The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-05-01
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Tribune II which 1 an presented 10
the public n = way that makes Il
Necessary for ne 70 reply.
There are but two points In the
art cle which deem worthy OF no
tiee.
The first il thai / volunteered
the testimony. TIE second that i
revealed the secrets OF dead n2n
inErusted 20 ne II his dying no
nents.
HE facts are these When Gov
error Marks Message came out /
vote 70 him, IS did many others
N the ; ate, telling him / believed
the people we're with him, and that
the people wanted 10 pay ali their
just debts, but that they would Lot
willingly pay debSs that tlley old
nos Tighti1lly owe There was
some correspondence Mr.. Galloway
lad just before his death IN reissloo
10 the management or the railroad
which was very disszstefuI TO him,
G-d Was satisfied that that CORES
pondenee WAS accessible. and / so
stated 10 Governor Marks For
the family Of Mr.. CalloEsJ could
have 10 objection 70 giyIug mp q
correspondence which Vas honor
ing kim / did not then think, and
do lot nOE, thas there was any
thing IN those letters that would
reflect upon Mr.. Galloway. After /
hzd ErIEJen that letter the commit
tee summoned NE 70 60 10 Nash
vile 70 give testimony. This sum
mons sas sent ne by mail / r.
fused 10 go, and wrote Gov. Marks
and the committee that such was
my position that would be mIsun-
derstOOd, ana that / knew nothing
which would be Of say use TO them
as testimony and requested them 20
release me. The Sergeat-ztr Arms
Of the Senate came 10 Cleveland
and refused 10 see him. The CON-
mittee then came TO Cleveland and
I was from bome,and the Sergeant
alarms followed me up, and IN
this way | was brought before the
committee.
did lot suppress anything. for
this would be false swearing. Some
one had posted the committee SO
that could not have avoided tell
ing all the truth, if / had been in
clined.
The testimony was taken very
hurTieeily and D.. Driver, who
wrote huTTiedly, wrote the latter
part Of ny testimony IN order -
maze time, as the train was nearly
due on which they expected 70 60
TO Knoxville. The question II
which / was asked, sDo you knOE
anything Of the disposition OF Ger
tain pspersY was put 10 NE n
such 8 way that felt il ny duty
10 tell what 1 under stood had be-
come Of them This 1 regret, as IL
involves q lady for whom / have 8
high regard, and particularly do l
regret il as / now learn that the
papers were not disposed OF as j
stated in my disposition 1 had IN
dersiOod- So much for the manner
in which the testimony was gwen.
Nov as TO the charge that ! have
committed . gross offence against
decency and rendered myself obi
Gus in society by revealing the
confession Of a dying man. IS not
true 20 fact
Mr.. Galloway was sick for some
time before his death. Was rOl
il iull health for eighteen months,
and du ing his frst lin, 8 nursed
him and did all could 10 restore
him 10 nealLh. He, during ms i'll
ness, made profession OF religion
and as soon as he was well eaOugh
making 8 confession to me il Is Ut
terry false. wouldn't have heard
it and be would not have made IL
To me or any one else. He confess
ed his sins 10 God. The circum
stance related in ny testimony
about his making Betsey Higgins /.
assist him IL some matters at
Nashville he told some time before
be Ess taken sick as \ good joke |
20 his friends here, / did not !
know then, nor do know certainly
now, that the object was not legiti /
mate, but the means used Mr.. Gallo /
way did not pretend TO Justify
From this FIRST illness lie talked |
freely to me, and always seemed TO /
be dissatisfied with his life as Pres
Ident Of the railroad The COM
mittee seemed TO be impressed with
the idea that there Was 8 Geath bed /
confession, and so put the question
TO me. / did not answer that there 1
was or anything ike il. ! was not 1
with Hr. Galloway when be died,
but had he made q confession Of
great wrong be had done the
citizens Of the State Of Tennessee /
would consider it my duty both IS
Christian and patriot TO reveal that
fact, if by so doing the wrong could
be corrected.
Now, do not believe the editor
OF the Tribune could be induces 10
write the article in question Il
must have been some one who wa
blinded by feeling or interest L
the editor was not the author /
gogld like to know the authors
name, and there are quite g number
here who are Of the same mind It
takes but little courage TO assail a
man whose profession makes yigOT-
Gus defense impossible In early
life 1 was taught among ny first
lessons that such attacks were COW
zrdly and meas.
The trouble with the author OF
that article, as is apparent, Is not
that / revealed dead mems comics
sions 6at that ] told things certain
parties desired to keep eecret- l.
any one should doubt the state
ments in this article or my deposi
tiOn l have The evidence At hand
and cad produce IL
n. W. MOTHKRAL-