The Lincoln County herald., 1872-08-07
Reply Of Mr.. Cake 10 J. Il. Knox.

MR. FIsHsR: In the issue Of the
Dispatch Of the 24th ult., there appeared
an article over the signature Of John K
Knox. in shieh, not bein, contsus with
sshausting his stersotypcd amoun. of
bilIiugsgats against my private character,
he procseds to as.sil and charge with cor.
ruptiou my officisl acts. | say stsreo
typed, because, ss ho tolls the people in
tho article, that It is but a repetition Of
what he told them little loss than three
years since. And lot me digro's here,
and ask the question, is it not a little
strange, that had my Off ,ial acts bson so
corrupt a. then charged, that Mr.. Knox,
one Of tho snail "tax paying citiz,ns" Of
che county, should. a. soon as the elcc.
tiOn was over in 1870, drop tho liter
sud not proceed in the IN amer pointed
out by the law Of the country to expose
the corruptou iu the proper courts, aud
not let the whole thing lie slumberiss in
the grave until just on the eve Of an
other slec.ion2 If such a state Of facts
did exist, 1 know that Mr. Kn,x would
not let his private friendship for me
shield mo from public exposure aud he
10 too good lawyer not to know his right
to do so.
Had Mr.. Knox contentsd himself with
his venom, and, as he says, an expose Of
my private character, his article would
have passed unnoticed by mo. But as
be has chosen to assail mo in my official
capacity, and make charges as c,rrupt,y
false as the imagination Mat conceived
them, and as mfounded IN truth as his
perverted nature could create them, and
as my official acts are something that the
people have right to know, l will, be
foro the close Of this article, show the
utter falsity Of the charges SO made.
Now, as to tho Bill Of Indictment
against mo, (and may also include the
County Court, it runs about as follows,
when stripped Of its surplus venom:
/, John r. Knox, some three years
since, just before the election ia 1870,
before the people Of this county, ar
raigned +. q. Cake and the County
Court, and then and there proved, and
now urraign aud prove, against them the
following charges:
lst They are tho cause of all the 6nan
cial troubles in this county.
"a. They are the cause of the usoes.
expenditure Of the peoples money.
3d. They are guilty Of official corrup.
ton.
4th. That they, by their corruption
and the useless expenditure of tho pso-
ple's money, collected by forced leuics and
sales Of their property, forced me, John
II. Kuoz, to buy in their property at enOr,
nous sacrifices to myself so AS TO PRO.
TECr THE DEAR PEOPLE.
5th. That this man Cake was elected
to Office, because the people we're so un
grateful as not to elect my candidate,
after | had done 80 much for them.
9th. That if the law was properly
enforced, 1t would be found that this man
Cake, by the connivance Of the Court
and other county officers in his ring,
withholds from the county Treasury
thousand Of dollars Of the peoples
monsy.
7th. That BY virtue Of this combina
ton Of this man Cake with the County
Court the people are losers by way oI
school fund, at the lowest estimate, the
. SUN Of s. 500.
9Th. That this man Clko failed to
:, make his report Of the amount collected
by him as the proceeds Of his Office, a:
required by an act of the Legislature
which went int effect by virtue of it.
terms, on the 2lst Of March, 1868.
The above, | believe, is complst
; summary Of all the counts IN tn, Indict
ment against me in my official capacity
and l havo no hssitancy in saying, tha
> there is not q shadow Of foundation il
truth in either of them, as l shall pro
csed to show.
: Mr.. Knox deals iu geueralitiss in hi
> charges Of corruption. He does not
. yea, he cannot. specify in what they con
sist. l dare him to put them down an
specify, 80 that an issue can be made AL
proof introduced. Dealing in such gen
: eralitiss, it is impossible to know in wht
= his charges Of corruption consist. Tn
y records arc before him-they are publ
property-lst him specify in what tn
corruption consists.