The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-07-01

i have been silent, beoaase,E up to
this time, the charges and accusation q
against We have rofbrred to acts donso
or omitted to be done By me, Odd
because l believed that tho aodGsa
ttons themselves would fail ah tte
accomplishment of their purpose.
ffst by reason oftheir own imprSba-
bility and reokle5sness, and, secondly
I because the mass of tho PEOPLE OF
South Carolina are sufficiently lust
and genetons not to- behsve in the
statements Of 'politioal or personal
enemies,unless they are SUPPORTED
BY tho plsihost and most indubitablc
proof
Now, however, a sense of Official
proprfety will no longer Silence my
voice whom views and stateih eRts are
preseHtad to trse public as coming
from myself by which l am sought to
be condemned Sout of my awn
mouth"
My attention Has been called to
two letters wiitteh from South Caro-.
linn to tile Now York TiMes, one Of
date of Sunday, the 2lst, and tto Of
Monday, the 22d, to which I desire
in 'briot to refer.
In these letters I have BEEN most
grievously misrcprcsented in tho re-.
marks attributod to my self.
The story tc1d'of what occGrred be-
tween Senator McyatyTe and myself
during the Champaign of 1879, al.
though not being exactly what Vas
Intended by me to Bo understood,
stall is n9t sutfoently ERRONEOUS as
to be declared entirely false.
But tho STRUCTURE built upon my
Words does grave Injustice both to
Senator Mcintyre and N yself.
did not aocuse myself of having
made to Senator Mcintyre promise
whioh I intended should be broken,
hor coald anything Y said havo been
cohstcued fhto 'sny wish or intention
on the part of Sen'atoN Mcintyre to
have mi,led his constituents.
The personal and official inter-,
course betweeh Senator McIntyre and
myself has been ever since | have
known him, with The exception ofu
| short Interval such as not TO lesson
the self-respect Of either Of us.
In the campaign Of 1872, Senator
Mcintyre mistakenly, as I know, but
| jlstly, as he beiieved1 conceived tha t
l bad treated him unfairly, and did
what he believed the oifoum stanoeo
warranted him in doing,
Since that time the m1SooEa
of Senator Mcintyre has been rem oy.
ed by sui tsequent developments, and
tho terms Of Our Intercourse have
been suoh as they were before the
misunderstanding
In his iaet letter the oorresbondent
states that ! admitted to him that my
"private character was bad very
bad" This assertion is totally,
essentially false. Knowing the utter
falsity OF sueh an admission, OF
course I could not have Made it.
What did admit was this: That OF
all the mass Of acousations against
Inc, The only one which is true is
that which charges upon mo personal
extravag,nce, and an tncauious ex,
pehditure Of my private ,Meana, which
bad Involved me III fnaLcial uiiicul.
ties. This is q matter with wLirn
however Gas the correspondent lim.
self said) tho public have no concern
bo !ohg as it does Not interfere with
q faithful ditcnargo of my ofiici.l
duties.
The CORRESPONDENCE writes that |
told him I Was suro Of denomination.
This ID not true.
}Io asked ne if I believed I would
be renominatsd, and Itnswcred hin
Eyes," and gave him as d reaton for
that Opinion thatth Republicans who
| will make The nomination know INC
thoroughly, and that they Also know
that the charges of official derelic.
tion made against me uTe gHound css
and untrue, and for that reason
would stand by and defend ME by
nomination against political rersecG.
tion and personal nnlice.
I did not say that neSspap per
charges would not inture me, as my
constituents cannot read. This is on
old quotation, and has been Mt diff.
ferent times attributed to various
Republicans. It has never been nseu
by me.
1 did not say that the Hon. Mr.
Chamberlain would probably BIC the
boiling candidate. said that IL
there ecc,e boiling candidate, the
Conservatives, between the two Re
publicans, might win the field.
l regret thus to intrudo Gpon you,
columns that which will be Of nc
interest to most Of your readcts, bu,
l propose to enjoy for myself herenf
ter the Same privilege you accord tt
every inan-that of being properl,
represented before the pnblici
l have always Recognized Thy fill
responsibility I'd the people of NJ,
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