Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-05-27
y TO THE DEMOCRATIC AND ANTI
u KNOW NOTHING VOTERS nE m 1.

Third " ARD.-As MIR l. NJ Martin whom 70,
~ some al YOU nav" selected a. one of YOUR ra i
dat. I" tc voted tor at the approaching munirIpa
election has chosen 10 address you card. IN whicl
! understand nm to refer Ia and To miss stat Il con
N"rSauoH which lately passed between him and INV
seq, l. WIN no luminosity towards Mr.. Martin /,
SiatlIS; WIN 80 desire To deprive HIM of Il si1glt
v"t" which ANY one of YOU may choose t. WV. l;u
a with iit'ie time and sIii less inclination. 10 en-
tI"n o Truth. yet constrained Ia notice his can mi
10 asS n I"nJ attention ~ to m, reply thereto;
2a"Ied. As he has said, by 4 friend, called AZ INV
pace OF business and whilst there, in the presence
al that friend. and IN the presence also OF an"thU,
person, WHO happened to b. accidentally present a
conversations differing from his version of ensmei
bslween NJ. Martin a%d my self. 10 the following
effect: Tie commenced the conversation by sayiug
in substance, that he had been informed thai had
ehars'ri hun with hat ing been a member of In .
attended the meetings of that party and that he de
Sirth 10 hear iiom me whether had so charged.
Ter Of that party. and that HAD seen mn az ONE, ,r
more OF IT'S meetings. and believing that he would
making direct reply to wha. he had SAID, a ked
ili II he meant To deny that he had belonged To- thn
hh4W Nothing party ard had attended its needing ,
mahe such DENIAL Whereupnn, offered To bet him
lliat he had attended one or more of the nseiI,,s
Ield 10y the Know Nothing party ia this city but he
uTc,h the R1t saying that he was not in the habit
OF bcIthg. lie Insisted, however, that | must he
en-, and suggested that as we both hainnsed
70 thr order of Odd Fellows, and that as had seen
MN IN the meetings "f the latter fraternity, INV
memory Lad probably confOunded these mattin1s
MMith, anu mistaken them for those held hy m a
hhn~ Nothing party; but as could not admit the
Truth or even probability Of his Suggestion. re-
Plled ia substance, that my memory istingui h IA
accurately hetwcrn the meetings of the tw, nrderS
ann Ici no rooin tOr mIStake ia thu, matter He III
aesIreh t know IN what place ! had seen him at
iiihuIilS ihr.lihs 81 the Know Nothing party and
ttpIitu thht had seen him on such az ucc, sina
either in ThnTns Building or in T,ruDerauce IIait
~ ihls Guy. w hHreupOu lac declared thai no LaI
never at any tlmc, ar on any occasion I,.,u I'm
horns hutidthg, bat GdMIii'd that our, nm com.
pany with "a friend, Who Is sInco decreased d.. ia
been III Temperance Hail at "a meeting of the Il nv,
Nothing party. hut added. that lIe went There an,
'hdi occasion moi as q member al that party.
THIS Is substantially all that passed Ietyeon Mr.
lhriih anu nav sell. tn The conversation To which 4
have relrrr"l. go lar aS the now remembered
N me- u ~ due I" HIM, however. that should add
it during that conversation, and from the beg IN
ming t6 The cHd al Il, his b-aTIHg was becuuI1yIx
lr"or"tis aud that hS language was inoiISIye and
re- l AT "oarS''ness; nd tIcrvloH that his Card
woes MIN injustice where ii apparantl, makes hin,
h'. ne pT"n"unceti any portion of my statement io
- JHtSs.' lie applied. IN hearing uo surL
pu.hSlEr eplth"t u anything LA SlIi Int CON
In, ,I'S'!i Win aSsiiTns me, pOiIt-iy enough,
!, Mihy whom ! now address doubtless already
how, s u az Gan easily icarn how Watchfully ami
~ = ,a,t IN" American party, when budding
~ a nss NJ Temperance Hail, guarded It's doors
nured NOT a. ti oSinI and to keep out all who be-
" M !" ih' party; aud Il NAV therctorr b,. nor
up nat "I curious Inaury IA IN some os = +.
c"htSs, WIN me, tn learn how Mr. Matt" -
Icc6 diHS 20 ms Cdrd was never inItiataJ ~, t ~,
N ao, y mPathizei acted with il
,2sIon, tn escape the lynx ey ed vig,i.,,i &c
horkeePeT, ann 10 pass unqueStIone into n ,oorat
meeting held by those with whom no had n 1891
'llowshlp nor sympathy. "'''"'i
maH-t WILLIAM LORD,