The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1885-12-13
LETTER FRoM aEN,L VANCE

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(From the statesyille Landmark
j WAsHINGToN, d. G., Dee. A, lse;
To the Editor Of the Landmark:
| saw in the CIT1zEN. Asheyille.
the letter of "Tar Heel which IS
! unjust and erroneous. I sneak in
reference to S. o. sDeaver. These
are the facts Mr.. Deaver, with fiE-
teen others, had notice that his SER
!, vices were not needed IN the Third
Auditors othce, because the Office
had more clerks than necessary. Mr.,
| ID. was taken by surprise, and had
not prepared for going ht me. He
spoke to me and said he expected to
| go home in the spring, but that if
he could remain until the 1st of
January next, he would resign. So
! asked my brother to SEE Auditor
Williams and request him to keel
him until January. NJ VIII s,ls
fsaid he did not need mir G a
IseIici hirr sitc 81 & & 4 fddos .la.s
It'll the period mentioned. This was
done. Mr.. Deaver has gone home,
finding il best and in facf necessary
to GO the first of December instead
of January.
This is all there is of the matter,
except to say that Bro. Zeb did not
go to Mr. Manning and he only saw
Mr.. Williams once as ] have stated,
and that at my request. Would it
not have been kind and Just if"Tar
Heel" q suspect Il know him) to
know his facts before he published
them =? And. further, is it not
better rule, as far as Democrats are
concerned, when charges are made
against faithful public servants, to
do so openly? This seems to me to
be manly and proper. If cha rye
is worth being heralded to the world
it ought to be done openly and with
out fear. There were no charges
against Mr.. Deaver, SO FAR as l know
only that he had been seriously
afflicted, and had to suffer an OPP
eration-nothing against his morals
or willingness to perform his duties.
If there are other statements / did
not hear of them, and certainly Gov.
V. had heard of none
I say personally that Mr.. d. mar
ried my wife's sister. / can't see in
that any reason why should mis-
treat him. l think my wife's kin is
as much entitled 10 my good offices
as anybody else They stand as to
holding offices as other people when
they behave-no more, no less.
1fthe humblest nagro in North
Carolina, holding a position here,
and 1, finding him worthy, was to
ask me to ask his retention till he
could arrange his affairs to go
only brief period-I would GER
tainly help him. | have never been
and hope never to be, an opprcssor
of the helpless.
''Alas! alas!" how ready We are
Sometimes to take up an evil report.
Believing YOU to be true Demo-
crat, and u high-toned gentle
man, ready to do justly towards all
men, | have written this explana-
ton.
With high esteem, Truly,
RoBT. b. VANCE.
Upon which the Landmark says:
In a letter from Washington,
printed elsewhere in this paper,
Hon. R. B. Vance makes astatement
abou. the rcinstate nent of Mr.. $. o.
Deayer, a Republican, after he had
been discharged from his position
in tae Treasury Department. He
contradicts "Tar Heel" the cores
pondent who gave the facts !, to the
public through the Landmark, in on
Iy one statement, however, viz: the
statement that Senator Vance had
visited Secretary Manning as we'll
as Auditor Williams, in beavers
interest. Of course the fact that
the reinstatement was for a period
Of three months and two weeks in
stead of for an indefinite time, is
mitigating circumstance. Gen. Vance
writes temperately and courteously
and we take pleasure in giving him
hearing. Mr.. Deayer, meantime,
has resigned. AID IS reported by the
Asheville papers as having returned
to his home in Buncombe. Whether
or not Tar Heels" letter and his
resignation have any connection
with each other this deponent say
l. - r. H