The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-11-24
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There ~ things which You have done which
is nnbekuowens TO anybody but me. You bet
ter trot on. few dolls. 10 yours truly, or you'll
hoar thro' the papers from
n, LIft e' HANDY ANDY.
This is about the idea. could con-
tinue them until the reader was surfeit-
ed, if desirable.
Shortly the principal Republican
journals " convicted" me of Wholesale
bribery, and the leading Democratic
paper mailed" an aggravated case OF
matchmaking to me.
In this way acquired two additional
names "Twain. the Filthy Corrup-
ZIONIST" and "Twain, the Loathsome
Embracer.
BY this time there had grown to be
such clamor for an "answer to all
the dreadful charges that were laid to
me, that the editors and leaders of my
party said it would be political ruin for
me to remain silent any longer. AS If
to make their appeal the more impera-
tive, the following appeared in one OF
the papers the very next day
BEHOLD THE MAN!-The Independent can
didate still maintsins silence. Because he dare
not speak. Every accusation against him has
been amply proved, and they havo been in
dorsed ana Reimbursed by his own eloquent
silence, till AT this day he stands forever con-
victea. Look upon your candidate lndepend-
ents Look upon the Infamous Perjurer the
Montana Thief the Body-Snstcher Contem-
plate your incarnste Delirium Tremens your
Filthy Corruptionist! your LIoathsome En-
bracer Gaze upon him-ponder him we'll
and then say IL you can give your honest votes
| a creature who has earned this dismal array
Of titles by his hideous crimes, and dares not
open his mouth in denial OF any OF them!
There was no possible way OF getting
out of it, and so, in deep humiliation, l
set about preparing to " ANSWER " mass
of baseless charges and mean and wicked
falsehoods. But I never finished the
task, for the very next morning paper
came out with u new horror, fresh
malignity, and seriously changed me
with burning lunatic asylum with all
its inmates because it INSTRUCTED the
view from my house. This threw me
into sort OF panic. Then came the
charge of poisoning my uncle to get his
property, with an imperative demand
that the grave should be opened. This
drove Bne to the verge of distraction.
On top of this was accused of employ
ing toothless and incompetent old rela
tives to prepare the food for the found
ling hos ital when I was warden. 1 was
wavering-wavering And at last, as 9
due and fitting climax to the shameless
persecution that party rancor had inflict
ed upon me, nine little toddling children
Of oil shades of color and degrees O
raggedness were taught to rush on to the
platform at public meeting and clasI
me around the legs and call me "Pa!"
gave it up. 1 hauled down m,
colors and surrendered. I was not equa
to the requirements of a gubernatoria
campaign III the State of New York, ant
so sent in my withdrawal from the can
didacy, and in bitterness of spirit signet
it, "Truly yours, once a decent man
but now MARK TWAIN,
Jpn. T., b. S.. ID. T., F. O., and L. Z.