Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-12-06
The Public Printing.

The State Journal says, "the Standard says,
Gov. Ellis effected his defeat for the public print
ing" We said no such thing. We said Gov. Ellis
used his influence against us, and we can prove
what we say. For months before the Legislature
met, Gov. Ellis, without good cause, and without
any cause so far as could learn, assailing
in his conversations with other Democrats, and
throwing the influence of his official station against
the Standard 1t is true Gov Ellis had deeply
wronged our agent Frank. l. Wilson, and had fallen
out with him; but this constituted reason why he
should set his face and use his influence against u.s.
By giving his advertisements to the Register and
Press and not to the Standard he used his influence
against us for the Office of State Printer. He pre-
JUDGED his particular friends against by thus pre-
ferring even an Opposition paper to the Standard,
and produced the impression, as far as he could,
that We were not entitled to his confidence as a
Democrat. But, says the journal, 1--WE defy the
Editor of the Standard to place his hand upon
single member of the Legislature whom Gov Ellis
attempted to influence against him in this election,
and failing to do so Mr.. Holden stands before the
public as having made a charge which cannot be
sustained by the facts" Now, persons differ in
opinion to what is regarded as an attempt to
influence. We have not charged that Gov. Ellis
went about electoneering generally against u.s.
Artful politicians like Gov. Ellis have way of
doing great deal while appearing to do very little.
1t was very easy for him. without the slightest au
sion in his conversations to the public printing to
refer to US in such terms to leave doubt the
minds of the persons addressed as to the soundness
| of our Democracy; and it was also very easy for
tim thn fact n oharS hat Mr.
man was a candidate for State Printer Among
gentlemen we believe this is about as far as cleo
pioneering is carried. But Mr.. Speman bristes
up, and intmates disposition to dispute our word
We repeat, we entertain the belief that Gov. Ellis
did use his influence against us with members. We
have good reasons for this belief We do not choose
now to give the name Of the member to whom Gov
Ellis impaired the information that Mr.. Spelnan
was candidate for State Printer, for the simple
that do not desire to involve friend in
dispute with the Governor of the State, and for
the further reason that we are ready to stake our
word before this community, and before the public
| against the word of both John Spelman and John
! W. Ellis. There it is, in plain Hinglish.
The Editor of the Journal says Gov. Ellis "threw
cold water" on him candidate for State Printer
| We do not believe the statement
The Journal says we are actuated by "malice,"
and personal bitterness and spleen" towards the
! Governor. This is not true. We were the sincere
| friend of Gov. Ellis from 1S43 down to the COM
mencement of the present session of the Legislature
During all this time uttered no WORD to his preju-
dice. We spoke kindly of him to his friends and to
our friends, even while he was ignoring the Stand
ard and giving his advertisements to the Press. We
trusted that his feeling against would pass away,
and that the friendship of former days would be
| stored. But were mistaken. He thought his
interests lay in another direction and he not only
| abandoned US but turned all his influence against
us. We cherish no malice towards him or any one
else. We do not hate him, nor do we expect to-
We can hate the ways of man without hating the
man himself Malice and spleen are vipers that in
jure the bosoms of those who cherish them more
than they do those at whom they are directed. In
our comments on the Governors message we have
been actuated solely by sense Of public duty. We
should have pursued the same course if the Cover
nor had been cherished personal friend. His mes
sage is dsunioE document and our paper is Con-
stitutional Union paper. 1t has been so all the
while, and especially has it been so since we wit
messed at Charleston and Baltimore an unmstaka-
Bile purpose the part of the re-eaters to dissolve
| the Union.
This is as far as propose to go now with refer
ence to the Governor, but it may be that the course
of his partizans may compel US in selfdeence to give
his political history from 1916 to the present time
We do not wish to do this, if we can avoid it with
justice to ourself We know thing or two.
But our Hinglish contemporary says, though we
were Mr. Holden's staunch friend for the nomina-
ton at Charlotte against Gov. Ellis we are sorry to
see that that affair still sticks in his craw notwith-
standing all his professions of friendship for his OPP
ponent since expressed" This is strange and
troublesome world 1t is no doubt the qucerest
planet in the universe in respect of its inhabitants.
The enemy of yesterday is the friend Of to-day, and
the friend of to-day is the enemy of Tomorrow Mr..
Speman says he was our friend at Charlotte. True
enough, and we are obliged to him for it. Bot he
must bear in mind that he was then in our employ
ment and that he is now employed by Gov. Ellis.
If we are not mistaken Gov. Ellis part of the
Banner establishment, and think 1t more than
probable that the Governor "came down" heavily
with the dollars or in the way of security when the
Press establishment purchased. This may &C.
count for the fact that Mr.. Spelman is not our
"staunch friend" now, well as for his assailing
us in vulgar Hinglish. Webeg leave to remind our
polished Contemporary that the word "crato" is
word considered unfit to be used in discussion by
gentlemen in this country. How it may be in hold
HiRgLGnd we know not
Our contemporary is offended because we speak of
him as naturalised Englishman, and our Will
mington Contemporary, whose amiability of DISPOSE
ton would make roses bloom in January and whose
independence politician is proverbial as that
of Ethan Allen is also offended because we have
spoken at all of "naturalized" people. These gen.
tlemen will take nothing by this notion" There