The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-14

If the Ne,cs and Ots<rrer, who came To
invite Us to take tea with him, and W
accepted, .. We certainly should not have
done if we had just printed An attack on
The special Washington eorrespon-
dent" of his paper. A few days later
received . checque from . friend, Ask
ing ue to insert an advertisement Id the
Farmsr and Nechaa,c. and then use the
for cards in any other paper
We saw st. We vent half the amount to
Capt Ashe; not dreaming of any ill feel
ing existing.
DIsCoURTDOUs SLAP AT Us.
On Sunday morning, Jan 4th, there
appeared In the daily Ness and Oserrey.
. two column alleged Special Dispatch
to the Nezns and Wserv1,' dated Wash
ington City. Jan. 3d,-which contained
q paragraph stating that while there had
been hopes Of Judge Fovle, or some
other North Carolina lawyer succeeding
Solicitor General Phillips, 1t must be
confessed that the chances are now
against the fulfUnleat Of our hopes. | was
converting on the subject with one of our
Congressman yesterday, and he, as UeN
a. Others, was of the opinion that if Sem
ator Garland is made the head Of the
department ofjustice, IS nearly every one
now believes he will be, there uiN be small
hope for US. 1t is altogether unlikely
that both the Attorney General and the
Solicitor-G General will be selected from
the same section of the country. and no
good can result from the pretence Of be
ieuiag otherwise
Next this Special Despatch" gave
halt column to "Mr. Phillips and the
Farmer and Mechanic" ending thus -
IF Mr.. ShotweIl should say that he
referred to me with his who may have
had some recognition At his hand l
would feel constrained to treat the matter
10 a very different style"
Such a Especial Despatch" from
its "Washington Correspondent, print
ed conspicously in the official Organ"
of the Democratic party of the State
naturally attracted attention and called
for notice at our hands e; not that any,
body care for Max Germans utter
ances, but because Max German was
allowed to parade his t%rucculent refec-
tons upon respectable gentlemen under
the guise of "Our Washington Cores
pondent" Of the party Organ. Dozens
Of visitors at u office expressed indlg-
nation thereat. Dozens have written
US to the Same effect. Even if Judge
Fowle had not a particle of 'chance,"
there was no need for the "Washington
Correspondent of the Party Organ"
to cast cold water upon the movement
in his favor. And even had the Farmer
and Mechanic referred to young German
there was no occasion for such slurs.
Recognition" is not corruption. We
don't believe Sam Phillips would bride
Max German; nor anybody else.
Had the Observer observed the pro
fessional courtesy which has prevailed
among gentlemanly journalists the world
over, tho alleged Special Dispatch
would not have been printed, or not un-
til first referred to me. During a long
career as an editor | have never failed to
follow that rule. Repeated attacks upon
other papers, the NeUs and Observer
among the number have been brought
to me for publication. Take them to
that paper, and if it refuses to do you jus
tice, then l will print your article'-was
our unvarying reply. Had this been done
by the Observer all would have been set
right.
WHO HE is.
As before remarked the importance OF
Of the Observer's alleged Especial Dis
patch" consisted not in the young mar
Germans views, but in the fact that the
public up and down the State might not
know the character of The Regular
Washington Correspondent Of the Dem
ocratic "Organ." We the. efore deemed
proper to state in last weeks paper that
Mr.. Maxwell J. German, (or"Llewxam,'
Of the Observer is the young fellow vel
known among the printers of Raleigh,
and whose arrest and indictment in the
Federal court for attempt to rob the mail,
BY signing the name of the clerk Of the
Supreme Court, made a sensation at the
time. Several of our citizens who inter-
ceded with Solicitor Dick Badger to let
German get off with light bond" have
asked US to be light upon him, and we
have desired to do so. A well-known
gentleman in Washington wrote us last
week expressing surprise at our forbear-
ance. But there are "other hearts to
bleed" in all such cases.
WE WERE IN ERROR
Here We desire to recall ard retrsct one
allusion:-that Of young German asa
kinsman of one Of Kinks Lieutenant"
We referred to Gen. John G. German,
now of the Postal Service, who was Adj
jutant-G General in the old days. But it
appears that Gen. Germans relationship
to the young man Max. is very remote,
and he in nc wise approves his course.
Further, and this We take pleasure in
stating, Gen. German did not approve of
the Kirk war, and though a printer in
Raleigh at the time, refused to take part
in it; saying that he would obey the writ
of habcds corpus. We state this to his
credit; and an old army comrade tolls US
he wal q good Confederate. The General
is q popular and good citizen.
ABSURD AND INSULTING.
Capt. Ashe intimates that our last
issue WAS not seat him; and we hear the
intimation repeated for . fact on the
street. How silly. We send hundreds
Of copies to leading families in Raleigh.
We send regularly to the hotels, the bar
Der shops, the schools, the asyiums, the
ministers, the 10 editors the banks, tho
book stores, the court house, oil the State
Offices except one and nearly all the lead
ing business houses. Nearly half the
Democrats Of the Legislature are
subscribers; but to reach the others we
sent IN armful of extra copies. Why
then omit Sam Ashe?
The old Nursery rhyme -
"Fee!f! fun I, 1 smell the b-er-tud
Ofhdn HiM0lshmun -
has not skeered anybody for nigh onto