Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-08-03

flTTSBORO July ~, lOo5.
Messrs. Holden d WILSON,
GENTLEMEN :-IE the Greensboro Patriot of the
29th of july find an editorial for which the edi-
tor of that paper is responsible. in which he uses
the following language: Among other things it is
charged, and by many believed, that Mr.. addelI
has opened his hand, and had paid down into it the
price of his abuse of Mr. Gilmer. Ind zoe 10 not
hesitate to sag there many circumstances to in
duce the people to believe the truth of the charge
nor can Mr.. Waddell think it strange that they
came to such conclusions" To such a charge |
have only to say that the author of it knouingly,
outully, moliciously and corruptly ies
In another article in the same paper the editor
says: "Mr Waddell excuses himself for publishing
in the STANDARD that he had applied to Wing pa
per and had been refused. If Mr.. Waddel had
stated what paper it that refused him we should
have said nothing; but as the Patriot is published
in the district and has large circulation in tn,
district as any other paper. and we presume, much
larger it might be inferred that the Pat lot was the
paper referred to by Mr.. Waddell We simply
state that if Mr. Waddell had requested us to pub
fish anything for him we should have done so with
pleasure The Wing paper refusing to publish what
desired acas not the Patriot. sent the article re-
ferred to to the organ of the Wing party, the Ra-
leigh Register, and did not to the paper
refusing me his columns because Mr. Syme had in
a most gentlemanly and courteous manner replied
to my communication, and felt it due to him as
gentleman not to attempt to throw odium upon him
about matter of so small Importance. The Pa
trio is very much disturbed, it seems, for fear the
public might suppose that the Wing paper referred
to by me was the Patriot; there is no cause of
alarm on that score it never once entered into my
mind to apply to the editor of that paper for any
thing.
But the editor of the Patriot says he would have
published any thing for me with pleasure Let us
see how this agrees with his statements. He was
willing then to become particeps criminis i'll a
ticles for me, which he knew were written by a
man who had opened his hand, and had paid down
into it the price of his abuse of Mr.. Gilmer; he
was willing to publish for me articles against Mr..
Gilmcr, exposing him as no public man has ever
before been exposed, when he knew that | was re-
ceiving pay for it. v hat noble specimen of an
editor this; what confidence can the public place in
the honesty integrity and truthfulness of such a
statement! James Long could never have been the
author of so puere production his respected ia
Their, whose memory | now cherish, never taught
him such lesson, and can come to no other con-
cluslon than that the senior editor of the Patriot is
the weak mbccllc creature who has published all
that has been said of in the issue of that paper
of the 29th of July. | find also in the same paper
the certificates of several members of the commit
tee to whom the difficulty between Mr. Gilmer and
myself was referred Two years ago. lnOSe VINO
take the trouble to read them will see at once that
not one of those certificates dsproves Mr.. Haugh-
ton, or Mr. London, or MIR. Nash's statements; they
simply.say they know nothing about what MIR. Gil
mer said to Others they heard nothing of it from
Mr.. Gilmer, and it was TO part of the business of
the committee to 60 into that question But you
will observe the Patriot takes especial pains to
leave out Mr.. Peeples's statement to Mr.. Gilmer,
which he has been reading all around the campaign,
in which Mr. Peoples admits he signed my certiti-
cate but as stated in my communication, | did not
read to the audience addressed after Mr.. Peoples
requested me not to do so. Mr. Peoples admitted
at St Lawrence that he had signed my certificate,
that he read it before he signed it. and not one
word, as charged by the Patriot about its not sta
ting the facts did Mr.. Peoples utter on that occa-
ton, and, presume, Mr.. Peoples would be shocked
to suppose that the Pariot was attempting to place
him in such an attitude. We all know him too well
in Chatham to believe the Patriots statements
about him to he true. | drew up the certificate in
Mr.. Londons store after Mr.. Peoples and Mr. Nash
both stated to me what they knew of the matter,
and both of them read it carefully and signed it.
should not have referred to this certificate again had
not the Patriot brought it before the public, for the
reason already stated that Mr. Peoples, with whom,
l am upon the most friendly terms, requested me
not to use his name again, but seeing the Patriots
attempt to put Mr.. Peoples in a wrong position,
deemed it an act of justice to him to allude to the
matter again.
Yours respectfully,
MAURICE Q. WADDELL.