The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-06-03
For the Jasper Weekly Courier.
A Wall from Cave.


EDITOR COURIER. feel myself called u
Ipon, after due consideration, to address j
communication to tho public through '
he columns Of your paper, in reply TO ,
n article published in your issue of 18th G
INST. l did not think when first read
I, that ! would pay any attention To II |
tut after re-reading it and more fully !.
the utter absurd Of truth, and
he magnitude Of base Misrepresentation
noticeable thcrcing l deemed it due from
myself to the citizens Of Dubois. Pike I
md Martin counties, owing to the posi-
ion | occupy before them to reply to
said article In the first place it starts out
with as barefaced lie IA ever was writ !
len or published, which lie is in the
words following. NEARLY every one
The Sd inst went away dissatisfied. This
is not SO and the writer knew it, for the
reasons nearly every one who
was there was delegate and had there
been so much dissatisfaction should not
hav receircd nearly one half OF the
votes OH the first ballot and the nOmina-
ton Oh the third, ballot. The second
in the following words 'the
defeated ones bcause they were defeat
ed," Is true, and their dissatisfaction gave
rise to the articl of 18th inst. How hon.
Orablc or DIsHONORABLE ii is for man
to appear bfOre convention Of his fell
low -citiZens as candidate for an Office,
and because he is not successful, to make
it u reason for belying his successful
competitor, and insulting the majority
of the delegates, by insinuating their
want Of judgment and discrimination,
this is not the time to discuss. In the
third place the article OF 18th inst says
that the successful ones went away dis
satisfied because OF the evident want of
in their selection. am not
aware Of any dissatisfaction on the part
Of the successful ones and think that the
assertion may be safely set down as lie
No 3 The article in question has so
many misstatemcnts of the same kind
that 1t is impossible to give 10 each a
thorough exposition, but l will slightly
refer to the assertion that many good
few persons and perhaps a good many
Democrats always submit to true Dem
Ocrats refused to support the nominee
:" and merely remark that GOOD Demo
cratic doctrine that the will Of the ma
joretv is the law, and always abide the
decision made by it, while there are q
|whO are PROFEssECLLY democrats Onl!
being such for cxpediency and office
sake, and but Of few years of age there
fore young and tender, their strength
not being sufficient TO withstand thu
modification of small defeat In colin
t lty convention and because they canno
: lrule they try to ruin.
II | am accused Of being illitcratc ant
therefore unfit for the position. / hav'
never made any prctenticns to any cx
tlaordinary attainments in literature
e lall ] claim to be is common farmer
S and as TO my ability to fill the position
!. but one thing might feel proud Of ant
: that is with the ignorance imputed 4
:, me. have been thought by my fellow
! Icitizens Of Dubois county or majOrit
I of them in convention, TO have CoMMol
: SENSE ENOUGH to guide me in legislativ
: -lduties, better than some aspirants wit
S all their pretended lore, legal or classical
. But enough OH the charges made agains
:. me. aud now l notice another featur
u and that is his attempt heal the wound
Thc author of said article after attemptin
~
{ ner, by making severe charges in tn
= plainest and most direct manner, attempt
= 10 heal the breach, and administer CON
= fort by saying that there will be plent
. lof good minds to lead me- and thercb
: Eliminating that there will be no DANCE
I after all SO far as the party concerned
I If that is the case, then why all this fus
y and feathers. / ask. my fellow either
hlwhy was such an article written if, as II
y cclauthor says, that after all there is n
u danger and that so far. as the party
= lconcerned my votes will always be righ
lc If either Of the DisAPPoI Mt Ell ones Wa
V there could they do more Oh the decisio
of any question than vote right. w,
THAT article intended as personal injuI
~ or was it written to injure the party, {
= = was it written to crafty the malicious
y some particular individual, who wish,
= ito overthrow the doings Of the part
} because its action did not result in the
?, political advancement. In either ca
= the object is mcarc low and Inaliciou
: and deserves the scorn and contempt
- !, crcry good democrat and honest ma
- J. | ami accused Of being bold candida
!, and asserting my right to the nomin
- :. ton, and it is insinuatcd that, rules we
Y trampled on, and disorder created |
= lmy boldness, thecs accusing, me, Writ
= ally Of using foul means to secure Il
;" nomination. These charges most Ell
: phatically deny and pronounce, the
+, falsehoods Of the basest character. a
= well aware Of the object Of the articl
II Is to create feeling Of dissat sfactiC