Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-06-09
Nash County.
HILL1ARDsroN, N. G. May 26, 1868

Messrs Holden Dc Wilson:
GENTLEMEN: An article which appeared in the
Wilson Ledger, relative to the Nash candidates. pur.
porting to be communication from Nash, notice
has been copied in the Standard.
The charges contained in that article against Mr..
Battle and II. G. Williams not only false but
tirey unfounded, and known to be such by all who
heard the discussion at Nashville do not believe |
you would permit your paper to be the willing in
strument to do injustice to any one-consequently
desire to call your attention to the article which
appeared in the columns of your paper that you
may make the correction.
Battle and Williams both oppose distribution and
support Judge Ellis. And the charge against Mr.
Williams about reputation, and his attacking his
opponent for voting for the Revenue Bill is totally
without foundation.
Yours respectfully,
j. H. AvENT
We took it for granted, in copying the article
ferred to from the Wilson Ledger that the facts
set forth were correct. We have published the
above Card, however, in order to avoid the ap
pearance of injustice to Messrs. Battle and Williams
We know it is rumored that Messrs. Battle and
Williams distributionists, and that the former
at time inclined to repudiate the State debt.
We trust that this reputation rumor is unfounded,
and indeed take it for granted that it is upon the
of Mr. Avent But is it not true that both
these gentlemen have said that they would have vo.
ted for Mr.. Arlington for Governor, if he had taken
the field instead of Mr.. McRae? If this be true,
with what grace can they claim to be Democrats?
Again, by whom are they supported in Nash2
Are the Know Nothings-the opposition-for
against them? If fer them, how can the fact be
satisfactorily explained? "a man is known by the
company he keeps"
And who will these gentlemen vote for, if elected,
for United States Senator's? Will they vote for the
nominees of the Democratic caucus for independ-
ent candidates. Let them answer that before the
people.
There can be no doubt as to the position as to
the Democracy of Messrs. Lewis and Taylor Mr..
Lewis has been tried. and has acquitted himself we'll
a member of the Commons; and the Democracy
of Mr.. Taylor, like that of Mr. Lewis, is above sus-
picon. Whatever defence may be set up for Messrs.
Williams and Battle feel sure that the same can.
not be said of them. Let the Democracy of Nash
"prove all things, and hold fast to that which is
good" 1t is popular now to be Democrat, and we
have more professions than good deeds Nash is one
Of the strongest Democratic Counties in the State;
and we give it opinion, Democrat wish
ing her Democracy well, and certainly from no dis
position to dictate, that she is entitled to have
bers of the Legislature whose Democracy is not only
above suspicion but of the purest stamp If she fall
ters in this contest, and elects whose position
requires to be explained and defended other Coun.
ties, with small Democratic majortes may be ex.
pected to send Wings or Nnow Nothings to the AS
sembly. That is our opinion, and do not hesitate
to express it. Let it be said hereafter heretofore,
when the Nash members are spoken Of "there is a
Democrat indeed, whose Democracy is above sus-
picon."
at is idle to talk about '' retaining the Public
Lands as source Of revenue" when year after
year they sqnandered in the most reckless Law
ish and corrupt manner."-Register.
The above is mere assertion, unsupported by
proof. 1t has been several years since any consd.
erable squandering has been DONE Under Mr.. Fill
more's administration there was good deal of it
and we constantly referred to the illinois Rail.
road grant to prove the squandering. Mr.. Badger
and Mr.. Mangum, then Z. S. Senators from North
Carolina, voted for that grant, and far be it from
to defend them for that vote but cannot 60 the
length their friend, the Register goes and say they
were RECKLESS, lavish and corrupt"
The advocates of distribution seem to base theil
arguments on the assumption that the lands are
being sguaEdered We might well come in and take
''our shares"-that others are stealing we nigh
well steal too. This is not the principle on which
the Democratic party acts. 1t asks of a measure
Is it right? If So it avors it if not it opposes it
Even dstributionists seem to adrni. that the Demo
cratic position in regard to the lands is right; bu
they contend it cannot be maintained. They thinl
wrong and injustice stronger than right and justice
and they turn to what they think the stronger side
On the same principle they might consistently he'll
to rob a man whom they found already being robbe
by others, and whom they could not rescue from hi
assaants. Ay, not only help to rob him, but re
ceive portion of the punder, and then plead tha
the pundering was inevitable they were jus:i6a
ble in taking portion.
The REGISTER AND MIR. BEANcB's CIRcULAR.-Ou
neighbor of the Register, finding it impracticabl
impossible to reply to the facts set forth in tn
recent circular of Hon. L. OBJ. Branch, has cor
tented himself with rdicuus attempt to turn tn
whole subject into ridicule. He meets the coger
arguments, the sound views, and the unanswerab
array of facts presented by Mr.. Branch, with sue
stuff as {" Father Larry's Pastoral" The Padre -
"Buncombe Speech" &C. That was all our neigi
Dor could do. Of course he deserves the thanks
his party for that; for he that does his best und,
the circumstances, does we'll" angels could do n
more"
We can always tell when our contemporary
stumped or misput. At such times he becomes r
! markably humorous invents funny sayings, an
quotes literally from Burns and somebody else.
But he has not replied to Mr. Branch's circula
He has not event attempted reply. He thus Civ
the question up and admits the soundness-the CO.
clusveness Of Mr.. Branch's arguments.
w We acknowledge invitations to attend IL