The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-05

nhs. Sasu. we u,hae arSumente III tic
case and discussed, of course, the lega.
fraudulency of the confessions of iuSe.
Iehs. But Il Gen. Cash had been III tho
Court Kouse at the time, be would not
have heard ene word from either Col.
Shannon or Dayself. .conn$clihg Mrs. Cash
with even legal fraud, or referring to her
IN any way as having any knowledge of
1t Of the time &c wac made.
WheTe, ask then, Is the proof tatt j.
". II. has to offer that after making this
charge OF fraud against Ers. Cash that
ther denied it, and suffbred my friend
and asseciete to be killed rather than
assume the responsibility Of my own
actsY This tFntnped up charge and out
ragcoIs sfapder into which he has beer
Jed BY my enemies ia apparent. when it
Is shown that the fatal duel was not
caused by this marginal clause, but by
subsequent alleged conduct of Col. Shan
non In tho management of the cause at
its trial.
To many of my friends and other per-
sons was the origin OF this marginal
came to be In. any paper at all, though
Upon the application of my friend. Gel.
Blair, ] furnished full and cornplete
statement of the whole matter in ,prttinJ.
to be used at his discretion also simi.
lar statement to Mr. J. 4. HAY, Go be
published IN the event fell in the duel
with Gen. Cash, both of which exon
Grated Col. Shannon, and to many others
made verbal statements,, never for ono
moment holding him In any way respcn.
sible for the matter, and yet but two
men were entitled TO know anything q.
all about it. These two were Gen. Cash
and Col. Shannon. Tho iormer. because
itwas deemed by him as reAectjnR upon
his wife, and the latter Jbecause he, as tho
associate attorney, had o right TO know
of any matter that had been inserted into
the case by mistake or otherwise. As to
the former he certainly knew was tho
author, for he, held me to account for il.
and gladly would have given .at' any
time this explanation in full IL he had
allowed me the opportunity to do SO, bht
when he sent me u pefenptory challenge
he forever sealed my mouth, and It s'ib
now only forced open by the insidious
suggestions cf o man who, unknown to
me and stranger in this community,
has been taken advantage of and hound
ed on by some II my bitterest enemies To
build up pu ,lic opinion against me for
the purpose OF destroying my reputation.
Up TO the day of his death the relations
OF Col. Shannon towards me were undis.
turbed; not FOR one moment did he ever
complain, or was ever heard by any one
to do so, of any want of fair; dealing
upon my part. lie knew that Lhad been
called to account by Gen. Cash for these
very words, in this marginal clause, Gen.
Cash Insisting that had Withdrawn the
charge, he being Ignorant: al. the, time,
however, OF the real atata Of facts. - Does
this show that Gen., Cash was ,iguorantof
who was the author, wheIi he hs;d ssis7ns
moned me to mortal combat, Oh aecdupk
of IL? But if there remains the possi-
bility OF o doubt upon this point III the
mind of my bitterest and most malignant
enemy, Col. Shannon himself in his last
utterances before his lamented death, In
his letter of June thu 9th, 1880, gives to
it lasting and most positive refutation.
Here is liis language: az knoto Cupt ID
Pdss's explanation Of Ills marginal clause,
but tohile his explanation sronerdtcs me en-
tirely, ii is pr0periya a master for his o,oi,
justification, and therefore / have no right
TO intrude further than did In my reply
to Gen. Cash, in which it will be OBJ.
served that although huriiedly written,
that letter does entire Justice to Gen.
Cash, and to Capt. DePaas, tsitJt Tie lights
then before me, and also TO preserve tho
first status of the law.n Now does not
this show that Col. Shannon, when lie
wrote his letter of November 25th, 1879,
to Gen. Cash, had recaiyed from me ab
explanation Of how this marginal clause
came to be accidentally aeen by Gen.
Oash, fol, that he expresses when be aays
.bg The Tights. tten before him, But he
says further: Moreover, so far as I
know, Capt, DePass has never been
called on 10 erpldia, and therefore / cam
not refer to that matter, as Ii :s peculiars
ly apd exclusively his" Now / ask any
candid mind il this does not show that
Col. Shannon received from me the hiss
tory OF this marginal clause, which no
says WAS peculiarly mine, and does he
not 8; sc .st7is5 in his letter to Gen. Cash of
No7enaber 2h 1879 s..a .sl..s.s e scas d9
my doing, and while assuring Gen., Casi,
that me was sure and was confident that
!, as the regular attorney. said and meant
to say nothing that would be regarded as
2 charge of fraud in the sense you tbs)
deemed Ii as '9pplieable,D he rat did not
hiaissy. The rpply of Gen. Cash to Gall
Shannon's q anr.ger also shows that he wss
satisfied Win his disclaimer. and With
the Information impaired fiat Isqas ne
author of The clause, q fact with which he
was already acquainted, for he hnd been
Informed by his own attorneys that the
papers served on Sheriff Dolby were id
ny ny handwriting. This {ace by me was
elso; positively stated to Col. Watts, Gen.
Cash'a friend, as early as March last,
with the further fact TINT Col. Shannor
knew nothing of ]ie9 Agaih, when my
friend, Mr. w. q. DeLoache, bore to my
friend, Col. Blair, 8 certain letter mu.
tuallyf addressed TO Gen. Cash and my.
Eeelf 10 siuailar one having been borne by
Capts. Clyburn and CLARK to Gen. CasII,
who passed the night at Gen. Uash's RESI-
idence, mentioned that the marginal
clause whenpnt, thers by Capt. DeRass
was by mistake se6nby Ger. Cash In get!
ting hold of the wrong paper. He was
answered If it was tie i,ateBg mauiieBs, noE
TO speak of Col. Blair, who showed the
same to prominent gentlemen of Ches.
terfield Court House. and ). T. Hay,
Esq, and Col. Stobo Darlington, of Laii-i
rens Court House, who had written state.
ments rs aforesaid, Capt. VIM. Clyburn,
Capt. Clark, Gen Kennedy ( Ar. JAS r.
peLosche, MIS- o. SQlybukn, Mil NJ.
DsPass, TlT. Legare, and eeveriGlt othcr
gentlemen, to whom / mentioned here,
by q mistake Gen. Cash had seen this
marginal clause, neyer for .1ne moment
allndiDS in any HaF3to Coll Shahpdri as
fna author hfk IN fIa r6yfsarv Eoz1 r