The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-10-26

tho fret to SUGGEST his name for Congress in 1880,
though had understood he had voted for Alr en-
able in 1853; and from that time until this have
done him Justice both in the Standard and In pr
vate conversations. have always been his frlend
7 am not his enemy now, nor do expect to be Ii
shall conceive it to be my duty one of His con
stituents. or as the Editor of Democratic journal,
to compIain of his course, | will do SO publicly and
openly on my own responsibility, and not by lndl-
rection or privately through another person.
What then? am censured because do not de-
fend these gentlemen through the columns OF the
,Stdndald against the structures OF the Narrenton
Ners ! do not say they censure me, because do
not know the fact. and they have not approached
me on the subject; but this community Is full OF the
rumor that an, ccnsurcd in various quarters, be-
cause do not repel these attacks of the Ne'rs. L
cannot do it, and 1 am presumed to know some
thing of my duties. When the State officers at the
Capitol and delegation in Congress were assaulted
a month or two since by the Register they were
promptly defended by the .StdnddTd as they always
will be- if in the right, when assaed by the Oppo-
sition But | cannot engage in controversy be-
tween Democrats. TO do so would only add fuel
to the fame while it would crafty the opposition,
rs NAV be plainly inferred from the tone OF the
Register. The Editor of the Hdrrcmton Ne,s, and
those gentlemen in Warren and elsewhere who are
sustaining him in his course, have neither abandon
ed principle nor infringed organization; and they
hold themselves, and are held by others, to be as
good Democrats as those whom they assail. Who
made me Judge between them? Who commits
stoned me to decide questions of this sort! Who
armed nc with the power to defend one portion OF
the party and put another portion under ban !!
What right have [ to engage in a controversy
which is rather personal than political and concerns
Office and place more than it does principle? | re-
gret the controversy, but have had and will have
no part in it. 1t is not serious, after all, as
some suppose and if it should increase and threat
injurious consequences, tic Democratic pcoft"
wW themselves command the peace. For my part
earnestly desire the harmony and the continued
success and prosperity of the Democratic party
| will sacrifice any thing and every thing which a
of honor ought to sacrifice to promote and pre-
serve harmony; and will 90 far, now and here
AFTER he who will go farthest. to render the par
ty a unit, and to make it, and the prosperity of our
beloved State, paramount to all other considerations.
Ny Democratic friends will bear me witness that
/ an not in the habit Of addressing them on mat
tiers personal to myself. Under the circumstances,
| could not in justice to myself have said less.
This is the second Card which [ have published
during my fifteen years of public life. My first
one was an appeal in April last to my friends to
support Judge Ellis for Governor. They did sup
port him with All enthusiasm and thorou"hncss
which both he aud | will always gratefully remem-
Der. W. ". HOLDEN.
Raleirh Oct 1S 1853