The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-15
MRS. jerks TO SENATOR BEN HILL

l ~AAs0s OA1HAo ~ 0AGNN AVN AbGN 1AA1AAs
New ORLEANss1 October Is, 1878.
Hon. b. III. Hill, Atlanta, Ga.
Sir-In your letter to the Hon. r. @.
Humber, published In the New Orleans
Democrat Of October ~ ultim0, I find
the following clause:
| elm Mr.. Hayes case, Agnes jerks,
confessing her guilt In brazen gibberish
never before equaled, receives an Office
of good pay and little work In the
treasury, and that, too, at a time when
many ladies Of unquestioned worth,
| with hungry children, and husbands
slain In battle, were rudely turned
away with the gru6 answer, mo vacan-
cies. So crime is rewarded" etc.
| 1t seems almost impossible that a
gentleman would will fully state that
which is utterly false, even for polit-
ical motive and yet you certainly did
so regarding me.
! was not aware I had "confessed
guilt, /" being unconscious of any act
of mine in the past that could possibly
come under such a cOgnomen. No
man can with truth accuse me of one
ignoble or dishonorable action. Feel
ing quite secure in that point, the shafts
OF calumny hurled at me for months
past by the Democratic press of the
country fall harmless and unheeded.
am even more invulnerable than
Achilles; my armor OF personal integ-
rity and honor is impregnable.
BY the term ssconfessing guilt'' I
presume you refer to the matter of the
guarantee. Permit me to assure you
that, Notwithstanding the trouble it
Indirectly caused, I am still of the
0nfninyN II nvpSfn iprof fob
the circumstances. Had the Republic
cans been protected in their right of
franchise they would have carried the
State of Louisiana by 10000 majority
in 1876; they were not, and I, being
interested in the success of the party,
| only met the effect OF the laWless bull
DOING shotgun policy of the Feliciana
Democracy by little diplomatic STRAIT
egy, thereby cheekmating Democratic
bribery-an act would repeat to-mor-
row if the same opportunity offered
and deemed 1t necessary.
There exists not the slightest fOunda-
ton for your assertion that am ssem-
ployed in tho treasury" have not
sought for and do not occupy any
position whatever, nor am under any
obligation directly or indirectly to the
present administration. 1t is quite
EVS59kO&O IL OS tA uHtftttC&ttHk ItSHuDtt~
can, and do our duty to the party with
out desiring "place or reward" 1 do
not imagine that Democrat of your
school will readily understand or ap-
preciate tho foregoing sentiment.
Had ex-Presfdent johnson (Whose
zeal you seem to commend) been a true
patriot, or cared for the future veal of
his country, he would have punished
quondam traitors such as you who
sought to annihilate tho very life of the
RepubIic-a crime far more heinous
then even the assassination of the
martyred Lincoln. fully concur with
you-ssCrime is now rewarded" The
position of United States Senator which
you occupy to-day demonstrates the
fact. Think you that under any other
government in broad Christendom such
men as you and some of your compecrs,
with your" traitorous records of the
past, would be permitted a voice in the
council halls of the nation you sought
to destroy? Such noble clcmency on
the part Of government is unparal-
leled in the annals of history. Truly
we live in an epoch of political material
ism when "crime is rewarded" and
YOU have received rich gucrtlon,
Your letter, with its lofty and elegant
style of phraseology in referring to my
"gibberish," is tho first and only one
of the many Misrepresentation promul-
gated that I deem worthy of notice.
Emanating from so illustrious person.
age as you, it would seem inappre-
ciative on my part to ignore tho court
eous and honorable mention made of
my name.
The prees has often enormously stated
that I hold an appointment, and as
your soul is evidently troubled at even
the Imagination thereof, permit me to
re-establish the entire serenity of your
mind and that of the Democracy at
large by again assuring you that I do
not hold any position whatever, your
statement to the contrary notwith-
standing. Very truly yours,
AGNES ID. jerks.
A ludicrous instance of punning upon
n name once took place in Judicial
court of New York, which is thus
told: Counsel had been questioning