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% uCoMrAN9 SHoPs, N; G.; Aug. Is, 1859.
HEDIToR STANDARD-Dsar Sir: A friend
has Just called my attention to the follow
ing cdntehptible fling at myself in the
Rutherford Star of the 1ath instant: -.
1alIs In So sIwe are Informed that the author
Of the Holden Record. a campaign document
which abused Gov. Holden more and with better
success than 1t was ever done, now enjoys a lu
crative position on the North; Carolina Railroad,
which was given him by my friend Billy Smith,
who made the speech at Salisbury denouncing
the corruption of the North Carolina Legisla-
ture, and one of Gov. Holden's Directors on
the Wilmington, Charlotte & Rutherford Rail
Road. We merely ask to know tit can be SO,
If tits, 1t Is another straw, showing that Gov
Holden has been leaving the Republican party
ivs Can the Standard tell us anything about the
matter?y 2ao in9nipm % - .sai;'s a.5
! apprehend that I should, in the out.
set, apologize for asking the use of your
columns to publicly notice an attack which,
on account Of the tiieagre circulation Of the
paper in Which it appears, can scarcely be
called public charge. am satisfied from
the appearance of the STANDARD and my
knowledge of It's editor, that neither his
time nor inclination would permit his pry-
| ing into the minutia of matters so foreign
to his duty as a journalist, to the extent of
ascertainihgfthe past occupation and pecu-
| liar views of every employee Of the differ mt
! Railroads in tine State. Therefore, MIR.
editor, you will pardon my concluding that,
perchance, you are unable to give the infor-
nation sought by the enterprising editor of
this inqniring sheet. sol l.svo T,7>,.,l otV
| In view of his manifest need of informa-
ton, / will proceed to do so; and also, to
answer the other false assertions of the Star
to which, it is charitable to conclude as
palliating circumstance, that an utter want
of information gave RISE, Since have been
intrusted with the management of the North
Carolina Railroad, it has been my purpose,
to know thoroughly its employees; and to
allay the anxiety of the Star and its mana
/ gers, who, for some time, have exhibited
| peculiar interest in this road, will state
that the author of the Holden Record is not
now, nor has he been, during my administra-
ton, in any manner connected with this
road Mr.. Helper was the ostensible, and
so far as / know, the real author of the
Holden Record, and should he apply to me
for situation-judging from the tenor of
the iStdr-and should feel inclined to ap-
| point him to a position, where his services
as traducer of the character of our patriot
| Governor, would be acceptably received and
highly appreciated, Iwould, unhesitatingly,
| direct him to the ooners of the Star for EN-
| nloyp1ent as its chief Editor.
| A due regard for the interests of the State
and Stockholders has induced me to dis
! charge many employees of the road, both
Republicans and Democrats, because, upon
trial, found them utterly incompetent and
| charged parties because of their unmanly in
trigues, while in positions, which they
sought, to advance theirown selfish schemes;
and--had I the, sociating both
these reasuns would furnish cause amply
| sufficient, for the discharge of at least one of
the Superior Court Judges of this State. If
there is any man in the employment of this
Company who opposed Gov. Holden's elec-
tion, he is some clever business man, who has
long since repented of his sins, is content
| to look after what concerns him, and is, now,
for the Governor and the great National Con-
seruatire Republican Party, which will when
! the people vote again, consign all narrow
| minded, extreme proscriptionists to oblivion,
there to remain. This newspaper, the Star,
is conducted in the interest of its oDners
and managers in furthering their designs
| upon still more lucrative and eminent posi-
tions, while they are notoriously incompe-
tent to fill those they now occupy. In CON-
mon with small minded men, they have sa-
| gacity enough-and only enough-to per-
ceiye that their own success is measurably
dependent, not upon their own ability, but
upon the rivalry they are to meet in the con-
test for future honors. Hence they cry out on
men of liberal views, and especially those who
have successful filled the positions assigned
them, and have met the approval of all tair
minded men of whatever political faith.
Why this allegationin in the Star against Gov
ernor Holden's orthodoxy as a true Repub-
lican'? Why this charge that he has gone
over to the Democrats 1t requires no pen
etrating perception to discover, when we
consider that it is made by men, who have
failed to meet their own party expectations
in positions for which they are indebted to
Governor Holden and his friends, while he
and the great host of liberal minded Repub
licans- Republicans from principle--have
with the exception of the malcontents, won
the universal applause of their own party
and, by their able administration, wruns
from the opposition an unwilling confession
of their ability and fitness.
Now, Mr.. Editor, there is certain class
of men who must shrink back into thei
original insignifcance, under the march O
true republicanism, which will strike thu
shackles from our own people, give the abil
ity of many, heretofore banned, to thu
country, and afford the Republican party 6
wider field, from which to select its candi
dates, than single lawyer for Judge, who
chances to be the only one eligible in par
ticular Judicial district under the restric
tions of the fourteenth article. These mel
see this, and hence their impotent rag
against such as claim Their positions througl
merit and not accident. a
Now this same knowing editor assert
that made a speech at Salisbury "denounc
ing the corruption of the Legislature
2 This assertion is in reckless disregard o
a truth, for it evidently was made without in
formation, or it is deliberately stating wha
is not so made no such charge. sal
that extravagance in Railroad appropria
tions had marked the career Of the presen
Legislature, and I furthermore said, that tn
different railroads proposed, if built, woul
prove detrimental to the interest of the \
G. R. Road, with two exceptions, the W. N
! @. R. Road and the N. W. N. G. R. Roat
1 am cautious man, with proper regar
! for truth, and that love for my race, whic
renders it unpleasantto to discover, and more 8
to proclaim, corruption in any OF my fellow
men and as as an evidence of this, I wi
. call the attention of the Star to the fact tbs
I have never yet even charged the PeniteI
tiary Committee with corruption in il
real estate y, transactions in Chathal
county, and never will unless corruptio
is proven. also, in this speech at Salisbur
!, endeavored to show, and did show, to IL
, stockholders, if their vote was any evidenc
Of the fact (which stood 1894 against col
solidation, and 2O45 for it) that the consol
dation of the North Carolina Railroad wit
}, the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroai
according to the provisions of thebill whic
passed the Legislature on that subject, woul
prove ruinous to this road, and that Il
fact of the Legislature having passed SUE
a bill was no reason why the State or inc
| vidual stockholders should vote for this dc
tructive policy. 5i.i 2 ''4a .'2tlais iais
ei But what is the object of the puny effol
of the Weakly Star and those who contr
( its columnsg :, 1t is simply to make war U
on the man to whom they owe; their ov
place and lnotoriety, and his friends, t
cause Gov. Holden, endorsed by good m
everywhere, with his characteristic ibt
atty, zealously favors the extension of un
! versal pardon and amnesty to all. He al
his real friends think that the war upon o
own people has continued long enough; al
they aare unwilling to see them oppress
. | when there is no need for ii, and when t
A pardonei may do great good in lendir
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