The North Carolina Standard

MR. AMIS AND COL. FAISON.

On Thursday last Col. Faison obtained permission to explain away the force of the paragraph in the last Standard, for the correctness of which Mr. Amis had endorsed. The following reply of Mr. A. will exhibit the nature of the controversy. But what will Col. Faison say when he finds that Mr. Amis endorses for the facts in the letter on our first page, over the signature of "Publicus."

Mr. Amis would detain the House only one minute in reply to his colleague. He had endorsed for the correctness of the piece alluded to in the editorial remarks of the Standard, the truth of which is perfectly apparent, from the statement made by the gentleman himself upon the floor. "The gentleman says he told the good people of Northampton, upon the stump, and at various precincts throughout the county, that he was perfectly willing that they (the administration) should try the Sub-Treasury; that it was an experiment and that he was perfectly willing it should be tested. And yet, Sir, he votes against it. He is willing to give it a fair trial; but he is determined to prevent it if possible ; he will vote against it. This, Sir, is carrying out his profession—this is evidencing his willingness to test the experiment—his willingness with a vengeance. Sir, he has most recreantly falsified his professions, and most traitorously betrayed his constituents. By his own showing, he stands pledged to give the system a fair trial. Has he redeemed that pledge? Sir, I am not on terms of amity with the gentleman, and am averse to troubling the House with a subject of this nature; but, Sir, in confirmation of what I have said, allow me to read a portion of a letter from a highly creditable source, a source, Mr. Speaker, entirely to be relied on." Mr. Amis then read a few extracts which were perfectly conclusive as to the justness of his remarks, and the correctness of the allusions made by the Editor.