The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-03-31
COL. BLACKBURN'S
REJOINDER.
lie Denies Having spoken Disrespect-
fully Of sold Grover"
And Wants to Hold His job Until His
Tenn of Office Expires.

And Wants to Hold His job Until His
Tenn of Office Expires.
EDITOR HERALD:-I have read
yUuc editorial renIarks Ia Your paper
o, tie 24tn instant, under Tie cap
ton ol Tue Coiumulu rost Otnce,"
by Inch | lean tGat u certain party
Ot pAI Ties /, or aie, determined 10
procure, If possible, my dismissal
from MY office because Of my Re
puDncanlsu, Ctfensive paruanship or
something uI tue aUrt, III cOnnoC-
tIuu win thls, you cay you haVs
uyeu relIaU.y lulVrmeu That l hau
sid ~ uIu l.rt ~ant W hOm Olllce
under Ola Grover" THANK You
Tor our edllOna,, and say, as / sag
HHqS, Thai | dou't UoiIvve yOU
would do NE an Injustice. But juug-
lug from I cUo ,EaJ dro known 10 lie,
| 90 believe mai tile 0ntHlUS Uf
the above accusation is u very uu
manly representation. In tne
first place / ain hot ia the habit OF
using Cullanuisn expressions when
speaking oil men VI women 0t Ie-
specLaOility. In tue second place,
| certainly dl0 exp -ct to mold" this
office under President CleVelanu's
administration provided he should
be elected, and L sull expect TO. |
know that / sought The office with
q full determination to do my duty,
and | feel that [ have done so, and
so long III l continue TO DO 80, ain
sure mat my tenure Of office will
not be cut off by the Pres,ueut UNI
less he acts uu0er the influence oil
misrepresentation concerning me.
That 1 ALI u Republican, OF the
"strlcteat sect Of the Fathers" is u
truth as firmly fixed rs Are the
"fOuL datiOns Of the eternal hills, y
or any truths, either physical nr
lnOral, that God ever prOJecCed from
the bosom Of His power. For this
certainly have no acknowledgements
10 make. But for these things l do
thank the same God that answered
the prayers-at Valley Forge
of the man for whom my fatht
named me. But the geneIal welfare
of the pc Jple Of the United States
constitutes the political God that ]
worship. Therefore /, and my pO-
liticaI brethren, will assist President
Cleveland in all his efforts to bless
mankind whenever he moves along
these American lines. The enemies
that he will tipd in his path will not
be Republicans, but they will be
found among those OF his own p1liti'
cal household.
appeal from the party or parties
who want me put out OF this office
in violation of law, for the supposed
benefit of some one else, to the pa
irons of the Columbia post Office in
general, and say 10 them that | was
appointed for the usual term of fOul
years, and that having been at con
siderable expense in making i'm
prOvenents IN and appertainlng t
the post Office, and having arranged
my affairs outside the office upon th'
expectation of continuing here TO
the term appointed, it would be ;
hardship for me to be deprived OF IN!
work here, so long as 1 serve the PEG
pie as the law and the regulation
demand.
Will the people here think of tbest
things, and as they think best
make their voice to be heard? Re
member the office is mine, just as j
was Major John 7. Whnamson'
under the aGm nstratiOn of Presi
dent Harrison. Williamson was no
disturbed by a Republican President
l and other Republicans gave assui
ances to Major Williamson that hi
t5rm of office should not be dis
JuTbed. President Cleveland allowed
u Republican postmaster TO serve on
his term, and now, if Indeed publ
office is a public trust, as declared
; by President Cleveland, shall tn
post Off at Columbia become
piece OF merchandise 10 be givel
away or sold for a consideration t
any one who will bind himself to de
liver the promised goods? Whethe
they be stolen goods or not?
( As friend to this town and to tn
: people thereof, and all the patron
) Of lnis post office, 1 beg leave, yer
! respectfully, to suggest to them
= that it would be in order for all lay
. and order men who wish tor bette
= state of things to exist "in the time
r to come" than now exist, to NOV
themselves nOtO, in that direction
Honest and intelligent self-govern
: ment, is the only hope Of the peOpt
and the Government as well.
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