The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-08-30

When James r. Chalmers, made
his two hours speech to small knot
Of sore headed cilice-seekeis assem-
bled at Jackson, on the Ain day Of
July last, he rad the following al
legged tclegraphic message which he
prof, ssed To have received that day,
from James ID. CeSsor, a negro, now
the en-, 10y of the Pus;oilice De
partment, at the capital:
10 Gen. James Il. Chalmers. Jackson, Miss.
WASHINGTON, July 4, lSS3.-Lynch
told confidential iriend here that
! ,he Second Congressional District
| (Chalmcr> District) woull be made
overwhelmingly Democratic; the La
mar Lcgi laturc would make two Re-
nuhican Districts, one Of which
Lynch would represent. | c1n prove
| the above statement.
(stgneO JAMES D. CEsSo2.
his dispatch was published in
the Herald of July 7th, when we took
occasion to indulge in the following
language:
We do not believe that John X.
Lynch ever made the statement that
Cessor, attributes TO him, and we are
absolutely certain that Senator La
mar never entered into any such stu
id bargain.
As soon IS the attention of thu
Hon. John r. Lynch was called t.
the diSpa CT which Chalmers, pro
tes, d 10 have received from CcsSor,
tie indig ranIly denied the w'I"'e
story, aud everyone VINO know
LNnch implicitly acccptt d his s'ate.
mrut as tie 'ruth.
Lynch however, has not been Coz
ent To rest the matter upon his s,m-
pc denial, and having occasion 10
,isit Was iing'on, he has insii utrJ
an inve-t CATION OF the paternity of
this p 'ttendcl lis a ch. The result
OF his Investigations is told il the
following SPECIAL tele. am from our
wn rOrre~pp dr,t, when was pab
,h,d il the Herald yesterday:
washington, Aug 30 Hoo. j
| r Lyn,h, who j. n prrSeet IL this
"ity, maze rpplica i'm to-day to The
! p Srma>itr-L,n L. have the le-
@a'ionS contained IN tie dispatch
+ ad hN Gra. Caa!mcr>, hf re- T.,
/ Independent co. >enliou at Jack : II,
nn il " 1 h, which w s,glcd j. -.
! tc>>or, Investigated. Cts>"r hein-
an emvioNee al he pn~f otli e d"rau
ment. the p0etE.H~tsr-9,nc a lnnc-
I ! a, Is seat Tor C,s>ui, and lujrrtu-
gued him upnn tn subject, L.
/ nh IN CrS>pr d,t.Iar,d that h.. never
rrlhe' n any >u"h di>patcn. o. au
! IhuuZel it 10 H. Sent.
Tbs bri~gS up question of We
racijy hat GIN. Chalmers will do
w II TO direct his attention to a. al
early div. He declared, on e 4'h
Of july. that h. had received Il ines
aye trim C.ssnr. of That diIc, il
wnicl be Asserted tha, L. nch had
tol / an unkn"wn party about bar
gain between Col Lamar and him
self. As soon a Lyuch saw II coy
OF this alleged dispatch he denounced
its statements as absolutely and ma
( l,iousI Y false, and now CrS,or com 5
( forward and drclire+ lha' he new,
sent any ,acn dlSpat's. If Cha
IS spoke truly on the 4 h of july,
( Crs>or lt.'d Monday; if Ce|Snr toll
/ the truth VI padiv, Chalmers lied Oh
/ tn" 4th day Of July. The quarrel j.
a vry pretty one as it stands, ana
As the prof is acc '->iolc, W. shall
exp ct the high contracting parties
10 p:olurr It.
/ Ia his lrrte" t. the Jack L,dger,
/ he lripg la G Jllv 3l~t, or npIrl,
fonr weeks af er he rad nc pretrn l.
ed telegram Fl m Ce>>or, Chalmers,
again referred To it, and SAID:
81. C@sSOr states a fact which
Lynch denies. You believe L,n h
aid believe Ctssor, who i, corrobo-
ra'od bv other evidence.
Now ifChalmers received any such
el'g"am, it Is the easiest thing in
the world to prove it. The original
If every dispa ch, in the han | writing
Of tie n Ter, is preserved for a
reasonable time at the Office where it
j. presented for transmission. Let
Chalmers produce the original then.
and p owe that Cessnr has lied. His
faiu to do so will b.. accepted Ov
h public rs proof chat Chalmers,
hJns, II. has he II doing the lying
"iou pay your money and You
takes your choice - Vteksdarg
Uerdld.