Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-22
Capt G. Y. Hebb's Card
To the People of LiEaeoin and TILES
Ed;,o1e of Fou,ti,siile Observer !:

W clAA GA INN w.
to appear ii your paper, over the
signature Of P. ". WALTON, and
If left unnoticed impressions may g
abroad to the effect that the aforesaid
\ Walton has been WI ongfully dealt
with l will give nay version of all
| the facts in the case, and request the
public to enquire Of the so-ealled
/ C0arention,as he terms 1.-THE names
of the persons consti tuting which,
have hereunto annex ed-and then
the truth will be got at.
First, there was no Convention; it
was only an agreeme ut between the
parties concerned. We pledged our
selves as gentlemen al I'D men of hon'
or, to abide by their decision whatev-
er that might be. q nder these Cir
icumstahces | am befbre the people
now-haying received a majority OF
all the Districts according to our a.
greement. The facts in regard to
this transaction | will give briefly
In the town of Pula4 HI, on the first
Monday in this month, DR.. WaztOa
made most scurrilouE attack on e.
.;.arc GILLESPIE. The Democracy Of
that Co unity seeing the improperly
of such course, aud fearing it would
end in stigma upon our party
called me down from the stand which
l occupied at the time, for the pur-
pose of trying to m Ike some ar
rangement to reduce thelnumber of
candidates to one; an q further, they
thought it probable that if the exis-
ting difficulty was permitted to con-
tinue, the whig candidate would be E.
lected. Under these circumstances
| Was wiling and Will out hesitatidnI
] proposed and stated, that whatever
agreement they would make | would
sign and give my asse nt to. GILES
pie and WQltou drew up til E agree
ment-they put down all thu names
not one did | pat down. Under
these circumstances, Dr.. Ealtoa
cones before the people crying out
FRAUD and swISDLING against him.
That no nora BE men, SONG of our
most worthy citi ems, would commit
such a foul Vrong against him. If
Gillespie or JKMloa was aggrieved
and either bat a right to speak out,
Gillespie is certainly the man, as lie
received the next highest vote
Wdioa RI ceiving oni;y ONE on the
second balloting. His com munica-
ton commences and ends III false
hood He affirmed all over Giles
County, that he had always adv6ed tied
a course of this sort, and he is now
The first to say he is opposed to it.
Do you all remember all Of ibis
speeches over the country, denod inc
ing Gillespie, BECAUSE he did not go
into ConVentio on; and low he says he
was opposed to that sort of thing E
How reasonable!
His ne xt objection is, that Col.
H3b6s made a motion, while the refe-
reds were7all together that the dele
pa ties should express he sentiments
Of the distri cts, which is another
falBehood-no such motion being
made. The next charge is that the
four thousand Democrats did not
know any thing about my political
opinions when | had expressed De
mocratic opinions on the stump twice
pver the County of Lincoln, and
once over the Countty of Giles in
every precinct in both Counties. 1t
appears to me that he is taken down
with the same complaint that afflicted
him so seriously during the canvass
Of 1919, when he was before the
people. The Wings were after him
then, and they are after him again
poor fellow | stated in speech /
made III Lylehburg, that | never
voted for q Wing for a political
office in my life, and that l had
never subscr bed to a Wing newspa-
per in my life, notwithstanding |
take three or four, with one
exception. have tn ought proper
to subscribe 10 one Of that faith in
the district ! am running in, which
he thinks is b great sin.
His secon ID charge is, that | have |
been making Wing speeches in Giles
County, accd riding to his opinion Of
} Wing speech, which constitute a
speech in fayo + Of peace and harmo-
ny in the country, in trying to heal
1issensions-that, he calls Wing. L
Am for the Compromise. He was
afflicted the same way, when he can