The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-03

Hon william Walter
6ye - pablo tho following pn-
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III Hon william Walter
6je - pablo the following pri-
ssd 10 him nearly two weeks
T. - - q 1854 NY Dear Mr..
III EhSNSyoar fAvor Of the 4th. advis.
sAhe continuous invention and
1ton Of evil reports render y i'd
eoaf. judgment) not to wait tho
eSeis oe The hw, but 70 speak directly
Pablo IN my own vindication In
~ foay, concur. I shrink instinctively
~ suggestion, although feel sure
strsnSthsn the confidence of all who
lsisndly % me BY bringing to view tho
= thread Of truth which is concealed in
endless tissue Of falsehood. You can
. 3 dlecuss ones domestic life in the. press,
HlsAough think with you that under the
ettu1Gstances could count upon the gener..
oalt6 of tho public TO justify statement
which might otherwise seem Objectionable.
! caA in any event safely commit the facts to
goa for Psseoni communication to those
hiends who have taken so delicate and so
ls1ghrt hours Of to-day, whom our campaign
= euded, and No wait only for the election
Gfvss mo the opportunity for this prompt ro-
~ and for the following essential details:
~ Georgetown, KY, in the spring of 1873,
whea lvas but eighteen years Of age, first
has becn my wife Our acquaintance result
"a. q the end Of ak months, in an en-
fAksnent, which, without prospect Of speedy
marriage, wenaturally
SOUGHT 10 KEEP 10 OURSELVES.
Two years later, In the spring Of 1850, when
! wns maturing plans to leave my profession
h Kentucky and establish myself elsewhere,
49, a,,a 4an1v aun,n,oned tn Pennsylvania
By the death Of my father. 1t being very
doubtful u I could return to Kentucky, was
threathened with an indefinite separation from
hst who possessed my entire dovo-
tioa. ~ one wish was to secure
hsr z myself by an indiss 50 ,!t tie
% lie 30th Of June, 1850, just prior to my de-
paxturs from Kentucky, we were, in the pres
sence IL trusted friends, united by what knew
w. IN my state Of Pennsylvania perfect and
fnlly legal form Of marriage On reaching
hcls Ifoupd my family, and especially my
bereaved mother. strongly discountenanced my
tion from home aud kindred I compiled with
hsf wish that should resume at least for Q
Tins, my occupation in Kentucky, whittier l
returned in the latter part Of August During
tho saesin9 winter, induced by misgivings
which were increased by legal consultations, 1
became alarmed least adoubt might be thrown
son Of noncompliance with tho law Of
H. state where it had occurred for
/ lad learned that the laws of Kentucky made
. license, certified by the clerk of tho county
CONT, an indispensable requisite of a legal
marriage After much delibcration and with
IN ardent desire to guard in the most effectual
naanner against any possible embarrassment
resulting from our position. for which alone
was responsible, We decided that the simplest
md ct the namo time surest way, was to repair
% Pennsylvania and lavo another marriage
service performed This was done in thcpres-
encs Of witnesses, in the city Of Pittsburg, in
ths month Of March, 1851, but was not other
wise made public for obvious reasons. 1t was
solemnized only to procure all indisputable
validity, the first marriage being by my vito
and myself always held sacred. At the ma
ture les Of fifty -four do not defend the wis
dom or prudence Of . secret marriage, sug