The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1882-05-31
Prof Hayward's Reply.

SuLrHrR SPRINGS, KY, May -, -
COL ,Jto. f. Bdr'H S,Djor E,itm
HTgori H,r'ht
la your issue Of the 18th inst, YOU
rc.puhlish card OF mine that ap-
pcarcd in the Litchfeld NWb,dBi, and
make il the subject of quite a lengthy
Editorial Of IA personal character. louT
language, however, is respectful, and
you do me the honor To express for me
high personal regard which believe
YOU sincerely entertain. appreciate
and rrciprocatc this expression, and in
the answer | shall make To your politi-
cal arraignmont and adverse criticism,
shall utter nothing not in keeping with
that mutual friendship. In all discuss
ions, hope To never fall below that
plane which all men who desire To pre-
serve their se!f.rcspcct aud dignity
-houldever occupy.
In the first place, assert most conf
IDENTIFY and cmphatically that the scu-
timcuts expressed IN that card have Il
true and substantial basis aud reflect
the views Of an overwhelming majority
uf the Democrats Of Ohio County. Let
them hr attacked ou their intrinsic
merits aud rcfutcd, ifpossihle. do moi,
~ IA fair and able journalist, attempt to
kill their effects 10y a side iSSU', wholly
foreign to the subject. What has my
political record Ia do with the views adj
vanced In that "lIenry" Card?
What has my consistency or incon-
si,tcncy us IA Democrat To do with the
merits or dement's of Capt. Henry:
That gentleman has been sufficiently
criticised, unsparingly condemned, and
rclentlessly prosecuted, and deserves
not To suffer additional contumcly 10y
reason Of my belief You defect from
your line of attack on NE to let fly your
missiles Of wrath at linn, Surely my
humble Card must have contained some
wholesome truths not palatable To your
political stomach! | did not mention
you, yet you rush To n defense! DO
you see the handwriting IN the wall,
and are you fearful that it will be inter-
preted aud understood 10y aNdiscerning
public?
"llel the CALLED Jade Vince,
our withet are unwIuug."
You ask, "if the opposition to Capt.
Henry is any more relentless than my
opposition to Capt. Noe for Common
weallh's Attorney two years ago"
answer that at no time, publicly or
privately, did utter word against
Capt. Noe. On the contrary, whenever
| alluded To him, | commended him so
far as my knowledge Of him enabled
me to do 50 and said that, if Major Hay
craft We're not candidate, | would
most cheerfully support him. ] then
thought and still think that Capt. Noe
is II most worthy gentleman, and so far
as | am informed, has made good
officer.
But while this is true, have no APP
ology to offer for supporting that life
long, sterling Democrat, Major Hay
craft. He needs no defense at my
hands. There is his history ~ Common
wealth's Attorney for six years! Every
citizen in this Judicial District knows it
BY heart. There Is his undaunted de-
Tense of the peoples righis-his fearless
prosecution of the evil.doer bold,
uncompromsing denunciation ofwrong
his incorruptible integrity that
threats could not appall nor ilattery
seduce-and there the remembrance
thereof will remain as long as memory
and gratitude hold their empire! Major
Haycraft and had been warm and in
innate friends for nearly quarter Of
century. In the flush Of early man
hood, we had married relatives whose
lives from girlhOod had been most in
blended. Were their pre-
elections rs well as my own to be
ignored? Besides, having filled his
Office one term so efficiently, he de-
served Il reelection in accordance with