Address of Hon. William H. Haywood, Jr.
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Excerpt from Address of Hon. William H. Haywood, Jr.: To the People of North Carolina I have never appeared before the public, by myself or otherwise, to write down an accusation against me, but have hitherto chosen to bear unjust rebuke in silence, and rely upon time, and my manner of life, to consign to oblivion the whisperings of the envious and the calumnies of the malignant. I do not affect to conceal, that a departure from this rule gives me much pain; and I am persuaded, that if many of my friends did not think that it is a duty I owe to the people not to remain silent, under the recent censure of frenzied partisans, I should leave it, as far as concerns me, to my known character, and the self-denying act which has provoked it, to vindicate the patriotism and purity of my motives; reposing confidently upon the discernment and judgment of an intelligent public, in view of the simple facts as they occurred; and not doubting, that so soon as the occasion had passed by, and there was no longer a necessity for overawing others, who, it might have been supposed, were more timid in their purpose, and no chance to deceive the people at the North Carolina elections, by unscrupulous libels against me, my assailants would cease from their "dirty work," and bad men, who measure the motives of the virtuous by a standard of morals which vice has erected in their own bosoms, would go hunting after some fresh victim to gratify their ignoble malice. But I come before you at this time to speak of myself, not of others, and to defend my own faithfulness, not to expose their designs; and I think myself happy that I have the honest people of North Carolina to judge my cause. I invoke no sympathy, I ask no compassion, and I thank God I need them not. But with the proud consciousness of one who has dared to do his duty as a servant of the republic, amidst dangers and trials such as, I trust, are not to grow common in our Government, I stand before you to lay claim to the confidence, respect, and approbation of all good men, more especially of those belonging to the Democratic party. I feel and know this day, and I will prove even to my enemies, that in my station as a Senator, and in retiring from it, I incurred no guilt - I deceived no one - I betrayed no party - I made no sacrifice of your interests, and no surrender of your rights, - none at all, directly nor indirectly. And they who have charged the contrary, with all who, from any motive, personal or political, have given to it their aid and countenance, did "bear false witness." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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