Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1862-02-05
Our Unhappy Neishbor Of the Register.

nayner, and Graham, and having produced,
as TAR as he could by his paper, an erroneous i'm
preston as to what actually took place between
'aeSe gentlemen, we felt that it was due to truth
mat the facts should be set forth and this impression
corrected We did this as readers will recoisec
IN a courteous and respectful manner, carefully
avoiding personalities and reflections on neigh
bor. But to our surprise, he has replied in tone
bitter and personal, not only towards u.s. but towards
Mr. Badger; and has labored to convince the pub
lie that this "scene' Of his, which exists only in
his own Imagination, really occurred.
Our unhappy neighbor has made this the occasion
not only for indulging in much unbecoming language,
but he has resorted to issue of the 18th. April,
1861 for the purpose Of proving, for the twentieth
time by garbed extracts that we are not true to the
South. Such charge we shall not meet with argu-
ment 1t is entitled only to our contempt, as the
emanation OF corrupt or perverted fancy but
shall nevertheless again expose our neighbor on
this point so that every one who respects truth and
fair-desling and detests prevaricaton and injustice
may know what estimate to place upon his character
In February last, when our neghbor and ourself
commenced to act together for the preservation of
the old Union as long it was honorable to labor
to preserve it, We went to him in person, and on
account of his age and experience put ourself under
his advice He drew the call for the mass meeting
by which Mr.. Badger, Mr. Busbec, and ourself were
nominated for the Convention, and no doubt voted
for u.s. and did what he could to secure our election
We stated, both in the STANDARD and on the stump
that while we were opposed to and deprecated the
precptate action of the States south of U.S. and &C.
MED their right to secede at WILL yet if Mr. Lincoln
should attempt to force against Them we would
| make common cause with those States and would
resist coercion to the last extremity In our paper
| of April Sd, 1861, we said:
| 1--WE are opposed to agitation. The people want
| repose. They said so hy voting down Conyen-
| ton. They are watchful, and they will take
of themselves. They are not towards, and they
not indifferent to their rights: They will not sub
init to the administration of the government on black
republican principles and they will not permit the
general government, by any aggressive movement,
| to shed the blood Of Southern men,
| Again, Mr.. Lincon's proclamation calling for
troops. issued on the 18th of April. In is
sue of the 18th, several articles appeared, which
were prepared and put in type before the proclaua-
| ton received in which we condemned the ultra
and violent action of the seeded States and it is
from these articles that our neighbor is in the habit
of garbling what he calls fair quotations. But
in the same issue, in postscript prepared just as
| we went to press we said:
"Mr. Lincoln may call, but North Carolina will
extend to him aid in any effort to coerce the
| Confederate States. The soil OF North Carolina
| must not be polluted by the tread of armed men,
sent to make on the Confederate States"
| This was on the morning of Tuesday the 10TH
the Standard being always issued on Tuesday and
dated Wednesday. We print in the forenoon, and
the Register in the afternoon. Our paper was,
therefore, out and the streets of this City bore
the Register of the same date issued, and jHore
the reply of Gov. Ellis refusing troops printed
thus placing US ahead of both the Register and the
Governor in defyirg and denouncing Lincoln. In
deed, the probability is that we were penning the
above postscript at the very moment Gov. Ellis was
debating his reply to Secretary Cameron, refusing
troops; and as soon as this reply of the Governor
appeared, We commended him for his prompt and
patriotic action, and, widely we had differed with
him for several months previous, We told him We
would stand by him to the end in resisting Lncolns
government. On the evening of the 10th Of April,
meeting of the citizens Of Raleigh was held in the
Court House, over which George W. Mordecai, ESQ.,,
presided. Strong Southern speeches were delivered
by Mr.. Mordecai, Gen. Saunders, Mr.. Miller, Mr..
Bledsoe, by ourself and others; and committee
composed of W. w. Holden, d. NJ. Barringer, John
H. Bryan, DR.. C. E. Johnson W. r. Cox, c. B.
Harrison, and Charles Manly, reported resolutions,
which sefe unanimously adopted These resolu-
tons were drawn up by US. They denounced the
proclamation of Lincoln-pledged the meeting to
resistance, and "our means and our lives to the
State and to the South and advised that Con-
vention of the people he called to take steps to sep
arate North Carolina from the Union. The Secre.
taries of the meeting, in noticing the remarks VIC
submitted said in their report that
"Mr. Holden then took occasion to define his po
stion. which, in few words, may be stated ts
stand BIZ the rights and liberties Of the South, at a
hazards and to the last srtre'naty.'"
Now, no one knows these fac better than our
neghbor Of the Register yet for parizan purposes
and to crafty his malice towards one who has never
Intentionally harmed him, he conceals the truth
garbles and distorts language and endeavors tc
show that we not true to our country. If, by
force of circumstances and by our own consistency
we have been thrown in his way, we cannot help it
We did not cause him to lose the confidence of his
old friends We did not advise him to desert the
thousands of true men with whom he acted in Febru
airy last. We did not tempt him to course by which
he has lost the respect and patronage of the
vative portion of the party to which he formerly be
lons ed The misfortunes which are Detailing hin
he has brought down upon his own pate. But VI
do not rejoice in his msiortunes. We could much
sooner regret his loss of business than njure hin
} in it. The world is wide enough for us both. w
were pledged to vote for him for printer to the Con
vention in February last; and we would have votet
for him in May, but for his sudden and singular
desertion of his old friends. We trust the small
profits he is realizing from this usness will sustain
the old Register at least long enough to enable it tt
90 hence to the limbo of departed newspapers with
-..,,c,l,ose boGttinp those Uho fornded and ron