Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-10-24
The Registers Attempt to make Party Capt.
tai out of the Financial Condition of the

The Register of Saturday last makes reply,
which is by no means in the best temper, to our
ticle of the preceding Saturday. in which exposed
its attempt to make party capital out of the financial
condition Of the country The Register declares
that it obtained its information that the Banks had
suspended discounting" from no President, Direc-
tor, or officer of Bank in Raleigh. We have never
intimated that the Editor of the Register was de-
pendent on the Banks, or that he was in the habit
of seeking information from Bank officers, so that he
might act as their organ We have cast no imputa-
ton on his independence or his integrity, have
we pursued course towards him in this business
which is at all destitute of justice, proprety, and
detic0cy" In our notice of his panic article we pro-
ceeded solely on his authoity, which he declared to
be "undOubted." He nOW says he procured his in
formation ION the streets of Raleigh" and not from
the Banks Is street rumor reliable? Is it "un-
doubted!" Was that all the authority which the
Editor had for his panic article pan article cacula
ted to disturb business to excite ALARM to destroy
confidence between man and man, and to injure the
Bank themselves "Street" authority indeed
Why, we were simple enough to believe that the
Editor had obtained his information indirectly from
one of the Directors, Mr.. Badger; and but for the
denial of the Editor this belief would be confirmed
by the fact that Mr.. Badger referred to this very
matter in his partizan speech in Salisbury, and the
Register in its reply to first article on the sub
ject brings forward conspicuousy this reference by
Mr. Badger to the condition of the Banks to sustain
it IN its views. The Register says it takes back
nothing contained in It's first article and yet in its
first article it spoke undoubted authority" while
in its second it says it spoke street rumor 1t
takes nothing back yet in its first article it declared
that the Banks had suspended discountng" while in
its second it admits that the Banks are dscounting
1t attempts TO reply to in its second article and
at the same time admits and sustains the material
point which We made, to wit, that the Banks had
not suspended discountng, thus leaving the infer
ence by its own reply that were right and that
it was wrong But we not disposed to press
and expose the Register any further.
So far as the "delicacy" of our course towards
the Register is concerned we beg leave to say that
the Editor has permitted himself to become excited
without cause We trust we have as much respect
for the delcacies and proprieties of life he has
We have never thought, and have never intimated
that he obtained his information from his connec-
tons who are officers in the Bank of North Caro-
lima; indeed did not think of his junior connection
in that institution when penned our article. We
believed, as above stated, that the Editor obtained
his information from Mr.. Badger. And we submit
that it not more indicate in to reply to an
article Of the Register the subject of the Banks
the Editor of that paper happening to have
lions in the Bank of North Carolina than it was for
him by an unmiStakable allusion to announce what
but few persons knew, that he had connections in
that institution and that it purpose to re-
fleet on him by intimatng that he had obtained his
information from them So far, then, as "delicacy"
is concerned, We certainly occupy irreproachabe
ground as that voluntarily assumed by the Editor
and far truth, justice propriety, and utterly
unworthy motives" on our part concerned, we
leave them to be judged of by the public.
We repeat our belief that the panic article of the
Register, to which we replied in our issue of the
18th, was intended not so much to warn the coun-
try of impending monetary difficulties as it was to
influence votes for Bell and Everett and in this be-
lief we are sustained by considerable persons of both
parties The Registers article was, therefore, mis-
chievous. 1t of the old federal panic order Of
articles which were so numerous during Gen. Jack
sons administration, when the Banks sought TO
alarm the people out of their rights. As such We
replied to it and exposed il: The Register will make
nothing by exhibitions of temper this or any 9TH
er subject. We shall notice that paper in our own
way, without being influenced to do it injustice, or
to mslead our readers, by any hard words it may ut
ter 1t is one thing, and easy thing to get excited
to utter bitter words and to take offence where no
offence was intended; but it is quite different
thing to be able to keep cool in times like these and
to speak to the reason and common sense instead of
to the passions Of the public.