The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-11-02

This is the letter of q dsmagogue
and smacks OF treachery from
the fret to the last word. By the
same messenger that carried the
letter he sent q petition signed by
himself and half dozen others.
requesting Mr.. BAXTER to become
q candidate as one more sacrifice
to the cause of temperance for
which he had made 80 many
Of course this dirty intrigue Of
JULlAx's, was likely to come to the
knowledge Of his friend PAYNE, as
it did very soon. Four days after
the letter and petition were sent to
BAXTER. PAYNE addressed the
following letter to JULIAN:
RICHMOND, March %, 1872.
Hon. @. W. Julian, Centreville. Ind.
DEAR FRIEND.-lt is stated here 10 this
city that at the meeting OF candidates in Gen.
treville. on the 20th instant. the names Of
VIM. Baxter and Vim. q. Elliott were placed
on the ticket at your solicitation and by your
direction, and that you assumed the authority
to do so in pursuance of a caucns of your
self and some special friends, that the result
Of that Caucus was, that these men should be
placed upon the ficAet. The name OF the au-
thor can be given you. Will you please
state if such is tbs fact with view of bav.
ing the answer publ ished. Yours truly,
Il. b. PAYNE.
j, To this manly and rather indig-
nant letter Mr.. Julian replied as
follows:
CENrREvILLE, March %, 1872.
III. b. Payne, Esq:
"DRAR SIR:-I have yours of Yesterday.
The story you mentioned is totally untrue,
On the morning of the 10th received line
from . friend Of Mr.. Baxter, stating that he
was q candidate aad asking me to see that
his name should b. printed on the ticket. 1t
was in this way that spoke to Dudley; but
when did so, he told me he had been in
structed, q day or two before, to have his
name on the ticket. Dudley denies to me that
he ever said the ines of Elliott and Baxter
were ordered printed at my solicita tan, or by
my direction. As to Elliott, he was in town,
attended with the other candidates, and asked
for himself. ! write this letter in answer to
your questions, but not for publication deem
ing il unnecessary to give the matter that
much Importance. / think you will see, on
a moments reflection. that If were to rush
into print every time some story like this is
set afoat l would have little time for any
thing else, and would make myself ridicu-
lous. Very truly yours,
GEO. w. JULIAN"
"Of course, if Baxter and Elliott asked for
themselves, as they did, | assumed no au-
thority to act for Ii em, derivedirom caucus
or any other source.,'
We leave it to our readers to say in
what terms such base dishonesty should
be characterized. Having betrayed
Payne after bringing him out as can
didate, Julian writes batch OF very
palpable falsehoods 10 escape detection.
Having begged and implored Baxter to
become a candidate, he excuses himself
to his victim BY lying upon the second
one. In fact, the two letters constru-
ed together evince depth of meauness
and talent for treachery rarely found
outside the range of fictitious narrative.
If Dickens had known Julian he would
have added new lustre to his impenetra-.
BILE fame by making him stand for the
character of trucking demagogue and
consummate political traitor. The in
cident is Characteristic of his whole poll
tical life, which has been marked at every
stage BY fraud, duplicity, and calumny.
Vi couise he never expected that
either Payne or Baxter would ever
see the letter he wrote to tho other,
but as generally happens when a
man tries to build palace Of lies,
the whole fabric came tumbling
about his ears. II he does uos
after such an exposure as this 90
out and hang himself, like Judas,
it will be either because he is
afraid 10 face death or is too stingy
to buy rope. In the light of this
base treechery and utter falseness
the public can form proper esti-
mate of Julian's vile attack on
Morton, and his oft repeated as
sertion that he has seen Grant
drunk in the streets of Washing
ton. We are told that anoth err
correspondence has been collected
that will clothe this man in colors
much darker than this, though
nothing can make him appear
more dirty and contemplate.