The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-10-31

- party III my utShlC
composed Of four counties, held conven
ton to nominate some one to be supported
by the party for Congress. Although i
was believed that the district was democrat
ic. yet it had been represented in Congress
the four preceding Years by a whig. L
was further believed that the defeat of th,
party had been entirely owing to the rival
ry existing between the different counties
each county preferring its own man, and
being unwilling to supporta candidate from
any other. This was the state of thing.
when the Convention met in July, 1852
: | attended that convention, not as a candi
date, for had utterly refused to be one
but for the sole purpose of reconciling the
difficulties between the different counties. =
With that view. procured resolution to
be offered, that each county in the district
should have but single turn, until all the
counties had had chance. I advocated
this resolution, and il passed, and the dele.
gates from the different counties we're
pledged to its support. Col. Walton, my
friend, was then nominated, but in about
ten days died. The same convention was
then reassembled, and was nominated. |
alluded to the alb I'VE resolution, and the a.
gency had in its passage, and stated that
l should adhere 10 it in good faith, and that
under no circumstances would | be a can.
didate for re election. In the spring OF
1854, after had voted for the Nebraska
bill, Ireceived letter from some friends
in an adjoining county, desiring to know il
l would consent to become candidate for
reelection. In reply, I again referred tc
the above resolution, and the agency | had
in procuring its passage, and informed them
that had not the slightest wish to become
a candidate, but if | had, honor would ut
terly forbid it. This correspondence was
published in several papers at the time; SO
that you will see that not only was not a
candidate in 1854. but two ye rs before
had publicly declared that | would not be
The allegation, therefore, that / was defeat
ed by 5000 votes in seeking a re election i:
wholly untrue.
Having disposed Of this matter, and while
have your paper before me, will notice
another falsehood in it in reference to nv.
self entirely acquit yopof originating
this story. All the complaint I have tc
make against youis that it seems to give
you exquisite pleasure to publish the arti.
Gle from the Rock Island Advertiser, and to
, endorse the editor as having formerly lived
! in Ohio, and "knew me like a book" A.
you do not give the name of the editor O
the editor of the Advertiser, | cannot say
whether ever had the honor of his ac
quaintance OF not. If he really is from O,
hio, consider that as making out prima
face case for him, and were | fully satiyf, 4
you were not mistaken on this point,
should be disposed to construe his article a.
an innocent attempt to say something in hi:
paper for the amusement of his readers
without having any particular malice a
gainst me. He has probably seen, not the
same thing, but something of similar ma
tute in some Of the eastern papers. in which
the editors appear to be ambitious to make
the world believe they are profoundly yer.
sed in all that belongs TO Diplomatic matters
But to come to the charge made by this
quomdan Ohio gentleman against me and
which you have endorsed with such appar
ent satisfaction and honored with a place
in your paper, directly by the side of my
supposed Westport speech giving mutua
Importance to each other by their juxtapo.
sition. The substance of the charge is,
that when | went ont as Minister to Mexi-
co, l "bore in my instructions three differ
ent forms of treaty, one OF which was pre-.
ferred as first best BY our govern nent, one
as second best, and one as ihird best, The
first best form | was to propose first, and il
Mexico would by no means accede to that
was TO offer the third as last comprom
Use, rather than war" what was to be
Done with the second?] After stating some
unimportant matters the article goes on to
say; Il had all three forms of treaty was
instructed to propose, published in the Mex
lean papers at once. OF course my mis-
sion was failure" Now, this is an en-.
tire fabrication from beginning to nd;lbere
is not one word Of truth in it. l never re.
ceived any slch instructions as those SUP
posed. and never published. or caused to
be published, a line ofany kind In Mexi
can paper, at any timcs No human being,
except the secretary1oi Legation, ever saw
any instructions | ever received from my
government while at the Mexican court, nm
I'll after they had been called for by Con,
gress and thus made public. i am not a.
ware that any Instructions that / ever did
receive from my government have been
called for BY Congress and made public.
except instructions sent to me some months
after my arrival in Mexico, ia relation to
the right Of that government to invade Tex
as, and keep up continued state of fhostili,
ties. AS the Instructions sent to me on
that occasion, together with the protes. Of
our government based thereon have haar