Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-09-04

first place | proposed TO give him a.
much again as | did YOU and it wa,
none Of his phaiisaical husincs.
Tho patronized afterwards He
would have freely taken the SrSo
and then said it was not enough, bc
cause he said that $Iop. was gaod
deal less than the legal rates; but il
was his bull that gored my OK and
the editor Of the Ne,cs saws that
will not gain anything with the Re.
pubhcans by trying to carry water
on both shoulders. I have always
tried to carry justice ON both
shoulders ever since | have been
trying to discharge puolic trust OF
duty and the evidence of the fact il
that l have been Justice of the
Peace commencing in 1860 about
10 years through the clamor
of the war and the confusion of
politics. Though have tried
thousands of cases between friend
and foe and between Democrat
and Republican, | never had an
appeal taken from my decision yet.
The Republicans nor the Demo.
Gratis are neither afraid of my hon.
esty to-day in deciding questions be-
tween them. All honest men appre-
clate such a man rs that. There are
too many men to-day in the county
that will say you tickle me and
III tickle you" for the common
taxpayer. | have spent a good
deal of my time in public life and
L expect there has hecn us little
complaint about my official acts as
any other man in the county.
Billy Mansfield might as well try
to drill hole through the rock of
Gibraltar with IA barlow knife. as TO
try to prove TO TIE old Confederate
Democrats of this county and State
that l am Mugwump or anything
else than true Democrat. Not
only nave my acts and my words
proved it, but my pocket book has
backed 1t. There is not n man i'm
this county and State who has done
more for the cause of Democracy
and to restore peace and harmony
than Writ Brumiicld and well does
the old gray-hcaded heroes know it.
So Billy is lcf, there.
Notwithstanding all this, l am a
friend to the Republican party as
tar as justice and right are required.
Running for an Office is one thing
and discharging its duties is an 9th
or. But this reply is slime and space
occupied for no benefit to me or no
one else. | have always tried to
avoid getting into. IN argument
with fanatical dude, one who also
deals in such al,ra remarks; but l
write this one time IN re for 4 fur
Their explanation Of my vote and to
show the Inconsistency ard falsi;y
OF his remarks. The letter ! wrote
is too powerful for his mental bat
tering ram and he will not be able.
with all his false deception, to com
Pute 1t. There are some people
who are like some coward in the
world who tries 20 scare some folks
by going about in crowds trying to
to get up fuss and when he gets
one started he stands back unit
he sees which has the most friends.
Then he will throw his hat and pull
his coat and try to pull his shirt and
declares by all that is good and bad
that he will do all his fighting; tha,
he can be run over where he is and
the same time he has five friends tc
the others one, but he would be toe
big a coward to step on the other
side and defend the one who has the
fewest friends. But don't want &c
get into an argument with a fanat.
ical boy, who is almost strained to
the point of frenzy over the defeat
occasioned by the two other mem.
bers of the county court, to wit
Adkins and Jarrell-and his own
refusal to publish for SIS.
The boy puts me in mind of one
of those dry weather rain cloud
which generally appear in the
southwest belching out its sui.
phuric thunder bolts aRd threaten.
ing terrible rain. Naturally il
scarcs all the old women who have
their beds out summing; that causes
a terrible rush to get them in and by
the time they get everything housed
they step to the door, there come.
puff or two Of wind and the cloud
disappears, there is no rain. the
water having all leaked out before
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