The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-10-21

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the county, but was informed of the re-
port that had withdrawn, and so had
/ to publish a card coDtradicting such re-
ports. Doubtless Mr.. Pearson's treach-
cry to me and his desire to get nd of me
grew out of.the fact in part that refused
to fall into his methods and adopt his
suggestions, when he advised me to make
terms with and try to conciliate certain
| liquor dealers who were cursing and
denouncing me on account of my
prohibition sentiments, and upon
my refusal to thus truckle, he expressed
surprise that had not yet learned that
| a politician. had to eat all sorts of dirt and
crdaUl IN the slime in order to attain sue
cess, and advising me at an other time to
60 and subscribe for l.umber of copies
of Mr.. Jones Radical paper for gratui-
tous circulation, whenby following his
advice 1 would have shown myself to
Mr.. Jones as a transparent, bald-face
hypocrite and in the other case would
have merited the contempt even of the
liquor dealers to say nothing of sacrif-
cling my own sense of honor and self re-
spect. as well as the respect and conf
denee of all decent mencf every class.
But the work by Mr.. Pearson's paid emil
sariee directed of course by kimself-of
preparing the way for him and his asso-
ciate Mr.. Wells went brayelyon. Every
nook and corner of the county was rami-
fed and many good and unsuspec-
ting people were induced by these false
reprepresentations to fall into the trap
andt1u gavethelr consent to support this
combination headed by Mr.. Pearson, not
suspecting for moment that by so do
ing they were abandoning and turning
their backs upon the Ant-Stock-law and
Anti County Government movements
and there true friends, and were thus un-
suspectingly being used to aid Mr.. Pear
son in avenging himself in the shameful
and unhappy quarrel which he has for
the last year and a-haif been waging
with Genl Jones and to which he would
fam make every good citizen of
Buncombe party. No one is so stupid
as not to see at a glance what Mr.. Pear
son'smotive was for thrusting himselfinto
this contest. Being equally responsible
with Mr.. Jones for the passage of the
Stock-law, it would have been far more
manly in him to have shouldered his
part of that responsibility; but instead of
that when he begins to hear the mutter-
ings of discomfort coming up from the
indignant masses he pours out his shek-
els to apperase their wrath and now goes
over the county, boasting that he was
the first to put fifty dollars in the pool to
defeat law, which he could have de-
feated by less than fifty words in the
legislature.
But the method and mackination of Mr..
Pearson and his henchmen have been
sufficient to estrange from me sufficient
portion of the Republican vote to rem
der my defeat inevitable, and feeling that
it would be sheer folly to continue lon
ger in the race l have withdrawn, leav-
ing the voter of the county to cast their
votes for such persons as they may deem
most worthy of their support.
AS for myself, regard the Ani-Stock-
law people, and their course as having
been basely betrayed and sold out without
the hope Of relief even though Mr.. Pear
son and Mr.. Wells who assume friend
ship for the same should be elected.
From what have heard, I am led to be-
| lieve that Messrs. Pears IN and Wells
both desire the continuance ofthe present
stock-law in this county, and should they
be elected, will never make an effort for
| its repeal or modification to suit the
wishes of the people In view of all the
facts above set forth can any one pre-
| tend to say that Mr.. Pearson has acted
| the part of a true and honorable man to-
ward me? / think not, and l trust his
rebuke at the ballot box will teach him
wholesome lesson for the future.
And now in conclusion permit, me to
say, that if Mr.. Pearson's methods to Sc
cure his election are to be what they are
known to have been in the past and
what his friends say they aDilL be in this
contest, that he is to win his way to of
fec and place by the free use of money,
| then l appeal to every honest, right
thinking man in old Buncombe who
prizes his liberty as citizen and his
privilege as voter to set his seal of con
demnation upon all such men and teach
all arrogant nabobs who seek to corrupt
the politics and debauch the honest
people of this county, that you can nelth-
er be duped by their duplicity or
treachery, over-reached by their cum
ming Vaccinations nor bought with their
barrels. of money. God pity my dear
old rative Buncombe whenever the day
shall come that che men who toll and
rest beneath the shadows of these grand
old blue mountains and who drink the
lmpid waters and breath the pure life
giving breezes that move among these
Everlasting hills shall fail tostand up and
visit their scorn and indignation upon
the head of him who would dare try to
tamper with the very humblest of US all
lin the exercise of our God given pfivl-
IIeges, The man who would buy his fel,
low man would sell him again, and is pur'
chasable himself. Trusting that the di.
vine hand may lead us out ofour troubles
and vouchsafe to US continued prosperity
and happiness,
I am your fellow citizen,
Il T. 6 r. BAIRD