San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-09-26
Capt. Kyle in Behalf of Judge Terry.
KYLE. Sept. 25. 1859.

Surely. MIR. Julian, through the editoria
columns Of the FREE PREss, you have dom
mo injustice. prior 10 this haze no
penasd a line % 40 One.) Judge TER,
was my friend. knew that my friend was
surcharged with true courage and true no
bility. l know that the mean spirit OF thu
assassin has never been found dwelling II
the same bosom with honor and courage
When the Star-Yudicator went into the
reach 10 stay this deluge OF Islander from
all over the land that was being poured Out
ON the dead Terry, felt thankful and sent
copy 10 q mutual friend, Gov. Loubuck
This has bean the height Of my Offending
Judge Terry honestly believed that Judge
Field had been corrupted with Sharon's
money, aud whom his lady client, sharing
with him this idea and stood in contempt
of this dishonored court he resisted an
armed man in efforts to eject rudely lady
client. For this he was fined, aud to un-
duly humiliate him he was cast into loath-
some dungeon for months. For this 1t is
not denied that his intentions were to hu-
initiate Judge Field with chastisement, The
duty of this marshal was to stay, with his
own hands, aided by posse that the mar
shall could have created by calling on all
NiAuutIh W WhNlNt ia 49,
Judges. That Judge Terry would strike
Judge Field, and TO resistance offered by
Judge Field, would then and there cut or
shoot him TO death, Mr.. Julian, Judge
Terry was incapable of this. l would
know of you what acts OF Judge Terry
life justilies you in branding him as an
assassin and desperate. Will you say thar
il was for cutting u member OF the most
r.. L 90 mo nrn
This yigilant had under arrest citizen,
Judge Terry lad great fears (at the ume
too he was an officer of the law that
without trial this citizen by this mob
would be hanged, for they wore hanging
scores day by day. In this case he only
met uudoubted harshness with harshness.
In the history of Judge Terry's life there
remains but one other act for you to make
good the charge you make, that he was
an assassin AID desperate. that he killed
Senator Broderick in u duel. Do we not
have it from the principal friend that ac-
companied the distinguished senator to
that fatal field that the fight was entirely
fair ? Be careful now, Mr.. Julian, FOR
when you answer Yes, this was the act OF
the assassin aud desperate. Then an
swer you. That you at the same time brand
with those same foul epithcts many of our
greatest and most honorable men IN the
past, our fathers too and grandfathers.
They held that dueling was honorable
personal warfare, and these (our tathers)
in my opinion were the best men that have
ever lived on Gods great footstool yea,
more, and reach further back. Had you
have lived in those ancient times, express
iug your present views through the FREE
Pass, you would have been branded with
these same foul epithets. that God-like boy,
David, are we not told that Deity strength
ened aud steadied the arm of his chosen
stripping in that famous duel when he hurl-
ed the missile that laid the giant Goliath
low. So you see to follow closely your
suueamish ideas would drop you i'll pit
that has no bottom. Yes, l think OF one
other act in the life of Judge Terry. He
sided with his own Southland in the past
great war between the states of this govern
ment For this ofense, If it was an Of
Tense. In my command, al Shiloh, he gave
an atonement by u copiOuS flow Of his own
brave blood. In the last issue of your
paper, in commenting on couple OF cor
respondents to the Starry indicator, sigued
respectively Vox Populi and Clinton, you
say that you are informed that l am the
author of the first and you presume that
am the author of the other You will re-
member that Vox Populi had something to
say in commentator of myself. Now.
MI. Julian, youare not to complain when 1
assure you that fail to find it in my heart
to thank you for believing any one that
would 90 to you with the information that q
had, under nom de plume, praised my
self. Please let me assure you that at the
tune read those articles l did not know
the authors. At tbs a0rjtjng, on mig hOnor
as q mum. I do not hn02p them. Do me
the favor, will you, to give me your-author
solely that I may when l m ct him, the
poor pitifuI creature, treat him with con-
tempt? Get for me too Vox Populi, that
/ may offer to him my sincere thanks for
the defence he 80 calamity mad for me.
Sincerely,
FERG KYLE.
AS our readers know, the FREE PEEss has
always advocated and exemplifed the right
of free discussion, subject only to parlia-
mentary usage, SO we cheerfully give place
to the above article by Capt. Kyle. We al
ways try to treat opinions, and even
preiudices differing from our own with all
due conslderrt on and respect. We
have already sufficiently Indicated our posi-
ton on the main subject of his letter, and
hence do not care to enlarge OF repeat at
this time. AS to the inferred identity of
Capt. Kyle aud "yox Populi' of the Kyle
Star, we had heard it frequently suggested
during the campaign of last year,
and in some respects it seemed
to us there was intrinsic as well
well az circumstantial evidence of the fact
But we of course accept Capt. Kyle's de-
NAL. As he endorses tho views of Vox
Populi on the Terry case, the question of
authorship seems to Us rather immatena!.
Ed