Washington telegraph. [volume] (Washington, Ark.) 1839-1871, 1862-09-24


eviuued more zeal than I fgF tic cause Of
INV country. For four months ! labored
with every energy MY mind or ply steal
frane was capable Of enduring, aul time
Nv u again sank BY Gle Wy >idc from u eer
exhaustion; that spent several hundred
dollar. uf d n ,wn money not for buttons
liza lace. but frr tha good of those #irh
wi.nrn serEcd ana F-.u good Of my cuul-
TN. AK not one cent Nj TN did | ever
receive. w ID ever expect M receive in
return. lo rut a-h ii-ROuin nvl a.
1ept if THE question arises, what caused
my Withdrawal from fhe armyt VIZ was
simply this: hell civil ufhce-Juhge
Nj ;hc County aud Pronate Court NJ Hemp
stead county ard IA niy return home, on
a. tailed duty. to procure cluth'n- for our
men, petition was presented 20 me signed
hy,a lr4e number uf the citizens Of tie
county, 4any III them tile most sutstan-
tial men Uf the country, urging that twas
duty / owed To tile country. u resign my
position ID tile army, and discharge the
duties Of my Office N Judge Wilhg reat
reluctance, ard positively against my in
clinations, consent ll ID ID ~, and III
resign my position il The army, and have
continued to discharge my duties as
Judge. In the discharge II that duty,
have the consoliug ryfl .c, i'm, that through
MY energy and attention ~ business,
assisted by Competent a .ehts the
family Of every absent solder who il IN
\ INDECENT circumstances. in my conn VI, Ia
now Supplied with sugar, mplasses. salt,
NJ q rrh sra- -l. l.
b completed, 70 supply them with spun
thread, wool rolls AMI shoes | d. not
boast of these things | have simply
discharged duty owed 10 The country
and ID tile absent soldiers rab1-zre barring
their bU,ons I'd the bullets and baYouets
Of our enemies. 1 have DO coward fears
which drive me from the army. My in
clinatio1s from the beginning have been
To 20. The blood XII MY ancestry has
stained battle fields IA every war previous
I'd this in which our country has been en-
raged beginning with the revolution
Y Md ia fhis unhuiv crusade against our
rights and liberties, the blood Of some Of
nv nearest relations, has been spilled a. 4
sacrifice for liberty, justice and equal
rights
have hear! il suggested, that I wa.
possibly the candIlate uf clique whose
ideas were To revive old issues aud old
party lines, and that | was being made
The tool Of designing men to indirectly
foist upon the people doctrines to which
they were opposed, aud that perhaps /
was pledged directly IL doctrines looking
10 Capitalization and power To this
reply that, the charges are without foun-
datlon aud simply untrue Some Of my
i warmest friends aud those who first soic-
tied me ID become a candidate, were op-
posed To me under these old issues, in sen
riment. a. to Capitalization and increas-
Ell power IN the government, lam opposed
To il without reservation of any kind, be-
\ licving that the people are the source Of
all power and to them il belongs. The
Y Constitution Of the Confederate States az
we'll as that Of our own State, recognizes
and i organized and adopted upon tine
doctrine Of States rights. The whole
South, none to the contrary, has pro-
claimed fvr States rights, aud / accord,
without dissent, to the doctrine. i an
not the candidate Of any man Or party Of
zen My opinion i and has been that
party issues had been buried never to be
cxhumed, and that every man 10 the
South stool shoulder to shoulder in the
great struggle for liberty
These, felIoR-citizens, are my sentiments
opinions. There may be other minor
points which might be suggested, but the
length Of this address admDnishes me To
refrain from further comment | have no
concealments to make The people ara
entitled to full expression from candi-
dates for office, and [ give mine without
reserve. If upon fair and impartial
hearing the people decide that another
shall serve them, am cnHtent; bnt If
upon the contrary, a majority should DO
me the honor to support and elect me, I
pledge my every energy, physical sant
mental, to the best interests of my constir-
uency. Respectfully,
a. Il. WILLIAMS
1870