The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-11


fcannot help s,islecling lis authenticity.
il'ssilsl hence IcannOi answer yo,IwilIi that
frankiless and freedom from resi- raiit That
usually cIlaraclsrzes the intercourse he,
tween distinguished meinLers ofthe party
To- which belong. | must be cautious
until know for certain That you am, the
esteemed friends mentioned III your letter
are really on such intimate terms.
4 And h,excuse for my re.icence. you will
I trlst parloa me for calling your
atirniion t,a fewpoints In your letter.
4 You say you have colored Solicitor
VI Running the Supreme Court Now un-
less am very much mistaken Solicitors
IN Norlh Carolina run theSuIerior Courts
/ while the Attorney Gei,eral runs lie in-
prpinr Court. You say too, that Nichols
and Gorpan are will, yn,i, while have
wsitivpiinfornalio that my esteemed
friend, General Gornar, late of the Low
ric war, is o,ltspoken and active IN hisop-
position 10 you. But these Inaccuracies
liavenot alone ser, ell 10 render grave the
dnii,t that exists In my mind sto the
genninenras of your letter, for frnn, my
earliest recollection of you, you have been
c,usiiere, loose In your statements. ]
notice TOO. that your GRAMMAR and spell
ing are had, aud that your writing IL
worse il possible, hut neither ,io .iliese
things inove me for you have never beei,
more distinguished for accuracy in ile
manner Of your statements than IN the
matter of tl,rm' You ale moi Ii poet iiDr
nlucl, of airaveler, but the liceiise assumed
i,y nany ia,iiliciansis Very much akin Ia
that accorded To poets and travellers, and
sn these mis-rrcitals Of facts do nut
seriously disturb or surprise me. Ic,'n-
frss, howr,er, ilruIIgli unused 10 the sur
prising niori, that ] aa thoroughly sur
prisr,l ai the intimacy that you say now
exists between sou aud my respected
friends, Mes-rs. Badger and Young, aud
which you geographically describe as being
..ihirker illan three III a i,oi.n You viii,
] trust, pardon me for doubling this. II
reinciiiber anything, I remember that
YIN viilrird aud nalignrd that pstinlal,le
gentleman SIR. Richard Badgcr. until for~
bearauce re;l-iug any longer tobe virtue,
he demanded Of you the Satisfaction usual
anlnpg geniIsmen, and that sou for some
reason uest knowntu yourself refused To
actur,Iit tnlsin. IL was not however.
I,res,lrie, from any avrrsiOIl tu "the eu'e,"
us otherwise yon would uot have pursued
Governor Caldwell and Col. Humphrey ms
yni did. going 10 virginia 10 fight one aud
Ia South Carolina {" fight ille other, even
tlmueh he was The Chief Magistrate aud
chief peace ofli,er of tile State AZ the time.
Nur would you have permitted your e~i,e-
cial friend HALF - have sent that bloVly
challenge To Mr.. Bailey. had you been
opposed to The code. You will pardon n,e,
say, for doubling iIhout further proof
than your simple authenticated letter that
q nlan whnm you have thus previously
lNsrmged aiid refused redress that ''Code"
gentlemen claiui They have right 10 de-
umnd from one anotl,er, can now be aid
ing an,l airi,ing snur eil'als 10 secure
seal Ia tile NalinnaI Legislature e=
| As this j. hard laswaIlnw, even to man
aI,o has sern as Iluch of tile world Us
lave. Aud then i"o, though II is
Ssngeildng Messrs. Badger aud Young
should fnrgiye y,ai, II is not altogether
what expected To- find you furgiving
Mngnin aud Tin Ice. Magnin isa de-
faIler aud Tim you know Is not always
even, ysl they are with yen, 81 yau say,
andy yoI seem 10 like IL, aud IouIgee too.
How can il lie possible that sou have 50
far forgotten your fornlcr self as lo mix up
with :l,ese n,ru. We're yml right then, or
are yam wiongnow. am thinkingy'n
must he constantly asking yourself, aud I
ain thinking too that other l,eopr must lie
constantly asking themselves what Is
Turner'S purifying the Radical party
worth if u leaves Ia good standing
III is ranks sneh men as Ala;in.
Tim Lee and Tourgec? Had you hriter
nol sendio New York and bring hack
drunken, ihieying Lailin nlso To unite
with you Ia sounding once more the
loud tiinurel DER Carolina's dark sea e.
know some people say you are nat res
I4,llsible for yotlr actions iecause yuu are
unsmInd In mind, but that don't help me in
this matter The trouble with me Is not
that YOU have unite,l with my Republican
friends, hut lIlat they will have anything
todo viii, y"i. A. tor myself, I always
gave you credit fni being more literal
than nust Democrats. never forget
while IL your paper aud your speeches
youwere denouncing Republicans right
and let as scoundrcls and thieves
generally, that you hal Republican for
n law partner. IL iDk big chance of
liberty. 10 say L0tliins rf check, fora MAJ,
like you 10 10 that; aud Indeed II was
beautiful TO see how Republican Mr.. Ike
strayhorn stood ly Democratic Mr.. Tur-
uer ard Democratic Mr. Turner hung to
Republican, Mr.. Slrayhorn. ! always
thought, however, that itwns 4 llIcraliiy
you would unsratingiy have denounced
IN any other Democrat
.