The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-06-22


his master ways of doing things "up brown,
and oblige,
Truly, your friend. DC,
GEO. W. MAYO.
LoUDoS, Tenn, June 10th, 1855.
TO Wessrs. CrdndaU d. Cooper, Editors, Sc.,
Chattanooga Adyertiser-G entlemen: In your
paper of date 18th inst, now before me, find
nm article relative to myself which l pro.
nounce to he false in almost every particular
and it must be evident that you were not
prompted by honorable motives in making
such an attack upon ine. 1t is but recently
that you came amongst us and 1t is not rea-
sonable to suppose that you are sufficiently
versed in the history, political, of long by
gone days, here in this section so as to justi-
fy you in speaking in such very kno,cing terms
as in my case. IL is evident that your object
was effect. regardless of truth and honor
You say that ] was the Wing candidate in
1888, and that wrote a circular very abu-
sive Of the Democratic party. This is false
for there is not to be found one word of abuse
Of the Democratic party therein, from begin
ming to end; and whether was the Wing
candidate or not, should rather be considers
ed as q matter Of adjourned guest 6nruRi1l
Wings were at that time for Henry CfSy
l was against him-sad so in my circular ol
1889, aud thus talked oil through the can.
vass also, there were two Whh S, out and
out Clay men, running for the same Office and
against me. The Democratic party and my
self never did differ upon any of the cardinal
principles of Democracy, unless you would
like to make Mr.. Van Buren, a cardinal prin-
csRe Of Democracy did not give my vote
to the distinguished magician of Undertook.
voted for Zip and Ty,' and feel proud of
myself on account thereof to this good day;
and the action of the called Extra Session,
convened by the President, operated in the
shapeing of my course thereafter. The
votes that gave in 1910 and lS4l were in
exact agreement with my publicly expressed
determinations throughout my canvass of '39,
and any man uttering a syllable to the con.
trary utters wilful and malicious falsehood;
and it was on account thereof Chat is, my
publicly expressed views,) and of the conf
dence reposed that more than three hundred
OF the very best and respectable portion of
the Democrats of McMinn county gave me
their support against their regular candidate
in the year lS3y-such as Mr. John rawford,
Hiram Worley, Moses Cunningham, William
III. Cooke, and others of equal merit, all of
whom are well known to the public. 1t was
impossible for me to have done justice to truth
and correct principle by acting otherwise
than did. This is an old and stale Wing
6SuiHsJ WHICH i WIS July ana Jrl-
umphaDtly sustained by the noble Democracy
Of McMnn, and remained as ''dead Laj,.n,'
until resuscitated few years since by one of
the greatest living men of the present age of
the world-that is. in his ogn estinati0n-
The wise and initiated will understand who
is alluded to. You again say, that since the
year lSf7 l have not been considered as
worthy of the confidence of the party. The
truth of history brands you with liar in this
matter. In the year ls4S was the regular
nominee of the Democratic party for County
Court Clerk of McMinn, having received 70
votes in the Convention more than both my
opponents, there being three aspirants in said
Convention-near one thousand votes were
polled, and at the regular March election
received majority of $40 votes, more than
doubling the usual Democratic maiorities,
over the regular candidate of the Wing party,
and who was as good and true Wing himself
as the county could boast. You have fur
ther stated that I have caused more trouble
and difficulty in the Democratic party of Me-
MINI county than that of any ten Wings
therein. Now, the truth or falsity of this
charge will depend upon what constitutes the
Democratic party of said county. Whenever
it SO happened that two or more Democrats
opposed each other, which was matter Of
frequent occurrence, the Democrat that
e"PPo'eSU oNuo opPohShD ih ehao SouHby
in every single instance save one, during
period of near fifteen years Should you
make the minority to constitute the Demo-
cratic party Of McMinn, then you have spoken
truth for once, for will frankly state that /
not only caused trouble aud difficulty but dis
may throughout the ranks of the minority
Democratic party Of Mc.Hinn, visible traces of
which are to be seen to this good day-and it
10 to the defeated portion of that party
(Democratic) that you are indebted for the
valuable information given to the world Of
me in that particular. But should it take
majority to constitute the Democratic party
of McMinn, then in that case you are guilty
of stating another base and wilful falsehood.
Because your every motive prompting TO ac-
tion in this whole matter is full of loo dOpn
mednness Ye filthy scavengers, you will
find in the end in this, your attack upon me,
that You travelled a long way to get into the
wrong road to honorable fame as public Jour
nalists. So far as my public and private &c
lions are concerned about which the public
should feel any interest, to have brought to
light, l am entirely at your defiance. My
actions have oil been taken and performed in
the light; there is no skulking and hiding up
about me. In the years 1924, '2S and 49,, /
voted for Gen. Andrew jackson for the Presi-
dency In 1886 voted for Hugh l.. White
against Martin Van Buren,; 1910 for Harrison
and against your "Rinderhook" magician;
1874 for James X. Polk; lS4S voted for Gen.
Cass, and in 1852 for Mr.. Pierce. Now, my
dear sirs, do pray be so good as to tell me
what more could any decent Democrat have
done. You laud Mr. Wise to the very skies
as being n good Democrat-he voted for Gen.
Harrison in 1910. Your rules must work both
ways or they will not do to rely upon in
sOiving questions Of such powerful magnitude.
You and others are only getting HHte grain
jealous of me on account of certain indica.
tions favorable to ''Sam." ] tell You in plain
English that love SAM" and | don't care
IL all creation, land the balance of mankind"
knows it; and | am for him, and have been
for Samuel" for the past fifteen years-and
have never seen Sam to this good day either.
To be more explicit am for the American
platform-Americans should rule America
'let none but Americans be placed upon guard
tonight" was the watchword of the great
Washington just upon the eve of an impor-
tant battle with the foreign enemy. Wash
ington was far seeing and lie beheld the turn
ing point. The battle was fought and won
and with that victory came peace. just SO
in the affairs Of this Government. A great
crisis is upon ns-we are now upon the eve
of great turning point unless speedily ar
rested General ''oam" has given out the
command: "IIet none but Americans be placed
upon guard" and our word for it, II that
voice should be needed, all will be clear
alike, East, West, North and South all will
be equally lighted up. and look the same,
knowing no south, no North, no East, no
West. The body polite has become corrupt,
and needs interchangeable augean stable must