The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-03

70 be embraced In IL. nave neNel
heard il intinAted until She gave he
testimony that Mrs. jerks was In an,
way connected with the authorship Of th'
letter. / bGTe not nor hAs any membei
Of my family sought to use this letter a
means OF obtaining Office. l saw th'
members Of the McVeagh Commission ii
New Orleans, and was informed that the
money had been used TO secure the
abandonment OF the Packard LegislAturt
BY certain members thereof. could tel
tie amounts paid 10 certain eases, bat
could not say who disbursed the money
or who supplied It. I had two eonTer
sAtions with General HAVley relative 4
the recognition Of the Packard govern
meut BY the Administration, and he said
that the President could not and would
not recognize IL BE conveyed the idea
TO my mind distinctly that the reeogni,
tiou Of Nichols and the abandonment ot
Packard EAs toregoDe conclusion, and
that this question had been determined
BY the Administration before the Com.
mission left Washington.
A letter Wss here shown Weber, which
he identified as having been written BY
himself. He then said: Gentlemen Of the
committee, l object 70 the considerstioa
Of this letter or its publication as any
part OF the record. II il is publishsd it
will place me in = very false position
with the people down there, and / ask
you 70 refuse 10 allow it to be read for that
reason. The statement have made in
there il not in accordance with the facts.
/ would like 70 say = word or two more
about this matter. At the time / wrote
this letter, what / wrote was given 70 me
a fsetl; bat since then ! have ASeertsined
that ! wa misinformed, and therefore
misstated the case At thst time.
The Chairman and other members Of
the Committee, after looking At the letter,
decided that It was proper It should be
read. Il was IS follows:
STATE SEsATE, /
NEw ORLEAss, March 81, 1871.
To J. Il. R51, Bq:
DEAR Couzs.-Your favor Of the l7th
instant was received only to-day. In
answer thereto l an sorry TO say that
though bad heard my brother, D. A.
Weber, casually speak Of . cousin
living in St. Louis, but be never
gave me any definite understanding
concerning him, this is the only reason !
can give You for not writing sooner. The
TEmss you refer to has not reached me,
should certainly be pleased TO have the
opportunity TO reply to any erroneous
statement concerning the unproyoked
dastArdly murder Of D. A. Weber. /
have mailed to your address to-day copy
Of the New Orleans Rtpsbieaa containing
q correct statement Of the brutal outrage.
also forward 10 your address in writing
and In q seperate envelop the same state
ment which you can use for publication
in any paper. ! voueh for the correct
hess Of the same. I intended before this
TO have written another statement Civ
ing more particulars concerning the
affair. but have not really had time 70 do
90. The assASsin Of D. A. is At large a.
yet, and officiating in the capacity Of =
Nichols officer in the parish he lives
in, West Feliciana, and the Republicans
with terror printed on their faces
whisper TO each other, "Who will be
nextr We desire no new election in
Louisiana. We desire and demand =
recognition Of the legal and lAEtul
Packard government from which Mr..
HAYES derived his title to the Office Of
Chief Magistrate Of this nation. We
demand It not only as just right 70
which we are entitled, bat desire it and
demand it that we may have = govern
ment founded upon law and order,
wherein all men, without regard TO na-
tionAlity or color, may enjoy the same
rights Of civilization without lear or
favor. Under government At this time
In this State administered BY Nichols
and his bands Of assassins and founded
upon blood there is not and never will be
security for life and property.
D. a. leaves wife and three little
babies, the Oldest only three years Of
age. This alone would have been
enough 10 have SPARED his life had not
the bfutes been thirsty for the blood Of
the innocent and deienceless Republicans.
had advised him 70 stay away from the
parish until onr difficulties were finally
adjusted, bat be preferred 70 remain At
home in the bosom Of his family, whom
be cherished and adored. His unfortu-
nate fate seems 10 have been apprehend-
ed - YOU will notice 10 his letter, written
70 Senator MeMillan,of MINI, three days
before Ihe twas murdered and published
in the New Orleans RepGHieaa
J send you. Oar situation 10 the North
cannot be undsrstood, or am sure the
people would not tolerate the state Of at-
iairs which actually exists here. One
By one the white and eolored Rspublicans
are murdered here In daylight and al
ways by parties unknown. We have en-
dured more than our share Of wrong and
outrage, and unless the General Govern.
ment comes 10 our rescue We must either
suffer the fate Of D. A. or leave the
State. This il 4 threat made
against u. p1bliely and without fear.
D. As wife and babies have moved from
ST. Toville TO Donaldsonville. / have
have also been obliged for security's
sake 70 move. TO the same place. We
have abandoned all our property and
left il At the mercy Of the brutes. II
Packard IL Governor, and / have no
doubt oft, he will in due time have the
assassins Of my brother arrested and
punished. 1fNieholls becomes Governor
and an attempt on our part 70 arrest
and convict the murdereS ia made,
We will beyond any doubt have 10
suffer desth. / have written this in
haste. 10 my next will give you more
details concerning D. A.'s death.
With the best wishes ! am yours,
[signsdl E.s WEnEl
Daring the reading Of the letter Mr.
Coxe1amined the witness in regard TO the
various statements contained therein, and
the witness replied that all the statements
we're youehed for BY him At the time,
from the information he had received and
be then believed them 10 Be true, bat be
had since learned that be had
been misinformsd. BE now pro-
nounoed the statements contained
therein 70 Be false. he subsequently,
stated that the statements were made for
political effect; that be supposed the per.
son to whom the letter was addressed
vas going TO have It Published, and II
would create . feeling in the North in
favor Of the Packard Government. Wit.
pess wa questioned closely in relation TO
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