Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1863-11-07

We say this III friendly spirit, Mr..
Hatch, and regret that your course has
been so humiliating to the best portion
of our citizens"
In the present canvass none Of the
candidates whom l have opposed have
complained of abuse but you. have
not abused you, unless telling the truth
is abuse. You assumed what / termed
dishonorable position. and published a
card, containing gross errors, which | ex-
posed. For 50 doing, have received
the thanks of many of the "best por-
ton of our citizens"
But now, Mr.. Hstch. let us fairly set
tie this question of "abuse." | have
been publishing paper in th county
nearly seven years, and claim to have
uniformly treated those whom | have
opposed with fairness and courtesy. |
have full flies Of the paper III ny Office.
Mr.. A. A. Meacham, Of this city, is a
fair, candid man-supported you IN the
recen, election, aud is under no suspicion
of belonging 10 the " clique" Now if YOU
will bring Mr.. Meacham to my Office, a
complete file of my paper shall he al
your disposal for any length Of time You
wish, aud for every instance in which
Mr.. Meacham shall Judge that l have
abused" any man who was candidate
for office in this county, will pay you
Fivs Dollars in cash. Now that is fair !;
is it not, Mr.. Hatch Ii has been urged
by all your friends that you are poor and
need money. Unless You Lave shame
lessiy lied, you have p chance to make
one or two hundred dollars very easy
The money vii be cheerluily and
promptly paid, if Mr.. Meacham judges
you have won it. You run no risk, Mr.
Hatch, but you have an excellent oppor-
tunity to vindicate the truth of Your as
sertion if you can. Will you make the
trial and abide the result, or will you
neglect to do SO, and thereby confess
that you have published a deliberate lie,
in the hope of exciting prejudice against
me, and securing few votes for your
self. Take your choice, Mr. Hatch
Prove your assertion or stand convicted
of falsehool.
The next grave charge, which you inn
pIiedIy and directly make, is that I am
in the habit Of extoriing fee from those
| support for office, as an equivalent for
such support, aud that your refusal to
pay such fee was the reason of my OPP
position to you. This idea, that to Sc
cure the support Of john Dale or my
self, it is necessary to buy us up, has
been talked so much for political purpo-
ses tha: | have no doubt many candid
men believe it. and it is time, now it is
definitely stated, to give it a qnictus.-
The charge is wholly false. To show
that | am in Garnet, Mr.. Hatch, make
this proposition For every candidate
for office in Pierce county who ever paid
me fee, big or Little, as an equivalent
for his support, | will pay you $25.--
Now hunt them up, Mr.. Hatch. Mr.
Meacham shall be the Judge III this also.
The only man whom l ever received
anything from was DR.. Beardsley. l
have often heard that he paid Inc $500
for my support. The facts are these =
| first asked the DR.. to be candidate
for the Assembly. When he decided to
run, he asked me to help him al | could,
and said he would make il right.
spent about three weeks time and $35,
working mainly for hiu. After election,
he asked me what | had spent, and l
told him. The DR.. being a whoIs soul
cd man in many matters, wished to pay
me $50, but took but S25. Not an
other candidate ever paid me cent ex-
cept for tickets, and not more than half
ever paid for them. Now we wish this
lie stopped. Will you, Mr.. Hatch, eth
er prove that we have received fee, Mr..
Meacham being the judge, and receive
S25 for each instance, or will you neg
lect to back-up your charge, and stand
convicted rs a malicious liar You will
do the latter, Sir, because you can't do
anything else.
Now for your next lie, Prof Hatch.
You say came to you about two months
ago, and asked you if you wished the of
flee, ard told you you could have it if
you wanted it. This is all false. You
were in my Office, as you well know, get
ting your questions printed, and | asked
you if you would be candidate, and
said ! thought you would be nominated.
Again you say the evening before the
convention came to you and expressed
my preference for you. This is totally