Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1863-07-17

Instead OF meeting my charges That he TetuSeu
money, he evades by making scurrilons attack Oh me-
and neither disproVes my charges against num- ou And
them in substance, proves his charges aSSs words
now J. NJ Stafford ESQ.,, want 10 address rev
to YOU personally. You said lied to escape S
&c shall not apply such abusive terms OF to that
not from any personal felr for you Iu wen KuoM
an nat AFRAID IF Won hut for the that cant ahnr9
to put myself upon such low dirty IeEs' Tit =
at the same time keep up my dgnlty ana SCI. ieSp 70
want decent and respectable people to read this 10 re-
spectacle newspaper my delenee aud expect 70 Ue
ipJJ bv its merits 1t would entirely fail IN its object,
Fl n, in the same low vugar-styte as your card
Is People would naturay tlUo such ought
to be excluded from the newspapers You came and sought
me at my vocation in my shop douoiy armed'pssas
sinke with penny Of your own stripe az your nSeIs,
who armed with club aud pistol ana without asAns
an explanation becoming gentleman, rs you 70 De-
Won Commenced torrent OF abuse such could ouy have
been expected of maniac beret OF reason and by cursg
and swearing threats, intmaton and menaceS' ustoeo
the peace of the whole neghborhOod aud soon brought
concourse of people together Being about 10 nave mar
let applied 10 that Ola gourd nea1 ~ % - 1919 FIR
out that memorable old pistol which you nave carried r
the last % years. aud which you drew LOT tue hrsI Time III
the Harrison campaign in lS44 at political meeting III
Cemmonsvle which you tried to break up DY bringing
upon the ground rel 1yic1ls riicule OF Gen aArr-
son. but from Which you were run OH by Tom Moody, an
unarmed man. with his memorable pow handle your old
pistol notwithstanding With this same old pistol you
have been killing since. Where dld you Always Duy
your dead? You try IN private ana IN your caro- 70 %
the impression that you frightened into al ADMISSION
Of what you wanted TO know You know thus 10 De aS
aud Prove it by two respectable witnesses urea
reason the with you, and told you shat would
make any correction explanation consistent with truth
to set you right if had miSrepreSented YOU ihlS uu
do OF explanation sent TO the Sahu9ru oiuce "
which stated your of the matter aud 1t was
before the publication OF your card IN tue Ss"ts
the Editor of The SEadtrf can testify You only m ID
Grated when you had friends hand, and then adj
mted what you wanted to know. You threatened 10 as
sasSinate if dld not rerac what SAID and that you
would again. Whenever have injured any one
have always been willing make amende honorable,
but if you well satisfied that was 50 la'thleSS,
why did you not visit me again? You proteSSed tat you
had o your family from disgrace think
that that has occupied the position you have US
chairman of the County Court to last March ter nave
been magistrate for many years. bound by your oai TO
be conserTator of the peace Instead OF dSturOer OF H.
and acted in my shop you did, emit nave ANY tu'uS
said about him that can disgrace him. lou are al
ways armed, assassin like with pistol, when nave
been before this you and swear and otherwise
act in disregard of your cred oath Since nave arrived
years of discretion, have tried TO preserve the peace
and whilst tainted by yJu that have taken abuse
from hers it is than had to take not more
than d week ago, when uuarIned man thrashed You
soundiy quarrel of your provoking, and III which
though The Immortal South Fork OF 10 memory had 10
cn ON III. scene of action your friends had interfere
IN your behalf aud hope the blood letting will have
beneficial elect upon you You think, perhaps, because
new stripe" J. F., you eau press on me with I'M
punlly. Hereafter if you do SJ,t will be NJ your own
risk. If ever disgrace myself you did IN my shop
want nv friends to send to The LuLItc Asylum The
greatest inalny and disgrace that attach to man Is
be original secssSlOnlSt Tor bringing on he
war; cOnemnu5 every who did not 90 IN and nght Tor
it, refuse so volunteer, SkuiS the draft speculate
upon the neceSSrlca OF LIE, aouse those the PURIFY o wo'
motives you !queSiiOn, and every poor man who don
leave every thing and 90 and hgnt to preserve You and
your few Scruboy negroes. You boISt OF what You
furnish TO the poor Ii would Look much better in PRINT
their acklJwledg aud the terms upon whch
those homes are provided, than TO hear You blowing 50
much about it. Whenever hear much of what nlLn
does for the poor it always reminds me OF rich man
heard OF some Years ago who such great benetLcOr
of the poor. poor mau died. aud this rich man being
endorser upon note for his land beire the man was
buried and look up the note fearing somebody else
might deprive the poor mIus family ot home nave
forgotten the mans pane bat any one IS interested or
nqutstTe, think the particulars may perhaps De got AZ
the SaleIn Land office.
You bring IN Gen Pouiexter to excuse Yourself with
ont what the General Will do do. 1 Know
Gen. T. has never refused take Confederate money from
the widow of poor deceased soldier be ts debt old or
You abuse this pdOr deceased solder Earnest and
he tory aud that he had his commission taken
away from him. Don't You know the circumstances and
how he provoked by To make assertion, winch
yo theu through Your representation to the tdSt er'H
administrations, caused 10 have his commission
taken away! Under the present administration 10 Raleigh
Sandtord Earnest would not have been So unuSty dis
graced. if he 50 bad, he Of your
political school and teaching aud never voted at variance
with before the war, aud when You Could longer
control his votes you kicked him oil But after al
this disgrace this poor fellow acted thousand tunes more
like man compared to You. This poor fellow stood. his
draft for the medical board did hlm nor wouu
they have excused you you had before them He
stood and you dOdge,i Aud later he answered CON
script, and feeble lie Was, went through All the law
CURED Of nim aud, coming home died soou after And
sneak OF this dirty business charge for
You refuse Ir tie circumstances 10 take Confederate
Uuey, you sIy yOuAre willing take 1t, provided the
title made to the widow aud her heirs. THIS offered
guaranteed in my note Of explanations but 1t looks TO
NE much like atIerhOught your part to escape my
former charge. About asking sign certain paper,
l admit 1t To be 50, but knew you were So powerfully
partzn in character that you would rot do for any
who politically opposed t. you About my only
being t: to 60 in negro regiment, can only say, that
to had choose between twO.eyS 10 20 III COM
pany of just such men like you many negroes,
should Consider the negroes the best and respectable
otthe two. Twill here state much said about my
"Pew stripe j. Ps commission that will Try aud
dS you have done, and the only motive why
Copied turn such YOU and tue schnbs
speculaUr from our County Court bench. And am
ceedngy grahed ~ be able ~ state that our action AT
last March term has given universal satisfaction all
the county You stated open court that you did not
want to eeected Do you know way Jack did not eat
his support And believe have answered all your
charges based ON the principle of giving and being willing
take with the j. NJ. Stafford, the bridge
builder and horse jockey, that if you don't let alone
SHALL also have get big shovel and throw dirt on you,
YOU tried to throw by the publication OF your
dirty card. We both well known aud the public shall
judge US, and whether sustained Condemned, for my
part, will meekly bow to their decision:
w. +. SHULTZ.
Salem, July 9th, 1868.