The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-08-18


satisft an execution in favor of A. IL.
Whitley, of Polk county, from whom
Abbott had borrowed money and
iailedto pay back for the space OF
four fears. What we have stated
hereirlin in respect to the circulation of
the DEMOCRAT while it was under his
contrd and in regard to his "absorp.
ton Of an excess of the partnership
funds Of the office, can be proven TO
the satisfaction of any one who will
take tile trouble to examine the books
and accounts of Abbott &c Brown,
which are always open for inspection
in this Office. For further informa-
tion in regard to his ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain" as n
manipulation in money matters we re-
fer the curious to Hon. w. +. Alex
andcr md Mr.. Joel Ketchum, of this
city, who have recently been com
PEELED to pay debt Of 5000 Of his
contraction for which they were
sniped, wheedlcd and cajoled into be-
coming security by this same sanity ~
Presbyterian and Massachusetts, Puri-
tan, Milton II. Abbott. After being
associated in business with him for
three years and learning thor
oughly the mans hypocritical nature
and corrupt disposition, We were not
surprised to hear the charge that he
was deianlter in Minnesota Land
Office or that he had decamped from
the States" leaving bill unpaid
at a st. Louis type foundry, which
bill was forcibly collected from him
long after he came TO Albany, by
Lawyer Russell, now of Portland.
Relative to the charge that We have
stabbed him privately and publicly,
we have only this TO say; To vindi-
cate ourself from his falsehoods told
at Portland and elsewhere, we stated
to one or two individuals substantially
what we have written in the fore oing
in regard to our business relations
with Abbott. That we have assailcd
him publicly we leave those who have
been constant readers of the DEMO
Graf ever since our connection with
the paper to judge for themselves.
All his sicily and senscless balderdash
about "stabbing' and ''ingratitudc" is
simply shallow subtertugc upo:.
which TO excuse the lie which Capt.
Humphrey letter forced him to swal-
low. Its nSlignancy is partially ex-
cnsable in consequence of the ignor-
ance and im5ecility of its author
We regret that We have been called
upon TO write this article. We do not
desire to devote our columns to indi-
vidual feuds or personal quarrels, but
as the fossilized old mud-turtle of the
Bedrock Democrat has literally forced
this matter upon our notice by his per-
sistent and anprovokcd attacks, we
could not longer iorbear TO attempt a
refuta;ion of his barren falsehoods.
We leave it TO the people of Albany
and Linn county-where both of the
subjects of this article are well known
to say whether the statements con-
tanned herein are true or not.
We have no controversy with Alb
bott or any other Democrat upon the
policy or expediency of any measures
which may have arisen within our own
political ranks. We are both con-
Quoting Democratic papers and should
only work for the general good and
harmony of the party, leaving per-
sonal controversies and individual diff.
ferences to be settled by such arbitra-
mcnt as is usually resorted to by indi-
yiduals in the walks of private life.
With these remarks we have done
with Mr.. Abbott, so far as a personal
controversy is concerned
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