The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1868-04-15
For the Standard.
Wayne County.

MEssRs EDITORS AT meeting of the
county candidates, at New Hope, IN Wayne
county, on the 9Th inst, it has been stated,
on good authority, that Gen. c. H. Brog
den, the Republican candidate to represent
the counties of Greene and Wayne, in the
State Senate. was prevented by turbulent
set of rebels from proceeding IN his speech,
in reply to Lott Humphrey, the so called
Conservative candidate. in opposition to
Gen. Brogden.
Heretofore Humphrey has been regarded
by some as man of ordinary intelligence,
and who might have been supposed to pro-
Tess due regard for truth and justice, but
many of his declarations and assertions were
so reckless and unfounded in truth. as to
show plainly that he is not honest and rcla-
BILE rs a politician. He sad there is n pow
criul party in this State, organized and con-
trollel by II few Northern Adventures, who
had no interest herc-no property ot their
own to be taxed. He did not tell the pco-
pie that he was an adventurer from Onslow
county; that, during the rebellion, he aG-
ventured with his negroes up the country
it was so unhealthy down there, especially
when he thought the Union army might
possibly visit Onslow. and he might lose his
negroes. But after the war decided that he
had lived upon the labor of his negroes long
enough, he was then an "adventurer with
his carpet-bag" to Wayne.
He denounced the new Constitution as
unjust. oppressive, and detestanle-and de-
clared that its adoption must break up and
ruin the white people, and the farming in
terests of North Carolina He said the enor
nous debt which this Constitution will ere
ate, has to be paid hy the farmers alone,
and that it would rum every farmer IN the
State He SAID the tax on cotton goes to
fill the Golfers of the Republican party. He
intlulged in such miserable and ignoble
statesments as these for the purpose OF
deceiving the people, and arraying them
against the new Constitution, and those who
support it.
Col. Humphrey said this new Constitu
tion requires white and black children to be
sent to the same schools; that the Legisla-
ture cannot enact that separate schools shall
be established for white children, and scpa-
rate schools for black children: but that all
will be bound to attend mixed schools of
white and black. He censured and aSsailcd
the Rev. Samuel S. Ashley, in the most bit
ter, unjust and malignant terms. He also
charged Mr. Ashley with being Northern
mana mere adventurer, from Massachu
settS, having no interest bere-no property
here to he taxed. He charged Mr.. Ashley
with being full of prejudice, vindlctiveness
and malice against the white people of this
State Humphrey charged that Mr.. Ashley
loves the negroes far better than the whites;
that the colored children will be his pecu-
liar favorites and pets, and that he will hate
the white children and treat them as rebels
and traitors!
He said that General c. H, Brogden is the
special friend and advocate of the negroes.
He said Gen. Brog,en and VIM. B. Rodman
had deserted all their old friends for price
He denounced the reconstruction acts of
Congress, and the new Constitution Of this
State in the most violent and unmeasured
language. and declared he preferred confis-
cation at the hands of Congress, rather than
the adoption of this new Constitution.
Gen. Brogden defended the Republican
party against all the foul and false charges
of Col Humphrey, and all other mal-con-
tents and traitors. Gen. Brogden said he
had not the pleasure of a personal acquaint-
ance with the Rev. Mr. Ashley but, from
all accounts, he was a kind hearted, char
liable, humane. and Christian gentleman.
He was man of liberal education, and it
was ungenerous, unkind and unmanly of
Col Humphrey in assaiing and slandering
Mr. Ashley as he had done.
DATA.