The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-11-26

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drew blood frcm NO.
wish u say that saw hcpuLlicaD
Of june last, which eoutuins seme charges
a9aipst nc that ire not true 1t speaks
Cf many crueIlies committed by Iilder-
bfasd ~ Galloway county which are ut
fcriy untrue. ncyer was in Galloway
lcounty in my lfe. Il also charges mo
gitl cruelty 10 little boy. That is also
Ifa'se. | never harmed wousaD or child
| iu ny life. wasied only with men who
bad made var Oh me. was also accused
of taking stock Of jim aIcl.ssnc to the
amount Of $1,000. Tho uoighbors all
know that Jim MeLaae always lived from
band % mouth, and never hsd anything
/ to be stolen or takcn from hiu..
wish To add = fcw scfnatks to explain
imy late troubles.
/ After tie excitement about the war
|aud ily troubles scented to die out, aud
u3en seemed di-posed ~ heal over past
I3gres, n the spFlug OF 1863. | came back
/ - -. Francois county, aud talked TO
fmauy' Of tie good pedpie e he county
concerning ttv pfopriefy Of returning to
my oll homc. All [ spoke 10 Of all par
tics said, SAM. come home"
! came back III good faifh. I moved
70 ny mothers oil Place ard lived there
slx months. lien moved 10 HiiIsboro
Iapd stayed there unlii iaes fall. Finding
Iis Lard to make liy;ng here. / moved
on tic Mississippi river, near Rush Tow
Ter, aud chopped wood al .ast winter.
then uaoyed back TO the Three Rivers, on
.the sam Herd place 10 raise crop.
There | lived aHd TorLeI until tie
fouTiIl OF Juno last, ahcn | was wayIaId
aud shot b Jini. NeLane, or Walter
Evans aud $50 others, hat [ or my
friends iBay yet caH ~ account
Jim. NeI-ane, NcQqnu aud others
waylaid NJ hDuose q murder nc in
April last, f0r seyer.l days On the
fourth Ct June WIS shot through the
thigh Al ny house.
gcat 10 ny uncle Williams where
they attacked ne SIX days after. They
shot Ut. day at me there. 7 selected jim
icI.ane, wl1om I knew ouly By reputa-
ton. and shot him from tIc house. Sher-
.iH Breckenridge and the balance Of his
party took good care o. their scalps after
| killed Ic!.4Ge. Il vas then three
o'clock, aud Is I ha9 eaieu no breakfast
.or diarer, / cooked my super and ate it
while thcy kept firing At me. I was
often amused 70 sec my cid aunt VIII
Hams dod giug the balls as they came In
through the cracks. They fred tic house,
aud, as bad flushed NJ supper, | aban-
doned iny burning fertilization. As I
went OFT | counted iiirty-GVe men that
were guarding tie burning house. / saw
Geo. Doggett. Asa jackson, 10. Ne
Gahan, aud Hills boy When the house
got too hot Tor comfort, / left it, and
walled within SIX feet Of some Of the
guard. They seemed blind. or at least
they dIl not ot.er 10 shoot ne.
I wish 10 say TO the Radicals in and
about Pennington to beware how they
iaistreat my vile aud ch.ldlen, az / hear
they have had them uBaer arrest by or
der Of ;lic drunken Bowen. aud Will say
TO Bob lliIl and J0c McGahau to walk
smoothly and not let my family suffer.
They helped 10 kill IaNIfothcrs, but they
have not yet killed me.
lin McLane was tool 10 tho hands OF
that infamous creature aud coward, Gust.
81. Geln, OF ST. Geaeyieve, who will some
day, 10 matter where he may hide HIM
self. have to answer FOR many crimes he
planned, agd was too cowardly toexecute,
but g0t others to 10 for him. McLans
murdered Judge Bprk, Of 81. Geaevieve,
and preacher Po.k, over eishty-thsee
years of asa.
| 9isA 10 say to Gov. NcClurg that I
could have easily killed. him while I was
in Pennington. If I had wanted 10 do so,
but | look upon hm As a gentleman, and
that be Is nlisled b. listening to lies from
bad men, who are Radicals
AL | have written is every word true,
I do not want to be killed vet awhile;
neither do I wish to xiii any one If they
will let ME alone. NJ enemies have
charged ne with being ! thief during the
war. | was not. An;ha5 fairly captured
gave away to the widows and orphans
who had been robbed aad were suffer-
ing.
/ viii refer to any honest man Who
knew me, whether | was not an honest
man. In the latter part Of August tho
Radical Government of Missouri had four
or five hundred ar.bel men hunting mo
down, aud declared martial law. Whata
tempest one poor huuted man eau rise (!
Il is because Of ga5lty consciences. They
know the wrongs they did, and know that
vengeance should fall upon the guilty.
have had two bushel Of Radical bull
let's shot at me-, but only two ever drew
blood. The old Tuaian when he fred
fourteen shots at Gen Washington, aud
missed him every shot, said thatthe Great
Spirit had turned taa balls aside. God
has turned away the bullets aincd at my
life, and | put my trust il Him, nd be-
lieye the balance Of my days vii be spent
more happily.
ain iu as fue sp rits and good health
Ias ever was NJ wound is entirely
healed, aud am gnol Tor many years of
life If my foes allow me to live ia peace;
aud if they d. not, on them be the con-
sequences.
Let spies and inf,rmers keep at a safe
distance from me. I 60 not think can
be easily trailed, but it IS the safest for
any person that has desire to hunt up
Hllderbrand to let Rat alone Remem-
Der the greenhorn that started out to
hunt grizzly bears IN California.
In order that those who know me and
my family may know that tho writer of
this is SAM IIilderbrand. and not a
fictitious person, viii here give the
names af nv wife and children. Mv wife.