Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-10-11

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I'D e.s@ s For the Palladium.
49,, c.eross:-Is lhs Jefsrsonisn Of thu
-. = se,s.mbes last, appeared communica
s....r.4. ~IssAc Wooo," addressed to the e.
-. - r a,delph Cospty, aud Purport'ng Il
.,, I. . e,mwssicssion signed "W." pub
I,.h~d 10 ~ wischssse' Or'hoPo'''~" some '''"s
sisce.
r.. - sbss duty now imposes upon me i
-essjssssse csc, bas being conscious that jus
~. ,.s.,,rs sssss me per6dy snd IitiIe"css Of
-.ySS . me snbeS 10 the State Legislature should
.....ssed. ssd Mr.. Wood willing the sa'ne to
!. xas,she Shonld never complain. The COM
.-..e.l,ss which Mr.. Wood attempted to an
ser. 80 sep,ied 10 in tho Os,'opoIiian ia the
.es sspsAss u The same paper by two lawyers
~ ess psdssssoe, ever the signature of"L.'
Nat M. L. not expecting that his answer would
4. repIisd TO before the election, was not very
s,sseioss shout truth: however, through the po-
iiae,.as Of the editors was permitted to see il
Asfses shs paper went 10 press. ssd prepared a
,,l;e.Gie. 10 il, which was published in the same
ssp~ s.o,-...
II my replication, I corrected the only error
h my fsisssr cemmn~ic alton, and about ~n'c"
~. Wed 6iscasss msst eioqaen In my FIST
md sccs4A sssiefes. gave some facts TO che pub
&c. vAsob AZ unanswered and unsnsweTsaae:
-, ssieh Mr. Weed says he will let pass with
u. s,,.-. sstice; and mssifesss mach sorrow
- 49, 1.... he ever read or saS these arti-
49,. haze M, dcubt, bot am very much
-...-.,..d s,..a NJ. wood o.. not learn while
essj.x sSss 10 nshls fos his vanishe, 'ha' ''"'"
~ss sAsrpss Ass two edged sword. IL he "a'
~ isssssd sh.a enc little matter, the cause OF
III ~ grief would have been we'll u"der~tood.
Jwin here say 10 Ms. W. God, had lac been in
eIissi ss that kisd Of sorrow. which, iead~tl, a
guilty conscience 80 the bar Of repentance. and
bssa dapss~d 10 act any part of gentleman
after the election, he could have saved himself
ssnss labor aud much norti6catiou, d. tiuecx-
psa;tiss Of his c0rrupiions wounds tsis feelings
- intensely Is lac would fain make the public
tciisve.)
Mr.. Wood says, he finds base and false charg-
- sgainst him IN the com mn wscaiion OF July
9Th. that tho enemies Of Mr.. Pomeroy, &C.,
iquoting my Ianguage,j thereby admitting that
~ psf in circulation the report. and that he
- snemy TO M. Pomeroy. Now the admission
shss he 10 an enemy to Mr.. Poneroy takes from
81 saseston more than habits forcc for in courts
Of Justice enw.ity " always a strong circumstance
ssxisss The esedibility Of o witness.
Whss NJ. Wood was called upon by n good
and worthy citizen Of Greensboro Township, for
N explsnAtion in rela,iom 10 the charges he wins
making against Mr.. Pomeroy in regard to the
vslsatiou law, Mr.. Wood then said that il was
not the vaIuatiou law that Mr.. Pcme roy objected
%, bat that il was the exemption law, and l am
authorized TO say that what he then said was
false, and l believe Mr.. Wood knew il to he so,
and he well knew, that Mr. Pomeroy had said
no such things; yet one Of two alternatives pre-
sented ITSELF he must either confess the truth or
tell one wiIfuI faIsehood in order that he might
get out Of another, hence he chose the latter
Driven to the wall in this Effort, then like drown
ing man catching ut straws, he hurres 10 some
thing else, and what is ihati Tie says that Mr.
Pomeroy's acts give the lie 10 his declarations,
that hs - for those laws, in this, he says, Mr..
Pomeroy has taken his notss with Il condition
wuiving those Iaws.-Here Mr.. w God quotes the
Constitution and reasons very deep. that
feel csstain that NO man, unless he has spent
great portion Of his life in State house, will ev
q be able to unde rs,and its applicability or its
relevancy. In that very come xioD, Isaac should
have embraced this coUplet:
Y Large streams from little fountains flow,
GREAr MEN 70 make the laws n,nss go.
Nov, had Mr.. Wood, had our common ind
~ common sense, he would at once have con-
clsded. that II Mr.. Pomeroy's notes have this
conditlon waving these laws. that he, consulting
bis own interest, could not desire their repeal.
Al that I said in regard TO Mr.. w Gods voting
for lsw allowing persons to waive The valua-
eles md superintendent laws, which not strict
" true. was corrected in my reply to l.. and Mr.
Wood knew that tho correction made rs
pub lie ss the charge; yet he nsists on answering
that which he knows to be corrected, proving
iaconsessibly that he 10 gentleman.
After admitting that he had not during his
three years in the State Senate, originated or
supported (furtlses than his vote, any measure
HAT his friends could point TO with pride plea
ssse. he breaks out wiih TRADE Of abuse on me,
Asd tells me that il can reconcile my conscience
AS>eP what have written need not fear this
side Of tho grave.
- M. w ooj may rest assured that my conscience
odd judging from what he has said and done, he
may rect assured that his conscience will never
assub,e bin, even should he defraud the State
and Cesniy revenue.
After some grand Aourishes and displays Of
eloqasses, he says Mr.. Pomeroy became such
Sssd Liberty man, that in Greensfork and Wayne
Is.nsAiPs. the whigs and abolitionisis almost
~ msn snited en- him. For whom this was
w"tes. cannot tell; certainly not for the in
'ensgsSt cisisens Of old Randolph
Let facts shcy the truth Of this matter. IL
lsAs. M. Hill the Liberty candidate. (and resi-
Sent Of Wayne Township) received in that
township, ~ votes, the other liberty candidates
receiving bot Svetes each. In Greensboro Town.
sAiS. Mr.. Hill last year received 3 votes. This
Icyas. NJ. Swain. the liberty candidate, received
y Wsyss votes. and in Gsssn sfork g voses-
u West River Township THE residence Of Mr.
sssis, shs liberty vote last year was IL. this
year u wss 50 votes. How Mr.. Wood can make