The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-06-06
A STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF
OREGON

Inasmuch rs certain articles have
appeared in newspapers of recent
date rejecting in serious terms on my
conduct in my native State (Pennsyl-
vania) in early life, / submit to the
people of Oregon, who have known
me intimately for 13 years, the follow
ing statement and evidence in answer
TO the charges made in such articles.
In so far as the charges, first put in
circulation by an anonymous cores
pondent, impute TO me any dishonest
act, l deny them, and each and all of
them, positively, uneqnivocally and
absolutely and pronounce them and
each of them wholly false. And I
submit to the people Of Oregon, that
though it is fact that / had my mis-.
fortune in early life and encountered
domestic troubles of painful charac.
ter, resulting in separation and divorce
troubles which l trust your gener-
Gus indulgence will permit me to pass
in silence,-it is my privilege to be
able to say that in all the time that
resided in Pennsylvania, committed
no wrong. nor did any act, that has
ever lost to me the confidence, or
esteem either of my former law part
ner there, Colonel John NJ. Thomp-
son-whom the articles in question
charge me with wronging,-or of any
one who had the intimate knowledge
of my history that he had;-and SO
tar as all the charges against mo are
concerned, / prefer, rather than Civ
ing my own version, to abide by the
testimony herewith submitted, com.
ing as it does from men of prominent
position and unimpeachable integrity,
most OF whom know personally my
whole history in Pennsylvadia from
earliest boyhood, and all of whom
have full knowledge of my reputa-
tion there now.
ANY charge or pretence that l ever
wronged my former partner, Colonel
Thompson, or any other man in
Pennsylvania, or elswhere, out of one
cent or any amount whatever, or ever
attempted to do SO, is untrue. That
| ever had any difference or difficult
ties with that gentleman, as charged,
or in any manner or for any reason,
is equally false. On the contrary, l
have always had, and still have, his
confidence and respect.
1t is true that at the time I left
Pennsylvania the law firm, of which
Colonel Thompson and myself were
the only members, had an unsettled
business, including an amount of out
standing accounts in which had one
halt interest. The firm was also in.
debted in certain amounts. Before
leaving the State / transferred to my
partner all my interests in said firm,
together with certain other property,
which at the time was believed TO be
amply sufficient to meet all demands;
ard the whole business was settled
up to the full and complete satisfac-
tion, not only for my said partner,
but of all other persons, and without
the loss of one. cent to anyone. Ii
the settlement. of this business and
sale of property efficiency existed
of few hundred dollars, which I
subsequently paid; and in support Of
the statement here made, as we'll as
in evidence of the confidence in
which am held to-day by my old
friends and acquaintances in Pennsyl-
yania, / herewith submit dispatch,
received by me on the 9th inst, from
said law partner:
BUTLER, Pa, May q, 1873.
To John n. Mitchell, United States Senator !:
No man in Pennsylvania ever lost cent by
you Every cent was paid In full. You have