The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-09-30
NUMBER 80
caEDIrABLE TO Me. eLEyELAsr.


Mr.. Faank X. Posion, of Mem.
phis, brother of David Z ..,on, who
was murdered by II. Clay Kinr,
has made Il very large fool of him.
self by addressing a letter ITO Y.
President Cleveland, dated Aug.
18Th, in Which he takes that emf.
nent gentleman 10 iask Tor having
replied IN a sympathetic manner
10 u letter Of niece Of Kings re-.
siding in Texas, which appealed To
Mr.. Cleveland 10 use his influence
with Governor Buchanan to par.
don or commute the sentence OF
King.
MIR. Posion has exposed his ina
biliiy 10 interpret the very dis.
Greet language used by Mr.. Uleve.
land in his dlgn;lied, courteous and
sensible reply to a wOmsn's letter,
and has allowed his prejudice or
his desire for notoriety to over.
rule judgment and proprie,y in
addressing Mr.. Cleveland, as well
as laid himself open TO The we'll.
meritei and di .n,,ied rebuke he
received in Mr.. Cleveland's letter
Of reply.
Mr.. POsten in his letter says:
III regret your action bee ,use |
have always been Democrat and
have ever voted the straight tick.
ct, as have my family since ihere
was a Democratic party, but, be.
Iieving as | do, that your action
was unwarrants ed and a blow at
good government and q prompt err.
fOrcement Of our local laws will,
Tor the first time in my life, refuse
to vote for the nominee Of the par
~ on the National ticket. My fam.
lily connection is large. They will
pursue The same course"
Mr.. Cleueland's reply to Pus,0n
is dignltied, calm and frank, and
expresses his astonishment. az
we'll he may, that any one might.
could, would or should mi.inter.
pref his letter Of sympathy toa
distressed woman.
We make The following extract
from Mr.. Clevsland's reply 10 Pos
ion. which is altogether creditable
10 his head and heart:
This IS the first reply which
have seen fit to make 10 the ire.
qnenl criticism of my action in
this matter. After some hesil allon
| have determined 10 say tn you,
on account of the sincerity aud
courtesy at your letter and your
relations to The tragedy, that | am
still utterly unable 10 account ior
the feelings which my letter has
occasioned. Have you and others
who are inclined to criiicise my
action for moment reflected up.
on the fact that my letter was
written IN response TO the pitiable
plea Of an apparently heartbroken
woman, setting forth in a manner
most Impressive the reasons why
the life of her uncle should be
spareds Have you and my critics
overlooked the fact that l abso.
lntely declined TO interfere with
the Governor IN behalf Of this
mani Have you and they forgot.
ten the courtesy and c0ns,dera.
,ion which gentlemen in the
North as we'll as we'll as the South
consider due to the appeal OF u
woman9 Has It entirely escaped
attention that the letter was die
tsted simply and solely by the
sympathy which every true man
ought 10 feel for a woman in dis
tresss l do not overlook the TACT
that IN the closing paragraph Of
the letter l did say that l ielt that
there might be extenuating cir
cumstances. This was written in
connection with the plain state.
ment Of my letter, absolutely fore.
ing the meaning into ones mind
who saw it that my idea concern
ing extenuatlon was derived from
the letter to which responded.
should not be frank with you il
l did not add that 80 far as my
meaning and intent we're concern.
ed, Go not in the least regret my
action.
"ln response to your suggestion
that this act Of mine may. result in
the loss Of Democratic campaign.
you will pardon me, | hope, when
l say that when political expedi-
ency forces me 10 be discourteous
10 a distressed woman l am pre-.
pared tn retire from politics.
"Yours very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND"
The correspondence has not
been creditable 10 Mr.. Poston and
his large family connection, while
on the other hand II has establish
ed Mr.. Cleveland firmly upom The
!, pedestal of the true and tender
hearted gentleman that he 10.
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