Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-09-30
WILMINGTON, Sept. &c. 1870.


J. 4. ENGE--HA.D, ESQ,
Editor Of" Journal Wilmington, N. @.
Sir My sttt ntion has been called to an edl-
torial in your paper OF yesterday, in which you
communication purporting to have been written
from LumbertOn. It has been suggested that the
purpose of these two publications was to create
the impression that was the author or some
letter in the North Carolina Standard over the
eigua ture of Blue Springs" and that the at
tacks contained in them were intended for me.
have, therefore, to ask whether your article gen
orally was intended to point to me whether it
was your purpose to charg or to intimate that l
was the author OF the article in the STANDARD,
and whether " hen you speak OF putting gen
tlemen on the bench who viii net prostitute their
Office by writing anonymous lies for polltlcaI pur-
poees, as Tourgee and otheEs have Done you
mean 10 embrace me in the uenunclatlon.
'llDAN L. RUSSELL, JR.
OFFICE OF THE JOURNAL, I
WILMINGTON, N. O., Sept. 26th. 1870.
Hon. D. L. RUSSELL, Wilmington:
Sa:-Your note was received by the hands Of
a servant this morning. f-
You say that cit has been suggested' that the
purpose of the publications alluded to by you
was to create the impression that yod were the
author of the communication signed " Blue
Springs in the North Carolina Standard. do
not know who suggested this to you, but there
ia nothing in the editorial TO which you refer to
suggest that you were "Blue Springs"
Ifyou. have been merely q casual reader OF the
you must know that political opinions have not
its compliments or dedunciations OF
judicial officers. You can hardly lie ignorant of
the fact that the JOURNAL has more than ONCE
alluded to you Oy name as one exception to the
general charge now made, and unfortunately tf o
we'll established, Of judicial interference IN poll
tics. Therefore If you had been known to have
been the author Of the Standard communication,
the JOURNAL would not have hesitated to have
denounced you by name, for as "Biue Springs"
has truthfully said, the JOURNAL cmlts no uncer-
SOUnd such matters.
You ask whether the editorial "artic!e general
ly was intended to point to me- lyOu}. l reply
that it was intended to point to the author
Of the Standards letter. and therefore, unlefs
you were ''Dlue Springs" it Was NOT intended
for you.
You further ask whether it was my purpose "to
charge or 10 intimate that (you) was the author
Of tho article in tho SiGndtt'd," and whether
when I speak Of putting gentlemen on the
Bench who will not prostitute their Office by
writing anonymous lies for political purposes, SIS
TourgCo aud othors havo done, mean to en-
Jrac6 me (you) III the donunciation." reply
hat did not charge or intimate who was the
author of the article but referred the public to
Mack's' letter to detormlne that question
md further that l have mado no charge OF any
Kind against you.
am frank to say that l have received infor /
nation from other sources than the article OF
'Mack" that you had inspired, if you lad not writ
en-, tho letter signed ''Bluo Springs" 1t will, |
however, give me pleasure, i'll consideration of
no office you hold, 20 correct any suppression I'M
favorable to you by Announcing that you dti not |
write the 'Blre Springs" article, ii you author |
20 me 30 to lU-tho more so that such an an
louncemenL would be, far as | know, con-
ietont with your past judicial history.
Respectfully, /