Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-09-14
TO THE PUBLIC.

hoPed to have been spared the unpleasant ne.
cessty OF again appearing in public print, vindi.
cator OF my Character. against the vile caIumnv
ano aouse cast upon me by the editors of the
Frontier Whig.'' u ."e e
should not re.notce them were II not tho,
eher names appeared in that sheet. trust that
all who feel interested in the matter will fairly
investigate it. "N' '"''y
ihey, The editors of the Frontier Whig. state
'nal mo names were mentioned' in their frs,
eu'!or'a'' and that 1" one w. B. Heard feeling the
"e'sht OF his guilt and the stings of an outraged
conscience, has taken ii all to hmself.'
now does 1t stand? While | was living sick
was 1t that these editorial remarks appeared in the
wing and Mr.. Isaac B. Austin, hearing nv
name mentioned in the streets, as the man to whom
AL knew the Wing editors referred, and knowing
a'So, 'hat was unable to make my own defence.
went to the to me nd deman nded of
them the name Of the man against whom thew
orought Inc lnslnnolion, and their answer vas
w. b. Heard. They, moved by base mean
sPfh' sandered me, and then sneakingly attempt to
screen themselves under the excuse that their re.
marks were general-that thew mentioned no
names well knowing that every one would in.
s'"h''y know to whom they alluded. Besides they
haa already given my name to Mr.. Austin, and
,1' 'ney '''eSe that guilty conscience led me to
lake the matter up.
out me one charge that went about circulating
.ne story Ppt IN my mouth. and to which respond
% aecar'ng 1t to be known, wilful, and inten.
''o"a' ie' they say nothing more Of; consequent.
~ they tachy admit that they have lied.
VI Mceuaid's certificate | say but little He
says that stated that Mr.. Turner said in 1910,
that IT elected, he did not want any democ ratio
votes' or words to that purpose. The Wing said
that said MIR. Turner did no, wn ut a democratic
vote. liere seems TO be discrepancy.
know not what they wish to faslen upon me :;
but here pronounce both statements universally
false; and lest the public might be led into error,
will here say, that although ttey made the
charges upon their own authority, leaving an i'm
preston that they-the edtors--had heard me,
yet Will give that authority. This is it. DIR.
lhruston said that McQuaid said that said that
Mr.. Turner said thus and so, etc. They make
no allowance for my word against McQuaid's--
they do no: say that they hear me say so and so.
but they knew1 said SO ard so. This is q false nd
lying deduction; they did not hear me make any
charge, and therefore cannot know it. BY Nc
tQuad's certificate, they say they have clinched
lie No L. upon me. God forbid that it should
rest with the editors of the Frontier Wing TO say
cho has lied They judge of truth Mey who for
the sake of dollars, filthy lucre, could bascly and
sordidly renounce and then denounce their party !
they, who lick and fawn urotnd men, yet, them
selves are not men, but base hirengs. traitors to
one, hired by another party to do its foul work,
they judges of truth and gentilty! If so, then
truth and gentiiity have fallen into strange hands.
and have most sadly degenorated. Of McQuad
know nothing not even what he follows, SO short
Time has he been among US.
have declared again and again, that these
charges are false; and now leave i, to the pub
'ic-par1'cu'ory 10 the people of Crawford coun-
W. amongst whom have lived twelve wears, and
iouf or hive years one of their pubic officers
10 decide whether my word is entitled to credit or
not. This is my answer to a cowardly attack
mace upon my name by the hired menals who
osenslby conduct the Frontier Wing. who are
no more mt to conduct public press, than chill.
dren are to play with edge tools. They cut and
slash at men and mems characters. as if privacy
was not only not sacred. but thing which does
not exist. This they do because they are men of
~ responsibility can abuse private individuals,
dnd rumage among private virtues with perfec!
impunity.
W. B. HEARD.
Sulphur Springs, Aug. 80, 1914.