Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-12-12

~. ~. btii, Sapt. cesSc W OoufUi,
DIR. f. o. Young, Miss George
Hayes and r. Nj. Ferguson.
Mr.. James M. Graves would
have paid me, if / had taken time
to stop, and | was told DR.. Felix,
pastor of Mr.. AS chnrch was
hunting for me to pay me.
Nearly all of these gentlemen
are members in good standing in
the church, | think principally of
the Baptist and Christian churches,
Capt. Woodruff is an exhibitor
of Democratic paper. was the
best editor ever in the town, is
still Democrat, and | think that
religiously he is a heather in
good standing and full fellowship
in my church.
Each of them paid me $500
except Mr.. Vance who paid his in
part, and Miss Hayes, who is a
teacher, and to whom | prefer to
send at the Sl.O0 rate, and Mi.
Laws who paid $500.
| think they are all Democrats
except Miss Hayes and Mr.. Vance
and DIR. Felix.
AS to my being afraid of
anybody in this town, / am
not afraid of anybody IN
heaven, earth or hell. But / carry
no arms, and realize any day tlat
| walk these streets that l maybe
sent to join HadJock, of Iowa,
and Gambrell of Mississippi, who
were murdered because they were
Prohibitionists.
If | wanted to defend myself as
l could do, l have two sons and
they would be with me just as
soon as l said the word. We
could walk the streets of Lexing-
ton with double barrel breech-
loading shotgun each, as the law
would allow us to do; and the
law would allow them to protect
me, and | do not b6Iiere that there
is any man in this town who
would dare to try to kill me.
But | am on record in the Biog-
raphy of my oldfriend Judge Rich
ard Reid, as having endorsed his
willingness to be beaten to death
by a member of his own church
and l have expressed my desire
to contribute to the building of q
charitable institution to his mem
Dry, l have never in anger struck
any human being, and am ashamed
that in only few instances in my
life | have so struck a horse; and
l can not afford to throw away
the whole prestige of my life
simply because man talks insult.
ingly to ne.
l expect to walk the streets OF
: Lexington unarmed, and no more
than is absolutely necessary to at
tend to my business.
| claim that l have not pur.
posely done injustice to any MAI
that ever was born, and that dc
not desire to do so, and that tn,
main and almost sole aim of m,
paper is to do good, by promoting
the morals of my country. l may
be mistaken as to the means.
If [ publish any libel, l respect
fully ask Of the courts to arr1s
me and punish me.
l do not of course kao,o the prf
pose Of Mr.. AS threats towat't
me, but l think that it is becauf'
l have beaten him and his parl,
in the argument, and that the b6
people of his own party are dis,
gusted and o. TRACED by the nomI
nation of that Democratic ticke
of which he is a member; that h
considers that | have been largely
instrumental in causing this, an(
that this is but one of several at
tempts that have been made t.
intimidate me.
Whether it does intimidate mt
remains to be seen.
A most reliable gentleman. wh(
is a Democrat, recently said to nj
that one of the men on that Dem
ocratic ticket had told him tina
if another certain man on tina
ticket should kill me, and he wa
on the jury that tried him, h.
! thought he would clear him.
l was once before assaulted here
for making what the lawyers sai'
was correct report OF cOnr
proceeding. | was only a reporte
for the paper, and of course onl,
the editor that employed me wa
responsible. | was struck twic,
in the face by a powerful young
man, but made no effort to hur
him. lie was said to be armed
and had two other men with him
l had never made any allusiol
! to any of the three men in news
paper in my life; had never sal,
an unkind word, or inter
, tanned an unkind thought agains
any of the three, but had beef
kind to one Of them certainly, an,
two of them probably. The thir'
man | had never seen, and dc no
; until this day know who he was
/ appealed to the law for a re
, dress OF my wrong lie was trie.
! before Christian Democrat.
there is any such thing--and tn
Judge fined him one dolta' an,
costs, and when the judge met M
, alone afterwards he apologies
! to me for the small fine, by ex
planning that the man who as
sanlted me was drunk.
| have never in my life violate,
any law of my country except t
! work intellectually and manual,
, on Sunday on my own farm, an,
| did this believing, and | stii
believe, that the observance of
Sabbath is opposed to the Chri,
| tan religion.
The reputation OF my ow.
, family and that of my wife ar