Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-03-24
Henry w. Miller. ESQ.

Those persons at dissance from this place who
have urged TO call upon Mr.. Miller, as the chair
man of the Executive Committee of our party, will
read with surprise the subjoined note from him.
To US, this gives surprise whatever for re-
Gently we have become aware that Mr. Miller would
not be safe political counsellor for u.s. But while
feeling no surprise at Mr. Mler's note, we cannot
belp feeling somewhat curious to know on what prn
cpe of good faith he has long withheld from the
public and the Whig and American party, the fact
that he considered the Executive Committee as hav-
ing expired with the campaign OF 1856, and that as
Chairman of it ne was, of course, functus ottcl0:
Why has he permitted the prestige OF his name as
the Chairman of this Committee to be USED, when
he Enec although others did not that there was no
such Committee and that, Of course he could not
be its chairman? Would it not, to use perhaps too
mild word have been more cnndid on the part OF
Mr. NJ, to have let those whom he once recognized
as political brethren, and by whom he was honored
by responsible position, know at an earlier day his
views instead of permitting them to labor under the
false impression that they had such thing as an
Executive Committee, and that he was looked up to
as its Chairman?
We leave discriminating public to answer these
questions and assist in the solution of them, we
refer them to what the Standard said last week about
Mr. Milers friendship and CO operation in our plans
RALEIGH, March II, 1858.
DEAR S1R:-I do not consider myself member of the
EXECUTIVE Commite of the American party" Both my
authority as Chairman and my duty member of that
COMMITTEE ceased with the Presidential compaigu of 1886.
Most respectfully y19fs; uu,pp
JOIN ". SYME, Esq,
We copy the foregoing from the last Raleigh Beg
ister
Now, we have no authority to speak for Mr.. Mil
Ter on this or any other subject; but we may say
word or two in relation to this extraordinary ar
tcle of our Scutch" contemporary, especially as our
cotemporary has referred to US in this connection
The Editor of the Register declares that he is not
surprised at Mr. Mller's note and he then proceeds
to lecture that gentleman for not having stated here
tofore that his authority as Chairman and his duty
as member of the Committee had expired Why,
we NAV ask in reply was not Mr.. Miller called upon
to convene the Committee? The Sentinel asked the
Reqister to make the call but the Register, feeling
that Mr. Miller was not "a safe political counsellor
for it, was silent-would not make the call. 1t hint
ed, it talked in "Scotch," and it pursued course
certainly calculated, if not intended to damage Mr.
Miller politically; yet MS 1T knew where Mr.. Miller
was and all about his position, it did not deem II
prudent to call him out. We now turn the tables
on our cotemporary and ask if he has been candid
in his course towards Mr.. Miller and towards his
party. Mr.. Miller no &c safe political coun
sellor" for him-Mr Miller was Chairman, so tht
Editor said, of the State Executive Committee-tht
Editor was asked to call on Mr.. Miller to convene
the Committee; and yet, knowing these facts, th'
Editor did nothing to warn bis party of its condition
and took no direct steps to bring Mr. Miller before
the public We can account for this only on tn
ground that the Editor was opposed to Convention
Of his party, and was also willing to postpone
long as possible the announcement of the fact tina
Ar. Miller was not "safe political couDsellor" TO
him.
But the most extraordinary feature in this article
is the coolness with which and the ground upo'
which the Register excommunicates Mr.. Miller from
his party. We have often heard of "reading out 9
the party"-a term which exists more in the heate
Imagination of the person supposed to have bee
read out" than in reality,-but here is an instanc
In which gentleman who has recently taken n
public part in political affairs, is held up and pre-
nounced upon-declared to be no "safe poItca
counsellor put under the ban, simply and solel
because the Editor has become aware" from wha
has ranspired in private circles that the gentlema
referred to does not agree with him Why, wher
the evidence-the public, the recorded evidenc
upon which the Register proceeds? The Ed'te
knew, it seems before he received the above not
mat Mr. Miller was not safe political counsellor
lot him. How did he ascertain this? Who tol
n'm! Did he guess it? And does he mean to chare
snat MIR. Miller has deserted his principles becau
"s "M not go soith him in supporting a renegao
from the D.moeratic party for Gooernor' W.
'nat the ground upon which he "became aware
.nat Mr.. Miller was not a saf7poltical counsellor
for BIN? 10
1--WE repeat, we have no authority to speak Tor
MILLER. That gentleman is abundantly able to tai
care OF himself and that he will do SO in due tin
we have no doubt. 1t may be that Mr.. Mill
VIII be found sustaining. the Administration =