Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1863-07-22

nssad OF meeting my charges that he refused Conieoss
and neither dsproves my charges against him. but admits
them IN substance nor proves his charges against me- A1d
now. j. N Stafford, ESQ., want 70 address few words
70 yo1 personally You said lied to escape thrashing
60 shall not apply such abusive terms ephets
NOT from personal fear for you full well know tnat
MOI afraid Of you, but for the reason that cant anora
the same time keep up my dignity and self respect
want decent and respectable people to read this IN re-
sPsctable newspaper my defence, and expect to Dc
were 1t got up in the low vulgar style as your card
People would naturally say taoo such bsckguards ought
De excluded from the newspapers You came and sought
e my vocation in my own shop, doubly armed assas
who was armed with club and pistol and without asking
an explanation becoming gentleman as you profsss to
oeen expected of maniac heret of reason and BY cusn
ana swearing threats ntmatou and menaces disturbed
oe peace of the whole neghborhood and soon brought
let applied to that old goud head yours you pulled
out that memorable old pistol which have carried for
me last ~ years. and which drew for the first time IN
tne Harrison campaign in lS4O at political meeting IN
Clemmonsve, which you tried to break up by bringing
upon the ground rcd pecoat in rdicule0f Gen Harri-
son. but from which you were off by Tom Moody an
pistol Notwithstanding With this old pistol you
have been killing since. Where did you always bury
your deads You try private and in your card to make
the impression that you frightened me into al admission
OF Whist you wanted know. You Know this to be false
anu can prove it by two respectable witnesses tried
to reason the with yOu and told you that would
make any correction or explanation consistent with truth
70 get you right had msrepresented you This did
do in note Of explanation to the Standard Office in
which stated your own version Of the matter and was
sent before the publication of card in the SentL1e
the Editor of the Standard testify You only mod
Grated when you saw had friends at hand, anu then ad
United what You wanted to know You threatened to
sasslnate me did not reract what said and that
would come again. Whenever have injured any one
have always been willing make ameude honorable,
but if YOU well satisfied that was 10 faithless
mo YnIN nrnfa aSed AZ
had to act " to save your family from disgrace think
that any man that has occupied The postum you have
chairman Ut the County Court to last March TERM have
been magistrate for years. bound by your Oath to
be conservaor OF the peace Instead Of disturber Of it,
aud acted IN my shop Us you did, cant have any thing
sud about him that can disgrace him. You are al
ways armed, assassin like with pistol which have
never been before this and and
disregard Of your s,cred OATH Since have arrived
at OF discretion have tried to preserve the peac
and whilst um tainted by you that have taken abuse
from Others 1t Is no more Than had to take not more
than week ago, when unarned man thrNshed you
soundiy III quarrel Of your own provoking and in which
Of acou your friends had to interfere
In your behalf, and hope the blood letting will have
l am " new stripe" J. T., you press me with im
punlty Hereafter if you d. So 1t viii your own
risk. If ever disgrace myself as you did In my shop
my friends send the Lunat,c Asylum. The
greatest infamy and disgrace that attach to man Is
he original secessonst for bringing on the
war; condemnng every who did 60 and light for
it, refuse O 60 volunteer, skulk the draft speculate
upon The of e those the purity Of whose
motives you Question, and every poor who dous
your few scruboy negroes. You boast vi what you
furnish the poor. would look much better print
" their acknowledgement aud the terms upon which
those homes provided, than to hear YOU blowing
much about it. Whenever hear much Of what man
does for the poor, always reminds Of rich man
heard Of ago. who such great
vi poor. poor died, aud this rich man being
endorser upon for land, before the man was
buried went and took up the note fearing else
might deprive the poor mans i.nily Of nome have
forgotten the mans name but any one IS interested Or
nqusve think the particulars may perhaps be got at
the Salem Land office.
You bring in Gen. Poindexer to excuse yourself with
saying what the General will do mot do. know
Gen. has refused 70 take Confederate money from
widow of poor deceased soldsr be the debt old or
new You abuse thus pooe deceased solder Earnest and
say he tory, aud that he had his commission taken
away from him. Don't you know the circumstances aud
how he provoked to make an assertion winch
tnen through your representation to the a' corrupt
secession administration caused to hnve his commisson
away? Under the present administration 10 Raleigh
Sadfurd Earnest would not have been 50 unusty dts
graced Even be were 50 bad he was one OF your own
pcs school aud teaching aud never voted at variance
with YOU before the war; aud when You could no longer
control his you kicked him ef But even after al
this disgrace this poor eoX acted thousand times more
like man compared to you THIS poor fellow stood hi.
b for the medical board did not Reuse him. nor would
y have excused you you had come before them. be
sood and you lodged And la'er he answered as con
SCRIPT and feeble was went through all the law re
aulred of him. and coming hOme died SOON alter Anc
now to sneak of this dirty BUSINESS my charge fol
you to refuse under tile circumstances to take
money you say you willing to tske IT. provided tn
title made ~ widow and her heirs rms Onefet
or guaranteed in my Of explanations, but II looks
like aterthought on your part to escape ny
former charge. About asking sign certain paper
I admit it be 50, but knew you were 50 powerful.
parzan character that you would rot DO SD lor an
one who politically opposed t" you. About my oni
if had to choose between two evis to so III CON
pany Of just such men like you or - many negroes,