The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-10-17
A CARD.


and persistently sought to be i'm
pressed upon your minds, that in
the year 1874, then being a candi-
date for Congress, l caused to be
made personal pledges to Col. Jno.
II. Moore and his friends, that
would not become a candidate for
Congress in 1876, and that either
persuaded or encouraged him to be
come candidate at that time, and
that having so encouraged or per-
suaded him, l ought not, under any
circumstances, have permitted the
use of my name by the convention
at Lawrenceburg, which did nomi-
nate me
This was, in effect, directly
charged by the Hickman Pioneer, a
newspaper published in the town in
which Col. Moore resides, and upon
information said to have been fur
nIshed by him.
Again, at Newburg, at Williams
port and at Pulaski, Col. Moore in
substance sought, as l believe, to
make the same impression.
Alike by the Pioneer and Col.
Moore, references we're made to
message sent by me through Capt.
0. t. Plummer to Col. NJ, as well
as to direct replies made by me to
certain inquiries from Col. Nj.
These replies of mine, as Col. NJ.
stated at Pulaski, were in answer to
what he had written me.
Publicly then, at these places, 1
authorized the production of any
and all of my letters and the publ
cation of any conversation 1 had
had with Capt. Plummer. Refer
ence had been made to these alleged
proofs by the Pioneer and by Col.
Moore, with what propriety ] do
not now discuss. Knowing how
utterly false the differences were, 1
neither dreaded or feared their pub
LEGATION. l knew / had made no
pledges other than the one in which
the public was a sharer, and hence
felt "full armed" tos meet either
direct assault or bravado, and
therefore was not only willing
land in view of the statement of
the Pioneer and Col. Moore him
self, but anxious" that my entire
letters to Col. NJ, as well as the
whole of the conversation / had
had with Capt. Plummer, should
be published.
In response to this, Col. NJ, APP
parently forgetting what he said
upon the stump, and the necessity
he and his organ had put me under
to say this, makes it the excuse for
the publication of two of my let
tiers to him, as well as what pur-
ports to be a conversation with
Capt. Plummer, and in doing so
seeks again logically TO fasten the
impression that ought not to have
accepted the nomination made at
Lawrenceburg in 1876 That in
view of the personal pledges re.
lerred to, SO made to him, l could
not in good faith have done so.
To sustain this, he publishes the
two following letters from me:
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2, '76.
DEAR JACK-Enclosed l send you a |
copy of letter which 1 have sent to |
ID. b. Cooper, and authorized him to |
make it public. In this letter, which L |
intend to publish, 1, as fully as L can
in brief words, explain my present |
feelings. l am in the biggest work
that ever l had. | may fail to meet |
public expectations, and If so, "pm
done for" This know as well as any
one, and L speak the literal truth when
say to this work l am giving my
whole thoughts and labor. Ardent
friends have written to me to become
for reelection. You know
that L have had my eye fixed alike mp
on the Cabinet and the Senate, and the |
only reason that has been addressed to
me having any weight towards in
ducing me to become a candidate for
reelection has been the one that it
would help me in Cabinet aspirations,
but with a people who have been so /
long and true friends, do not like to
occupy the position of "changing pur-
poses," and in the absence of their |
wishes | conceive it to be my duty to
them to adhere to my purposr. When
L get through my labors, then as to my
own future ] will write you. Now, as
to yourself. Let me say that ! love
you 50 much and know how hard it is
for you to resist temptations that sur
rounds social life, that whilst | have
always desired to see you enter it, ct
frankly, Jack, 1 have feared that, away |
from the friends who know you as a
son or a brother, you would not find
that same charity and kindness you find !
amongst them, and your warm nature,
under rudeness or GOODNESS, would de-
velop into recklessness. If you have
the nerve and courage to do two things
you can make your own future. irst,
resist all social temptations. Second,
take up and prosecute patient, laborious
study, aud if you had or can produce
this impression in the district, you can
a great deal of strength.
L doubt if you Can do so in the present
race. Confidence is plant of slow
growth, and while your immediate
friends might and would believe in the
sincerity of your resolves, and have
faith in the ripening of the splendid
mind you possess, yet you must grow,
so to speak, in this respect, before the
mass of the people. If then, Jack,
your hankering is for public life, make
the resolve of the two things | spoke
OF, and start at the bottom of the lad
der, SO as to train yourself into public /
life and public confidence, aud YOU
stand in position TO be all that your
friends could desire. In the present race
/ Judge, from what / can learn, that
Wright, McLemore, Bullock, Cox, Tai
liaferro and I. NJ. Jones will certainly
be candidates, with possibly others. 1
have written to you frankly after
weighing the matter over. Let me
know your resolve. / am moro attached /
to you than any Of them, and whenever
and wherever / can, feel like giving /
you click forward" in life. Remem-
Der me to Mollie, Levisa and Marsh,
and kiss your little daughter for me.
Your friend, WHIT.
WASHINGTON, May IL, 1876.
j. H. Moore, Esq, CentreVille, Tenn.
DEAR JAcK-Hour favor 0f the 27th
ult. / only received upon my return
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. had
noticed in the paper, before getting
your letter, that the county of Hickman
had presented you to the district, and
knew that you had LAUGHED your boat.
Now, Jack, steady nerve, constant pur-
pose, and, above all, the natural. There
is nothing that the people SO quickly
detect as affectation, and when detected
Ii is fatal 10 any aspirant. / have been
that Williamson will possibly
have three candidates-Cox, NcLemore
and Bullock Giles will present Jones,
possibly Taliaferro; Maury, John V,
Wright. In saying that they will pre-
sent them, i do not near that fha couu-