Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-10-01
Gorrespondenee.


y ths Eili1rs q ihf hsi,ss hrrlAis
In year Issue u the l1lh last, I see yea
have devoted sbsgl too eolunhi 10 Ter
TsspsnlsRes, AZ the iEslanoe OG Nc J, X
L, kse0Fl, ia Nhieh | feel nysslf ihsalied,
aHi wsrs il Psssibls for MT, Record 10 in,
lure aAy mAa Of ny shlsctisnis-injureI
also SAl hs1es elaim the right 10 reply
. AHi 6rsl 0fAll | desire 70 TsiAssEi here,
ay note 10 Gov, Davis,
lloUsE 90 REPREsESTATiVEs
Austin Aug, isI 1870, !
Gov, 4, J, DAVIS, AUsTIS rsSAs,
siT-iiysNT Fsf4ssi. | hsFesiih giFs
/ The statement, made BY J, X. I, Record
. RsaF, up0A bis reIaTA from Austin 10 Dsi'
las, IL VAS ih substances, that he wss urged
10 quality ahl take the seat Of Senator
SAINT Rvans, aud apen positive refused,
he was urged 10 endorse the Militia blli,
aud upoR his positively refusing TO do that,
no sas Informed that he need expect neih,
ing from the administration, Jas, II, Field
Jehn g. Mccoy, J, J, Good, Hon, A. u, Nor
ten and others, think, heard the sane.
Rsspselfally
Il. II. syEED.
From the face bf this note, two things
arc evident. fiFA. Il Was written, BY the
request Of the Goyernor himself and
| secondly IL contains, precisely what Judge
Good, Col. Durfoti aud Maj. Field, say
was Records language and hence my state
ments are, and must be true. will not,
however, be drasn from my own words as
contained In my note TO the statement OF
others. | have said what have said.
9 FaNs
| statements as true, Record himself says
they arc "true In the main" aud have
only TO add that an now and ever have
buen responsible, fer not only this, but for
every act Of my lie, both Puionaiiy, and
! otherwise.
Why MIR. Escord should make this at-
/ tack upon me. ] am unable 10 dirine. iie
knows full we'll that pr,ondiiy l have
! been his friend, aud on moro occasions
| than one have defended him against tht
! Aspersions Of his enemies, In his absence
Why did he not call on me for explanation,
for sdi.tdetios, or something else.i Why
put this contemplate squib in the Herald!
/ Is his record olear.l Is his political escut'
cheon untarnished? And does this attack
upon me, spring from desire to perpetuate
~
acter in this country? Or does he design
crushing me, and by so doing redeem him
self from tho dark train Of uneSplainable
acts. That hssemarkcd his course at every
turn from the days Of the Infamous Horton
until now? hope 1t is the former, but my
/ fears are, that il is the latter. IL however by
crushing me; politically, j. X. z. Record,
can explain TO the satisfaction ofthe people,
! his deserton of those, with whom hc had
lived, and coiei and fought,-a little rs
Quarter Master, not only at n time when
the "iost cause was writing in the last
commissions and the bloUd of o millicn
freeman, was still warm and smoking ufoh
! the sacred soil in defepce Of which II Wcs
shed, but at time alsb when his own
townsmen and ccuntymcn, were being In
discriminatory, arrested, without warrant,
or even notice of what was against them,
and ruthlesly dragged from the presence
Of their families, and helplessly bleeding
beneath the iron heel of the fendish Horton
| in his reign OF terror called for and was
Justly entitled to the liyeliest sypathy OF
every honest man. | say, If by crushing
me, politically, he con explain his desrti5n,
of the people TO whom lie was indebted for
every thing ho was, under these, circum-
stances, and also his entering by q dark
passage the "Loyal League" and there
swallowing what Of course he had to
swallow, then an content to be crushed.
| But / imagine, that the course Of this
man J. X. p. Record is too indelibly i'm
pressed updh the minds Of tho honest yeo.
manry who read your paper, for any state
ment or political TRICK of his either to
crush me or redeem himself. For it ID toe
well known that ho
.'Has &iggled In and wigglod but
And kept tho pedpe still in doubt
| Whether the snake that made the track
| Was g3ing to hell or coming buck."
| There is no material difference at all, in
my note, and the letter Of my note is oil
that ain responsible for and the state.
ments of Judge Good, Major Field and
Judge Burford. Tliey agree.
So far as the statement of Mr.. L. g
Bower is concerned, have only to say
as usual Ed. has oGcrdone II. lie could not
serve Mr.. Record and stay inside Of my
note and hence goes out Of it and says
''The communication Of Mr.. Sneed to Gov
! Davis brings to me the only report ever
heard that you had used Gov. Davis name.
Those who rend can see how excellent q
young gentleman is my friend Edpard q
Bower, and to what absnrdities he will sub
ject himself to serve sinkink "hack,"
In conclusion however, | have only tc
' II. II. sNEED.
wAxAhAcHiS, TEXAS, September 22st, 1870
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