The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-01-07
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BLACKRIRD. DBL, Jau. Z.
MIR. EDIroR "A letter ia yesterdays
Republican, supporting TO come from
BlacklI q, bill fies me Tor everything thst
10 indecent, and says my Letter OF last
week was a lie from beginning TO end. !
will merely say Ia regard 10 the letter
that l believed when | wrote Il that
every article was true, and have not
the slightest reason as YET To retract one
single assertion | made la that same
letter. The news about the "Dog'own
races" ard in regard TO the ''indecent
conduct of the TOWdies Of Blackbird,"
was given me by responsible gentlemen
as a TACT. did not write The article IN
a malicious spirit, but As = matter OF
regret that young men who had the
least &mblance Of respectability should
so degrade themselves before any re
spt cable community. | also heard one
Of these same yonrg men say that he
wished he had pack OF cards TO finish
out Sunday night with; also heard them
say (tBat is several OF these same yonng
menl that / ey fell rough after the pre-
vious nights exp rience; their feelings
did not deny their looks. This, coupled
with the inioTmatl III given me by others,
left no doubt In my mind, and conse-
quently gave the item In my letter, not
as the Republican correspondent says
maliciously, but rs a matter Of regret.
Now in regard to my getting drunk
and begging that the editor OF the
GAzRTTE should not be told, and other
such ridiculous assertions, | here say
the man who makes such assertions
tells falsehood.
There was not nor is there one Of
the crowd Of young men who IL capa.
BILE Of writing the letter printed in the
Republican. Ii their names or name
is signed to the letter, it is sufficient
evidence Of a contemplate piece of
trickery. Putting all of these young
mems faults together, they would be
but speck compared TO the dirty,
that he was in the crowd of young
men on Christmas night. However
bad they wore, they would be contain
mated by contact or mere presence Of
this rough, alias Rad, the Republican
scandal monger, man who would
take you by the hand, and then when
your back is turned shake his list at
your retreating form, and tell the by
ISLANDERS that you was the biggest
scoundrel in the world. There are too
many grammatical errors in the
Wilmington papers for the writer OF
the Republican his tastes are very
refined. In writing this letter ex-
press my ideas exactly, 80 they can
DO interpreted by lone of the
Rouphs."
II is plain to every respectable citi-
zen who knows me, aid who saw me
on the beach, that the correspondent
Of the RepUblieln is liar, and IL Is
plain 10 me that the next cowardly
ruffiln, whoever he may be, THAI
makes such charges against me will
have 10 answer for them to his own
! regret. am not to be .ntimidated
by threats of personal violence, OF
suit for libel. / have the names of
those young men, and did | think IL
was one OF them who wrote the arti =
Gle, would say so, but know that not
one of them are capable of hardly
writing receipt for bill
viii hunt up The matter in regard
TO the CHRIS mas rioters Immediately
and will bgsprepared to answer any
question IN regard to il, and if the
scandel moDser Of the Republican il
paid by them to do their dirty work,
they will have the equal share of the
trouble to handle, for | propose to
answer one more of their letters,
should it appear, aud that one leiLei
will show just what those young mer
dld on the night Of December 25th,
1881, and for their benefit | will sigr
once more, A.