Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-06-06
L. ". B. Battle,

l. " B. Battle,
Sir: The reception Of . letter like the present
one, can occasion you little or surprise, if you
sensible Of the injustice and repreensibleness
Of the course pursued BY you towards me, from the
date of our political antagonism. as man Of your
reputed intelligence could hardly avoid being
From the commencementof the political contest be-
tween Us I can conscientiously declare that have
never, in any case, made an appeal to my friends
and supporters calculated to those passions
and prejudces, which remove the tribunal from
mems reasons and Judgments and which are apt to
consummste in those scenes Of riot and bloodsheds
which much to be deprecated by every peaceably
disposed person, DESTROYS Of upholding and sustain
ing the majesty and dignity Of the law. 1t is ut
terly unnecessary for me to partculari.e every in
stance or to designate persons by name, when
make the cool and deliberate charge, that you,
through several Of the most violent and unscrupous
Of your par:isans have rcsorted to system Of in
timdation, disgraceful and contemplate as it is
contrary to and subversve Of the spirit and design
of our free institutions It would be vain and fruit
less for you to urge, in answer to this allegation
that you could not IN strict equity, be held respon
sible and accountable for the actions and w6as of
you friends you nsst BE-, when the evidence is
plain and satisfactory that you have melted that fac
tious and turbulent spirit existing in the hearts
Of some Of your adherents and which manifests It.
self towards me and those pko arc meorsst and
dearest to me, on soery possible opportunity, with
q rancor and bitterness that not only subjects me
to thousand perpetual annoyances but jeopardizes
my very existence. have endured this state of
to my assistance the aid of that brute force which
you SO fond Of employing, and which constitutes
an integral portion Of you convassing tactics. You
could not possibly have been unaware that !, had
such been my disposition could have enlisted in my
support the same disrepntable MEANS with IS much
efficiency IS YOURSELF and this Consideration ought
it seems to me- to have occasioned the abandonment
on your part, Of system Of intimidations, dis
creditable to you personally for you have originated
and nstigated it and more suitabe to the wilds Of
Abyssinia than to the ffeemen Of Nash County
The base and cowardly attempt to assassinats me,
during the last campaign, I trace to yose2 gency,
q well Is the premediAted attack by yof plf and
others on the person Of my brother d. a.. Tay.
lor, Of Nashville, few weeks ago. This Inst WIS
but another ebulition Of that vindicive hate with
which You and several Of your supporters have pur
sued me ever since We have been srrayed in polii-
cal opposition to each other.
d Matters have thus progressed Ting warmer
and warmer, until their present condition q In
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