The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-03-19

WAN - OOAhONSA AeA1
m~aliciously attacked me IN his paper,
until he would make n proper apollo
gyf l intended, with that. TO let the
matter drop, and turned to walk away,
when he, the ~gentlenanly Editor, ans
wcred "You a go to HI with
your patronage" Other angry words
followed, when he, Brown, called me q
I'D liar" Expecting to be
struck, when l speak that way to a
man, 1 supposed he expected the same,
and then, on account of the provoca-
ton then given, and not because Of the
publication rs Brown would have you
believe, l attempted to chnstise him
personally, when he ran, likea "hound,"
and plead physical incapacity to de-
fend himself. Thus ended the matter,
and l should have allowed it 80 to end,
had not the Editor of the Herald again
attacked me in his paper of the 29th,
after saying TO James K. Jones, on his
own motion, on the 23d, he "desired
the matter to drop, and to let bygones
be bygones, thus dlsarm:ng me from
making any defense in the issue of the
2Sth. AS to Browns article of the
2sth, calling me a "cowardly hound"
and "highwayman," 1 leave that to the
people, and those who know the facts,
10 decide who has acted the purt of q
highwayman" and coward" If Mr..
Brown had intended to treat me fairly,
why did he not ask me about the mat
ter2 He mot me every day, and 1
now charge that he knew the facts
more than ten days before the 21st ;
was informed by the Clerk and the
Auditor, and talked with the Editor OF
tho ConSerUdtiUe-asking him TO attack
me about the report, and telling him
', that he knew l claimed the papers
were lost, and all this before the issue
of the 21st, ard for the truth Of all
this Ircfcr to these gentlemen. Hence
shy Mr. Brown suppressed the truth,
and, thereby, gave false impressions
intending TO make 1t believed that ]
willfuily violated tho law ard this
IS why l say no malIcioubly published
the article, intending unjustly to IN
jurc me before the public, and 1 now
give my theory and reasons why ]
think he was induced by malice IN
these publications.
Mr.. Pyle and Mr.. Kelly both told me
that he, Brown, felt unkind toward
me because he thought l interfered
! with the allowance of his bills for pub.
lie printing by the County Commiss-
ioncrs. AS to that matter, 1 would
say that at tho December session, 1867,
Of the Commissioners, Mr.. Brown pre-
sented divers bills for public printing.
among which was a bill for printing
the notice Of submission of the Con-
st.tutional Amendment, occupying, by
measurement, less than o~ne.fourth ofa
column, and published in his paper
twenty-six weeks. For this he charg
ed the County $4,000. Also, there was
q bill for printing the Trcasurer's No.
tico and posters to a. -paycrs for 1867
The notice covers, by measurement
fve.slxths Of q column, and was print.
ed Blk weeks. For this he charged
$4,000, and for the posters $1,000
These bills were thought TO DO very
high by tho Commissioners, and thoy
felt inclined to disallow them. l
being er o6iciO the legal counsel of tn,
Commissioners, was asked by thou
what they should do. j told then
that il they thought the bills unreas
enable, they could refuse to pay them
and Brown, in n suit, could only col
lect a reasonable prioc. The Com
missioners rejected some of those bills
and tins is my offense. Now deslr,
to say to the people of this County
who are oppressed by the very bur
densome taxes consequent upon a civl
war, a word or two In vindication o
the Comm; ssioners and myself. Las
year, Mr.. Brown printed the Treasur
er's Notice and posters,-the sam
work MS this ycar-for $4,000. 1 hav
asked Mr.. Kelly what he would hav
done tina printing for, and ho says h
would not have charged for the Con.
stltutional Amendment more thai
$4,000, and for the Treasurer's Motto
and posters moro than $500. MI
Brown charges Mr.. IL. johnson for
4 whole column six months about $1,000
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