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Letter Of Judge Morrow, Of Missouri, to
e NsfSTfIOS. Fl. BENTON.

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letter Of Judge Morrow, Of Missouri, to
40 aflOs. Fl. BENTON.
My fSrhearance 10 notice your coarse, ma
licious and scanaalors attack upon my repua.
lion as a a,aa, a,,s as apsosfi.er, has ceased to
he asyirtie.ss 1hry yrnt,,ive and design Of these.
,,npsoroked Attacks 'rea,ained a mystery until
they TAXED ouf fSrst through ihe columns of the
Jefssrson Inquire, and Afterwards through your
speech, al aLcsili gtpn. s yanr natve and
design lEwill speak more A Ia large afTer have
shown your entire recklassaess Of trath in your
assumption and dssiNementof facts as rrrtext
for yair flemish assaults. Before. do this,
however, L will remind yon and the people that
yoi are, doing an this behind ny back, and
without giving me any notice Of your intention
To do .o--and that you seam to, have forgotten
You boast that lyon never hiring the names OF
pentlemen before the public in their absence.
Your vaunted magnanmity towards General
Kearney, in sending notice to him through
Mai. Graham when about to aHict the Senate
in secret session, and The country afterwards ny
its publication, with your elaborate thirteen
DAYS ianpoonspon that distinguished and gal.
Lam ofkcer->yo your elaborate excuses for assail-
nesfAss aRhnrr IN your speech at the Capitol
.-.and1 snSf boast al Lexington that you had
given s Jsdge Napton chance to speak before
he was condemned" :Anthis you seem to
have foraoitensin my case, which shows that
yous usa snanimity is that, Of a braggart-pre-
tended. Yor fFact, and not fromthe heart.
l.. ta your g glasgow speech yon denounced me
asa disunienist nIili6er-a protestor aga inst
,he .iasce bin andsa scribe and correspondent,
of John ~ Cslhoan.'',r As you had not tn"
magnanimity to give me notice Of your intend.
ed assault, and as you failed to make It in your
Jefferson ciiy, speech when you saw me face TO
face Mithin zen feet Of yon, will give you the
authority by which speak as 60 along.
What repeateda as having heen said by you al
Glasrow, is contaided in letter from gen.
slemaf If urdoubfed veracity who heard you.
You Also said in Jour Glasgow speech that
YOU had a rcmiiniscence, thatis q remembrance,
Yyour own definition, I" that when Gen. Jack.
sonsisled bis, proclamation In 1892, aganst the
South Carolina nnlii6ers, there was counter
proclamation issued here in Howard county.
and shat Naption and Morrow were two of the
individuals who signed, the document This
. Is upon The authority ofthe- -whig correspondent
Of the Missouri Statesman. TO whom it seems
you promised a copy Of your Glasgow speech,
made out by yourself ls;aig{
You likewise said al Glasgow, " the real CO.
;pyists re the resolutions of. instruction from
which you have appealed] are Judges Napton
. and Morrow.R sThis is upon authority Of The
Glasgow Weekly Times a1s's.
81 gInsyaur Lexington speech, prepared for the
press by Yourself yoh say, )" Morrow and Nap.
ION we're brother Judges, and one was good
againstihe other. They were brother nuifi'
ers; and 4hatsmades them fellow tfeelcrs on !kc
suhjec,s They had both signed against Jack
SON. a,ssand therefore were very proper to sign
against Benton: They had sopped together in
the old dish Of notification in 1882; and there.
fore, were very ftsto be concerned together in
cooking new dish Of the same hash in ls4s."
Z Now. Sir. IL beg permission to say, in the
mildest language can command, that there is
not one word Of truth in any thing you have
uttered about me.5 ALI the statements from
your mouth, quoted by me In this letter, are
false<-false in the gross, and in de;ail-and |
'defs yo1 10 the proof.
9gsI am no disunionist now, and never was--l
an, no naiier now, and never was-l never
protested againstahe force bill am no scribe
and correspondent tof: :Mr. Calhoun--never hav.
ing Written line for or to him, or received one
. fsom! him, either directly or indirectly, in the
7wbnles course ofmy life. -
~ Oh state, Sir, tbatyou have "reminiscences,
a remembrance, that signed counter proca.
nation 10 Gen. Jacksou's in 1882. must he
allowed ito say in reply. that you have no such
res,i;ajsccnce at all. No such thing ever hap
pened, and therefore you carnnt remember II.
Eucver iouched the soil of Missouri until Oc-
tSber; 1888, months after the issuance OF Gen.
E sJackspns proclamaiion--,he passage Of the
force bin, and ihp compromise act which settledl
the Modification controversy. -'fa.s
81 had fnothing to do with the resolutions OF
sinsts0ction from, which you have appealed. |
never :eonsulted any body about them, and nev.
er was consulted by any body about them. l.
never beard Of them until they we're introduced
into The Senate. and never saw wthem until they
were imprint. do not mention these facts to
excuse any apprehendcd odium That may be at
tached'to their authorship, for on the contrary,
regret that I had not then the sagacity to sec
your procliyity for free.soism, and the neccs-
sity fofinst such instructions to keep you ont of
the. arms of Abolilionism; but make the con.
tradiction mto vindicate the truth of history"
and 90 show The unscrupulnusuess wi,h which
you make statements altogether unfounded IN
fact. Il. -
Your assertion tbatI am a disunionist, or, in
other words, thatd harbor in my bosom trai.
forous ieeling towards the union of these States,
Is a caIurnuy, and you are libelIer. Yon must
prodJce yonr proof or carry the brand of the
calumniaior upon 5yonri forehead as long as you
live. Itis in vain for you, or your Partizans.
to attempt to shield you from your responsible.
ty upon The plea Of age and Senatorial dignity.
You are the sassailant-yon have made the
charge, aud must prove it, or swallow the false