Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-11-01

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Now you can say whatsyou please, q
we happen to know what we are talk-y
ing about and can bring out our afff-
davits when we feel like it. As far
as folks "believing what W e say,
when they know u.s." amounts to,
we expect we are known fully as I
well as the Gazette and we have more {
friends and what is better, our friends
are the friends of justice and right.
They do not befriend US because we
try to defend them in their stealing
and numbering, but because we stand
up boldly for the right, let the conse-
quences be what they will. Let the
Gazette and its followers howl, we
know what is right and propose to
vindicate it.
The Gazette is a regular fire eater.
Its editor thinks it is calculated to
set the world on fire, and the article
above quoted from Lex is a specimen
of its %brilliancy, and the Gazette in al
long leader, as far it dares, even en-
dorses this hellish communication,
and says that the writer's II of Cal
laway's most respectable citizens.
For this We are sorry, for there ar
hundreds of men with q better sense
of justice that are now in the peni-
Tertiary. Anyone reading this arti-
Gle would think hat Lex had the rest
Of the stolen money and he was
afraid it would be taken from him;
and then to read the Gazette's edito-
rial (Which is so wishy washy we will
not quote IT'D that the editor was to
get his swag if Lex come out all
o. X, but we don't want to yilify,
so we will confine ourself to facts
] that we do know and can substanti-
, ate.
Lex opens out by talking about
; "war." Much he knows about
I "war,'' we should judge by the way
lie writes. Is it war to arrest a thief
; and a fugitive from justice. He says
= he is mo lawyer" No, we think
not, and we should say he is not much
l of anything, Judging from his writ
ing, He harps IN Kay. If Kay
" has been wronged there is 4 law il
Il this county, by which, he can get
Il redress. He should not blow around.
but proceed lawfully, If he know.
how and i'll this way get redress To-
II being the mean by which n crimina
was brought to justice. Lex repeats
! and repeats the assertion that If
had not been for the ore Thousand
dollars reward, Berry would not hav,
y been caught. If that vas the case i
> was a good thing that the reward wa
10 offered, but does Lex think that be
cause the people of Galloway did no
u arrest Berry, that there is. no on,
who knows his duty and is willing t.
IL do it.
A nan came to Glascock and CAV,
him the g ilbageeJ beX utohce knew wig
" berfs' ~-Gr"lu d. uu rcmurd
T" he knew it was his duty to follow thi
~ clue and catch the criminal if h
ie could, and he did, and o is it TO
~ such hard headed fools as Lex to sa
that Glascock acted as he did 70
money but we don't care if he di,
y and yet We know he did not. If
:" was the reward that led to Berry
g arrest, that does not mar the JUS
tice of the proceedings at all. Doe
. not the law provide for rewards
Why, even in Galloway you offer So
for the capture of an escaped niggeI
who has murdered one man and trie
to murder another. Lex has a fin
idea Of justice. He would not hay
k= a man arrested until he was tried an
convicted and the man that say
It. Berry was shot without warning lie.
is because he was halted twice and pai
lg no attention to it, one load of buc
+ shot was fired over him and still Ii
~ would not give in and now YOU sa
he had no chance for an explanation
S, no he did not want to explain. Ii
nd wanted to emigrate. He had take
rs an oath not TO be taken alive and h
Id kept it; but for this you find fau.
TX with u sheriff. He says it is hard /
H. make the people think he could nc
er have been taken alive and FIVE me
er ments before he was shot there wa
I'd not a man i'll Galloway but what kne,
T. some n would have to die when h
re was caught. Lex you are fresh, yo
m don't argue well, you say he was she
in his bed now you know that is
st lie, for he said himself that he wa
If leading his horse to water, and h
~ was not near his bed when the poss
. came up, but was lying on a bus
n which he fell over when shot: he ha
,e plenty of time to surrender bat weuF
20 not do it, and the reason why is ar
parent. At this writing we dom
g think this subject demands furthe
it time or space and we shall dismiss il
y with the hope that We will not hav
y to refer to it again. But if we ar
n compelled to refer to 1t In the futur
e to defend ourself or our sheriff W,
shall do it in no measured terms.
y BUCKNER ON FINANCE. {
vi Among the innumerale promise!
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