The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-06
( CAPT. FARLEY IN REPLY.
What He Has to Say to MIR. Isra>vley

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ciently to enable Committeeman
Brawley to shear" Of my article; and
to reply, without reading it; please
allow me space for few supplimen.
tary remarks. I am indeed very
sorry to learn that. like Marius amid
the ruins of Carthage, he is "sitting"
"amid tho wreck Of shattered homes"
for when l last saw him he was on
his way to the delightful climate Of
Flat Rock. Although this has moth
ing to do with the matters between
us 1 sincerely trust that SO able Il
financier has saved enough out Of his
splendid operations to fully repair
all damage he may have sustained.
Mr.. Brawley says that lie "under.
stands" that have "said some hard
things" about him, although thought
J. was comparatively tender, particu.
larly as was then laboring under
the--it seems-false impression that
serious wrong had been done me
and my supporters, and was giving
vent to little honest Indignation
against those who 1 thought had
taken mean and cowardly advant
age Of their positions to strike me
"a blow under the belt.' and Gin the
dark" Since the earthquake how
ever, and its wonderful notifying ef-
fects; and since Mr.. Brawley's ele-
CANT, artistic, subtle, ingenious, and,
l may add, characteristic article l
see things so differently that atnder
aU circumstances, l am compelled to
unequivocally withdraw all the "hard
things" | may have said about him.
I am constrained to do this also, by
the thought that in any discussion Of
this "subject Of public and party in
terest." between he and I, there
should be nothing very personal. be-
cause first of all, we cannot rs men,
meet upon equal terms, and | do
hope that [ have not arrived at that
degree Of degradation and cowardice
as to be willing to write, say or do
anything that would not be willing
to either apologize or be responsible
for.
AS 1 have never said anything
"hard' about any of my competitors,
and more particularly Mr.. Bonham,
the successful one, and as am will
ing to concede everything that prop
erly belongs to him or his family, I
trust that Mr.. Brawley will excuse
me for not discussing them. His
very kind suggestion that my claims
would have been "enhanced" by re-
sisting the solicitations of my friends
and refusing to run against Gen.
Manigault, comes too late to do me
any good. and the information that
he was "then dying of wounds re-
ceived in his country's SERVICE"
ought to have been communicated to-
Col. McKissiclS and myself, Gf not the
convention) in time to have saved us
from running against so strong Il
by death-but it was not, and l am
afraid that the suggestion at this
late date has much con. mled malice
in it, like many other Of Mr.. Braw-
ley's artful insinuations Not know.
ing where he was. l did send Mr..
Brawley two lettcrs-one to Char
lesion the other to Flat Rock mott.
flying him, just as l did every mem.
Der of the committee, that my name
would be before the committee-and
basing my claims mainly upon the
vote ] received in the convention.
1 made no personal appeal by letter,
or otherwise, to anysmember Of the
committee and in one Of those to
Mr. Brawley l said: "Of course l
can make no personal appeal to
you"
Surely I had the right to address
Mr.. Brawley in his representative
capacity, and that too, to use his
own choice language, without con.
doning any "particular acts Of vii
liany' that he may have committed,
with or without my knowledge, at
any "date."
do hope that MIR. Brawley
will pardon me for taking bis ex-
planation Of the "high and pure
motives" which governed him and
his associate, cum grCoao sails, for it
is evident from the tone and con-
tents Of his article that it was al
ready decided that neither the "two-
thirds" rule nor anything else, would
have "added to Capt. Farley's chan
ces." He has himself told me, since
the nomination, that he had intended
at ono time to support me an'i had
80 written to Capt. Bonham, but that
it was my position on the citadel and
toward the militia which Influenced
his action. and he now says "there
were certain selfish considerations
which | would have better served by
voting for Captain Farley" My let
ter to Captain Dawson defining my
position on the citadel deprived him,
at least, of the right to use that mat
ter against me and if Mr.. Brawlcy
was not informed Of it's contents, as