Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-08
COLUMBUS, MISS, Nov. 1st., 1879.

and take courage.
Columbus, MISS, Nov. 1st., 1879.
MIR. Al. G. Horn lin your yesterdays
paper, you give very thrilling account
ofsome "bulldozing in the Republican
family" at this place, using n number
of republican adectives, which under
the Bloody Shirt" patent, you could
not properly do unless inspired by some
standard-bcarcr of that sanguinary EN-
blem.
Doubtless 1t was the heading Of the
article, that secured for it place in
your journal, rs my brother and the
"Johnstons Jr." referred to arc both
Democrats of very fair standing in the
party in this community.
As the recital you published Is OK
partc and from the "bullozed" side, 1t
seems to me you should have accepted
it cum grano sails, before assailing the
character Of an old, respectable citizen
of the State.
"Thc parties passing thro' Meridian
Wednesday night, who detailed the
particulars to you, lied from beginning
to end, and you owe ii to us TO give the
public their names. ask that, as an ACT
of justice and courtesy. q
NY father, Mr., Harrison johnson,
"cotton agent" settled his accounts
with the government over thirteen
years ago, received q discharge in full,
accompanied by q very complimentary
letter from Mr.. McCulloch, Secretary
Of the Treasury. When the war COM
mcnced he was Merchant Tailor at
this place, and had been for twenty
five years, which he and his family are
not ashamed of and never will be, and
instead ofbeing poor was as 'ricl' then
as at any time since. BY the way If 1t
takes ''ninc tailors to make man,"
what fraction does Titus and Pease re-
present? Put your devil on the problcm!
Cen" III. Ii. Titus is not govern
ment official. and was not sent out by
the government. | never met him
in INV life, but learned while in New
York last spring that he was q rogue,
n black mailer and had been shyster
lawyey at Washington.
lie found ont last May in the course
of a civil suit father had in New York,
that he had been cotton agent, and
was man of means and he cmcludcd
to black-mail him. Tc do this he report
ed to tie Treasury department, that
Mr.. johnson had committed frand on
the government, and that he had the
proof. Under their representative he
obtained Il coatract similar to the ia
nous "SaYborn Contract permitting
him to sue Mr.. Johnson in the name Of
the government. Such contract pro-
vidcd that the informant shall have half
of what is recovered, and during the
long years he has had such with which
% levy black mail, the records Of the
Department show he has never made
the government half" as not ono dol
lar has ever been paid i'll from that
source.
During the last few weeks Titus, OK
Senator Pcasc and Y Il. Whitfield of
IL. i. notoricty, have been engaged in
manufacturing testimony to sustain Ii
tus's case against Mr.. johnson. The
night of the 18th of October, Pcasc1
came into Columbus, and after 0 o'clock
made an effort to examine the records
Of the Chanccry clerks Office; intend
ing to leave at 7:20 O'Clock next morn
ing. was told of his visit and his in
tcntions and went at once to the clerks
Office alone. The clerk is my personal
friend and Il cripple, whom l would no
more threaten or strike than would n
woman, and when told him the mise
rab!c business the ex-senator, God
save the mark,) was engaged in he re-
fused to open the vault,exccpt during
regular office hours.
| am q pcaceablc man, never wear
arms, and have never had u personal
difficulty since have been grown, but
felt so provoked at the lmmanly,
sneaking manner in which Peasc was
endcavoring to soil my fathers good
name, could not forbear denouncing
him. That did go and alone l shall
never deny; and found him such a
miserable wretch, God forbid that
should boast of it. / never realized
until then the full depth of MISSISSIPPI
pts degradation while he sat for her in
the U. S. Senate!
One of my younger brothers, coming
home from his plantation III Noxubce
county. was shown Titus at Artcsia on
itC 1Jtu vi OttpDCt, dlt,l III viz DiCo-
ence Of many did dcnouncc him as u
thief, black mailer and coward, while
Pcasc,' as he afterwards learned, trem-
blcd in the apartment of the car, "for
gentlemen only," with the door secure
" locked. NY brother did not eXhib-
il u pistol as he had none, and had no
idea, when he came to Artesia, Of sec
ing either Titus or Peasc.
When man insults me, or attempts |
in an undetermined manner to injnrc
me or my family, always intend TO re-
sent il by personal attack at once. I
have believed in this method since
birth; it is the Mississippi method"
and shall follow it, the opposite views
held by the "advanccd civilization of
some sections of the country to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
II Titus and Pease please to seek re-
dress through the courts of the coun-
trv. brother and win be delighted to
meet them, and we promise TO sustain
every epithet we branded them with.
But, sir, they have had their revenge
the medium of your paper,
and YOU have unwittingly served two
most unmitigated sneaks, the like of
whom the world docs not contain.--
Please publish the name of your infor-
nant. Respectfully,
9. a. JOHNSTON.