The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-10-11

came to me to employ me TO represent
him, and that stated to him that ! would
| represent him if he would support Mr. At
kinson for governor. l do not recollect
making any such statement to Fir. Corr
nett, or having any conversation with him
| whatever, but. if did, whether it be right
or wrong am ready to stand by it; but. as
the charge has no connection with my
office, and does not relate to my official
conduct, | will not pursue the subject
| further.
II am not candidate for any Office,
neither have / stated to auy man that l
expected to be @ candidate in the near
future l have had nothing to do with
politics, except to support my friends in
a quiet way, and help to fight the battles
of my party. l have contributed literally
OF my time, labor and means to the sup
port of each. shall continue to do so in
the future. | have stood in the way of no
man s ambition. 1t has been my earnest
desire to quietly attend to my own affairs,
and keep out of personal controversies
I'm 1892 / assisted in representing
Judge George F Gober before JOINT COM
mittee Of the general assembly appointed
to investigate certain charges made against
him felt that a good man was being
outI ageously prosecuted. and | presented
his case with all the power and earnestness
at my command. Since that time, especi-
ally during the present year, have been
assaulted in the most shameful merciless
and cowardly manner, week after week,
through the columns of newspaper pub
lished in this city. called The Atlanta
Gazette, and in q little newspaper publish
| ed lat Acworth, Ga The miserable little
penny a.line whapretends to edit the Post
is unworthy of my attention and shall
waste no words upon him. 1t is but an
other illustration of the OK and his master,
the ass and his masters crib. The Atlana
ia Gazette is published for no other pur>
pose than to attack Hon. A. o. Bacon,
Hon. A. S. Clay. George F. Gober and
myself, and am informed that il is sent
to the homes of the people OF Georgia
gratuitously every week, laden with tslse-
hoods and SANDERS. have nothing to
say about it, except in reply to attacks
made upon myself The other gentlemen
are able to fight their own battles and take
care of themselves. They have pursued
me with an appetite as keen as death, and
with a step as steady as the march OF time.
fThey have charged everything that the
most undying hatred and unrelenting
malice could suggest. They scrupled al
nothing. They have gone into my private
life and attacked my private character in
the most ferocious and brutal manner
No gentleman would resort to this mode
OF warfare. No brave, honest man would
shelter himself behind the corporate name
OF newspaper, and, like cowardly bush
whacker and assassin, fire from ambush
upon his enemies | am determined thai
l will be attacked by bush>whackers nc
longer. If am to be assassinated, it shall
be in an open field and in fair fight,
The public shall know who my accusers
are. Their faces shall be unmarked, and
l will stand before my calumniators face
to face.
"These men who are responsible. direct
ly or indirectly, for all that has been said
about me in the Atlanta Gazette are two
notorious, disreputable hlackguArds who
practice law in this city; two political
prostitutes who have neither personal
honor, nor have reaped the reward OF pri>
vate virtue.
Il refer to w. c. Glenn and c. D.
Maddox.
thine and space would fail me in an
effort to portray the unfathomable depths
of rascality to which these men have de
} scended. The English language is mad
equate to give them the full measure oil
their deserts. Two more infamous, das>
tardly assassins never disgraced civiliz,
1 ed community, or dishonored one of the
D learned professions in this state. When
e they met, it was union of two forces
t which had a perfect affinity for each other
e 1t is u combination between vice, COW,
r ardice and rascality. 1t is union OF al
that Is low, vulgar, mean and contempti
. BILE in human nature. 1t is a partnership
o between cunning knave and coarse
e vulgar prattling imbecie. As a monu,
s mental liar, G. ID. Maddox stands withou
: a rival in this state. He is liar by birth
s education and training He is not only
It an habitual liar and notorious perjurer
II but his moral depravity is only equaled By
e imbecility OF his mind. | had rather dea
t with any class of men on earth than fool
!. There is no accounting for his actions
d You never know where to expect him. III
s has an incurable disease. His is malad,
s which medicine will neither heal lnor pal
d late. One of the strange fancies of thi
S peculiar individual is that he is TO becom,
: famous IN some unaccountable manner By
e attacking the officers OF the Blue Ridgt
S thoughts by day. and the subject oc hi
!, dreams at night. Imagine this unhappy
y creature, burning with hatred, the littl,
reason that nature has given him, consum
e ed by the fire of the fercest and bases
passions of the human heart, thirsting fo
revenge. blinded by malice, stalking abou
:. over the state III search OF notoriety, apC
. what man character is safe that happen
) to offend him ? The only thing that car
n be done is to brand him and let him 20
= Turn him aloose upon his disgracefu
n mission with the eternal brand of lnfam,
:, upon him, that will stick to him at kom,
AID abroad and wherever he goes, with tn,
J.. hope that in the future the decent peopI,
n OF the state will make proper allowances
y tor anything he may happen to say
e Strange as 1t may seem, this man bear,
t the names of two of the greatest orators o
4 antiquity-Cicero DemostheneS Maddox
1t is a custom in some families to name
a their dogs after great men Others select
I some imbecle child and undertake to sup,
ply With name what nature has neglect.