Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-07
4 Card From Major John w. Daniel.
BRISTOL GOODSON, Sept, So 1851,

BRISTOL GooDsON, Sept. 80, 1851.
While in Lyachburg Oh yesterday triard
called my attention 10 the R;chmoSd Wing Of
September 2S.h cootsiting a. article headed
us this forgny?' wherein is represented
30 called facsimile CT ticket voted 10 Lynch
| burg 10 1879. when | was the conservative
candidate for the State Se1sle The ticket re-
tcrrtd to has upon it printed the rGmes Of
Wickliffe and others. tho resdiusIcr candidates
| for the General Assembly which sro "scrstch
ed with pen, and the names of the co0serVa.
| tive candidates inserted 10 their stesd 10 writing.
The Wing claims that | was tho beneficiary Of
the scratched ticket; that it wes a forgery, aod
| desires to know who did it,
| cannot Judge from the ruio facsimile given
| whether tho particular ticket copied is genuicr,
| hut am familiar with the circumstances under
which such ticket was used By few voters 10
| tho election Of 1879, aud rrorcso 10 relate
| them
]. Alter was nominated for re chc.!cp to
the Senate by the conservatives of Campbell
| and LyDchburg, the rca0iusior parv nominated
against mo one George NJ. Wickltf., aiss DR..
| Wor5ham, who had come to Campbell c:ualy
under the latter name few years before ss
| fugitive from Justice 10 L0uisiska. Holding The
| position of Auditor in that State u5der oirpet
bag rule. he bad cmb( zz'ed public funds to
| large amount, and had been impesched and
| convicted OF the crime by tho Senate of Louisi
| ana. Escaping he had hidden himself 10
| rfmota part of Campbell equity under the
| alias OF WorSham. and wss there cri9yiog his
| i'll gotten gains. Rearrestod and taken South
under requlstioD, he had managed to eyade
| tho clutches of the law, and hsd como 10 the
| anrtaco in 1879 as readius!er pomioee for the
Virginia Senate His record, fully certified
was sent TO Lyuohburg and ventacd and
tho moro respectable portion of the rosGustcr
| party rCVolted against the election of such
man.
| "a the uleht before tho election three OIL
| cred republicans came voluntarily 10 see me.
They stated that they and number of their
| colored friends could not and would not vote for
Wlckltfe, although he WAS O republican,, and
| that they desired to vote for my colleagues and
myself. Aid they asked mo to give them sone
| conservative tickets. l replied that | had no
| such tickets. and had not seen epy az vel; that
had nothing TO do with their preparation, the
matter being 10 charge of the Execu i've Com
mlttoee. and that had no unossiuess about
cur election, which was assured By large
| majority.
| They then said, "wo have several ba chcs Of
| the WIekhtt, tickets, aud if W. can got ODD
| ssrVallVe tickets OF the samo sZs q number OF
US oolored men will vote them; but if We vote
conservative tickets of different liz, there are
| bitter and prosctiptivo men Of our owo race
| who will attempt to intimidato and prosecute
u; and CAD you not hsva such tickets printed
| ior US K L said nc; l don't care to bother
| with II. They were insiscn; and then said,
we think you should help US 70 vote without
undergoing intimidation and persecution; and
will you not erase tho names 10 the Wlcklff,
ticket and losert those Of the conservatives; this
\ will enable us to vote as We please"
Thus urged | said if that is all ytu wish |
will do 1t. and picking up pen | cruacd the
| names OF the Wicklitie Candidates 90 one
batch of these tickets, and Inserted those OF the
conservative candidates.
=. Ii must DO obvious to any MUD enlieht
! encd by the slightest ny OF intelligence, that
there was no wrong CT Impropriety 10 this oct
| dad u openly without o0nceslment OF sny
kind. Scratched tickets aro righltully vo!cd 10
every election. And these tickets altered in
| my handwriting Wero not intended to Deceive
so lar from being designed or calculate TO de-
| ceiVe-with them deception was imposslble-ns
tho most llllterate aud uuwSry could not fall 10
SEQ upon tho aoos OF the tickets that they VI re
scratched. Ii any oDn will glaze, OF the COPY 10
tho Wing. tho eye will at once verify the asser.
| toa that The possibility CT deception in The Us,
! OF suoh ticket is absolutely excluded
q. l heard nothing more Of tho mhtrr until
December. 1879. 10 the In santimG by the coD-
| venipg CT ths LEGISLATURE. snd tho election of
VIM. Malone as Uaited States Senator. il be-
came evident that tho coalition between rrpub-
| llcan and rea0juStcr delegates had been FER
| fected. and from tho character of some of the
| readiuster candidates for Judicial srd other
offices, Wckliffs concud4d that bis opportunity
had come. tic came to Richmond Rs c,udl.
date for county Judge OF Campbell. ltxposed
| his record and rendered his election impossible.
Soon after this it ceno to mp kuopedge that
Wcktfe. ombtteIcd by his second defeat ct
| my hands. was eodoaycriag to Induce tho three
| colored republicans before mentioned and
others, by use Of mopey, TO make fffiisvits
| that L had been guilty of improper ooodgc: 10
| the eli C.!0u. Bat the three republicans r2!ua-
tarlIy gave me their statements, which hold,
| certifying the tac:s, al | have related than,
| end utterly dl5pr0SlrE aad uySetliag Nlckiltfc's
ellosations
Suts quenlly it oim, to my knowledge that
WckIltts. who b.c!ru fHqltnt visitor at she
w big othoc, took one or moro of these alleged
| forged tickets to that cf6ce, aud iad item be.
| fore Gen. Mahone and the managers OF tho
| Wing paper. His absurd aid ridiculous pre-.
| tensions | was ted, met with no encourage
| mont, aud no notice was taken of the matter.
Nothing dautted he got Jack Averctt, o
| leading ooIored Republican OF Lynch burg, to 20
| on similar mission 10 General Mshonc aId
| the Wing. which mot, as | was told, the ssme
rebuff.
Sill por5istDg, WickhfTe went to MIR. II. II.
Riddebstger aud other rotdiu;tcr Senators,
showed Thorn tho so.oalled forged ticket. and
urged that they bring it 10 the attention of the
Senate with charges against me. He was again
r,batfed; Mr.. Riddleberger sCorniully declining,
as he himself told me, to be msde fool of by
| That fellow Wickliffs."
Yet. sgnin Wicktfs made a fourth effort.
| lie put the matter in the hands of Cephas Da
Wis, oolored republican readjuser Senator
from MeokleDburg. | mentioned the ftct
to Senators Rddlsberger and Wood, both
readiusters. and to Senator L. W. Early,
republican, telling them thai it there was the
| slightest circumstance which. 10 their jatg
| ment called for Investigation or typlsustion,