Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-29
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GzRMANTowE, June 20, 1868.

tnaJ as soon Is opposition developed IL
self, he yielded. To this charge he took
exception and in an effort to break its
force-in last weeks issue Of the AUG-
laache-he appears in card, and says,
"Sometime in the latter part Of Jsnu-
sry, or first part of February, gave
Rev. J. Dix Mills a letter of general
character" II by this he means to say
he gnUe me testimonial OF general
character, his was a supeTfiuOus work,
being much better known than Mr..
Evans in the section 1 proposed to visit.
Had this not been so, my church ere
dentials would have superseded the ne
cessity Of his giving me such letter. 1t
was O letter given for a specific purpose.
HiO1s an Endorsement for special Oork
In its own Language, that Of visiting
the favored regions of the North, IN
order to solicit corn, meat, and other
provisions for the INDECENT but industri-
Gus poor Of our section OF the country"
In his card he also says, " An unex-
pected change in the circumstances in
duced me to write to Mr.. Mills on the
5th Of March, virtually though not for
naally recalling my letter." (the letter
above alluded toy. Mr.. Mills, I think,
understood it in that light" I could not
hare so understood 1T, unless l had
thought Mr.. Evans would srrogate to
himself the right to withdraw, with his
indorsement, that Of nine other gentle
men, whose signatures were attached to
ansther statement, written on the
same sheet, with his statement of
facts, and OF the existence OF which
other statement, Mr.. Evans was Ger
tsinly cOgnizant. He refers to "eharge"
| which induced him to recall his letter.
1t could not have been in the condition
OF the destitute. His remarks since my
return home fOrbids this construction Of
his language. This unexpected" (to
HIM charge in the circumstances was
nothing more Il think than 3 develop
/ ment Of the opposition looked for by Ele,
/ and Of which in his 5th Of March letter
/ he writes, "from what l learn, from re-
marks made, the whole scheme will be
denounced" In reading this letter did
not receive the impression that he re-
| called the letter referred to; bat did
think he was preparing himself for q
change of Position-that the schemes
promised to be unpopular GUith q fen, per-
hsps would be denounced, and bad the
thought presented itself, l would not have
doubted his desire to possess the letter
the written proof connecting him with
the scheme. Had he have stood firm
at that particular time upon the truth
which himself had penned, sit is such a
81 Il 10 oil
good and 6enevO}ent minds, and squared
his words and actions, by the advice he
gave me in a subse qusnt letter, sit GER
tainIy is q good work in which you are
engaged be not afraid Of the judgment
of n9dn"-he could have crushed the OPP
position in its incipiency, then insignif-
icant) and thereby presented its re-en-
forcement by the AUdldnchedn influence
,g1tich destroyed the efficiency Of plan
of relief for the destitute, thought to be
the best that could be devised. This |
three-fOurths of the people in the country !
believe. Mr.. Evans, in his card, charges |
me with having obtained signatures to
his letter after my return home. !
This I deny. The letter shows
for itself. To statement signed by
Capt. Woodson and others, written on
the same sheet with Mr.. Els letter, OBJ |
tanned two signatures after my return. |
w. w. Bott, one of those, said he signed |
the paper because he saw Mr.. Evans |
name. This may have misled MI |
Evans, and caused him to make On erro |
neous statement. This gentleman ap-
pears 10 card of line and q half in |
the same paper with Mr.. Evans, for a /
like reason, perhaps. DIR. Mckay, the |
only one of my first indOrsers who sue
cumbed except Mr.. u, also appears for |
bidding positively the use Of his
name. Why he mas positively" stood
on both sides Of this question, he gives
no reason. He, too, may have been in
flueuced by the force of example. The
course of these gentlemen have had q
tendency to make others slight their pO-
sition. Nevertheless, but few compare
lively have deserted Us. We have many
men among US who act only after mature |
elaboration; and then aspOn their 0lO1
convictions of right, and are found l0hen /
then pga0e tAemGeives anterior to the |
meetings held, which requested and aU-
thorized me to act as agent to obtain cup
niles. These three gentlemen favored (?) |
me with their names; and now after |
thev have been relieved OF all RESPONSE
bility publicly, By the cotton of these |
meetings, why they should appear in |
print recalling their names / know not, |
unless to divert attention from the fact |
that Mr.. Evans yielded to the opposition,
end to reflect upon me for having said |
an. Mr.. Evans did, on the 10Th of May, |
make g formal demand for his letter, as |
he states, and I refused to giUe it up; |
and further, GA the 18th Of May re-
fused to give up on demand the sans |
document, and which the Ava
yanche claims as ga letter Of |
General character given him Mills |
last winter BIZ Acting AagOr Nc DaVitt, |
with the city seal attached, was annllled |
nv Mr.. McDavitt on the 18th Of Msy.n !
Rv this it would seem that Mr.. MeDsvitt /
anpulled has letter, which sholos for it.
self to be an Endorsement mot Of mel Of
Rev. z. r. Evans and of J. NJ. WOodson /
and others, IS gentlemen OF truth. Does
he by this act declare theiF statements |
mt entitled to credit? Or does he aEglla /
the facts stated by them? Mr. E. claims
the document in question as letter of |
general character "he'' gave me in Feb
r,tary. The AUGIdncbe claims it as 81 a |
letter of general character given me last
winter by Acting Mayor McDavitt."
Here is a difference OF opinion. D.ffeg- |
inc with both, l0iU hold the letter be-
canse il is written evidence, pr0Uiag that |
51sf ,gi57ser prominent men NTH me in
Jorsed the disgraeef@ % scheme of try
ino to aid the destitute. The Avalanobs |
says. if real restitution and want had
existed, the people would have been
starved long before this" There is far
more assumption than logic in this pro-
noaition. Death is the t00rst result that
can follow real DEMONSTRATION the
,coyst result that can follow "real desti-
tution.u That the worst result Tlust fol-
low as the effect of the cause Ia either