The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-01-08

saying WAS Ihisei ion called upon Il
make . statement of facts. That yor
then said that "nO sub impression
tOa' intended to Cs conveyed by you Ma
Tie true meaning Of your oath rras that III,
report ,Oas not fill that much of wha
DR.. Olds did say in his Berne TownshiE
speech wd' omitted in report tint Imigh
Very weH c6Frm that 'Chat I reported d.
'Olds as saying he did say. THAT l
NIGHT HAVE SWORN TO IT, AND SWORN
TkUTHFULlY. and we. your nfIidavi, be
true. You remember you justified the
conclusion upon tie theory that the true
meaning Of your AFFIDAVIT was that nv
report gave neither the Language moi
substance" Of the Doctors speech .IS
FULL II remarkinS at the same time
that | had noticed this conscience saver
stick into de body Of your oath. That l
hal not and should not charge You with
intentional false swearing and that | had
10 my article stated simply that you ad
mitted 10 me that "whal had reported
tho Doctor As saying he did say. but tn at
the r-po't was not fall " ou certainly
will not gainsay The truthfnlness Of what
| here state, II you do. the strong right
arm Of infinite justice ought to smite you
TO tho earth. a do solrmnly call upon
il 10 smilc ME if wha, | have stated bo
not true.
Still further, 10 corruborale my
sis'rment by circumstances. and still
further 10 refresh your recollection, you
remember ilnt 10 this sams conversation,
you tolJ me that, " CHARLES ROLAND WAS
Nor IN THE School House DURING A
GREATER RTIoN oF TUE TINE QLDs WAS
sPEAGN0, AND THAT YOU HAD SEEN
HIN AT HIS BUGGY TAKING A DRINK DU
RING THE PROGRESS OF TIE SPEECH.
AlIerward you rsnem5 we came IN to
my Office. when in ths presence Of nv
brother Tom. We had some further con
vcrsaI'oa IN refereuos 10 the r, port. in
which you affirmed that a certaia lhiag
said by the Dr.. qualifying one Of Ais
most objectionable remarks was omitted
whersupor | sent Tom Tor tho Gaz.tte
files containing the reported speech which
whsn produced contained the vsry quaI
ifcaIion feired to by you. No where
in either Of these conversations did YOU
deny the correctness Of my report SO far
ss il went, but on the contrary your
whole claim was that the report omitted
orrain qualifying phrases which af
6rmsd made the speech worse and whicl.
you did not then dony.
tom cLARKEs CERTIFICATE
l certify that SO much OF the above as
is r-ported as taking place in my presence
dd take place ns above stated. further
certify that as Mr.. Slough was leaving
the Office he said that "doached portions
OF the speech were correct. omilllne the
qualifying phrases THo'. L CLARKE.
Now sir, | appeal to you to know il
this the las. conversation we ever had,
aud the last We ever shall have, | hope,
dors not establish, BY your own words.
oil ever claimed Of my report. You
meant noIling by saying that 81 might
have sworn To the correctness of my re.
port and sworn ,ruthfully." unless you
mcant to reafiirm its Irulhfulness
You m'ant nothing when you said "lhe
lrne meaning Of your oath was that the
report contained neither the language or
substance Of the Dr.'s speech "n fuH,"
unless you meant To justly ms aud up.
pohgiss for yourself. ..n
Brcause OF this apology, and because
Of tie friendly and intimate Relations that
had existed between us, | m de my state.
nlent in the mildeSl form possible actu-
ally aPologizing for you aud giving it as
my opinion that. although the "imples.
sion drawn from your affidavit was false.
| did NOT believe it was either intention
ally VI corrup'ly So" Whereas should
have crushed you as wipe beneath my
heel; should have barred your blacknsss
OF heart TO the public gaze. tha, you
might forever be despised as man ut.
tOrly destitute Of moral principle
prompted only by seIf,h aud depravod
ambilion-willng and ready basoly to
betry your hest friend when tina, betray
Al would promote your mrudaoious euds.
AS for my former kindpess YOU repaid me
By A yillSinous attempt 10 strike me down
40 discs, dit me So for my iorbearanoo
and clsmancy in defending mys II against
your iusidious assault, you bascly. falsely
aud mNliciously t,stuoed aud viIided me
before the public.
And now to the moro direct issue be-.
tween us. | except that rendered by
yourself. Either Won Intentionally lied
when you 'dmit,ed the correclnC" Of