The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-30
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citizen, democrat aLl .~Lt.eu.st
-taui- high a. the hi.he., IN IL.
e.,lna,i0n Of those sLo knGs him.
We only r~yret tia; tie letter ,!ge.
not Z" hack to The -hp cana
scheme in which nr. Mann va. fs.,
as.1eltIe.i 18th other. of Mr.. Ca
bitter en.mi..
Il. i maxim Of tue ci,i! !ax
that AN sccnser mu., come lat.
court with cleau hand.,' aai til.
man, sho ia, forced himself into
political position anl public nototi.
Lety -o."iy by hi. measureles. impu.
dence and unlimited menilc.tv,
-hogIi be- trieI a. to the mean. ~
which he ha- attained public poi.
ton, and a. 10 what credit il 10 BE-.
attached 10 the xholesale charge, h..
brings again., all y ho refuse h. .up.
port him.
The iir-t step IN iiI- upward course
"a- hls obtaining admission 10 the
bar by certificate from the casr;
OF another state, 10 not kuOs from
What court or from what state, nor
have been able 10 ascertain.
lho.e whom he calls upon 10 sup.
port him should require him to prove
from what court II VA, Issued. |
only lay that know he dii no, oh.
tam 1t from Columbus, Ohio, in 1869,
the year he says hc va. admitted
10 the bar, Of hi. native state after a
very brilliant examination i>ee
HE autobiography in the y. \.
Graphic Of March 18th, Ias3J 10
the same /. i stated that he vase cd.
u"a'ei at the university at Colum.
bus. This paper vas circulated far
and wide by Mr. Mann a. true ac.
count Of hi. early life. ! am pre-.
pared 10 prove that he never wa. a
student at the university. II he was
he can easily prove 1t. II be canno,
prove his representations Of his ear
~ life a. contained in the Graphic
he must stand convicted Of having
built up reputation upon 4 tissue
Of unqualified fal.ehoOd-
during the session Of the cOns,i.
tutl0nal convention an article ap.
pearcI IN the Savannah News stat.
iug that Mr.. Mann studied law in
the office Of Mr.. Converse, Of Ohio.
| have reason to believe that thi. L.
not true. ltwonld hardly have ap.
pcarcd in the News without ,I.
knowledge AMI approval Of Mr..
Mann. Indeed, the correspondent
oil that paper must have gotten the
information from him.
Nor are these all, or by any means
the most remarkable, Of the .rna.
tors inventions. lie has represent.
cd tina, forty Of these 'IIonrbon dem.
ocrats' went armed to his house with
the avowed intention of numbering
him; but when he confronted them
with hi, rifle their courage, like that
Of Bob Acres, oozcd out At the ends
OF their finger, and they humhly de-
cIar"d that they only called to in.
1uirc after the health Of his family.
lie has been waylaid and shot at
times without number 10y these same
blood thirsty 'Iionrbon-;' indeed,
Tom Thumb aud Jack the Giant
Killer are the only recorded hcroe.
who's" exploits rival those Of Scna.
tor Mann; and Baron Munchausru ~
ia" only relator of improbable aud
impossible tic,'ons whose powers If
invention even approach hose of
which Mr. Mann has shown himself
/ to be- possessed
No doubt all these raw head and
bloody bon 81 stories, with many al
dltions, variations aud cmbrlli-h.
neht-, were told to the editor Of the
Wisconsin Telephone aud other
seekers after southern wonders dur
ing their tonr through Florida.
] have felt myself compelled, IN
defense of trn,h and the rrpu,a,ion
OF the citizens Of this section, to un
mask the traluccr Of the people
anon. whom he has go long lived
and from whom he has received
such unmeritcl kinlncss. | do
not know which is mos 10
he wondered at, the fertility Of ia.
rcn,lon Mr.. Mann has exhibited in
the stories Of hi, life and perform.
ances or the crcduhty Of those upon
whom he has so long imposed these
creations Of his fancy lie has fair
~ reintcd I'll" common saying that
truth is stranger than fiction" and
proved beyond question. that some.
times, and in his hands, fiction il
stranger than truth.
His is the only paper published
in this county, and every mum.
Der is filled with charges, no one Of
which has the slightest foundation
IN truth, against all who will not
lend themselves to the support Of
his selfish and unprinciplcd ambi.
ton, aud this should no longer be