Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-07-20
For the Richmond Palladium

For the Richmond Palladium.
Mn. Hollow discov-
cred in the last No. your paper, an
article, or a scurnlous attack made on
me, over the signature Of r. accom-
panied BY some certificates Of certain
individuals of Posev township, in Fay
cite county, ! ask Of you the privilege
ofreplying to it through your columns.
Had the name Of the author OF this
article accompanied it, that Of itself
would have been a sufficient antidote
to all the poison ard calu'nny Infused
INTO it; and would have superseded
the necessity Of noticing it. As how
ever it is ushered before the public
over an anonymous signature, and the
contemplate tool who has placed him
self before the publishers as its author,
is consealed from the public view, !
consider that justice to myself requires
that should expose him to the gaze
of the world, and unmask the malignl-
" and falsehood Of the creature.
The author ofthe article signed 4.
or rather the person who has fathered
the production, is Daniel Reid, the
Post Master Of Richmond, shallow
pa.ed creature, with scarcely brains
sufficient TO oil the main spring Of a
watch, who without sense enough to
write any thing ineligible, is willing
to suffer himself to be used as the vile
tool of designing and malignant crea-
lures as contemplate as himself, and
whose character swould disgrace the
dignity ofrevcnge." In this article ]
am charged with having published a
EaIsehood in relation to a speech made
by Gen. McCarty, in Posey township ;
and to prove this the certificates Of GER
tain Jackson individuals are published
headed by John Treadway, "a violent
Jacksonian) the brother of Griff Tread
way Of calf buying memory, and as
Old Will Boniface would say, "pretty
swell known in this part Of the coun-
try"
The first certificate published, is
signed by three gentlemen who are
politically opposed to McCarty. who
state, they heard nothing calculated to
arouse party spirit.
Not having heard all his speech, they
cannot Of course say whether it was
calculated to arouse party spirit or not,
and to my certain knowledge, Mr..
Woodson was attending to his store,
one third of the time, during McCarty's
jackson harrangue.
The other certific ates are signed by
twelve persons, who have been initia-
ted into the Jackson church by Gen.
McCarty, and immersed BY him 10
the Nile Of Jacksonism. He is their
Po,tor. They have with MoCarty
fired the cannon ut the defeat Of the
Clay party, and would do any thing
sa!cY!sssa !e sHRassaF1e The Gf1fE ndiian "a
Sentinel. ] ask the public to compare
the certificates with the article pub
iished by me in the 5Oth No. Of the
Indiana Sentinel, and see whether they
prove the statements in that article to
be untrue. Do they prove that Nc !
Carly lid not abuse the Sentinel
They do rot. DO they prove that he
did not join men there to PROSTATE
the Sentinel? They do not Do they
prove that the act Of the Clay party
were not brought up in judgment. a.
gainst Mr.. Smith? They do not.
These are the statements made in the
article complained OF, and which are
not contradicted BY the certificates.
The certificate makers certify, that
they heard nothing f ON Gen. McCar-
~, "calculated III their opinions, to a.
rouse party spirit IN relation to the
long agitated question:" Now it
would be very d...icuit TO determine
rhot sromld be calculated, IL, their opin-
'o's to arouse porty spirit. Men Of the
decided partizan character which
hose individuals possess would not be !.
likely under any Circumstance to see
my thing in the onduct Of their friend !.
o dear to them as McCarty, which
sould be calculated to arouse parfy u
pirit, where the attempt to grouse il
would operate against their Ginerai. Z
Upon the occasion referred to. Gen. Il
HcCarty made a speech, which was
n my opinion; and IN the opinion of II
many others, az much calculated to a. q
ouse party spirit as any which could J
ave been made. IL that speech he =
tated that Mr.. Smith was trying to :
asse the question,-that he was exert
ng himselfto induce the Clay men TO {