The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26
JefFrey's Bonds / ate Associate.
Very Mistaken Course on
the part Of his Admirers.

Bonds ate Associate.
Very Mistaken Course On
the part Of his Admirers.
Some one in Elizabeth City, has sent
is q copy of The Econonaist." week
paper published in that town, by
Mr. II. B. Creecy. A variety of pen
and ink marks, inside and outside OF the
paper, direct attention to the fol-
paragraph
"Mr. shotwell, of the Raleigh Farmer and
In the last issue Of that excellent paper,
the memory Of Judge Brooks, lately deceased,
and at the close Of his Article, invites q hight.
We decline. There are times and times, and
places and places and proprieties In the nfness OF
things. aud things creditable and things descred-
table to our common humanity. We dech' e A
q more fit season, when the grass Is green upon
q patriots freshheaped mound, we will listen to
thee Meanwhile, bottle. please, thy profession
al pugnacity, and remember that "there Is a time
for all things" saith the scripture
Mr.. Creecy's assumptions challenge
our admiration for Cool ness, to say
the least! He is a personal stranger to
us; we don't exchange with his paper;
we do not see it; we did not have 1t IN
mind when We spoke of Judge Brooks;
and even if the existence of the EconO
mast had flashed upon our recollection,
we should not have dreamed that a
Democratic paper would feel Itself cali
ed to play the champion for a Repubh,,
can Judge, who for two years upheld
with voice. aud pen, and the power OF
the Bench, every act (save a single
exception) Of State aud National Re
publican administration; including all
those that have been cursed by South
ern Democrats as foulest OF the foul.
and vilest of the vile!
We must repeat, therefore, that MIR.
Mr.. Creecy's lofty declining OF an
assumed Invitation" to fight" is cool
to colossal degree that must challenge
admiration if set upon a pedestal.
NOT so.
In the first place it is not true that
we ''invited a fight" We never in our
life sought a fight" or quarrel, or
controversy. We "abominate' news
paper squabbles, and never began one du
ring all of our journalistic experience. 1t
is, indeed, a fixed feature of our journal
istic ethics. that each editor, of the same
political family is entitled to be the
Judge Of what is Right, and Wise, and
Polite, and Mannerly, in the conduct Of
his own journal provided that no
moral principle be violated. If an ed
tor conducts his paper foollshly that
is a matter between him and his suip
scribers. We frequently see things III
our exchanges which appear 20 us silly,
uncalled for, AMI perhaps even unbe-
coming but We should expect a prompt
and indignant %resenting of any attempt
on our part to play the Censor, and
lecture our Brethren upon their utter
ances or methods Of conducting their
papers. 1t is a rule with Lawyers, Doc
tors, School Teachers, merchants, ETC.,
to manage their own business.
As for inviting a fight from the
champions of Judge Brooks, we did
nothing of the kind. On the contrary
we deprecated it. We used this Ian
guage:-
I'VE recur to the facts las mildly as
we CAM not to cast odium on the de-
ceased; but In order that the voice OF
I raise may be tempered with justice.
We have no personal anlmoslty against
Judge Brooks, for in la'er years he
sought to be friendly with US, and was
a subscriber of our paper from the
start
And in conclusion We said: Here we
pause, unless forced to proceed and re
peat our regret for the loss of so distin
guished, honest, we'll meaning, and in
many features of his life honorable, Cit
izen of the State
who had used the power of the court.
AMI tina tuicrnn, of hto I-,,Lo
position, to wrong. and calumniate, and
injure us, aud hundreds of our friends ?
As we said last week, We concede many
excellent qualities to George W.. Brooks.
aud shall regret if forced to proceed, and
show the dark spots in the picture; but
If forced to narrate the facts as to Judge
Brook conduct in lS71-'72 1.-THE period
of Grants most rabid raids on North
carolina Democrats) it will Do seen that
We have spoken more mildly than could
have been expected of us. Perhaps We
may be pardoned for r~eproducingi u this
connection the remarks of Mr.. Creecy's
neiyhbor, the Elizabeth CITY Falcon,
(which has certainly never been kindly
disposed towards u.s., as foliOws:-
The above is from the Raleigh Far
'mer and Mechanic. a paper edited with
decidedly more than ordinary abilit,
and by one who, considering what he
has undergone at the hands of those
who have been dominant in our Ma
"tional politics since the war, IS sinou
''tarly free from prejudice IN his dis
custom o dtutrs r.tuting to these
men,"
We think that a comparison of rel
cords since the day that Judge Brooks
up the Western N G.. II. R., sur !
rounded by a guard Of SO Yankee SOL
dlers Ton the pretence that his life and
hls court needed ''Protcction," because
he had lnterfered with fist and cane in
a personal difficulty at Salisbury, where
In a One-armed ex>Confederate wa,
to resent ruiness to a LADY
relatively will show that if any q has
been ungenerous'-it was not the ed
tor Of the +. 4 NJ. 1t IS likely that he
beeh more generous to the dead.
than Just" to the living.
QUERY.
IF X. n. Pearson, late Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of North Caro-
lima, who, upon a memorable occasion.
when applied to for a writ of habeos
corpus, declared, The judiciary is
exhausted, had a thirty
feet high erected to his memory, how
high a monument ought to be erected
In honor of Geo. w. Brooks, the
Federal Judge, who, upon the same
occasion, fearles ly ~interposed between
an Infamous and blood thirsty execu
tive and the defenceiess citizen, and
granted and enforced that writ Pr
Tobacco Plant, Jan. 1871. 1
BE JUST AS WELL AS GENEnOus !