The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-20
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| This is a case that admits of no. shrink
| ing, The voice of the people demand
/ IN thuiiertones; "Who is that mans''
It was ine4e lible. absolutely in-s
crediblesafor aalaments that it WAS
really my name that was coupled
with this clisgraeef,ilzas suspicion.
Three long years had passed over
my head since | had tasted ale, beer,
wine or liquor of any kind. i
It shows what effect, the times
were having on me when | say that
I saw myself confidently dubbed
MIR. Delirfum Tremens Twain" in
the next issue OF that journal. with
out pang-notwithstandiagI knew
that with monotonous fidelity the pa
per would go on calling me so to
the very end. a''s ~
By this time anonymous letters
were getting to he an important part
of my mail matter. This form was
common
How about that old woman you kiked.
of your premisers which was begging.
nira POI PRY.
And this:
There is things which you have done
which is unbeknowens to any one but
me, Y on better trot ont few dolls to-
yours truly, or you'll hear thro' the pa-l
pers from
sd aasse5ss s'8as HANDY ANDY.
This is about the idea. i L could
continue them until the reader was,
surfeited if desirable.
Shortly the principal Republican
Journals 'convictedn me of wholesale
bribery, and the leading Democratic
paper mailed an aggravated case
of blackmailing TO me.
In this way | acquired two add-
tional names: Twain, the Filthy
Gorruptionist.' and Twain, the
Loathsome Emhracer." as tra}
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 lead
ers of my party said it would be po-
litical ruin for me to remain silent
any longer. AS if to make their ap-
peal more imperative, the following
appeared in one of the papers the
sCA HACAb OdJ2@ -t-fsA~.
BEHOLD THE MAN THE Independent
candidate sill maintains silence. Be
cause he dare not speak Every accusa-
ton against him as been amply proved,
and they have been indorsed and rein
dorsed by his own eloquent silence, till
at this day he stands forever convicted.
Look upon your candidate, Independ-
ents! Look upon the fam Gus perfureri
the Montana thief the bodyrsnatcher!
Contemplate your incarnate delirium
tremens! your filthy, ,coTuptionistl your
loathsOme embracer! Gaze upon him
ponder him well-and then say il you
can give your honest votes to a creature
who has earned this dismal array of ii
ties by his hideous crimes, and dares not
open his mouth in denial any cftheml
70 There was no possible way OF get
ting out of it, and SO. in deep humil-
iation, ! set about preparing to IAN
.swer" a mass of baseless charges
aud mean and wicked falsehoods
But / never finished the task, forth
very next morning a paper came out
with new horror, fresh malignity
and seriously charged me with burn
ing a lupatic asylum with all its in
mates because it obstructed the view
from nay house. This threw me into
"a sort of panic. Then came the
charge ofpoisoning my uncle to get
his property. with an imperitiye de-
mand that the grave should be open
ed. This drove me to the verge Of
distraction. On top of this / was
accused of employing toothless and
incompetent old relatives. to prepare
I the food for the fondling hospital
when / was warden. was wavering
wavering. And at last, as due
bon fitting climax to- the Shameless
persecution that party rancor had
inflicted upon me. nine little toddling
children Of all shades of color and
degrees of raggedness were taught
to rusll on to the platform of pub
lie meeting aud clasp me around the
legs and called me "pa r.
Igaye it up. hauled down MY
colors and surrendered. I was not
: | eqaaFto the requirements ofa guber-
Il Material campaign in the state of
New y York. and so set in my with
! drawal from the candidacy, and in Bit
terness Of spirit signed it, Truly
yours, once a decent man, but now,
Vel q IS FtA MARK TWAIN.
L. PM. T.,lB. Sd. T., F. G.. and
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