Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-02
SMALL LIE NAILED.
Gen. Marmaduke Discusses the Story
About His Rebelli0us Position.

TNhAAASDs |,
Gen. Marmaduke Discusses the Story 4
About His Rebellious Position.
From the Post Dispatch.
"Have you been able to discover
The origin of that story that said
you were a rebel and always expected
to be rebel!' asked a reporter this
of Gen. Marmaduke. .>-A !
: "Oh, yes. not only know where
it came from, but 1 have absolute
proof that it is false. No one who
knows me would believe for q minute
that I could be guilty of such an ut |
teranee. ! have no concealments of |
my life and conduct to make.
went into the Confederate service, as
many another man did, with the con-
viction that l was right, and when
the war closed l returned to my
home, engaged in earning living.
accepted the situation and renewed
my allegiance to the United States
with sincere, and, may I say, a
patriotic purpose to repair the
damages of war and to contribute my
mite to building up it's institutions.
l regard such charge as utterly sill
ly, and I say so much as / now do
because silence might be miscon-
strued. This campaign has been
fruitful of such base aud baseless
charges against me and the Demo-
cratic party that it would require
volumes to refute them. Irely upon
the honesty and intelligence of the
people of Missouri to weigh, consid-
er, and repudiate them. Here is a
clipping from the Gentry County
Ledger, which shows how the lie is
regarded in the town where it was
concocted. I showed it to the chief
editor OF the GID, (Mr: McCullagh
being absent) believing he would be
man enough to correct the falsehood
which his paper published and sane
toned. But up to the present no no.
tice has been given it. This may be
the way Republican papers are con-
Quoted, but is not the way honorable
men act toward each other in war,
politics, or in any of the relations of
life. A campaign based on slanders
will not win with a brave and good
people. Here is the clipping" and
the General produced a clipping,
the main facts of which are here
given: "s.s.f ..-.. ----.'
.-. THE FACTS.
ALBANY, No, September 15.-Gen.
Marmaduke said, in conversation
Sunday, that he was rebel, always
excepted to be, and those who did
not like it need not vote for him. d,
.. -. 49, w. C. BoYDsroN. q,
,"The above appeared in the st.
Joseph Herald of its Tuesdays issue.
To say it is not only false but malic,
ious, every honest and truthful per
son in Albany firmly believes. The
author of the dispatch is the editor Of
the Memoranda, the Republican pa.
|per recently started in this city,
Knowing the dispatch to be false,
several gentlemen, including Col.
Morehouse, candidate for Lieuten.
ant Governor, went to Mr.. Boyd.
ston on Tuesday evening, and in q
gentlemanly manner requested hi:
authority for the statement. Will
reluctance he stated that Dr., NJ. NJ
Campbell was his authority, and tha
the later gentleman had assured hin
that he would make an affidavit b.
the contents Of the dispatch, d
company with Mr.. Boydston the gen
tlemen repaired to Dr.. Campbell
Office, where that gentleman was po
T litely requested to verify Tie state
lnent. His reply was that Mr.. J
H. Whitecotton, q well-known AM
reliable Democsat of this city, hat
said that Gen. Marmaduke had uset
such language mir. Whitecetto,
being present asserted that be ha'
made no such statement, and further
that he had not conversed with Ger
Marmaduke on Sunday on any sub
ieet Those who are acquainted wit
Mr.. Whitecotton know that this reI
utation for veracity is not to be ques
tioned."t % nj 4 if1a 81! ,-n'1 &,
This said the General, s'shoul
! be sufficient, it seems TO- me, to Sc
al rest any such charges as have bee
presented, but the gentlemen WI
control the Globe-D Democrat seer
: content to utilize that sort of
story. even when its falsity is pas
+ question" ., .::1..7-1-.t- ."' D..
"What tidings, General, from Il
State?' y ,zs.i '.'. .2~o
"First rate; the canvass is pr,
crossing smoothly. -s., 1..' .i.,..L - :,
= "What is there in. the story tn
I Union Democrats Of influence al
| fprominence have Joined with the r
publieans to prevent your election
81 place no reliance upon such r
}. ports. IN py travelling through Il
l., State 1 find ex-Union soldiers al
r ex- ConfeJerate--soIdiers vieing
G their efforts to increase the Dem
a. cratic majority. Kheresef 7 goI a
met by Federal soldiers sho aextel
NJ hearty greetings and give assuranc