Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-07-29
Another Letter From Captain HEREFORD
Correspondence of the Times.
PHEASANT RIDGE, July 20, 1855.

PHEASANT RIDGE, July 70, 1899.
Mn. GRrEx:-I notice in the Bruins.
) wicker of the 2lst instant, that The editor
thereof has given up, by his silence, every
point at issue between us. l have ham.
pered him at every point SO completely. that
be dare not contradict one single position
that |, from the start, proposed proving
Has be attempted 10 prove, or even deny,
. that the party that pulled Judge Salisbury
of put Judge Shannon on? or has he de-
MED that Judge Shannon was the candidate
Of the Know Nothings and Railroad meb?
Nor has he, in one single instance, proved
that the nomination Of R. Moore was not
regular and Democratic; nor can he deny
that due notice of the time and place Of the
convention was given. No, sir, the editor
Of the Brunswicker, and the faction Of dis
organizers with which he is acting, have
found, too late, that they are sold; and right
clad would that Editor now be, If he only
could get position with the Democracy. l
can inform him they are cleaner without
hun, having dispensed both with bis counsel
and service. He, however, like whipped
puppy, thinks by attacking my private
character, 10 at least maintain coste. l
should imagine, after trying the experiment,
in 1854, that any ordinary man, not toot,
would been convinced; for the Democracy,
as one man, triumphantly elected me their
Representatives, all the charges and knave-
ry of the Wing party, together with the
Editor of the Bfunswicker, to assist them.
In reply TO my interrogatory as 10 what
party that Editor belonged previous 10 his
becoming the Editor OF the Brunswicker,
he whiningly replies, "we must say ue
,rere Democrat, haUing nsrcr rOied nth
any other party. ercrpt on the occasion that
IRE refused 10 rote for him, uiM the charge Of
his hauing plead infancy" What mis-
cradle Liar, for ont Of his own mouth, less
than four weeks since, he confessed TO the
Hon. James A. Clark, in the presence Of
James Page, that lie voted for Lindley,
Moberly and Bell, in 1854. Now, sir, Tor
such whining sycophant 10 profess 10 be
Democrat, aud the embodiment Of Demo-
cratic principles, and thus stulti'y himself,
is simply 10 place himself beneath the dig
nifty OF gentlemen.
classed that Editor, some time since, as
vol in sleeps clothing; and now, that
have pulled the wool of, il the wolf is not
visible, then / OH deceived: hence, be
should be awarded the honorable cognomen
OF WOLF MUssER.
! nov propose 10 pay my re-pecis 10 The
personal compliment paid me by the Editor,
In relation 10 my having plead Infancy"
which plea he used as an excuse for
acting with the Wing party in 1884. l
confess that was ignorant that such all
individual had exislance as X. II. Musser
within the county OF Charlton, but as he
con.esses he did, he must have known that
the charge then made, was utterly false,
and so proven 10 be, hot only BY the record
! jaryman, then residing within the county Of
ChariIon; and chance 20 have at hand
copy of the record, and all the papers,
among others, certificate Of John I.
D0xey, who was a juryman in the case,
who asserts over his own signature, that
the charge made was utterly false (aud
Mr.. d. Is not man 10 stulIy himself Ike
the Editor Of the Brunswicker) nay, fur
ther, Mr.. P. T. Able, attorney for plaintiff
took a non-suit, as the record proves, in
tending 10 renew the same at the next term
OF ;he Courr; yet a short time afterwards
o. S. Lyford, who owed the debt, paid il;
hence there was no necessity Tor plea OF
any sort. No, sir, you knew then, as now,
that the charge was false; Whig lie got
ten up TO defeat my election, and nothing
else; and, sir, your actions now accord well
with your actions then; you tried 10 defeat
the Democratic party then by your vote,
which you had right 10 do as Wing
Not succeeding, you now attempt 10 defeat
the same party by acting the part Of Judas
and if YOU will follow in the footsteps Of
your illustrious patron, / doubt whether
your corrupt carcass would either tempt
the fastidious taste OF buzzard or blow
fly. Or, if you choose 10 live, you will
have the proud satisfaction Of knowing, that
you will he Stunned by the Democratic
parry, as they would SHIN a Leeper. Sir,
could any decent man ask Office under one,
whom he had striven 10 defeat and defame
by attacking his private character, and then
go further and intimate, that | would be a
fit subject for Bob Stewards Executive
clemency Gas he is pleased TO term the Gov
ernor of Missouri) had other charges been
equally well attested? Sir, man that l
had such utter contempt for. as the Editor
would seem TO have had for me and my
character, before would have stopped so
low as TO become the pandering sycopbant
and craven puppy, and ask an individual
like him for an appointment to office, as he
did me, in his appointment of Judge Of the
Brunswick Court OF Common Pleas, would
have starred before tasting the flesh pots Of
Egypt, under such circumstances. leave
the falsifer, slanderer and sycophant to
weller in his own infamy.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM HEREFORD.