Smyrna times., 1877-09-19

Sollc way married INTO the Democratic party he
must nave the Office. The consequence v i'll be SCrnr
lively kicking in the traces hut aIj win hr ybi,'
back and the Sausburys viii ride on trium phaIt a.
usual. ~ "
Far hc >myrla TiuuS
Ed. EVERY EVENING AND COMMERCIAL
Ny DcCr Sr:-Thc Peach Growers cause
hangs like a mill stone round the neck of
newspaper man; It seems to have proven
too unrghteous for your conscicnces. for
you long to be friendly to, and must be
thrown oil. At first the gay and festive
Phlla TencS extended a hclpinr hand to
our belcaguered and totterng side, but in
one issue, as you personally expressed, "it
got so far that all the time since has been
required to hedge back" very much like
the stone fence man, who built such = LONG
string in one day that it took him two or
| three days TO recover the starting point.
Without exception, every newspaper
which reported our meetings, through
Their correspondents, have cndcavored 10
cast rldlcule upon the growers, in MANY
eases Ignoring much Of the business prG-
ceedlngS, to give prominence to outside
matters, such as Will occur in an incxpc-
Hehced assembIage, always too, giving
SLccl2l ana unwarrantcd Importance TO the
efforts Of a small, jree.p.tvz portion Of orr
Y.
Since then your own corrcsnondcnts
lean to the Il. Il. side, though we feel little
injured by their parti.anship-it !, only the
significance.
In personal appeal you seemed not at
all incredulous but that we had grounds
tor complaint, and certainly you or your
language SN8, p10n,,s,I or torCykaio,reI .
(take your pick, as | wish to get into no
verbal difficulties that you would give us |
at least an impartial showing. How have |
you complied? When a practical grower
writes to the point, a cool and perfectly !
courteous letter, here latterly, it is over |
ridden by antagonistic editorial comments. /
printed IN your most conspicuous columns. I
while eXOrable nonsense, such as favorina |
high and even advanced rates of freight /
as favorable to the grower, and appointing +.
inspectors, etc, 10y the legislature receives /
warm Communications. The practical grow
er gets bitter attack, while the iElpracti.
cal ana the Ii. Il. man your caress.
on say that my attempt "to demon
strate that some remarks made by Mr..
Hayes, at Dover, were tautammmt IN n
(semi-otficial promise. that frcirbts wouId
be reduced IL lS1S is folly" | will add TO
the assertion that President IIincklv told
mot promlsed) one of our committees that
II there should prove saving To the r. II.
by the new system of distributing cars, the
growers should have some advantage of il
next year. will put an OsSa of folly in
ieIlon 10y stating that Mr.. |. y. Mills made
ABOUT some such statement at Middlctown.
ne committee of freight rates were en-.
deaVorlng to secure this considerable and
Just advantage for the present season. rs
well as for next. Whether it is all folIv.
perhaps your discussion will not carry con,
vction
Mr.. Hayes speech and manner at Dover.
coupled with his official position and
known views, clearly conveyed to four
Nllddletown gentlemen (all have talked
"lth) that the statements made by me, in
tefpreted fairly, are fully warranted. Pres
ldent HlnckIy himself could not mako n
promise positively binding so far ahead as
Mt hayes 10y his Interpretation chooses to
hoIo me TO. Either he (Mr. H. talked
very gratultously on that occasion or moro
apparently it may be construed mL,
heard voice we could not hear" His
language, etc, etc, certainly nrop,;sos
some concession. The companieS at tho
Time were IN quite funk even over our
9"lalI proceedings, as also were many grow
erS' More would have been in attendance
ouc lor the troubles. We were bcsoucht IN
"uJourh before proceeding to anv business.
on account OF the tribulatiOns bcsettinC tho
"iiro"us' but as we believe ourselves Coual
10 the not hard task of non.identi6cotion
"l'h' ana encouragement to, an incendiarv
moo, we proceeded with our undertaken
una nave heard no reflections since. such
Is were so rife from certain Il, II. trucklers
before the meeting.
MI Hayes and some others may eXnlain
ma make "clear" until their hair gets as
ohg as AGsalomS 5, but those who ought To
thow' being ear and eye witnesses, have
- orhleu Their convictions. When men
= nose positions, interests, past expressions.
oeh'Ihes them with the r. r., it is useless
% appeal for ordinary construction of their
ahguage merely. Not being ubiquitous
ma being on committee, Mr.. II. seems to
mink my criticisms on his speech as an
Issumptlon. The gentlemen whose infor.
hatloh rely on, and whose names he can
iaVe' are just as capable of forming an in
elhgent opinion as myself There is no
question: of veracity, but construction.
'peech, manner, official position, delivery
u H. x. kilograms, and the critical condi.
ION OF affairs, being elements for Judgment.
There is no mistake or denial but that
le (H.,) an official, being indclcately
lrged, that the question of deciding finally
N the subject of freights, should be dele.
ated TO committee, of which President
'isgs, an official, was chairman, and other -
ihclals were members, though meeting
i growers was soon to succeed. II was
ather stupid to put such men on such n
ommlttee, but to confer extraordinary and
powers would not naturally be
one, and could only occur from clione