moment believe he would
Wl'tuiy misreprcsent any thing in relation to the
matter. -.
JNO. HILL, W r. WATKINS.
DANIEL SCALES, PETER FUTILE,
JOHN MARTIN, NJ T. SMITH
o. ~. MARTIN, A. J. STAFFORD,
GEO w. WILSON, A. FJYNT
JOhL +. HILL, PHILLIP BARROW
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