Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-06-18


faction. not only Of my said partner, bu
of all other persons, and without the los
Of one cent to any one. In the settle
ment Of this business and eale Of prop
erty deficiency existed Of few hundred
dollars, which subsequently paid ant
in support of the statement here made
as we'll ne in evidence of the confidence
in which am held to day by my ole
friends and acqu ,intances iu Pennsylva
MIA, herewith sabmit dispatch, receiv
ed by me on the 9th inst, from sale
law ptrtner
"BUrLER, Pa May 81. 1878
10 John II. Mitchell. United State,
Senator No man in Pennsylvania
ever lost cent by you. You have and
deserve the confidence and good will o,
every man who knows you. Fear moth
ing from this State. Your friends will
not desert you while they know the
whole truth of the case. Your record
here is all right. Call on me in any way
you think proper.
"JoHN NJ. THOMPSON.
Without conceding that it is the right
of any may to demand that l should lay
my domestic affairs before the world
simply state that misfortune in respect
to these relations was the sole cause OF
my course in leaving my native State,
and aver that l was and am justified
not only in my own mind in the course l
pursued, but also, go far as | am aware,
in the opinion of all candid persons well
acquainted with the facts. As an evil
dence of the truth of what cay, and as
a further vindication of my character for
integrity in relation to the matters charg
ed. l herewith submit a telegram from
Hon. Samuel A. Purviance, of Pitts.
burg, Pa, for several years member of
Congress from that State, and at present
a member Of the Constitutional Conven-
ton now in session in Philadelphia. a
gentleman who has known me intimately
from childhood, and is familiar with my
whole history in Pennsylvania. and
whose integrity will not be questioned by
any man who knows him:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. May 81, 1878
"Io John H. Mitchell In leaving
Pennsylvania it was not alleged. l be-
lieve, that you were indebted to any one
but your Pennsylvania law partner Col.
John NJ. Thompson. and l know the fact
from Col Thompson himself that you
do not owe him anything and further,
that your relations with him continue to
be of a most harmonious character. l
believe that no man in Pennsylvania
ever lost dollar in consequence Of your
leaving the State. The cause of your
leaving the State was well understood
to be to get rid of trouble of an entirely
domestic nature.
SAMUEL A. PURvIANcE.'
| also herewith submit the following
from letter addressed to me at Wash
ington city, dated at Pittsburgh. Pa,
April l, 1878, aud written by Samuel A
Purviance
"If you should need any certificates
of your standing before You left Butler.
you can have them, as your course was
universally justified by every one.
Yours truly,
SAMUEL A. PURvIANCE."
Owing solely to domestic troubles,
seeking at that time only obscurity, and
hoping that might be forever separated
from some of the memories of the past,
but having committed no wrong act to be
concealed. neither contemplating the CON-
mission of any, in my then perturbed
state of mind decided to be known and
called thereafter by my mothers maiden
Observation-Disclosures was my middle
name by baptism This ! frankly con-
cede was an indiscreet, i'll advised and
injudicious act. great blunder, foolish
mistake. / offer for it no excuse save
my nexperience in the world, and
great desire to separate myself. as far as
possible, from past that was. and is,
inexpressibly painful. 1t was a viola
tion of the conyentionalities of life, for
which l would gladly atone by life's
labor. 1t ia not, however, in contraven-
tion of any public law. The act at once
became irretrieva bic. l leave it to 9th
ers to judge whether, thus yielding to
the misd:rection of perturbed mind in
days of detection and sorrow. is a sin
that years Of hon ofable effort in the
walks of daily life cannot atone.
Herewith l print despatch from Win
field S. Purviance, Esq, member of the
Pittsburgh bar at present formerly res
ident Of Butler, Pa, gentleman VIII osc
cannot be questioned. He has
known me from boy hood, and is familiar
with my history and present reputation
in Pennsylvania.
PIrTsBrRG, Pa, May 9th, 1878.
d" To Hon. John II. Mitchell, Portland,
Oregon Your character before you
left Pennsylvania was unexceptionable,
and i never yet heard it doubted, but