Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-08-05
A CARD.
EAST RICHLAND, O., Aug. 3, 1SS

EAST RICHLAND, o., Aug. 3, 1880.
Mr.. EDITOR-Thinking this to be a
proper time to make reply to some lying
and malicious reports that have recently
appeared, emanating from persons who
would foist themselves into public ia
vor, in malignant efforts to defame and
trample upon the reputation of more de-
cent men; and knowing, as l do, that a
ene-horse editor of a slang-slinging,
matchmaking sheet, having no principles
in any given direction, except the pas
sion for disorganization and destruction
of any party he may be temporarily al
lied to. has some advantage in a cOntro-
versy, in making continual use of his
columns in his efforts to establish his
vile slander. And it is not because think
him worthy of reply, l desire to make
these refutations-I have the assurance
of the best men in the Republican party
that James F. Anderson represents
nothing whatever but himself in the full
limitations of his dirty sheet-that he is
dead-weight to the party on account
of the manner in which he would like to
interfere with its working, and with
which-althOugh formerly in partial
harmony-he has now nothing in COM
mon, and from which he has no right to
expect anything; and to him more than
to any other one man, the party may at
tribute her want of success in former
years. For reason above given, desire
to say the charge in a recent issue of the
Independent, that myself and the Rich
land township delegation to the Repub-
lican Convention at Barnesville, in 1876,
did, for the consideration of two promis-
sorry notes, given by VIM. G. Kinney to
myself, convey the control of delega-
tions sent to said Convention in my ia
vOr, to said Kinney, thereby consumma-
ting, &c, is an unqualified. slanderOus
falsehood, both upon myself and the
delegation referred to, which was COM
posed of honorable gentlemen-a lie
worthy in its magnitude and venom of
its Infamous originator. And right |
here l wish to say if the public other |
than James F. Anderson desires to know |
what are the facts relative to the cOmbi- |
nation at the Convention, which he pre-
tends to know all about, | have means |
in my possession to show exactly what |
they were, and have no desire to with
hold them, but will do nothing for the
qualification of such lying meddlers as
this same Il am.," J. F. A. Having by
the establishment of this falsehood con-
victed me of great crime, he proceeds
to advise the punishment, and recon-
mends that be kicked out of the party,
of which l have to say, the party |
knows too well who are its most efficient |
and stalwart supporters, to act
hastily on the advice of one who, what
ever else may befall him, can never be
kicked out of party he is not in; but
in my opinion, and that of all respecta-
BILE people, he ought to be kicked out of
all cOuntenance among men, and the
brand of Cain placed upon him, as just
punishment for his lying ISLANDERS.
Now, let me say, the above statements
to the public cannot possibly assume
partisan character, against the interests
Of the Republican party,as they only con-
Germ the editor of the INDEPENDENT and
myself. J. w. MCFARLAND.
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