Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-13
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MEMPHIS, TENS., November u, 1868 J

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MEMPHIS, TENS, November y, 1868
Mr.. David C. Cross, Memphis, Tenn:
Dear Sir: You will please excuse me
for addressing you through the public
journals, as I have been trying to find
you, that l might have the pleasure OF q
private interview with you, bushave not
been able to do so. I wished to see you
relative to certain in-terrogstories sent
from Calhoun, Ga, for you to answer,
regarding the title to q certain tract OF
land in Arkansas, known as Section No.
s, Township z north, Range 8 east. In
answer to the question IL you knew one
James W. LsndrUm, you are made to
answer that you did-thst said Laudrum
deserted the Confederate army and
Joined the Federal army. Now it Is too
much for me to believe that q man of
your standing could make such a false
statement on oath hence, l desire to
give you an opportunity to Requit your
self of the crime of perjury, as l never
belonged to the Confederate army, and
much less would l have Joined the Fede-
raj army. l was opposed to secession,
believing that 1t would ruin our country.
But when secession took place, when /
was North, l cOunseled ~peace-when
South I advocated compromise, therefore
my hands are free from shedding fTater-
nal blood, my tongue Is free from cOun-
selling the shedding of blood, and what
is still more my soul is free from the
crime Of perjury. You nre also made to
say, By what purports to be your answers,
that l went down to Helena and per-
suaded Jesse a. Jackson to change
8 certificate; which is also false.
AS proof that it is false, 1 never
saw Jesse A. Jackson, bus he ssDt the
certificate by mail, and / have mis- letter
to hat effect. You are made still further
to say that ! bid for . certain tract OF
land before l had sold 1t, aud bid for il
against you. This is also false, as I had
sold the land before the sales came off as
referred TO, SIS the records will show.
And further, l g opened my mouth
TO bid against you for any piece of land
whatever. But what Is stiil more ride
nlous is that you IRE made to say that 1
once accused you OF obtaining your title
fraudulently, but that you made me take
il back ~instanter. We'll now, thai would
be wonderful for a man TO make such q
statement as that on osth, SIS / never had
any hard words with you about the
land, as Jesse A. Jackson wrote to me
telling that he gave you your title
through 8 mistake. Now It Is hard for
me to believe that your courage has got
50 high in your OLD sge that you would
do like the boy In LongstTeet,s Georgia
Scenes" that you would be fighting the
ground and sticking your thumbs In It,
crying, "Gouge MIN I" "aouge him !''
So far from eyer having any words with
you, the last time l saw you was On the
train from Madison to Memphis. l WAS
then on my way 70 Nashville, and If
there was any hard feelings between US l
did mt knoW n. for balieye we -are
talking most Of the way from Madison
to Memphis, and I thought we had
rather q pleasant time. Now l am pre-
pafed to proye every abatement that
have made. When the war commenced
I was q member of the Lower House of
the Legislature Of Arkansas. Tam now
Senator from the thlrty-seeond district of
the State Of Georgia. | was insni-
mously nominated by the Democratic
party and elected and EXCITED by a PEG.
pie that understood my course during the
war. / win be at tbs Overton some time.
Yours etc, JAMES W. LANDRUM, |