Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-02-07
To WARREN PRIOR, Esq.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. c., Feb. End,

FAYETTEVILLE N. c. Feb. End, 1861.
The two successive broadsdes of the 0bse0 ger has
Wing Let me outsider to the relief of one of
the crippled parties.
irrelevant to the subject One "poor creature and
the other the spirit of just made perfect The
Observer claims INCORPORATING Its vulgarity, let
vey the field OF evidence and see.
The endorsed witness of the Observer Mr.. McRae. This
gentleman having proved swift witness and willing tool
the Observer the grateful master
and backs him up with munfcent amount of unmitgated
step in this work of bolsterng up their Man Friday
address very insnuatng and patronsng epse to the
Hon. Jesse e. shepherd rather suppcang tones and
after forestallng fashion invoking his assistance
The Judge being gentleman, man Of truth and not
of four mistakes, fact of pronouncing him gull
ty upon the four indictments preferred by Secession
pretty good expounder of the law and evidence allow us
to specify the matters wherein he convicts him.
In the article " Secession" find the following -
Fasehood LIST. That Col McDufie was Chairman of the
McRae" i'p0' ''u - nS 00Ss'0 '' 0S mr.
g Chairman of the Committee not Mr. McDufie.
Judge Shepherds Letter to Mr. Collision and others.
herd made motion to table Col McDute's Resolution
motion was not made by me to table Col McDufies
Resolution. 81 Shepherds Gard IN Observer
Shepherd made Union speech while in fact he took the
ground occupied by Southern Rights Men, "That North
Carolina must etan Ter rights to retain her place the
Union-but as last experiment. and alternative to the
horrors OF civil war, would offer Mr. Crendens Resolu-
tons as compromise. these rejected, he would
then appeal to North Carolina to take her place South
ern Republic Here could quote from the judge let
ter in the Observer but find in his letter to Mr. Godson
and others the evidence plainly stated as follows
urged the Crtenden plan settlement in the course
of speech and took the position this was to be
tried ought preferred rather than civil war with
all its horrors, but if disruption come if our honor
and equality could not be observed under the Constitution
then having done all we could do lotbot submitting to q
compromise OF our honor we should be right before the
world and before posteriy coursethat course said
should carry us to Southern Confeddcu auhere oar IN
es could De the same, and ooeTe finding kindred and
friends from North Carolina might expect their synpa
thy and support.
Fasehood 4th Charged by secesson) That the reso
luton censurng j. s. Harrington was tabled" We refer
to cards of Judge Shepherd Observer and find the reso
ton censurng j. s. Harrington withdrawn Not ta-
bted By cote. ~
Almost all this array proof is taken from the columns
OF the Observer and all of which used by that brazen
sheet to sustain its Reporter If any stronger statement ia
required the cards of COL McDue ard Mr. McKethan will
furnish IT, IL may not impair the force of testimony coming
from such respectable source Mr. D. g. McRae is
reaGrRa6e fact that he the meeting he reported
Now tor little bddgeng of the Observer After addressing
contemplate and sycophantc letter to the Hon. j.
herd deyotes paragraph of Misrepresentation I'M
answerabe of the Judge and defy the invention
or the researches of the Antiquarian to find one
paragraph in the annals of English literature that can rival
II IN nedaess olsehood or ungentany nlisrepresnd-
toa After msstang every thing that would bear it n the
note OF the Judge then with much honor as deibera
tlOn dscTe ats otc FITNESS. After patting the Judge
on the back with very patronzing air even when he
brands their in spite their very cody
turn and accuse the Judge Of having very bad neory
and thus the Judge where they cands
credtng him where they cannot and filling np the hiatus
with their own fasehoods they wind up with grand -four
No extracts from Father Tom and the Pope no matter
how wonderful the fancy of the editors may be for it.
can the conclusion that the Observer its endorsed
nave both been guilty of unarness fasehood
deceit Can it fndin ]. Father Toms funny book any
apology for its shameful abuse of poor Preston Brooks
.er ne oas dead Can it find in Father Tom an excuse
Tor abusing the venerable Virginia gentleman Mr. Run p
Gan lind in this excellent little volume of The pope and
fatner Tom anything about the great indignation mani.