Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-09-05

sippian. and that Intended TO continue doing so
until iorced him 10 fight me, and that he'd ra.
iher fight hlm than any man iying,is equally false
and no respectable person can be produced Who
ever heard me ulsr such sentiments.
The statement oCRapnels, that have gotten
up The 2 Old Soldier newspaper recently es-
tabhshed 10 ibis city. By j. S, Fall, Esq. with
view 10 abuse him and thai am the author Of
IT'S ARTICLES, is rs false as The source lIom whence
1 II proceeds. u has not the slightest foundation.
! did moi know that such paper was contempla-
ted until saw the Prospectus, While confined in
Columbus nor have ! furnished any editorials
! Tor il. Any one who is capable Of Judging Of
-siyle, will say ibas c0ud mol be The author oiihe
editorials in the Mississippisn and the Old Sol.
dlel lfhe supposed me the author Of, articles in
the papers rejecting upon hin, why did he not
call upon ME as he had done before to knew the
fact, instead Of resorlng 10 the dsgraceful ard
| dastardy course ofpublishng a card,ahdcarrying
his grievances to the public : bad given him
evidence that the inquiry would have been frankly
met. and that too, when might have eyaded ii,
by referring him 10 the Editor had chosen TO do
so. lie knows perfectly well thai would permit
no other man TO stand personally responsible Tor
any publication Of mine. But Kunttls, stranger
as he is to all honorable impulses, had other and
darker views. His object was 10 blacken my re-
putalion, by stating conversation conhned,as he
alleges, to US alone, in which he charges me with
having made dishonorahle overtures to him. The
charge is evidently preferred SO as to make it
question Of yeraclty between him and myself, and
10 put il out of my power 10 furnish any means oil
refutaIon but, in This the base calumnialor is
mistaken. lie has been over-conhdent in his
infamous purpose. As God Almighty would or.
DEF il, have the means Of an ample refutatIon in
my hands, and intend to grappIe the falsehood
10 his shameless front, with hooks Of steel, and
there il shall stick, like the shirt Of Nessus, until
the day Of his DEATH ID. 1T
"That soma time during the winter months Of
| 1888 and 1889, V. Il. Howard, after having re-
peaiedly recommended TO me his ather-n.law,
| (Gcoch Tor a clelkshipin the Mississippi Union
Bank, and having been told that there was no sit.
uation vacant, came to me and urged upon me
the Importance Of creating an office especially for
The benefit OF Mr. Gooch, adding, as n reason,lhal
| he WAS a good writer and would write FOR Inc,
| (meanng, as | presume. The Bank. To this
corrGpt overture. for office made no reply--bui
found myself and the Bank assaulted most bitterly
IN the Mssissippian lh few days thereafter !
Thus has all his pultiotie aafm for The people
and Ter lhesalety and well being Of the State orr
gina'ed. Can any one dotibt, that at this time !
had Howard ON the block and his price sci 3
Gooch was bis falher.n-aw, whom he urged up
on me TO appoint 70 Office expressly upon the
ground that he was WRITER he himself was
The owner the Mississippiun al that time avow.
| edly; and, repeat, does any doubt that this was
an offer to me OF The use of its columns and inAu-
ence in reconsideration Of petty clerkship for his
relation.
This, with the rejection ola large note mot
well securely presented by him TO the Bank for
discount, do conscientiously believe 10 be the
origin and cause Of attack on myself and other
directors Of The Bank, by this unprincped loalef
on the public treasury" a4.
/ Look at the indirect, argumeniatiyp and round
about manner in which Runrels prefers this charge
as though the base lie stuck in his foul throat, as
be was endeayoring TO hawk il out. in the fist
place he states, that this conversation occurred
/" some time during the winter m1nths Of 1888
AND 1889 = and, according 10 his version The
interview must have lasted several months. Then
he says, luged the appointment Of Mr. Gooch,
and assigned as reason, that MIR Gooch was a
good writer, and tcouEd rrifs for hin- streaming,
as he presumes, the Bank. The statement car.
RES on its face The evidence offabrcalion. Why
docs he state il in this hesiang mannerl What
fright bad he TO presume any thing about ~ II
the Charge existed, as he states, nothing could
have been elt for conjecture. lie said he made
no reply to this corrupt overture. But why did
he not replyl 1t appears from his statement
! IL H. .,I I 4 E.,t,
An honest man woutd have repIled,and demanded
TO know the intentions and II ht found il dishonor
able, would have spurHed the ploposer Off from
his presence. Bul he, il seems, maintained o
dignllud silence when hts virtue was Gssalled =
Now what's this statement, when stripped OF lis
verbiagel why, that prophsed to sell Mr. Gqoch
: for Mr. Gooch's benefit and the brbs TO Run
nels was, lhet NJ Gooch was a writer, and would
write for him; from which Runnels ."presumrs'
that Mr. Gooch was TO write about The Bank; and
as owned The Mssissippians he further prssHms'
that he vas #. write III that paper and be then
argues, that he bad my price IN his hands, mas
much as my relation was 10 receive the benefit
We're disposed 10 analyze this ia,rago Of iniam,
as the pretended conversation is detailed. nigh
ask why my alleged statement, that Mr. Goccl
was writer and would write for him, would Civ
RuuneIs any right TO presume" that it relenet
to any thing more hanth ordinary business ant
correspondence .ofthe Bank, coupled with the no
torious fact that Rdnnels is incapable OF main
tanning bis own correspondence What authority
bad he to "presume" that Mr. Gooch's wrlnl
referred TO the MissIsslppIan, or TO my lntiuence
Butihe whole statement is a sheer fiction. II IS
complete web Of lies, without one single thread
l1nwh, Now "mark how q plain tale shall put
down" 500 III LIN Coofr
Early IN the Spring OF 1000 W. "V"I III;
Siy.1fsr. vent North on the business OF 'be Y
MON Bank, then just chaae, ed, and during "
session Of Congress was introduced 90 9y coz
: neciion, James GCoch, by one OF ihe deNgsno
e - ~. s...n- They are moi relatives, sod the