Year: 1863

There have been two neighborhood gatherings in
Wake county, at which resolutions were passed con-
dcmning President Davis and the Confederate gov
ernment for miStreating North Carolina in putting
her troops under Generals and other officers from
other States and in assigning foreign Surgeons to
attend the sick and wounded of our troops. They
also condemn the appointment of Mr.. Bradford, "a
Virginian,) chief Tithingman in this State. The
people of the whole State condem this unwise and
very impoltic measure. But the chief object of
these aSSembages, we conjecture, is announced in
the last resolution of each string, 10 wit the en-
dorsement of the Standard newspaper, and the re-
commendation of that print to the public. 1t looks
very much like Mr.. Holden had party, and that
he was putting it to work for his especial benefit
We think nothing could so well please the editors
of the State Journal and Standard as to see the
people of the Old North State divided under the ap
pelations of HOIdsnites and Spelmdnites. To be
sure it would be very ridiculous in the eyes of the
world but it would certainly crafty the pride and
aspirations Of these gentlemen, who seem to think
the whole responsibility of the honor reputation and
welfare of the State rests upon them.-SaliSbury
Waterman.


The Watehman is mistaken in the impression it
would produce, that "there hare beer" " but 1.-TWO
neighboShood gatherings in Wake County" There
have been four meetings in Wake three in Moore,
one in Greene, in CASTOR, one in Iredel one in





Chatham, one in Surry, and one in Johnston.


The Wdtchman says it conjectures the chief OBJ
ject of these meetings is to endorse the Standard
newspaper, and recommend it to the public and
that paper goes further and charges on US the selfish
and ignObe motive of having gotten up these meet
lngs for our especial benefit In all this the Watch
man does US great injustice In the first place, the
circulation Of the Standard large and constant
ly increasing that it does not need the special en-
dorsement to which the Watchman refers-and if it
did, s0e should be the last to intrigue to procure
such endorsement and in the second place, soe have
party of any sort, to be put to work for our es-
pecial benefit The meetings referred to were the
result Of the spontaneous action of the people We
are very grateful to them for the kind and cordial
manner in which they have endorsed our course ::
but certainly zoe had nothing to do, in any way, in
procuring or bringing out these endorsements If
we have pursued such course as to merit and re-
ceiVe the appreciation of the people, surely it cannot
offend cotemporary Of the WdtchmGn if the peo-
pie manifest that appreciation in their meetings. and
if the Waterman should be so fortunate as to re-
ceive the endorsement or commendaton of any por-
ton of the people, expressed in similar way, in





charging improper motives the Editor of that
journal, we should be gratifed to record the fact
and should doubtless join in the commendation thus
bestowed.


But the " most unkindest cut of all is the charge
made by the Watchman, that we are disposed to vie
with John Spelman in getting up parties or in do.
ing any thing else. We do not thank that paper
for speaking of US in the same paragraph with
man who possesses no one good quality; who is
known here only as the malignant and unscrupu-
ious tool of desperate faction; and who is almost
universally regarded as destitute of manhood prin
ciple or honor. We have no aspirations either
to found OF control party, or to be spoken of in
connection with John Spelmsn. We do not think,
seem to think" that the "whole responsibili-
b;litv Of he honor. reputation, and welfare of the
State rests on US. We have said nothing and
done nothing to justly such remark. We seek
smnlv to act as an organ of the people. We have
never assumed the right 70 form them into parties
or to control them in any way. If large majority
of them agree With us, as they do now, surely We
are not to be Justly censured on account oft
We feel sure that, on reflection the WGtchTnGm
=, think better of US than it appears to DO In the
10 extract. We have never ippeaeheo tne mo-
ives Of that journal, and we are ata Eless 70 Ano"
why it has impescsaed ours .. ..u......'