The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
"Civis's" Reply to DIR. Macune.

To the Editor of The Herald and
News: 1 have read in the National
Economist, of August i, DR.. Macune's
"most ungentlemanly" Ito use his own
language and vituperative reply to a
recent article of mine published in The
Herald and News as well as in the
News and Courier. The Doctor was
evidently very mad when he wrote it,
and had laid aside, for the time be-
ing at least, those excellent traits as a
"Christian gentleman" which we are
assured he possesses. At this we are
not greatly astonished, for the criminal
is apt t. Link very badly of the detec-
tive who hunts him@doWn and brings
him to bay. Hence Doctor Macune's
very poor opinion of .. S. Hall, of Mis-
souri,, of Mr.. McAllister, of Mississippi,
of Mr.. McCrath, of Kansas, of "Civis"
and others who have been instrumental
in exposing his venal transactions with
Pat. Calhoun in Georgia. T would
ask you to republish his article entire,
as illustrative of the character of the
man who has been proved guilty Of at
tempting to sell out the Alliance to one
of Jay Gou IS railroad attorneys, and
whom, Notwithstanding, our farmers
still persist in following 80 blindly.
But I think so respectable a paper as
The Herald and News would object to
soiling its columns with such a TRADE
OF calumny and vulgar personal abuse:
"a field in which / have no thought Of
following him myself.
My article, be it remembered, was in
reply to an editorial of DR.. J. VIM.
Stokes in the Cotton Plant, in which I
showed, not by the evidence of Mr..
Hall or other enemies of DR.. Macune,
but by the admissions Of both DR..
Stokes and Mr.. Latimer, both DR..
Macune's defenders, and both I be-
lieve members of the famous Ocala
whitewashing committee, that the
charges against DR.. Macune were true
in every particular.
DR.. Stokes says in his editorial, "Mr.
Calhoun had the money to loan; DR..
Macune wanted to borrow, he did 6or-
roec Of MT. Calhoun, (sic); and neither
be nor Mr.. Latimer, both in position
to know, and both anxious to screen
pretend to deny that he did
both borrow the money and receive
Tue free railroad pass over the Rich
mond Terminal system. Could we
have stronger or more positive evidence
Of DR.. Macune's guilt? Then, after re-
,eiving these personal pecuniary favors,
ne did, as is notorious, all in his power
% get Calhoun elected to the United |
States Senate, thus showing that Cal
noun, though young man, like old |
0akes Ames, of Credit Mobilier noto-
,iety, knew where to put his money
so it would do most good" My arti-
lie was a mere sitting of the testimony
# others, 80 to speak; and this was in
orief what it established. I have not
pretended to know anything of my
'wn personal knowledge.
In his very ill-naoured reply Macune
ioes not pretend to deny or attempt to
efute anything whatever in my article;
,ut confines himself to low vulgar
.buse Of "Civis," as if that were his
ntire stock in trade.
Well, now, I would like to inform DR..
Iacune that abuse from such a man as
bis Georgia transaction has proved
,im to be, does not in the least disturb
he mental equanimity of "Civis.n On
be contrary "Civis" is rather proud Of
be enemy he has made, and enjoys the
and squirming and contor-
ions of such man under the exposure
0 open daylight of his venality and
orruptioa. 1t shows better than any
hing else could that "Civis" has hit
i'm in q vital spot. Truth hurts worse
han fiction sometimes, and this seems
0 be case in point. Macune had
ondly hoped that his conduct had
cen so deeply covered With whitewash
t Ocala that no more would be heard
f it. But instead he finds that in
ew short months the whitewash is all