The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-31

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name to figure in the affair.
CHAs. II. CLIFFORD.
| Medford, Ark, July z, 1891.
Another Flat Contradiction.
There also appears in the Mcdowell
defense" the following:
RED FORK, ARK, July 8, 1S9l-HOn. ].
| II. Mcdowell, Dear Sir: l met Mr.. J. N.
| Chiles yesterday. He says L can say Cor
him that "when Mcdowell took the
office of Justice of the Peace this county
was tearfully rough. There was no law
nor order and murders were frequent;
| that Mcdowell believed in enforcing
the law and maintaining order, and his
efforts in this direction brought about
the hard feelings that may here exist
against him; that Mcdowell himself
| was law-abiding citizen, an upright
gentleman in his dealings and actions.
Yours truly, w. NJ. WATKINS.
The above is what Watkins, Nc
Dowell's witness says for Chiles.
This is what Chiles says for himself:
WATSON, ARK.-To the public, or
Whom This May Concern: L see in the
Memphis Appeal-Avalancne an article
written by MIR. w. NJ. Watkins, stating
that had told him to say to Mcdowell
that he (McDowell( was gentleman in
every particular. l told Mr.. Watkins to
say to Mcdowell that l had nothing
against him socially, as neighbOr, but
when it came to his politics he was a
republican, and one of the very worst
type; and further,I told Mr.. Watkins to |
tell Mcdowell what have said about |
not take word of it back. Mr.. Nc |
Dowell was to see me after this chat Mr.. |
Watkins alluded to, and did all he could |
to make me retract what L said about
him as a politician. / see a great deal |
in Mr.. McDowell's statements trying to |
convince the public that he is lamb, |
instead of a wolf in a lambs clothing,
but since this fight has started Nc |
the people of this county that he is a
bad man in every particular, and |
neddlesOme liar. j. NJ. CHILES.
The American continues this line
Of proof for four solid pages, introduce
ing witness after witness to show that |
the first charges of the American |
were true, and McDowell's defense
was q sharp, shrewd tissue of false
hoods, bought and begged from timid,
sympathetic and purchasable parties.
Bum, one of McDOwell's strongest
witnesses, is shown to be republican
of the Mcdowell stripe, and men,
Der of the same League as Mcdowell.
DIR. Turner, upon whom he relied, is
his brother-in-law. Jones, another
of his strongest defenders, was fire.
quently heard to denounce John for
all that was mean and vile, until
Johns brother Wallace came upon
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household were all converted and
gave certificates. Jones is Wallace's
agent, and runs the farm that Wal
lace took off Johns hands as payment
for security debts; and Jones saw he
was about to lose his job; hence the
conversion.
Col. d. A. Williams, County
Attorney of Dallas County, Texas,
who lived in Desha County when
In fIaaf
DowelI was regarded as a democrat
when he announced for Office, but
soon after his announcement it crop
ped out that he was republican and
was organizing the negroes in secret
clubs and was the grand mogul of the
republican vote"
A Brief Summary of the Case.
The American summarizes as
follows:
"At the very outset the reader should
be made to know the false and fraudu-
lent character of McDOwelPs defense
and his attempt to impose upon the
credulity of Tennessee readers. The
father of falsehOod himself never lied
with such intrepid bravery nor con-
cealed the truth under such fair and
pleasing mask. "Reverends" and
"Senators" and professors" and "edn-
Gated gentlemen" and "pro minent citi-
zens' and "life-long democrats" and
"leading church members" all join the
solemn masquerade and march in long
and imposing procession before the
public eye. When George w. Bell is
introduced to you as estate Senator"
and is called "the professor" and is
spoken of as "church member" and
man of "unquestioned morals" you
take off your hat in the supposed pres
ence of a Yale or Harvard graduate.
That is what Mcdowell expects you to
do. He never intended you to know
that this Senator-protessor ana edu-
Gated gentleman is as black as the ace
of spades, the most notorious and most
offensive negro politician in Arkansas,
one of McDowells old political cronles
and general all-arOund Scoundrel.
"You touch your hat in the presence
of the cloth when Revs. s. N. Norwood
and S. 7. Thompson come to testify.
Mcdowell doesn't tell you, and doesn't
intend for you to know, that they, also,
are simply negro politicians. When
Mr. Isaac Sanford is introduced and
tells that he knew Mcdowell for four
years in the Confederate Army, 1t was
Intended that you should consider Mr., |
Sanford as all old army comrade and
brave Confederate soldier, and not that
the aforesaid Sanford is a splay-footed
Arkansas negro OF She ordinary type.
Mr.. William Hicks also is not known
to you as he is to the people of Desha |
County, Ark, as Bill Hicks, disrepu- |
table negro, who is ready to take in |
swearing for anybody, by the day or
, 10y ZIG os PNcHowaII ~ to have his readers
kko1;o % that ali whom he does not |
u0a1.;f;caliV Sesianate as negroes are |
raP0utahIa white men and democrats. |
IT, would also have been the honest |
tb;m0 whan he introduces DIR. IT. III |
Tmrnar who makes a column state |
mant IN his behalf. to have told the |
nnhi;c that DIR. Turner is his own
brother-in-iaw. and therefore almost |
onuoIIv interested in preserving him
Frdn,', .tsocisI de1radatioIl.N etc.
at mIDht have heiped the truth also |
If Mr. McDowelI had distinguished |
from the other witness the hirelfngs on
his hrotherIs plantation, and their |
wi Tit - si ne witness stand in his be- |
but il would not have helped NC