Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-09-10

HOLDEN & WILSON.
r,o varreuton News and the Firebrand.
W r,srre in our last to the malignant and dis
~. nrns con,ct Of these papers, and especially to
,,.rk made by the Frbrdnd on Gov Ellis
U. ;colose now to resume and conclude the sub
;:t
K significant of a settled purpose on the part of
tr Firfbaaa to create discussions, that that paper
...s Gov. Ellis for the first time after the Stan
d5I il, reply to an opposition Journal had declared
g. him for Governor for another term. Nothing
,:;h the Standard does omitS to do, pleases the
E-,,b,spd Every issue Of that paper for the last
,hrpp months while it has been preaching harmony,
,Dj while we have been silent under its attacks, has
contained some insdiouS and malignant reflection on
,he Senior Editor of this paper.
The Warrenton Nees and the FTrebrnnd arc both
influenced in their course towards US by malice and
a,rv Some time since we failed to volunteer to
si,n the bond of Mr. Walsh, which he gave as con-
s;ration for the Neus establishment to the former
orrer. and we have the best reasons for believing
that from that very moment all Nh. Walshs feelings
towards us changed and he became our deadly enc
nv. 1t is well that he did not ask us to sign the
bond for such was our regard for him then that VIC
would doubtless have done it; and il We had, the
rhsrge made against us would indeed have been
plausible. that we instigated and encouraged him to
aal Mr.. Branch, Gov. Bragg, Mr.. Clingman, and
Nj. PAGE as he did last fall. As it was, We were
clear even Of the appearance of having encouraged
Or endorsed his course on the occasion referred to-
The truth is, we disapproved it, and would have re-
monstrated with him but for the suspicious which
got abroad, We know not how, that VIC had had some
agency in or connection with the attacks which he
msleon those gentlemen. Every man ofintegrity-
ever gentleman will readily perceive that our hands
tied long as these suspicious existed or were
in circulation.
So much for the personal malice of Mr.. Walsh.
Some time since Mr. z. Harper Whitaker called
at our Office and asked us, in the presence of our
Associate to sign his bond for one thousand dollars,
which he was to give for the power-press he now
uses We declined, as politely as We knew how, to
SIN the bond. We declined, not because of any dis
position to see Mr.. Whitaker embarrassed in his
business for at that time we were friendly with
him. and would have aided him, if We could hav,
done so consistently with determination We hai
formed in relation to our own affairs. 1t has no
been our habit of late to sign surety, and We S,
told Mr. Whitaker. When We do sign q bond VI
expect if the principal cannot take it up, to do s.
'Gsef Such has been our practice heretofore
We have looked as much to the moral as to the le
gil obligation incurred as surety, as some Of on
friends in this community happen to know. W
Es not feel willing to incur this obligation for Nj
Whitaker; and we have the best reasons for belle,
ing that from that moment he became our enem,
his was before the Press" or FIrebrand was cou
MERGED and it was this personal feeling which MAR
influenced him. as Secretary of Democrat
meeting, to withhold the proceedings from the Sta
"'m to monopolize them for his own (neutraD p
per- and to furnish a portion of them to the Registe
Inc hnow Nothing organ, before We had even sec
them.
30 much for the personal malice of Mr. Whitake
Inc NarrentOn Aers has teemed for the last tw
-" 'nree months with the grosscst falsehoods in r
a''on to the Senior Editor of the Standard both
&pohtlc'ar and man. We have not noticed, al
sl'l not notice these fasehoods in detail. We sir
rs ueclare, as We have heretofore declared that
!" statements in relation to the Governorship, Il
''''ofsilp, and as to our plans for the future, a
'"lua''hedly false. They are nothing more al
~ 'ns less than lies, manufactured by the Edite
Hs also lied, wilfully and knowingly, when
I'fssed that we considered ourself above other n
s"'Ncs, and would not speak to him or to other n
~. ''eS on the streets Every mechanic and eve
N'len OF Raleigh knoms this charge to be false.
Du1 While we decline to notice Mr. Walsh's fal.
I 'uS IN detail, especially those which were inter
a., aaect us personally, there are some Of poll
H.. nature which our duty as public Democra
''"nallst requires us to refer to-
n. e "arrenton Neus states, on the authority
v % Drake, one of the Committee, that the Thi1
'on Oil was not mentioned in Committee at
~ 'n n, Convention Maj. Drake is mistake
b.' ,nlrty Million bill seas mentioned, and no me
,s., 'ne Committee proposed to endorse it in
NV, "''ohs to be reported to the Convention.
ds s'''0n on the subject Of the acquisition Of Gu
,. "n up by the Senior Editor of the Standa
hal inc Committee unanimously, precisely As
,.. 'eeh written, and afterwards passed the
of, O" oy reclamation. Maj. Drake is gentlen
A.. 'n-out he is afflicted with deafness, and
NIL '''S Tor his not having heard the conversat
,.. .s Subject We met no member of that c
N7r. "" VINO was decidedly in favor of the Thi
AMI Nv" Oil; yet the Convention, acting in lib
eb,. 'snanlmous spirit, which we trust will alw
but ~ IL such bodies, declined to make it t
hh;' mr. Branch was the author of it, it was
,,,;" ~ and to the party generally to defend the
Who'll, ''' 'he unjust attacks of the opposition;
party being for him as the nominee, with