Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-05-18
Reply to Pennington.

In the Traveller of the 18th inst, we find the following reply to the card of Hon. A. A. Pen nington, which we published last week, and request that it be published in the True Demo- crat, which request we cheerfully comply with: "It will be remembered, that we have time and again offered the use of the "Traveler'' to aU candidates free cf charge for communica- tions; and that last week we gave the reasons why MT. P. would not accept of our offer. As he has chosen paper outside of the district to "aid'' him in defeating ns, we are resolved to publish entire every article that he publishes Tn that paper, and aid him all we can in "procur- ing aid from without the distrct'' We hope our readers will stop here, and look at and read Pennington's letter again, before they read any further of our remarks on it, We want them to understand it we'll He says that "anticipate" that some per son out of the district will oppose me. No sir, do not, and did not anticipate any such thing l stated the fact that I had been opposition. That friend of yours came to my Will you, Mr. Pennington, deny this? When l mentioned in the paper, that had heard such a report, did not state all that that friend of
 
 that this Hampstead county man said must be beat for the Senate, if he had to leave home, and take the stump against me, your friend went on to say, that the Hampstead county man "owned great deal of land in Pike county, and that a great many poor people lived on 1t, and that he had d great influence with them; and that his influence would be used with them against" me. Will you, Mr. Pen nington, deny this?
 You wish, Mr. Pennington, in the above let ter, to convey the impression that fr5rtcatel the tale for all eectioneering scheme and say " If this Is not mere elecuoneering on the part of MT. $. to catch votes I will state, that by my consent he shall not have any such op- postion.' l suppose, then, had 1t been a mere eectloneerng" on my part you would have produced aid from without the district" II this Is not the literal meaning of your lan- guaIe then do not know what the meaning of words $. But sir you knew that did not fabricate the tale You knew that your friend had stated these facts at my office. Why did you not in your letter to Mir Johnson. say that your friend was not authorized tO make any such statement? Why did You not lay the blame on him, and noc try to produce the in- preston that had nsanutqcturet the tale? Ohi mad you doae thiS you would not have injured me with the people. had supposed, MT. Pen ] nuigtoa, that you would not stOOp u create q false impression araust me-I certainly will not agalusr you. say again, and you will not deny t, that you knew my author for saving that was threatened with opposition from without-for had told you myself Tn person, and gave yOu the name of my author-vour friend. Will you deny this? Will you deny that your friend said so? And yet you wish to produce impression that l fabricated the whole tae
 If you deny that your friend stated these things l am prepared to prove it, and will give names. Now let me ask you. Mr. Pennington, how dii your friend k11oU the things stated at my office? l am satisfied that the gentleman he named as promising to come from Hemp stead to Pike county to defeat me, never told him word of the kind Who then told him abou: this Hampstead county man? And don't you remember what told you I heard that yourself had said about this very matter Ter bum .Sap.
 l am now satisfied Mr. Pennington. that this Hempsteai county man never said any thing of the kind to any one. I have this from th. very best of authority. Look out Mr. Pen uinston, that you don't find yourself in the fix of the chap the poet spaks of when he said:
 He diered q pit,
 He digged it deep.
 lle ligged 1t for his byotIer,
 And by that sin
 He did fall in
 The pi; he diryed for another"
 shall wait reasonable time for you to deny or admit that your friend made this state- ment, and if you should deny it, will produce the names. Yours, etc.,
 $. NJ. SCOTT.p