The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-02-06
Hon. John Pool-Dr. p. T. Henry-The
SentineI-J. p. HI. Russ.


We copy to-day from the Sentinel and e1-
traordinary speech from that very e1traor-
dinary individual, ]. P. Fl. Russ, delivered
in the House of Commons, in which he states
that in voting for Hon. John Pool for United
States Senator he was deceived by that gen.
tleman. The gist of the complaint made by
Mr.. Russ is. that Mr.. Pool told him he was
opposed to the Howard amendment, and that
on this ground he, Russ, voted for him. Adj
NIT this to be so, does Mr.. Russ attempt to
show that Mr.. Pool has changed, and that
he is now for that amendment? Not at all.
There is no proof that Mr.. Pool has changed,
and Mr.. Russ offers no proof. How, then,
can he complain that he has been deceived? |?
1t was well observed by DR.. Henry, who
defended Mr. Pool in manner to which Mr..
Russ did not attempt reply, that Mr.. Russ
did not possess the capacity to fathom the
statesmanlike views of Mr.. Pool on the state
of the country. We do not believe that Mr..
Russ has correctly stated what occurred be-
tween Mr.. Pool and himself on the occasion
referred to; but conceding for arguments
sake that he has done so, he does not tell US
that any reasons were given by Mr.. Pool or
himself for being opposed to the amendment.
1t simply appears that both were opposed to
the amendment, and on this ground Mr.. Russ
was ready to vote for Mr.. Pool. That is all
If Mr.. Russ was deceived he was deceived
with his eyes wide open; and he can not
now, without exposing his own verdancy and
ignorance, claim that he was mistaken as to
Mr.. POOLS real views.
We repeat, there is no proof, and no proof
can be produced that Mr.. Pool has, on any
occasion, urged or advocated the Howard
amendment. The assumption therefore, by
Mr. Russ that Mr. Pool has deceived him, is
alike false and ridiculous
MIR. Russ did not have the candor to say
that the real reason why he assailed Mr.. Pool
was that he is one of the authors of Mr..
Stevens first bill. This bill proposed only
qualified negro suffrage, and did not exclude
any man from the ballot-box Mr.. Russ and
his friends, if they had been wise, would
have sprung at once to the support of this
bill, and urged Congress to adopt it. There
is no proof that Mr.. Pool has favored general
negro suffrage coupled with the disfranchise-
ment of any portion of the whites. But as
MIR. Pool is friend to the government and
an unconditional Union man, he will deserve
no censure from Mr.. Russ even if he should
take ground for Mr.. Stevens last bill, or for
any bill to re-organize the government, mas
much as Mr.. Russ voted for him solely, as he
says, on the ground of his opposition to the
Howard amendment.
But we go further and say that Mr.. Russ
was bound to vote for Mr.. Pool any way, as
against Judge Manly, an ayowed secession
ist. Mr.. Pool is Union man. Mr.. Russ
professed to be so when he was elected. The
people of Wake County would prefer Mr.
Pool to Judge Manly, as Mr.. Russ well
knows, by at least one thousand majority. If
Mr. Russ, therefore, had not voted for Mr..
Pool, Howard amendment or no Howard
amendment, he would have deceived and
misrepresented his constituents We are
sorry to find that in this vcte-the only one,
perhaps, that he has real cause to be proud
OF, and in which he did not deceive his con-
stltuents-he recedes from his position and
takes ground substantially with the seces-
slonlsts and traitors who supported Judge
Manly.
Butthc Sentinel publishes with much pusto
the desultory and vulgar remarks of MIR.
Russ, and takes up the cudgels Extensively TO.
wards Mr.. Pool. 1t declares that Mr. Pool
and DR.. Henry are destitute of honorn
These gentlemen will not be apt to take les
sons of "honor" in the Parson Pell school
But the Editors of the Sentinel are officers of
the House. They have reflected grossly on
member of the House, DR.. Henry. Thew
nave not done so in the ordinary style ofpo-
iltieal assault or disputation, but they have
deliberately, maliciously and falsely reflected
on the " honor" of q member. We have no
idea that DR.. Henry will think it worth
whlle to call the attention of the House to
this gross and unprovoked assault upon him