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TARDY TUcTIcE.

H Tie following letter 9fom Carter Beverly,
on whose. authority the ,5He charge Of bribery
ahd corruption was made against Adams and
ebay. TelatiYe 10 the election u President in
1895 is from HE Independent If tAe 22od ult ~
vlRoIni4, MIDDLrsr1 GoUsTg, URnaNA,
IA FERRtART s, 1912
DEAR Sin: II will be mo doubt mat
Rr oEsome astonishment 10 you in Ieceiy-
ing from me the present address. u will
rot preface i. with any kindlof apology,
because, in doing il. | justify my. mind ID
che discharge OF az act 81 concience and
a duty that feel The utmost pleasure. inf
performing.
! Although the time is quite far gone
since became very ihnocen,ly instruf
mental 10 circulating throughout the coun-
Try very great attack upon your charac-
ter and virtue as "a gentleman end cet-
taiply avery heavy one az public man
La feel exceedingly DESTROYS 10 relieve
You, as far as can, from The SANDER, and
ny own feelings from The Aekera COM
punctionIttatis within me, of having been,
though neither directly nor Indirectly
Your personal aecaser, yet thar i was
drawn indiscteeily INTO the Representation
fof an attack uPoRlyou. u N T.
Ills altogether unnecessary 10 enter1n-
10 The minute circumstances, also distant
d period oil how iilhappened, and The psr.
Gculsrs Of it all The Public we're al the
time sufflcFentlyihformed Ehysnd where.
fore I became the .felater Of the assault
NJ, IL hich / esnecialIE atEtda
] did otsolfcit the account thai gave
The gross, abomin able scandal Of you, but
merely asked if it was, or co1Id possibly
Be true. / had. long before heard Of Il,
and Tas al the seat Of Govern mentwhen
i wasrepresented 10 have occurred. The
reason OF my having mentioned it,-iupon
which the answer was given TO me. was,
that | thought it an infinite scandslupen
the country if true. and, if noi.rue lit
would give you fair opportunity Or d.
.culpatiDg yourself. y had therefore two
objects in view, which are easily seen !;
and from either or both conceive that
ought to be exoneIated, at least from any
design % do you injustice, Imagine your,
setf what motive | could possibly have
had 10 injure you-a gentleman with
whom had no difference, with whom |
hadbeenIva riously acquainted. and. though
newer intimately 50, yet here was always
an nrbanity and an in,erehsnge.o of ciyiii-
Ties betweenu US that never failed to make
quite 4 favorable impression upon me
and, If i was not reciprocal, il was my
misfortune. To strew difficulty IN your
way with design was utterly improbable,
fat least. You a distinguished man in The
eyes Of The nation-Shat advantage could
II Have expected from derision of YOU.
Surely il was very improbable. / most
assuredlyIan and most certainly never enter
tanned ths smallest prejudice o. unfavora-
bic idea of-you until the sffrirof the Fay
ettyille letter, that appeared under my
signatures upon which was founded :, /
am quitesorry TO say The charge which
gall 9ped through he Onion against you.
Your memorable pamphlet, and some
letters that came out 10 your defence,
were entirely expressive OF the whole
TRANSACTION; and although | thought at
the time; that you tad not properly con-
ceived me. studiously foreb5fe 10 say
more than had been expressed fnf nv cor.
respOhdenee at WheeIing, which Mr.. No
al gave.
My entire object NOV Is. . desire / have
70 be exonofsied. from the belief Of any
special desire 70 lnipre you; for. again
declare that never fell The smallest de-
gree Of unkindness towards you, other
than what was at the time impressed upon
me BY What bad been communicated, Il
have never since The affair fallen in COM
pany With you but once. and that was fol
2 moneni only, and II took place ID the
Hall 81 The House Of Representatives,
when q ballot was going on for Public
Printer. was sssnding alongside Of Co /
vornoE Branch then Senator Or the Uni.