The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-31

friends Of Col. Eyins who had p,,t M
the job. therefore apologize to Col,
Farrow and Withdraw all such OK
| pressions as "luck," gambling" etc, i,
etc., and suggest to him thai he also
make bow polite for Col. Evins (ns
he insists on running his machine fol
lum), and ask the public to overlook
this little pecadillo Upon the part of
his friends, which have no doubt it
VIII 90, for it has been exceedingly
generous to him on n former OCCASION,
which Shall be namclcss here, though
1t is matter fIccord. This l think
would be happy disposition Of tho.
matter, and would relieve the public
mind from any further agitation by
the facile pen and gIitterins genius of
| Col. Farrow, and allow lis all TO re-
turn TO those strenuous duties which
tho country now demands from every
true soi.
Col. Farrow insists that he has only
intericrcd in this controversy to vim
dlcatc q convention, Of which he was
member, from my ;'uniust charges"
and At % commencement Of two lin
fact this lctters) dcprccatcs the
ncce< 20 doing. wo1l f,o,o,o,
rather lave any unpleasant fare
well i'll this matter, and as you, alone
or all the mcmbcrs have had your
righteous Indignation stirred, allow me
to Withdraw all illusions to unfair
uses in the hat matter, &C., &C., and
to say that the honest Indignation
which has so spontaneously gushcd
irom you, conYinces me that YOU alone
had nothing to do with it. You sec
therefore that prompt dcnials and dis
interested statements often. carry con-
vlction with them, and T would be
glad if you would authorize mc to
correct q rumor which was
told to. me few days ago by fellow
who | think is trying to rake up an
excuse for not being a good Demo-
crat. lie said, complaining Of things
generally, "Did you know that Col. r.
Stobo Farrow had run as a candidate
for mayor OF Atlanta on the .Rodicuz
ticket, and yet we find him in the State
Executive Committec" said no, |
am personally aware Of no such thing.
but he would accept no denial of mine,
and challenged me to write to YOU.
You need not appear in print any
more, since my apology to the Con-
ccntton leaves you without excuse,
but you can answer 7oriratciy if You
prefer, and will put you right in this
Georgia matter.
In alluding to some statements,
which l had made, you say that
have produced ''no witnesses"
&c. Now, why not say at once
that you think my statements
need bolstcring, or that YOU don't
believe me. This, would be moro
manly, and you need not invest a pcn-
NY i'll tin whistle to pipe your cour-
age up to the sticking point, forI am
decidedly serene at these presents, a,itl
contemplate harm to no one. Besides
am now engaged in the preparation
! otA Sunday school .lcc1urr w,,,"..--
have been requested to get up, and pro-
pose after its delivery JOIN the ban0
OF cheap Christian statesmen, and
mcaly mouthcd .Snnday-school poH-
TEXANS who now intcst our land as the
locusts swarmcd in ye ollcntimc, and
like their appropriate insect prototypes
pouncc upon the fat Offices and soft
places even as tho locusts alightcd
upon the green fields Of fertile Egypt.
Or it may be, Colonel, that you belong
to that class Of newspaper mcn--tUus.
trously represented in South Carolina
who fire off their loaded jaw at gen
tlcmcn and dog-bitc decent people
through their papers and thcn run into
the rat holes of tho Cathedral, when
called to account. In any event, there.
fore, are you safe.
But "thcre was ballot between
Woodward and Kcmicdy, and Wood
ward beat Kcnncdy"; "thcn there
was a ballot between Eyins and
Woodward: and Evins beat Wood,
ward. Col. Farrow therefore pro.
nounces Col. Evins tho choice of the
Convention. Now, l have never no
tlccd this III any Of my former com-
munications because l did not thinl,
that there was o ten-ycar-old boy in the
South SO thoroughly an ass that lie
could not detect the sophistry in it.
Suppose that after Col. Eyins had
beaten me, nc had been run against
Gen. Kennedy, (and this should have
been done to show his true strength)
amt il plain toan ordinary fool that
my friends, inccnscd at my defeat
would have gone for Kennedy Just as
Kcnncdy's friends went for Evins
aftcrI had defeated him. If Demo.
cracy can stand such as that, I
shall grin and bear it, solely because
the alternative of resistance might cn,
tail greater olltrages upon the civiliza.