Democratic banner., 1846-08-24
70 the Public.

70 the Public.
Nothing but n sense of duty which I owe
20 myself and to my friends could induce
me to appear in a newspaper publication.
I ain compelled to correct some statements
which have been iudustriously circulated,
and still kept up by tie unrelenting ambi-
Ition of the slanderer, to prostratc me in the
destination of all honorable men. l was
rudely accosted on the streets of Louisi-
and on the Bird inst, when the charge was
preferred again:tmc Of having circulated a
story made by Vim. Reading. | acknowl-
edged that l had told i. on tho authori Y OF
Mr.. Roaming whom l had always looked up
on as Il highly respectable and responsible
man. He had told it not only to Inc, but to
almost every person with whom lie had
converscd upon the subject of tile election.
Consequently | felt not the least d~elicacy
in telling the story as it was told to me-
But l denied ever having told it, after |
was informed Of all the circumstances by
Abram McPike. | was then satisfied in
my own mind that there must be some mis-
take about the matter. | never saw Mr..
Reading from the time he told Inc until tic
election; and as I was satisfied with the
/ correction Of Mr.. McPike | never told il
again. This explanation ought to have
given satisfaction to any reasonable man
| but it was not sufficient for some. There
was adeep seated malice somewhere. ]
hunted IN again by S. W. Finley
. by Lev
,nc .uiate Levi Bcnnirg
.om | regret, under any ci.cum.
stances, ever To have been caught in apub.
lie crowd. This Benning was TO prove tina
| had told hin TIE Reading story after
had heard the explanation Of Mr.. McPike
That | had told it in the presence of Mr.
; Edison, and that he was influenced bv ny
represcnta!ion not TO vote for Mr.. Finley
And for the prof Of this statement | sub
init the following certificates of Mr.. James
NJ. Fricr and James S. POWELL:
"Bcing called upon by iIr. Charles
Bacon to make a statement relative 10 a
controversy between lin and s. w. Finley
on Monday the Bird day Of August, in
Louisiana, on the subject Of said Hacon's
making certain statements about said Fin
ley's selling certain lands belonging 10 Geo
Reading, state that said Bacon ackncwl-
edged that he lad told ii, but en- the author
lily OF VIM. Readinng; and af;erLc, Dacon,
had been told of the other side Of the story
by A. McTike Oh the Wednesday previous
that he, Bacon, had not since reported tie
story to his, Finley's, discrcdit. Upon this
the subject was dropped for a time. In Il
few MINUTES | saw Mr.. Finley again, who
said that he lad found out that lie could
prove Bacon had told it since Wednesday
by Levi Benning; and in a short time Fin
ley and Benning came by erqniring for
Bacon; stating that Bacon had told said
Benning the day before, on Sunday, in the
presence of Nlr Edison. The PARTIES met
near Bryson's store where Bacon denied
having made the statements alledged by
Benning. Bacon in the mean time said
that he would abide and leave it all TO Mr..
Edison, who should be called upon to de-
eide the matter at issue between them
Benning also stated among other things that
it vas the story that Bacon told which
caused lin not to vote for Finley.
JAMES NJ. FRIER.
fully concur in the above statement
made by james N. Fricr in substance
And also previous to the difficulty between.
Mr.. Finley and Bacon in conversation with
ANF. Benning l asked him why he would