The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-29


Texas, and Col Taylor Wood wero also in
the room.
This was one or two days after the Presi-
dents speech, and on tho day that General
Breckenridge arrived here.
The doors connecting this room with my
dining. room and pantry we're open
These remarks were hever repeated by
me to any officer, employee or agent of the
United States Government, until stood be-
fore the court as above stated. Neither did
testify that the remarks were made by
President Davis in his speech outside my
house
Therefore, as Colonel Aston was not
present when and where the remarks were
made, ho will see the impfopriety OF his de-
nying the Ii nth 6f my testimony.
Tho evidence, rs published in the Wash
| ington and New York papers, made me say
| that President Davis used the remarks tess
| tilted to, in his address to the citizens aud
soldiers, outside of my house. After tho
receipt of tho despatch from General
Breckenridge announcing the ASSASSINATION
of Mr.. Lincoln, after my return home, had
the mistake corrected, upon it being brought
to my notice by our newspaper here, the
Western Democrat %RSN.
The foregoing, it is hoped, will rehSve
me Of the charge Of having volunteered
"false testimony"
7 have never given It as nay opinion, nor
do now, the remarks made by President
Davis in my house indicated that he had any
4 connection with, or former knowledge of
the atrocity that had been com nitted.
1t is also charged by Colonel Aston that
solicited the privilege of entertaining the
President with an improper motive and for
base purpose.
The facts are, that did not even suggest
| 4. ~ tioff, or nt
this post, called upon me, and requested
permission to quarter the presidential
party al my house. My reply was that
"the latch string WAS always OUT" and
, whea the party arrived they were brought
! to NV door and were admitted during my
, absence from tlre house.
While l was quite ready and willing tC
: give my best efforts to eutlrtain the Presi'
, dent nad suite, it would f<-Sbeens siresump
tuous TO have offered nv humble tcnemen
; when so mauy largo mansions'of other cili
q Gems were ready TO receive the illustrou'
f guests. Very respectfully,
If the President, says the Richmont
. Times, shall be unable to rescue the coun
a try from the steady advancing aood of Radi
y cal ruin; il, carrying out their threat
!. 1 of impeachment and removal, they shal
: depose the constitutionally constituted hea
of the Government; if they shall seek I
:, ~ impose upon Andrew Johnson the fate Q
Charles l., or shall send him as fellow
, prisoner of Jefferson Davis-if, we say, a
this shall come to pass, and the Presiden
= shall prove too meek to resist their tyrar
nical deorees and usurpation, what "comin
man"--the pct OF destiny and child of fol
tune--will step forth to save the America
people from the avalanche of chaotic mi'
N rule which will tollow7 Will Pretoria
ID bands. after the utter destruction of ,ou
/; liberties and constitutional governmen
"a elect an Emperor for. America, who will tai
W Nero and Cnligula for his models, or sha
a. we have Cromw we'll, who, while advancir
q. his own fame and fortunes, will yet crus
ly vile faction, and shed lustre around Il
to name and flag of his couniryf Or shall
(. have O triumvirate, where our Augusta
co Lepidus and Mark Anthony shall divide Il
he empire Of the Western world? What pr
in cedents of ancient usurpation and dismen
berment will the Radical chiefs adop
,g Perhaps the State will be torn to pieces
mt the contests Of q Marius and Syl.a, tilli
the measures of our distress with all {
horrors of q servile war. Some morde
Cesar and Pompey may shake our plai
with shock of their oontending armies
the star one shall rise permanently IN !
Of ascendant on the field Of an Americ
nd Pharsala; and the victor, in his turn, m
of fall victim to the ayengiug dagger OF
rn Brutus and his accomplices Save us, lie
om ven, from the, stormy coasts towards whi
ort We seem TO be inevitably drifting; the 81
Of tempestuous human passions, more M
Ia. ciless than the storms which bury VIII
see navies in the bosom Of the briny deep.
os-j There seems to be but one outlet OF so
,ty ty left us-but one avenue of escape fr
adj. that impending ruin and utter disorgani
tion which will surely follow the oonsu
ur- nation Of Radical designs. 1t is to
IL. found in government with the strong
executive head of which history affords
example. Call it despotism you ohoo
ing but to this complexion must America &c
at last, if revolutionary excesses be not
to rested. In the agony Of their sufferil
hat in the wilderness Of their despair, tho
on ! plc, themselves, from Maine to Caligorl
wis will, like the Hebrews of old when tired
hen / their prophets, clamor for king, VIII
a,,.nztb N nd naiesty. and mower shall