The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-08
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STATEMENT OF CAPT. JOSH cLARkE.

STATEMENT OF CAPT. JOSH CLARKE.
Before publishing Dr. Old's Bsrus
Up speech, my son Bob lead his report OF
it to Me 10 his Office. and in Mr. Slough's
pIesAncs and hesring. told him to be
cautious and publish just what tho Doc
tor said and no more tor the truth
was bad enough. lie replied "hs had
been cautious, and tie report ,oas correct -
| then appealed to Mr.. Slough TO knoU If
The report ,Oas true. Mr.. Slough answered
my ihterroga'ory in the following words !:
HE LANGUAGE IN THE REPlPr WAS USED
BY Dir OLDs, but the speech is gsrbled--
not giving the qualifications BUT IS AS
FAIR A REPORT AS ONE OPPONENT WOULD
MAKE OF ANornER's SPEECH"
JOSH CLARKE.
am glad sir you give my father so
high reputation for "veracity and ster
ling integrity" / am glad You have made
him your own witness. and are thus estop.
ed from sainsaying his statement. What
do you say to itas it appears over his
own siguiture? You are here proven by
witness for whose veracity and stern
Integrity" you sly "the world will vonch"
not merely to have admitted the subs,an.
Il'l correctness Of what | ported the
Doctor rs saying, but that in my report /
used the VERY LANGUAGE usei By tile Doc.
tor mhis Bsrne TOwnship speech. This
Settl:s the question between us and con.
vicIs you, GIst, of having admitted the
correctness Of the report, and secondly,
Of "sithcr Intentionally Icing wh.n you
acknowledged the correctness Of the re.
port to me, or Of maliciously and corruptly
swearing f'lsrIy whan you made the II
tidavit." If my report was false why did
you not so state in answer TO Captain
Cl"rke's direct question, il the report
trur?' and if it WAS a4 you have eipc,
sworn a "gross pervorsiun, giving neither
language nor substance. Why did you
then say that "the language in the
report WAS used BY Doctor Olds," and
tho report twas as fair a report as one
opponent would make Of auo!hers speech"
Your sIatemen! that the report wac
"gaTbled" does not in the least efectthe
main admission. If any part Of The
speech was omitted which | have at all
times conceded. thea, Of courss it was
"g"blei-becauso 10 "garbe" is to
SEPARATE" to "srlect out" aud in this
sense, aud In this alone. my report was a
"garbled" oue--that is | "selected" from
Doctors speech tho mos, Objectionable
matter and published 1t, not omiuug,
however, any qualification that would
effect or change the sAnss of what | did
report. Nor does your further s.atrmenl
that the report Va, as fair a report as one
opponent would make of fsno her g speech,
have any other effect han that of corrob.
Grating me. "Opponsnts" who are gen
tlemen--who have the slightes, self re
"Pect. or The smallest degree of moral
honesty, are not disposed to falsity iu so
grave matter at least, the position of
those to whom they stand opposed. A
man. however. like yourself, utterly cor
rupt iu principle, wholly lost to self
respCc'. shameless aud dcpravsd. might
do so. ..... .'.... ... .....
erArEhEEr OF ISAAC L. KooSrs--srArEMEY
TO MR, SLOUGH,
III think il was on the next Saturday
after the publication OF Dr.. O!ds Berue
Township speech that l went int, Mr.
Clarke's office and inquired Of Mr. Clarke
what evidence he had Of tho truthfulness
OF the speech ss pub in the Gazette.
Mr. Clarke replied that he. in company
with several olhers--,ll good Union men
went down 10 take notes and pu lsh
the speech /; and that preuious to It's publ.
cation he had submitted the manuscript 10
friend Slough 'Oho ADMITTED Irs CORRECT.
NESS Slough then remarked "u is correct
sOJar as Il goes, but Msreport is no! faa."
| certify the above 10 DO . correct copy
|. E. KOONTZ.
p. S. My impression is that John B.
McNol' was present at Inc time,
This stntemenl needs no comment. 1t
tells it own story. add to its telling
effect simply this That the statement
was furnished to you at your special re-
quos', aud that you meanly suppressed
publishing lie On Mr. Koouts in ils
stead.
sTATEMENT OF JOHN II WRIGHT.
Alter Mr.. Clarke hat written out his
report OF Do tor Odds Berne township
speech, and after the Same was in type,
Fall Slough came into the q zeuo Office
for the purpose orrsading and correcting
the proof oil his own spe-ch made at the
same time, Ioskedhim If The report of Dr..
Olds speech Vas cor sci. whea he Sieugh
repiicd hot "Ir WAS" What Slough re-
ports mo in the E,gle of January ls,., as
saying Is FALSE. JOHN IL. WRIGHT.
Here again sir you are proven 10 have
ad njtted the cIrrectness Of my report.
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