The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-08-11
To the Public.


Julv puhlishel card from Col. L. II
In reference to the statement
in the Woodvi!le Repu Hcan OF 1850
aud republished in that paper OF July
10. 1886; that ''Col. Stockdale gave IN
his adhesion to the Republican party
This statement. he said. was, "promul-
gated by Van Eaton's friends 20 defeat
me BY SANDER, when they found they
could not do it otherwise
In THE CLARION of the Dist of July,
[ published reply to the card referred
TO. which concluded as follows: IF he
CStockdale) made his sianderous charge
of SANDER with full knowledge of the
editorial in the Repu blican of the 10Th
inst. as to myself, he has lied and lied
deliberately.
On Tuesday, the 9th of July, Col. c.
p. Nelson. bv authority of letter to
him from Col Stockdale, dated the day
before. called upon me aud made de-
Ihaud for a retraetion of the closing par
agraph in Tue CLARION of the Dist, viz:
" That he had lied and lied deliberately.
Col. Nelson handed me the letter from
Col. Stockdale. which stated that he
(Stockdale) had jIst seen my article,
that il did not admit of newspaper
reply, and requested Nelson to teie-
graph him my answer. | declined EN-
phaticaily, To make any retraction )
whereupon Col. Nelson stated that he
was a friend both to Stockdale and
myself and that his connection with
the matter began and would end with
the presentation of Stockdale's demand,
aud my reply. He remarked also that
he would send the telegram at once, and
afterwards informed me that he had
done so.
After this, somewhat to my surprise,
| find another card" from Col. Stock
dale in last weeks Summit Sentinel, a'
follows:
CARD FROM Col. SToCKDALE.
EDITOR SENTINEL l notice in the
| Woodville Republican, series Of queries
that am requested by the editor to an
swer, and would be perfectly willing to
answer them as | have done at other
places. were they propounded in gentle
manly manner, but they are IN the col
umns of the Republican, environed by
profusion of vulgarity, profanity ano
vituperation directed at the Sentinel ano
myself with which no man can deal and
preserve his responsibility.
| | had previously denounced the sayings
of that paper regarding myself, as false
aud sIanderous, and yet here comes ;hes'
questions from that same fellow to me &c
be answered. When he rises in his Ian
guage to the plane OF decency | will
answer his questions. / am not called
upon 10 notice any more ISLANDERS emanat
| ing ON that source already under the
| charge OF a falsfier and slanderer.
Yours truly. T. Il. SToCKDALE.
Summit, Miss, July %, 1856
That Col. Stockdale finally chooses tc
pocket the lie aud resort to newspaper
warfare, is a matter of taste and temper
ament perhaps, at any rate, 1t Is his
privilege.
l simply wish to give to the public the
| facts as To this controversy, and leave il
for honorable men everywhere to judge
between Col. Stockdale and myself.
| With Col StockdaIe as private per
son, can have no further public con
troversy. Ny card to the CLf RON OF
July 2lst settled that point at least
With him, however, as a candidate fol
| Congress, as "a Democrat who has never
wavered," and who poses as such before
the people of this Congressional Dis
tlict, / shall have further dealings, as is
my right and duty.
Friday Mornmg.-Since the foregoing
was put in type l find that Col. Stock
dale's fondness for writing cards has in
duced him to publish another in the
CLARION of the 4th inst without date
He says in this production;
"Had / read the offer Of the Republican
to correct the statement before writing the
card, | would have worded il differently
Immediately upon reading the balance o
| the article, after my attention was called
to it several days later, wrote to a mutual
| friend, and requested that he see Captain
| Lewis and get him TO retract his eptheys
which precluded explanation, with IA view
OF making the correction, but received q
letter that he declined TO do So"
The offer to correct the statement, il
it was proved TO be false, occurred in the
| Republican of the 10Th of July, to which
Stockdale replied from Hattiesburg, on
july 18th. In certain stated contiu
gency | denounced him as a liar in the
CLARION of July Dist. Yet in the above
he endeavors to obscure tae whole affair
by referring to the balance of the ar
| ticle." The several days later" WAS on
July Goth. Further he has absolutely
lied again, as to the incidents and tenor
of his demand made upon me through
the mutual friend, Col. Nelson, as
stated. He would make it appear that
his communication TO Nelson had a
most pacific appearance, while just the
contrary was the fact. This postscript
would not have been written but that
second "card from Stockdale To the
CLARION makes it necessary for this
statement of facts to the public to he
published in the CLARION also, which
necessity, though do not see that /
have any other course to pursue as 20 the
public, Is most disagreeable one,
JOHN s. LFWIs.