The Osceola times., 1884-08-23

ous towards. | have. written moth
ing, said nothing, but what believed
to be the truth, and am willing Cor
the public to read or hear it, Can
she say as much for her letter writ
ten July 30; four days before be
wrote the letters she published last
week? That letter "seems," as Mr..
Hamilton says to have contained
much information in it. Mr.. Ham:
ilton says in answer to it "llad |
known of your residence there and
the very dishonorable use which Nc
Alister was going TO make of the book
| would not have sent il. In the
light Of what has happened ! ann free
to say, that the malncr-in which Me-
Alister procured the book, and the
use he has made or tryed to make of
it for the purpose of injuring you &c.
is most DIsnONoRABLE and ought
not to be countanenced by any hon
orablc man." Where did you get
your light Mr.. Hamilton! AS sew
eral hundred miles lie between Oscc-
ola, Ark, an& Quincy, H.; where
you live. A,certainly know moth
ing cf yoN knowledge, as to
what the book. ! kept
it atz1hy h<i several days without
|1etfine ak< @ on the place see or
ito toSSy did show it to four or
iise Pfodent and respectable citizens
before | gave it to the Directors. /
have never ,had,' nor seen it since.
Now where is "the very dishoner-
abls use" i have made of the book
Other books Mr. Hamilton sent here,
with his name, and post Office address,
written in his own hand writing, on
the front page, are read by all who
ask to read them. Mine was not.
Yet Mr.. Hamilton says | have made
Il "tool" of him. Did they make
"tools " of him too? No sir, Mr..
Hamilton, You are no tool forno one,
but you have been led to believe you
were by believing the statements of
a letter based on the uncertain sands
of Misrepresentation; or you have,
OF your own accord and within your
self, given birth to things that never
had an existence, before, if the lat
ter, you are the parent of that at
tempt to slandcr my character. |
can excuse you, Mr.. Hamilton, for
your language to me on no other
grounds than that you have been de-
ceivcd. You must account to me
personally for what you have allow
ed printed in your name, relative to
my conduct. You expressed great
willingness to give her my private
letter for publication, will you give
me hers? lapprcciate your position
having been AS you say, partner of
her attorneys, and, doubtless, got
and used part Of her money. Yet,
in your efforts to apologize to her for
the very awkward attitude you oc-
cupyed in sending that book under
her nose, you must not attempt to
to criminate an innocent man. "And
now having in such an unmanly way
drawn me into this unpleasant matter
| ask that you return" her letter to
me, or give for publication in this
paper the grounds on which YOU
made those assertions contained in
your letter published in this paper.
Take your choice, but, remember,
one or the other MUST be done.
Miss Ballou says, "the following
column, ! am sure, will be sufficient
for the present." ! think it is suf-
fcicnt myself, not only for the pres
ent but for all time to come; and am
willing to let it rest here with the
minds of the people SO far as she is
concerned Time will enable the
public mind to make up a correct
opinion with regard to the matter,
aud am willing to abide that decis-
ION. Time will establish the truth
and lay error low in the dust. | am,
Most Respectfully,
J. A. McAusrER.