The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-10-06

ing our HE together In the South.
FIRST. II remember rightly, you were
conscrfpted for the army by some local con-
federate authority. OF this ! am very GER
tam. yen abhored the whole movement or
Tested the slightsst outward allegiance to it.
the same was only as w der eompulsion; not
even then TO any other degree than merely
refralning from public hostility TO the Con-
which would have been as useless
as il would have been dangerous.
SBCoND. II you ever owned slave was
not aware Of the fact during all our many
years of intimate acquaintance. In q word,
SO Tar as was known to me, you were heartily
and IN every sense OF the word, s Union man.
through the entire WAT.
region, are OF any service to yen, please use
them as you may see 1t LA'
remain, Yours sincerely,
WIN. n. BAKER !.
EVANSVILLE, OHIO, Sept. 1e, 1871.
Rev. VIM. d. Baker, has charge Of the
Second Presbyterian Church in this city, and
has been its minister for several years.
G. W.PoTWIE.
These statements, presume, are sat
isfactory to every candid man, without
them further. I am per-
fectly willing to risk my record upon
them.
But who is this Aogul Of DeIhi-this
Judge Of the rights and char
acter of men, who Questions my loyal
ty and presumes 20 put me upon my
war record? Was he faithful soldier,
who throughout the long and ''sruel
war; endured haPdships "upon the tent
ed fesd, suffered hunger and disease in
an enemy's prison, and Wsded through
scenes Of carnage and blood in many a
hard fought battle for the Union7 No,
no; bat oae Aid-de- Camp Of the rcserv-
ed 0Fny corps Of the Kansas "Ma-
Eishr A genuine Jack Falstaff, who
never smelt powder, nor to his knowl-
edge Yves ever near the range Of the
enemy's guns, but hacked his sword
with his dagger, and after King Henry
the Tvs battles were over, declared he
"would swear truth ont Of England but
he would make you believe 1t was done
IN fight" This is the man who can
scent treason thousand miles, and ak
years after the occasion, though nerey
Were a track made.
7 knew a few such northern men in
the South during the war, and when the
southern heart was fred up and the
Gulf States whesled out Of the Union,
they clustered for secession, beloved
for the Coniederacy and cursed the
Yankees most, but with it all managed
to keep out of the ranks-especially
from the thiekest Of the fight. And heE
the 'lost cause" succeeded, these, doubt
less, would have been the fellows to SET
themselves up and claim superiority
and priority az public men, and even
become little "stuck up" at their own
estimated success. But I pass on.
The charge Of Mr.. E. and his witness
that I drank liquor in Florence ''till ]
showed signs Of intoxication," is SO
contemplate that had expected to pass
it over in silence, especially as l am
about as well known in that town IS ]
am at home. 1t would be just about as
difficult to pack this false charge upon
me there as in Emporia. But since q
cIi'schsng piece of Information on this
subject has providsntially fallen into
my hands, and it is 90 pertinent to the
case that I must, at the expense OF be-
ing little lengthy, publish it. It is a
communication of Mr.. John Watson,
to the editor Of TIE News. Now, Mr..
Watson seems to be the man who kept
the principal saloon in Florence con or
about the 10th day of last june" and
who, in Mr.. Els article, is reputed to
have sold me the whisky. The editor
turned over this communication to me
as the proper person to compile it for
this issue Of his paper, and 1 have de-
cided to put it in right here:
NawroN, KANSAS, sH1T. 10, 1871.
EDf9oa Naws: 4 few days STAGE 1 reeeiv-
cd tho enclosed l5tter feom psrSon by the
nsne OF L. =. Carter, VIE asuP0d somewhat
ErominsntlI ia nessepsper csntreyeRsy be-
sscsst. Eos bsine under amp osiieatisEs
&hRteT6f 70 cultivate tho friendship Of M.
Carter Ct tAe tS2eEas q cNtA GI1d JcSr deal
- ana snSieas 2 sxSoSe rCo ~ wnsncseF
trust thst tbs eels:E.ns OF your paper Will be
Ape1 to bota this lot1sr snd ita enclosure.
Frss1 ee5aSHes4ic-s between the diePuting
fepe1asiee meds fer injuries e1rsGdy done.
Very respectfully, JNo. WATSON.
EHroRIA, KAasAa. suP9. IL, 1871.
as. yozz WAreor, Eevscn, Kansss -
puSli:asc = g; n.e1iase in which ssl mad mSds
tAs ~hisRy. New 1 want You to make q
stete5sent thst yen did sell him whisky,
esetksP GOO did o. 49,. It cannot hart you
DIN ret try to and y0n. II yea did at any
tiAs esil ht1 anything t. drink please file an
e6adsyit to that eject. We (EaeridSs and II
eill Seg ga fosSosT Eos6Ee sad say cost that
Enay be added By the Notary. PlSeco make
Che ssstcmsns. Jelan7. and will DO under
-rits isnssistsly .snd Sbfige
P.s. 11ent to use the statement nsi IN an ar.
tiels Of my own. L. d. CARTER.
I turn this statement of Mr. Watsea's
over most cheerfully to the young man
who wishes to use it in an article of his
own, and also to Mr.. Eskridge, without
any cost to them for ''trouble" or ono
tary's fee." It will very thoroughly in-
troduce this young writer who is about
to rush into the papers, to the public.
It is indeed most BETTING debut after
his former exhibit.
OF course am obliged to Mr.. Wat
son for this truly manly act, and must
commend him for his integrity and
honor. Ny best wishes for him is that
Providence may assist him to q calling
that is more in keeping with his gener-
Gus impulses. We're my antagonist
half SO honorable as this saloon keeper,
this controversy would never have had
an existence.
The following epithets which Mr.. E.
filings at me, "that pious fraud" 'Ethat
hypoerite," reverend
"sanctimonious patron of the
devil, )" reverend imposter upon Chris
tianity," must recoil upon his own head,
since it is universally conceded, that In
all serious controversy, violent personal
abuse reveals want of argument. The
closer you press an opponent to the,
wall the more dirt will he throw. If
by this method Mr.. E. expected to drive
me from the field, he is mistaken. Hav-
ing once entered it, propose not to be
moved by these things nor to be d.
verted from my purpose, till, in the
language of Mr.. Beecher, II have hunt
Cd home the wolf to his lair and ripped
of the brindle hide in his very DEM
with this leave the reader to decide
upon whom "faIsehood" has been
mailed" in this controversy. Having
chased this riley old fox till he is
,aught in his own trap, now turn him
over to the voters Of the 6sth district |