Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-22
STILL I'm TROUBLE.
Louis Indites Another Epistle
to Buck
In Which His Misgivings are Pienti-
full Concerning Certain Things
Now and Hereafter.

| CLARKsvILLE, Sept. q, '92.--Dea,
Buck: The regulars are circulating
some outrageous lies on you nowr
here now. The fact is, they seem Il
get worse and worse every day. ]
am not surprised at our folks weak
ening and going back to the old party
in the face of such falsehoods as are
in circulation down here about you
and Weaver and Dick. What shall
we do? / will give you few sam
pies. To-day l picked up in the road
small piece Of paper about 23xS
inches, on which was printed the fol-
lowing:
II am sorry, indeed, TO hear OF
any Southern Alliance Democrat GO
ing into a Third party, for it seems
to my mind ruin 10 the South, turn
ing our Southland over again to Re-
publican rule, and I hope before the
final step is taken, our brethren will
consider and think what the result
will be, and where it will evidently
lead to, ruin, ruin, ruin. .'-"Governor
Buchanan last April" Yes, sir, they
actually say you said that last April,
and it is being sent all over this
county. Now, Buck, if you never
were candid in your life before, don't
mislead me this time. Did you utter
the sentiments and use the language
above stated last April, or any other
time? / have had unbounded faith
in you as a schemer and politician,
and / don't think you could have
made the mistake to give expression
to such truths. OF course it is a fact,
Buck, but that is the very reason why
it should be kept for some other sea-
son. Now is bad time to fool with
"facts," Buck. You know our game is
to swear that Weaver is a simon
pure Jeffersonian Democrat. When
| am feeling good, Buck feeling at
myself like l used used to feel when
! was with the boys in politics, by
whose sides l fought during the war,
/ laugh until my sides are sore at the
idea of Weaver being "Jeffersonian
Democrat" Now, laying all jokes
aside, it is not right, Buck, to try
and deceive people that way. Demo
crat! why Weaver hates Demo-
Gratis. They have dug up the old
mans record, Buck, and are publish
ing 1t down here. 1t reads nasty. i
tell you, but we swear there amt one
word of truth in it-that it is false
from beginning to end. We tell our
folks that they are all campaign lies,
but the regulars are giving times and
places where Weaver did this and
said that, and some of them say they
will bet ten to one that they can
make Mr.. Weaver acknowledge it.
Really, Buck, it was mistake to
him, and it does seem that
the Lord has not had anything to do
with our party, and that old "Har-
ry" himself is at the wheel. They
say that Weaver, on the 10Th of Sept,
1871, at Keokuk, Iowa, used the fol-
loving language:
"1he record of the Republican party
appeals to the candid judgme'at of all
men as animpeacha6le, SAFE perhaps
that it s0ds too Jenieat aOith the leading
Democratic conspirdtors. The same
old gang, SdUe those aoho uere shot or
hung, are again conspiring.to get pos
session Of the government meet gear.
Woe TO them; for the loVal hosts aoiU
crush them forever md forever ont of|
all possible danger of such a misfortune
TO oar common country"
Buck, that is devilish hard TO
stand. They say that at Oskaloosa, on
the 25th of Sept. 1872, General Wea-
yer, in aspeech, uttered the following:
"No Rep,tblican can, mader any cir
c,nastances, haze any part or lot aoith
The hungry, re6eltioa4s, man hating,
'coman selling gang. corporated ,oader
the name Of democracy, a name so full
Of stenck and poison thet ii should be
dtottted from the vocabulary of ciuN-
lied man and handed oUer to the bar
6aridns that IL so .Jftly no,O and in all
the past has represented"
Our folks, Buck, or majority of
them are honest. They are true
Southerners, who have felt for many
years the iron heel of oppressive tax
alton and inequality. They have
worked and toiled in the field and
shops by day and by night and they
are honestly in search Of a remedy
for the evils which still further
threaten them. They have been for
you because you are a farmer,
and for no other reason, Buck,
but you can't expect them
to insult everything they ever
held dear by voting for Weaver, or
any man for Office who
has become a running mate with
him. Don't understand that / am
going back ON you. I've sworn alle-
glance / have defied reason and ar.
gument, Buck, and have sworn that