The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24

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ally qualified for the position to which
he aspires.
III. He is a hard-drinking, hard
swearing, vanity-puffed, foul-mouthed,
vulgar swashbuckler.
w. He is so unveraciotis that no one
acquainted with him in the counties of
Montgomery and Clark pretends to be-
lieve any statement he makes, unless
personally cognizant ofthe truth of what
he is asserting.
V. He deliberately deceived us once,
with the the intention and for the pur-
pose of working injury to an aspiring
young Democrat of Montgomery coun-
ty, who was a candidate for the nomi-
nation for County Judge. This decep-
ton he put upon us wilfully, designed
ly, and with malice prepense, causing
us (for we confess that we were silly
enough to believe him, ignorant of any
motive for deception on his part, to
wrong an innocent and deserving man.
Mr.. ]. j. CoRNELIsoN is the man thus
injured.
WILLIAMS had manipulated things
so as to have his friends on hand at the
joint convention of the Democrats of
the two counties (Montgomery and
Clark for the nomination of a candi-
date for the Legislature, in the summer
of '73-just as he is now travelling from
county convention to county convention
securing instructions-and obtained the
nomination, despite the fact that nine
tenths of the Democracy were in favor
of returning Col. TUCKER. This action
of the convention excited intense indig-
nation and disgust among the rank and
file of the party, and it required the
most persistent application Of the party
lash to make a sufficient number of
Montgomery Democrats go to the polls
to overcome the majority the indignant De
mocrucy Of Clark actually gaue his Radical
opponent Toour shame we confess that
we played the despicable part of a whip
perrin for WILLIAMS. Among hun
dreds of the best Democrats in Mont
gomery county who refused to be whip
ped-in, was Mr.. CoRNELIsoN. Hence
WIS hatred for that gentleman.
WILLIAMS had been appointed Mas
ter Commissioner of Montgomery coun,
ty by Judge ELLIOTT, but proved to be
so incompetent for the position, and
performed its duties so clumsily and er-
roneously, that almost the entire bar of
Mt Sterling petitioned the Judge to
remove him. This he did not like to
do, owing to the social relations existing
between himself and the family VIII
LLAMs had married into, but suggested
that they endeavor to get him to resign,
when he would accept the resignation,
and gladly appoint any gentleman they
might recommend to the vacancy. In
accordance with this suggestion, Mr..
CoRNELIsoN was selected by the bar to
approach w. on the subject of the de-
sired resignation. That gentle
man did so, and WILLIAMS sent in his
resignation.
The following winter, at Frankfort,
General w. took us to his room, and
there told us how c. had come out to
his house one evening, and sat out on
the porch pleading his wife, children,
and poverty; reminding him that he
(W.) was rich he had married a
wealthy widow>lady of Montgomery
county, and did not need the Office,
while he &C. did need it to keep the
wolf from his door; how c. cried, and
how he CIV. } cried, and his wife (Mrs.
W. cried, so were their sympathies
worked upon by Cs recital of his woes;
and how Mrs. w. wouldn't let him 60
to sleep that night until he promised
her that he would go into town next
morning and resign his position of Mas
ter Commissioner and make Judge
ELLIOTT appoint that poor, needy, and
deserving young man, Mr.. CoRNELI'
SON in his stead; how, next morning, III
accordance with this promise, he went
to town and resigned the office, and
wouldn't leave ELLIOTT until he ap
pointed CoRNELIsoN. "And now,
he concluded his story to us, "yOu SCI
how the id ungrateful scoundrel ha:
repaid me-" Ifthere is any one failing
incident to humanity blacker and more
reprehensible than all others combined
ingratitude, in our estimation, is tha
failing. We we're fool enough to be
lieve what WILLIAMS had told us. anC