Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-09-21

Il Of Ouro
but be works BY nsrmentalities Suts JouracS" "''y
On the same night / addressed the following
communication to the Raleigh Standard, which an'
peared IN the issue of that paper of the 21st milf
~ E,;,,. :. 81 aL'sasEIH C1T N C., Aug Is 1861
! Sra: haze no doubt from information which bor
ceived, that am the party whom alluson il md
the article IN the Sz aarnd CAPPED in The Rr @sae IN
in your paper Of the same date headed Grave CLn
stating that citizen Of North Carolina recently ri,s,
lamp Garolna near NORFOLK and in his intercourse with
sentiments hostile othe SOUTH and friendly to the Rumr
| government of Lincoln" &c, y u"P
the whole charge j. unounded 6sgnaag to
end and request The public t suspend their Judgment
RUFUS K SPEED
! A day or two after the receipt of the article j.
the Register, Capt j. W. Hinton, of the 9th re,;'
ment State troops, kindly proered to visit the tent
| OF COL Williams, and learn W neither there was an
foundation for these charges and | requested b;,
to call upon Col W., and know il he had received
my ie.ter ana 20 get OF him statement of the facts
He informed me that be called to see Col. W, bnt
! was informed that he could not be seen. HE vac
i'll with the measles. Finding it impossible to oct
a statement from Col. W., addressed note 70 NJ
| w. j. Baker requesting him to give me stato
ment of what Col Williams said to him, when he
called upon him at my instance, in relation to the
facts in this matter. / received reply dated No
folk Aug. 26, 1861. (The letter is too lone Eor
publication entire, but the following is what is Der
| tinent to the present issue y
GAS to the allegation that You disappeared from c,n
or was again missing at Norfokthere is one word IF
have statement from Mr.. Baker that wac 5sots
absent on the visit to Mr.. Pools tent more than II
or 20 minutes. do not think was in Mr.. POOLS
| tent more than Is minutes
| "On returning from your visit TO Mr. Pool Won caIa
for me at the C9one tent and we rode in carriage &C.
| cnmpanIed by Mr.. Williams whom you invited to take a
seat with After reaching the CITY was with Won to
gether with other friends in the street-mus of the tma
sitting in front Of the Atlantic Hotel until the departure
Of the omnibus for the Petersburg cars in which YOU left
You further ask if you did said any thing whilst
you were with me- which subjected your loyalty 10 NV
the camp you aid that you were not content to r%
idle, whilst the hole Sopth was flying defend
mond ask President Davis to give you the appointment
of Surgeon in the Confederate army, in which position
from your professional experience you thought you could
render greater service than any other capacity This it
must be confessed calculated to excite NV sus
| picions of your loyalty to the cause of the South
1on urner request me to state what conversation
CURED between Col Wlllisms and myself when subse
queny inquired of him. your Instance if was true "a
reported that he had file of soldiers for your arrest
and so uPon what charge the proceeding based
Col Williams in this conversation informed me that no file
of soldiers had been for such purpose but that he had
dispatched an officer to request your presence at his tent
so as TO speak TO about the improperly of discussing
political topics in camp among the men, discussions
were deogaiory I" proper discipline lie said that he bad
Pools tent the subject of soldiers voting while out of
the State which being reported in camp created ex
element among the mens He stated at the same time
that though he highly Disappeared of your views
pressed in his tent he had Thought expressing his
objection 10 any thing you had said"
Mr.. Jos. II. Pool who was present at this CONVEX
sation has kindly, at my request furnished me with
| the following statement:
Having heard report derogaory to the character of Dr.
R. Speed whilst in Norfolk short time since in regard
to remarks made BY Dr. in the camp Of the I'd regiment
OF n G. volunteers went with W. ]. Baker, Esq., see
Col Williams of said regiment, who said that DR. Speed
had said nothing in his presence that could be construed
INTO dsoyay TO the South but that his arguments against
giving soldiers the right to in camp bad produced
considerable dissatisfaction among soldiers and il was
that to which be objected Col Williams also said in nv
presence that he did not send file of soldiers arrest
Dr. speed IN Norfolk elsewhere but simply requested
an officer to DIR. 3 and request him visit his
that he might explain his to discussing political
lnee of conversation held in The tent of Col VIII
liam in the presence Of Mr. W. j. Baker 49,,
! "EL1zABETH CRY, Aug. 2s, 1861"
| 1t will be seen from Messrs. Baker and Pools
statement that there is foundation for the charge
that 1.-THE fact coming to the Colonies ears he de-
tailed guard to proceed to Norfolk and arrest and
| bring back the gentleman a prisoners" nor for
that that he disappeared" from camp or was
"again missing" in Norfolk. 1t will also be seen
that did not use any expression to which the Col
onel had any thought of "erpressing his affection"
as had said nothing in his presence that could be
construed into disloyalty to the South The only
other point in this matter to be settled is that cid
not use in private Pools tent any sentiment I'M
friendly to the South. addressed note to Mr. S.
P. Pool requesting him to state if did or did not
use any expression in his tent unfriendly to the
South, and to state to me who was present and with
whom the conversation was held and received a re-
| ply dated August 10th, in which he says:
" don't know whether you said anything Of character
indicating disloyay 10 the South part The gen.
Dr. Miller with whom You held The conversation"
l addressed communication to each of these
gentlemen, and received the following replies:
HosprrlL % REG. N c. VOL, Sept g. 1861
DEAR sra Your letter of the gath nlt is just hand
and in reply can that met yon in Nj Ps tent DUR
ing your visit to our camp remember ha, ing had
yersatIon with upon the policy of soldiers voting in
which you differed fro me- alleging that the policy was
contrary to general awihat citizens became
soldiers they lost elective franchise and in order
become good soldiers they must necessarily become uuci
zenzed You also made of wolds censurng the
civil authorities but did not hear you make any remark
against the government ITSELF While tour conversation
upon the subject Of soldiers voting was offensive to me- and
presume unpopular with soldier, besides large
majority If our citizens athome do think that heard
you give expression to sentiment that strictly rea-
sonable or disOyal to the Confederate government.
JNo t. MILLER"
"CAMp FISHER, Aug 81, 1861
DEAR STA: received yours Of the 23d Contents duly
noted In reply, have to say that was in Mr.. Pools
tent for short time ouy During my stay in the tent the
conversation turned solely the right Of soldiers vote
You took the negative side and during my short stay
must do the Justice to heard nothing REASONABLE
| uttered. Your obt Servt -
JN0. 7. TAYLOR, LIST Sergt.
Co. T. I'd Reg. N. c. VOL"
The foregoing statements establish 1st that
| used no language in Col Williams presence to
which he had any thought of Expressing his OBJ
jectons" THAT could be construed into disoyaty
| to the South" And I'd, that Col Williams did not
send file of soldiers to arrest DIR. Speed in Norfolk
or elsewhere; but simply requested officer to see
Dr. Speed and request him to visit his tent that he
might explain to him his objections to discussing
political questions in his camp among his men.
And 3D.. that did not - disappear from camp, or
was again missing" in Norfolk. 4th, that did
not, in Mr.. Pools tent, make any remark against
the Government itself or give exnreSSinn to any