Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-19

| did not doubt that it's author. on beng
informed of his mistake, would instantly
correct it. and make prompt withdrawal
of his offensive language. l. accordingly
addressed him the following letter:
WAERESToS, July II. 1873.
| Columbus Aleru1lder, Esq.,:
SIR: The Alexandria Gazette Of yes
terday contains card over your sigma.
ture, in which the following statement
appears: II find in the Baltimore Sun,
the Washington Star, and several other
papers a report Of speech made by the
| Hon. Eppa Hunton, last Tuesday night,
in Alexandria, in which he asserts that
the infamous assessment-entorcihg Dill,
| passed by the House on the morning OF
| the 18th Of June last, on motion of Mr..
Hendce, and for which he (NIr. Hunton)
voted had been brought to him, endorsed
by Commissioner Bryan, Judge Wylic,
and Columbus Alexander;;" and then the
said card proceeds Now, in ali due re-
spect to the gentleman, hereby denounce
that statement not merely as entirely I'M
true, but in view of the recorded facts,
which I shall state hereafter, rs even
| ridiculous-nay, 60 further, and openly
express it as my honest opinion that the
honorable gentleman himself must have
known when he made that statement that
| it was false"
1 have seen no report Of my speech III
Alexandria containing the language quoted
above from your card. have just exam
ined carefully the report Of my remarks
| in the Alexandria Gazette, and can fine
nothing like it. What ] did say was il
| exact accordance with the debate, as
quoted in your card from the Congress
| sional Record, in substance, that the Hon
| William Nj. Springer made his motion
looking to q defeat Of the billy at the in
stance of Columbus Alexander an(
| others,
When you saw the report Of my speecl
to which you allude, common justice re
| quircd at your hands an inquiry of me
whether I used the language imputed tc
me. 1 have made a plain statement O
the fact and now demand at your hand;
| withdrawal Of the offensive language OF
your card in the columns Of the AlcXan
dria Gazette, which published it.
Your obedient servant,
EPPA HUNTON.
Instead of availing himself Of the OPP
portunity offered by this letter, Alexander
published the following communication tf
the Alexandria Gazette, beginning will
my letter ~ Him, 10 ulvyus
GEN. uUNTON AND TIE wAsIUNoToNIANs
WAsH1NoToN, D. c., July 1G, 1878.
To the Editor Of tie IleTandria Gazette:
SIR: The following letter was handed
to me yesterday:
Because the Alexandria Gazette omit:
to report that part Of the gentleman
speech, the latter thinks it splendid OF
portunty Of getting himself out OF TIM
dilemma in which, unhappily for him, hi
is placed. But that will not do Before
/ wrote my letter to the Gazette | wen
down to Alexandria for the very purpose
of inquiring personally into the matter
and there ! was assured by many persona
friends who had been present at tina
meeting that the remarks of Mr.. Hunton
as reported in the Baltimore Sun AM
Washington Star were correct.
Mr.. lIunton will not deny that he usct
the names OF Judge Wylie, COMMISSIONS
Bryan, and myself, and that he did no
say "Culumbus Alexander and Others
-."r,,., Ul,o.,u vGl.-,,'' La ---t.>inl5- onul(
not, rs he attempts in his neeU version
have included Messrs. Bryan and Wylie
because none Of the gentlemen had any
thing to do with Mr.. Springer's motion, o.
even knew of it at the time it WAS made.
Mr.. Hmton must have 4 small opinion
of his Alexandria constituents, or else h'
would not have thought it possible tina
five days could have been sufficient t.
wipe from their memory his elOqucn
words spoken to them rs late rs las
W ednesday.
Let him first correct the reports in thu
Star and Sun, certainly two reliable news
papers, and the first one especially friend
ly to him, and then, having myself beel
convinced that he was incorrectly report
ed, he will have no cause of trying t.
''bulldoze' me, as evidently seems to b'
his intention in the above letter.
General Hunton sent his letter to nj
through a Captain F. c. Sheppard, 0
Warrenton, Va, one Of his many ap
pointees in the Territorial building, OF
Four-and-a half street, the seat Of on
Radical District government. That gen
tleman evidently, too, was under the i'm
preston that little swagger would brin:
me down. But General Hunton at lcas
should have known that man who TO-
years has almost single-handed Tough
the Washington ring, who has been made
the object Of their special hatred, SO tina
they even planned against him that safe
burglary rascality, and who, q Virginia.
himself, never gives up as long as NJ
knows he is in the right, cannot be ''pull
dozed'' by General Hunton or any OF IN:
District appointees. If General Huntol
is wrongly reported, shall do him JUS
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