The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-08-27
EA-JUDGE TIIOM.iS.
Letter from Col. james a. Hovt.
Treating of that Individual.

A Letter from Col. james A. uoyt,
Treating Of that Individual.
ANDERSON, S. c., Aug. %, 1878.
,Etlitor StruightoW Dcmocrut 49,
In your issue of tho 11th instant
there appeared an abusive tirado
against me from the pen Of Will
liam NJ. Thomas, Of Charleston. 1t
was ostensibly i'll reply To an cdito-
rial Of mine in tho Registc, some
two or three weeks before, but in
reality was in furthcrancc of his
we'll known vindictircnoss and
spleen against those who 10 not
eXalt his politica! wisdom and
sagacity. Ii it wore simply an
issue of personal integrity between
Thomas and myself, i could not
afford to give the slightest attention
to his vile c1fusion; as no has lone,
since descended below the level of
u gentleman.
1t is true that ho has not spolon
TO nc FOR years, for tho reason that
When he VAS III the zenith Of his
career as II Radical politician, I
gave him distinctly to understand
(whcn meeting him face To face ON
one occasionD that did not desire
to rcco&ul%o u traitor and renegade
TO hls race among my acouaintan-
ces. Such a PLATA estimate OF his
political status, at time when he
was looked upon with favor by 9th
CTS, VAS felt even by this hypocrit-
ical scoundrcl, who afterwards;
proved himself as ready to hctrav
the Nadlcals as he WAS to bascly de-
sert his race and country for
the sake OF gain. Honcc it was
that he seized upon paragraph
relating solely to his rolitical
career, and made it the occasion for
lying, misrcprcson tation and abuse.
injecting matters OF business and
personal nature into tho contro
versy, without the slightest founda-
ton i'll fact or IL scmblanco Of truth
III his statements.
1t was to correct these false
statements, and to make prominent
tho real issue Of his uniitness as .
Democratic leader, that my second
article appeared.in the Ecgistcr. +
am utterly indifferent to his
splcnetlc uttcranccs. IF aught he
con say will injurc nc III the ewes
OF respectable Democrats, 1 am
ready to boar tho inhiction. Ills
slanderous tongue and pen have
been employed heretofore in assail-
ing prominent Democrats, since the
Inauguration Of the present State
government, and the public has
only to- recall his abusive, hbcllous
correspondence during the past
year to the Now York SIN to cor
rectly diagnose tho aims and pur>
poses of VIM. NJ. Thomas, whose
chronic apostasy turned him against
his former friends and associatcs of
the Radical party, and who is
roady now, rs he was in 1868, to
turn his back upon tho white pooplo
Of South ca ina.
Thomas WAS put forward by the
Charleston Democracy, duly as
semblcd in convention, in Il repre-
sentative capacity, and 1 have been
assured by ono Of his friends that
no is the chosen and accredited
leader of 1900 Democrats in tho
city Of Charleston. Unlcr thoso
circumstances, 1 was justified, as a
public journalist, in calling attcn-
ton to his career, believing, as /
honestly do, that he is not only u
constitutional liar and unmitigated
poltroon. but that his traitorous
proclivities render him an unsafe
and dangerous man to gain tho
confidence of any portion of the
Democratic party. In this aspect
alone ain / concerned with VIM. M.
Thomas, and so long as ho keeps
out of sight in tho political arena,
L am ready to accord him tho
silonce which he should covct as the
greatest boon of an ILL., spent life.
Otherwise 1 am prepared to exhibit
him in his truo colors, while it is
my duty to expose fraud and help
remove eXcrescences from tho party
to which L belong.
JAMES A. HoYr.
A mouse is able to shift for itself
whom about q fortnight old and by