The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-10-21
From the Old North State.
Hon. Ralph p. Buxton.
Hon. LEWIS HANEs


Hon. LEWIS HANEs:
My Deur Sir The elevated and dignifed
tone of your valuable and able paper, your
known moderation and love of justice, and
the great fairness with which you treat all
respectable men, whether agreeing with you
in opinion or not, induces me to ask of you
small space in your columns to vindicate
the character of one of the purest and best
men in North Carolina from what conceive
to be the unjust, if not malignant, assaults
of his enemies. This 1 propose to do in no
vindictive manner, but by u plain and SIM
pie statement of facts
The Fayetteville Eagle of recent date
arraigns Judge Buxton upon the grave
charge of prostituting his high Office
| for partizah and selfish ends in the re-
appointment of John G.. Callahan to the
! Office of Clerk of the Superior Court of
| Cumberland county, with indefinite time to
| give bond, after said Callahan had failed to
| give satisfactory bond to the county conf
| missioners within the time prescribed by
law. The facts ct the case are simply these {:
Callahan was elected Clerk of the Superior
Court of Cumberland county by the people
at the election in April last, and failed to
give Il satisfactory bond to the Board of
Commissioners within the time prescribed
by law. lie then applied to the Legislature
for an extension of the time The Legisla-
ture passed special act extending the time
in which he might give bond to the 18th of
September The bond which he offered was
again rejected by the Commissioners. Bu;,
a day or two after the expiration of the time
lie procured the signature of o. H. Dockery
to his bond which he believed would make
it satisfactory He stated this fact to Judge
Buxton, who authorized him again to pre-
sent his bond to the Board with the under
standing that if it was again rejected he,
Judge Buxton, would then appoint suitable
person to fill the vacancy. This is the gist
of the matter, and for this he is traduced
and detained, his noble character assailed,
and his piety Knocked at.
Surely no one expected the Judge to take
take into consideration the politics of the
Clerk elect in acting upon the facts in the
case, and as to the solvency of the securities,
that is matter with which he had nothing
to do-the whole responsibility of that must
rest with the Commissioners. PHILO.
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To THE UNION MEN OF THE SIXTH DIS.
TRIcT.-We bid you good cheer and God
speed in the great work before you. We
know and feel the tyranny of opinion that
seeks to keep down and crush out every SEN
timent of Irrational loyalty in your hearts. We
are destined ultimately to triumph over all
difficulties. Whatever may be the result of
the present election, ere twelve months, the
ranting, clustering. union-hating, negro-kil-
ling, fire-eating Democracy of to-day will be
despised and scorned of all good men, The
leaders will be ashamed of the part they have
played in this infamous crusade to revive,
under another name, the despotic rule of tar
and feathers, rail-riding, head shaving and
lynch-law generally. But the point is to
conquer n0ao and to end the struggle once
and .torecer. With Pearson and Boyden, By
mum and Ramsey, avowed Conservatives
abantloning the rotten ship of secession and
revolution, and with Barringer and Sloan,
Myers and Mcdonald. Pritchard and Phifer,
Aydl6tt and Bryan, Hobbs, and Howerton,
7 Downing and Flowers, Mott and Vestal,
Bcnbow and Marsh, Smith and Sheriff., be-
sides hundreds of others-all true and tried
Republicans, battling for you've must and
aoM succeed. Be men. Be independent
Stand up for freedom of thought, forfreedon,
of speech. and for the freedom of the ballot
Charlotte Republican.