The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-06-24
Letter From Hon. e. Barksdale
WASHINGTON, Nav 81. 1856.

duce me - abandon, Col. Hooker, in
his ,lectioncering speeches, arraign-
ed me Tor having voted. in 1884, for
what is known as the Bonded
Whisky Bill His motive, il he
, had any, was To prove that nv vote
( had untitled me for further service
! in Congress, notwithstanding my
party and the people OF the district
had already pronounced different
verdict Uy q unanimous nomination
and overwhelming election. In ar
raigning me however. he suppressed
I the fact that be himself, so far from
/ being impecCable and infalllblc, had
voted. on two separate occasions, for
bonded Whisky Billie" and, there
fore, according to his own logic,
merited the condemnation that he
was invoking on my head. In his
answer he admits that he voted for
these bills, and founders through
( jungles OF complicated sentences to
! Justify himself. AS my object was
not TO ar:aIgn him, but to defend
myself by showing that he had set
me the example, will not pursue
him further on that subject. except
I to state, as an evidence of his utter
hewilderment, that. in attempting to
inculpate me for my conduct in the
4Sth Congress. he undertakes to tell
how Mr.. Morgan, did vote. and how
Messrs. Barry and Catchings did
not vote, on the same question and
at the same time, when they were
not even members Of that body ,
! =. Another count in Col Hook
ers indictment was that had
! favored rotation" and opposition to
q third term. y third term" for
what Representative in Congress
. his hearers would have naturally
! inferred, as that is the Office we are
both seeking. To this | replied
that lie was evidently aiming wide
OF his mark; that | had never urged
The dismissal Of any Democratic
, memhcr Of Congress on the ground
Of "IGtation;' that the files of the
newspaper which l had conducted
for many years, and in which | had
defined my position freely on all
questions, might be searched. and
no language OF mine could be cited
in yeriIication of his statement; that
my words did not support it, and
that my acts, which speak louder
than words, absolutely contradicted
il; for as delegate to the Kinds
County Convention of 1850 | had
voted for his nomination Tor the
foarth term. and had given him M
support for the JoHrth term after
the nomination. Like the cutie
fish. which darkens the water to
elude observation, he darts off from
the Congressional question, and
states that he referred to my appro-
baton OF the course Of my friends
who supported me for Governor in
1881 in opposition to the third
term" What has that TO do with
the Office OF REPRESENTATIVE g? If in
the chapter OF improbable events, |
should be elected Governor, and
should seek it third time, there
would be some pertinency in the
point he is striving to make. But
H. d.. ill.,, 80 l;4oror. th.;r
'ue W. "'NN'
functions are ulilcIeHt' the 'uHua
mental law for q long time. and the
custom of tl,. State. have been
ten, J,ho or,,rn,ap+ ca tocoI
:
IT., IN WHICH my distinguished com
petit0r INDUCED for the deiectation
If his i,tnlliGpnt audience at Port
C:I' ,T;.;,.-,,..,,,.
p'u>"''' vas "''''' ''"0"' ""'' -
ieaulnS.
Incidentally, while showing by
my support OF his nomination for
the .tourth term, in 1850, that he
hat attributed to Inc 4 position
which | had never taken rs TO Con
grrssmen, stated thatl had learned
that he did not reciprocate the
compliment 20 the party which had
crowned him with SO many distinc
lions by voting for its nominee Tor
Congress in the 7th District, in
1852" To this specific charge he
replies:
Ifit is meant by this to state rs fact,
or insinuatc or inter, that did not sns-
tam the n"% ,E' OF my party IN tns can
made spr.cIes in many paris of the State
in the canvass of l-s2, and on Saturday