Indiana State sentinel., 1845-11-20
Colonel Pepper.

course expects aus puoucatlOn tbougn ne JoTo 10 pay
the postage. 1t is very long, and rather ProSy
but we suppose, in accordance with the custom which
comPels editors, it were, to bee Jme their own
abusers, we must infict it upon our readers:
RISING SUN Nov g. Is45.
Msssrs G. A. &. J. p ChdPmaH-Your disugcnuous
cnmDrnIs upon nay note of the 5ih of Oct, and yoeF
mistakes in setting down what YOU TO intend
facts in your 9th chapter ofPOcal mysteries OF Indi
4napos together with refusing OF neglecns to correct
Ihem which 1ctteSS aIied 10 sustain foFbids
4 longer silence on my part
1t is that my note "accompanIed the second
advertisement sent by and not the first The first
advertisement q which yn'. alnde handed you by
nv son. as he informed me, without my knowledge. I
told afterwards in a friendly talk. 1t is not true
that Il, first designed my official favors to the
Journal newspaper to punish you for anything.
IL is true that for the past three years, or any
other length of tme have been of the ruling spirits
of the Old, any other Junto-
Ii Is not true that had verbally communicated 10 you
through my friends that if you continued your
wards official favOrs would be withheld.
The witness to whom you referred, to establish this
statement, gentleman whom have been proud to
tsem Tor many years personal and political friend but
he does sustain your charge and therefore suPPos
ed YOU would correct yourselves
There foundation in fact for any thing deserving
censure, either the shape Of charge inference, init
nation, iHusndO made, drawn ntimaled, in your
paper against me.
| will when You shall have made out your against
me, try keep myself where have stood for thirty
years, and sill; do stand, in the right.
shall do this hope without calling hard nanies and
without attempting to escape censure by finding fault
with others.
| have only to request, that in your future
against me, will facts least in spirit of cam
dor, If not kindness will leave II to the public to
Judge, whether in controversy between political friends,
uncharitable nuendoes implying thing
nothing, ought to be resoried to-
You are mistaken supposng had, until your recent
against me, either thought said any thing
against you your paper.
We differed to men, but not measures with
the exception Of the Texas question, that am aware of
but about this never complained, nor had any unkInd
feelings towards stated public meeting In
danapois aud other places within the last two years,
that would despise myself, II could for moment en-
ferain the thought that democrat who preferred MIR
Van Buren,, Mr. Buchanan, Col. Johnson, or MIR. Cal
houn for the Presidency, not equally honest and
patriotic those who preferred Gen. Cass, who wes my
first choice
Still hold the same sentiment and regret exceedingly
that any democrat should manifest different temper,
alude at all to 'by Cones which can serve no useful
purpose With respect TO the charge in your llth chap
that "under the management of Judge Peasee and
myself hundreds Of letters addressed to members Of
Congress from various quarters and mis-
leading them, the real feelings Of the people
invite state when, and where, and how, through
management, any number Of letters written
calculated mislead members of Congress and what
members of Congress wete misled by such letters and
when and how did any act with the intention ofdsOgan
zing the democratic party against the and convic
Of majority. authorize you support of this
charge any letter. resolution speech, written offered
made by me, within the last three years authorize
possession of letters political subject
hand them you. In my note OF the fifth Of October TO
YOU | did deny your right TO find fault with
me, did intend to furnish grounds for any one of
uncandd differences in your comments upon H. much
less silence your opposition 10 But you had made
an attack upon me- without as believed, any cause and
indicate distinctly, though mildly, that no hu
man power, born, unborn, could, should, or
hereafter, restrain from expressing proper
sions NV preference for political men and measures
will be bong by nsither buttOns, eagles Of
fee. station, fom the support of the doctrines have
held AMI maintained for the last thirty years. Nor will
disclosures much less the threatening of Them deter
from pursuing what shall deem be
And now will say 10 the Editors of the Sentinel,
"cease this profess warfare grateful only to
political enemies, and disPeasing our friends.
Yours, &c, A. c. PEPPER.
PS. Please publish this in your weekly and semi
weekly paper, with the request from me- that democratic
papers throughout the State will republish it,
A. C. PEPPER.
Col. Pepper is certainly unfortunate in the o:
language or else he must construe it to mean some
thing very different from the general Interpretation
given to it. In his first note, Of the 9th of Oct,
which we published and commented upon, he said dis
tncly that our course towards him had been such
''mght, the estimation of justify the rrih-
holding euen this nite'-that is, the sum of moneV
accruing from the official advertisement in question
but that not choosing to be placed in false position
or rather place himself false position he had sent
the advertisement to us He says we did not inter-
pret the latter part of this matter correctly.
What then did Col. Pepper mean by talking about
being put into false position" by withholding his
official "favors'' from us! If he meant nothing, or
if he meant something entirely different from what
would be necessarily inferred from his language, why
did he not say so or say nothing If he meant what
he doubtless did convey the idea of, why does he
attempt to back out of his ridiculous position by
temptibe quibbling, or round denials! HoD, we
would ask could he have been put into ''false po-
siticn" by Withholding bis favors from us Could it
have been in any other way than by giving them to
the Journal1 Most certainly not. That such is and
was correct Interpretation of Col. Ps note, have
the testimony of several gentlemen with whom he ad-
vised on the subject, addition to the unmistakeable
terms of the note itself.
Col. Pepper asserts that one of the 'wincsses' tc
whom we referred him, .fails to sustain our inter
pretation of his note, and "does not sustain the
the CHARGE" that be, Col. Pepper, had purPosed to
TithhOH his official tarOrs from as, and gire them "a
the Journal in consequence of ''cOurse' towards
him. This is mere qaibbling. Why does he NOT
give some eriaence of his allegation, if it be true He
cannot do it, for the best of lie has to
give The " gentleman" to whom he alludes lriL
sustain every thing that we gave him authority
for, TO Col. Pepper. That are sure Of If there
were any possibility to the contrary, why, so much
the better for Col. Pepper and just as well for u.s.
The statement of Col P. that we have refused Oh
neglected to correct" any error we have committed
in regard to him, is totally untrue. We not con-
scious Of having committed any error; when We are
so, it will be high time to correct it.
In his second parapraph the Col saws II is not