The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-19

tested toward me. True, he said some
uncomplimentary things of me, and
said some harsh things of him; yet,
really. he was not mad with me, Meth
er was / mad with him. He saw, as
he thought, that there We're men in
the Democratic party whom he had
helped to make, politically who were
using me and my paper to break down
his great influence, as the editor OF
the party organ. / was ignorant of
any reason that should have prompt
ed such desire or action on the part
of those who seemed to be the friends
of my paper; but, he knew more than
I did. So, when / changed the
Live Giraffe" from q humorous pub
LEGATION to the Democratic Press" he
foresaw, or thought he did, that there
was danger ahead; and, knowing the
strength of the men behind me, he
knew that it behoOved him, not only to
aim a shot at me- but to shell the
woods also, which he did. 1t was In
1853 that the rupture between US oc-
Cured; and for eight years we did not
speak. He regarded me as a factor
of that influence which broke his hold
upon the Democratic party; and felt,
no doubt that / had done him a great
wrong. But. he knew that was not
responsible for the break between him
and those old party friends who for
sock him; therefore, | don't think that,
Gin fact he told me SO in the last
years of his life), he ever considered
me an enemy nor did he blame me,
under the circumstances, for changing
the name of my paper and entering
politics. / had been his friend and
had thought and said, that, his party
had not dealt justly by him; and l
now think that he had reason, on his
side, for feeling that his party flor
he had made the party what it was in
the State)-had dealt unfairly with
him.
L do not know what the result would
have been, but, 1 have often thought
that, if instead of Judge Ellis. Gov
ernor Holden had received the nomi-
nation at Charlotte, in 1857, very
much trouble in many ways, would
have been avoided.
Mr. Holden had his aspirations, and
they were we'll grounded, for he had
the ability to fill the positions to which
he aspired; and. if any man ever had
a right to promotion on account of
party services well performed he GER
tainly did. But as already minated,
some misunderstanding between him
and certain party leaders, prior to
1857, Ct have never known what it
was) made sore that became a
cancer which could not be healed.
Hence, although the Standard continu-
ed to march under the Democratic
banner there was discord in the
ranks.
When the convention met to take
into consideration North Carolina S
duty, after Mr.. Lincoln's call for sew
enty-five thousand volunteers to quell
the rebellion, Mr.. Holden, being a
member of that convention, voted in
favor of secession; and, at the time,
there was, seemingly, a forgetfulness
of the rancors of the past. But, the
Standard had lost the State printing,
and the State Journal being regarded
as the mouthpiece of Governor Ellis
and the real organ of the Democratic
party, Mr.. Holden became a dissenter
or rather, a critic; and while he was
not Union man. much less an enemy
to the Confederacy, his criticisms OF
the party managers and of things
generally, pertaining to the conduct OF
the war were frequently and OTTER
harshIy commented upon; so that
finally. his position toward the State
authorities, as we'll as toward the Con
federacy was construed to be hostility
That construction led to the raid upor
the Standard Office by Benning'
(Georgia) Brigade, and the plunderins
and destruction of the State Jouria