Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-06-06
From he Slockholder.

WOCuCy, NC Gun w So u5dlnst NY past 'o'eo o'''
my intended ones. have always supported An
drew Jackson, and thus far, Martin Van Buren,
shall vote, hereafter, as have done heretofore,
for such as believe, at the time, to be the most
honest and capable republicans, leaving all other
men the democratic privilege o! voting for whom
socver they please.
| never have voted for double faced or dshon-
est man--ir knew it-nnd never II. My
party may do otherwise, if they choose, but will
only say that honest men cannot continue to act
with party who not only oUc'tooh all questions
affecting the uprghtness Or responsibility OF their
candidates, bur absolutely hunt up and select men
TO the exclusion Of all others) who have been
proren unworthy Of credit. The originals Of the
following certificates will be produced TO any
friend Of the party they SO inextricably implcate,
at any time they are asked for. They have been
preserved for ten years, to see if a party whose
principal claim to consideration consists in its al.
legged honesty, would ever take up the man who,
at that day was elected purely because he was
the anti.caucus candidate, and the man he sought
to njurc was one Of the nominees. The highly
excited repugnance Of the people OF Howard to
caucuses, in that day, caused them TO overlook
(lor the time being) the cross and lbelous certi-
fcates which folow--but the expression was uni.
versal, that the man was never to be taken up
again. Yet what do we now see? The party
who opposed him t5en-and the party who he
opposed then, have nominated him, without a
word of explanation Indeed, those who will
read for themselves, will see that the certificates
cannot be explained away any more than they
can stand together. They follow:
June "a, 1880. In a conversation this day with
Wade NJ Jackson, Esq, lie sad in relation TO
James H. Birch, that at Mr.. Patrick Woods, in the
presence of Maj: Jno: Burch and Others that the
said James II. Birch, in conversation about the
trial of General Owen, and the particular men who
had taken active part against said Birch in said
trial, the said Birch remarked, "that if they were
to vote for him, and he had the power, he would
scratch their names from the poll book" Squire
Jackson further said that he did not believe the re-
marks of Birch were intended to embrace the whole
Adams party. WESTON f. BIRCH
The within is about the substance of my CONVEX
sation vita the within signed Weston F. Birch,
this day. June "a w. M. JACKSON.
was with Mr.. Wade NJ. Jackson, in Mr.. Sam
uel's store, in Fayette, on the 25th day Of June
1890. there informed Mr.. Jackson, that heard
that he (Jackson) had said that James H. Birch
said, that if any Of the administration party (mean
ing Adams administrator was to vote for him, he
(Brch) would strike their votes from his list, if it
was lawiul to do So--and Mr.. Jackson said that he
had said so, and that he thought Mr.. Birch, in the
above conversation, alluded to the whole party
Mr.. Jackson said the conversation of Mr.. Birch
above spoken of, took place at Patrick Woods in
the presence of John Burch and some other person
June 26, 1880. THOMAS DAILY.
The undersigned was present at the time the a.
bove conversation took place, and understood it
precisely as stated by Mr.. Daily.
June 26, 1880. FELIX G. COCKRILL.
T., tI I l,l ,,,;,1, M Tbon,,, n,;
ly on the 18th day of June, $780, understood it
to be this Mr.. Daily asked me if hoared Mr..
James H. Birch say, that if any Of the administra-
ton party voted for him he would strike their
names from his list, if it was lawful to do 50! to
which answered yes, had Mr.. Daily then asked
me if | thought he (Birch) alluded to the whole
party! and think answered and said that | did
not know. The above is my recollection Of our
but may be mistaken, as Mr.. Daily
says he understood me TO say that Birch alluded to
the whole party, and as | have no doubt but what
Mr.. Daily understood me as he has represented
w. M. JACKSON.
These statements cannot stand together. Mark
the dates: On the 9th OF June, Jackson cert.
fes to Weston F. Birch, that the conversation
of his brother, at Woods had relation to his enc.
mics in the trial Of Gen. Oren, and were no, in.
tended to embrace the whole Adams party On
the Doth, Daily and Cockril, who had become
implicated by speaking after Jackson, certify that
he told the story differently on the 25th the day
after his certificate to w. F. Birch) in Samuels
store For truth and integrity no man stood fair,
or in Howard County than Thomas Daily and
Mr.. Cockeril, though young at that time, stood
above suspicion. Mr.. Jackson will not dare TO
impugn the character Of either. In fact, on a
subsequent day, Che statement, it will be per.
ceved, is not dated) Daily forced jackson to ad,
nit that he had told him that James H. Birch
had said 'that if any Of the administration party
voted for him, he would strike their names from
his list, if it was lawful TO do So" His attempt
to mollly this e1plicu admission is both clumsy
and cowardly without in The least extrca'ing him.
Mark-he ccrtifes to Weston F. Birch on the
oath ''that he did not believe the remarks oil
James H. Birch were intended to embrace the
whole Adams party"-that the "conve sation''
was ''about the trial Of Gen. OaCen and The par.
tculGr men who had taken an active part against
Jas. II. Birch in Sid hial-and he tries to claw
off from his responsibility to Daily, who asked
him what he thought Birch meant-whether The
"whoe party" or not--by saying that he thinks
he answered and said that he ''did not know"
With honorable men, there is no escape for
Wade M. Jackson. lie first tried to iniure Jas.
H. Birch, who, on personal account, was about
to receive few Clay votes, and Jackson then
believed he could not succeed without all of them.
When pinned by Birlh's brother he exonerates
the COL from the sweeping charge he had circu,
lated against him, and reduces it to mere no,
thing. As respectable men as any in the county
then make their statements, probing the lie on
him-when 10 Instead Of taking manly fire at
the insult, he crcePs to Daily (who was Clay
mani admits he said IL, and tries to creep out by
saYing he did mol know the YerY dim be had