Richland beacon., 1876-10-28
DELTA. La. Scptrtnbcr .Stn, -

Capt ". ". Farmer. Monrue. La:
hlY DEAR Sal anI IN rrcrip, Of your
letter Of September 2d'h. Wh,r 20 not
desire Iu question your motives, YET It seems
TO me ,uar IT yuu hat been really anxious 10
conrnuc the JoInt canvas. yoa ""ut scarce
Is have abandoned II upon such aro"u... a,
those contained m your letter. Even II Ger
tain REMARKS wb.ch nay have ma.!r ia
private cunvtT-aJIun " ia ny IoI,icli ir!yit>
offered auy goui ,ca>un ior the cour~" !"u
have seen proper 10 pursue, yet such ar't'n
on your part c"u!t unIy ID, Jn>uHed after .t
had heard my explanation, and fulrd 20 H.
I.In sarsilrrlon. i, IL. yuu have, IA ,,i. e.
pr, judged me and broken mp the canvas i"r
Il presumed Ji.cGcc, Ui winch ar, mot uuj;
not guirv. buI ~ regard To W:iirh yuu GIt net
even wait to IA ar my deleu>- II y"u had
come to- Delhi. tu meet me m debate. a !on
agreed to do, and a. you could vrry c""'cu-
Ienily have done. he wh"Ie matter in Cun'f"-
yer>y might have b' en- cd~liy arranged Ii II
could mot have been II wuU.i t"en have been
tine enough to have discontinued tue canvass
and dl,apioluJcd the pr"P,c TO had a,eei",
blrG To FrarI
NmIe | cannot see that the constitution
which in fntutiy conversation, ! lut "i"n
| yunr spe, ch Al Fiuyi To- several @'utI"m@n.
All of whom tad announced rhrinsciNr-
! supporters Of mIne, ha> any'hHg t. do - III
F the I,iut canvass. or l. Ia any rc-!c,t Nl"In
( tIou oi oar comVa,r. AID while >h"ri: n''
have Ihuus lat ui taking yuu Ia ta>" inr li.Na,r
! ;alk which you uI-hI have Hat WITH your
trcu.i-, Yet Mi. Ia >iHul Cl iniruc>>> du.'
caudur. rudravur 10 answer yn"r ac,o,ari'.s
as ,uccincJly Il can
lsr My recollection J. distinct TIA; you dl1
>ay Ia yuuI speech Al iI"y,I. ,Hal ,I'r h-iu1'r
+ can Ti!ry oi 10 u-rira wa> Il parry "i i.'."'' :
aIi ajvcr turi.rs. md 'iar y," 'nje'v"rei 4
prove yuur assertion BY my "AtrEn"r, letter.
/ l. yuu hat mot yuur>.!i - c,t--ri H., Or
.a:..z4'.on ~ ala wtiru au al present a,>ocIa'
. tel IlrIr wuu!i have b"ru uo,iln- Frr>,iat.l y
oil ;.>ive N the wor's used by yo", Binds &"
/ II l,'dIh"T ii,,h together, uur would yuu haN,
falI called Ufuu 10 rcrract Ihcn. lie '"'!
exception you made ifom tins ciissI.Irht."'
was IN the case OF Gov Narnoth.
la Diet .udruI yourself for having sdId 'as
Autumn, that yGu Oe,lrved y"u " t,Id vote &"
him, Nannuln.) ii he should he n"'..iuatr,
Tor Governor hy the next ltrpub nau t"nv"r
ton. you declared iliat ne had newer si"iei
amyihiu.. but that hc had made great tea
ui money by speculation.
am gtad now To have your testimony. tia
there are 20 many thousands oil honest mel
ia the RrpuDlrau ranks.
1t wouid surely seem uugra,riul in You /
say anything else. slnce it l. only short nm
sinre you were yourself Il distinguished dele
gate to a Convention composed exclusively &
members OF that parry But in your spec
at lloyd. you decidediy omitted al tlI- praI>
-, oil ~ al
who was there can testify.
A. far as regards yoIr labored effort I
prove, both on the stamp and IN your ie,tc,
thai ! once characterized thr organization
Inch myself together with my cnlIr
family connection, aud nearly ali my person
! friends belong, and did belong al the nu
, referred To-. that ] deliberately charged o.
, Republican parry with being thieves aud a.
, venrurerS, ! leave the question oi ,ur iaI
|, ness and force 81 tni> argument 20 the thIGhii
men Of both polI.ic parties. can aesul
= you That would not treat yuu " itH such PEI
: soaal di-cuuT,icsy, as To say that Mi tHe inca
1 bers of my party were dI>reputaHi" person
Y when ,ou. Yourself, had been poutc6.iy a.
clateI with those persons, and had pr"umI>,
p them your support both before and after II
. wrliin. Of thr letter from which you quote.
g ID | did not lay r'iat You cuuusr!ed assa
O sinariun, nor did | intend that my wor
: should convey any s0ch impression Mr.
H. Dnkgrave, who wa> present daring Il
- conversation al the Ouarhln House. and WI
;, whom have since cunycr-ci On The sui J"'
- conceived no such idea, nor did my f'!cn
}, Mr. Tompkins, who " wa- also present. " b
r ] did say III Substance was. that the p"htil
sentiments winch you expressed al f!oy
e were IN my OPINION, more 'I"ient ihan tho
= attributed to Mcf.uery | also stated that
= felt that IN violation OF our compact, y"" b
made offensive personal remarks. not JUSTIN
d ~ anything that had sad OF You. 10 th'
opinions | srliI adhere.
ID Your speech a, Floyd surprised and shork
ri me | bad supposed that you were moder'
y in your sentiments, and strictly courteous
IA deLate. had praised you to my friends Il
Z, had raaeu pa,.is To- ektrud TO you any court.
Is that was M my power. Yet !"u rrirf'r.
ur th.. manner III whIrl, the southern So"
Of haI be,-I ground down 10y the krI =" b.
party, IN such language, an! M my 'l Hr
,ts with such violence. a. Il cAcItr the la-e'
*, ut luriiou OF the audience I" winch
IN SPOKE Towards me. personally, your
j. marks were. 10 lay tie least, ai-c"hrt'"H> =
nd Offensive. FOR example. !ou stale" tIdl
e .etulunei myself; tnat "'Iai east
on nausea but that about that tue got
h. tguu>aud doIiar oiiIre, ant thai tour 'hous
or dollars was a mighty pretty amildo'e tor {
OF nausea II you can detect nothing "iien'
F.. in language al tni, Aind. can ouiy say
,n- ycur ideas OF courtesy are essentially dhie
10 from mine. You also accused me al ~
on. oi having misstated you wh-n ! ,aia 'htt
Ich had de'larei. IN November .'' ''a'
believed YOU would VO'" for Governor '
no. moth. n th. election, if he were uoH.Iu
do by the Republicans, bat asserted that you
,de only said that you wound hate 10 'oie" az
mr. HIM vc' or'y .wo day h":ofe YOU had