The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-05-04

long letter from Mr.. Bullock in reply
to one that appeared in your issue o
March 30th from me. In that letter
had only two objects: One was Il
vindicate myself from an unfair posi-
ton you put me in by the quotation
you made from my letter to Mr.. Me
Intyre read in the trial before the
court. / wanted to show that an ex-
treme, hard set Of circumstances had
caused me to do and say such thing
and that / was conscious of no dis
honesty in it; and the other was to
show how hard and unjust the law oil
practice of the courts were if no relief
was attainable in the premises.
Now my attorney informed me that
no misrepresentation on the part of a
trader could be taken advantage of as
a defense when the trade was once
eonsumated. no matter what injustice
was involved in it, and in this partic-
ular case the amount paid was SO dis
proportionate to the value received
that it was pardonable in me to do
such desperate thing as / threatened
in that letter, when / was told by the
best legal talent that the law would
give no relief.
1t was not my aim in my article in
your paper of the 3Oth of March to-
make any charges against anybody
and do not think did, it was only
for self justification.
Notwithstanding Mr.. BullocE,s stout
denial it was proved in the trial that
Mr.. Mcintyre did purchase my note
from the First National Bank on the
Sth of March. after said note was due
aud after he had read my letter that
was read on the trial, and several
others that gave full details of this
transaction. The bank forced him to
take it when they had come into pos
session of the facts. On the trial it
was proved that he had purchased my
note as an innocent purchaser and
then sold it to the bank, but when he
purchased it back from the bank he
knew all the facts and was not inno-
cent of them, and yet do not charge,
as Nr. Bullock says, that Mr.. McIn-
tyre was guilty of any fraud. He
knew that the law would give him a
judgment innocent or not innocent,
and in suing he did no more than any
body else would have done, and T
have no less esteem for him now than
| had before. As / understood the
matter there could have been no re-
lief for me even if the original party
had sued in his own name.
Mr.. Bullock, with great effrontery
and cheek, denies that the law is, or
was as have stated in such matters
in South Carolina, but / will assure
him, notwithstanding, that the law
was as / have stated, and / recently
met an old South Carolinian, now
verging on to so years, possessed of
great intelligence and was born and
raised in the state, who told me that
South Carolina.
He calls my article tale of woe.n
l think / devoted the entire article
only to the principles involved in this
case and do not see where the ''tale
of woen comes in. But I think /
could cali his article, with truth, ''the
tale of faulcities.n But I viii not
enumerate them. They are not worth
the time and space it would take to
do it.
Now, my young man, you have
vituperated myself and my friend
Captain Lyle, impugned and mis-
judged our motives. Now, sir, you
have good father whom I have al
ways esteemed and admired. He has
been in public life for great number
of years. He has been candidate
for office a good many times and he
was never a candidate that | did not
vote for him. Some times he was sue
cessful and some times he was not.
And / would support him again if he
stood with both feet on the Omaha
platform. Now, suppose | were to sit
down and vituperate him and impugn
and misjndge his motive and put it in
the papers as you have done with
Captain Lytle and myself, would not
you think had very bad heart or
very mean motive? Can't a populist
have honest connections and good
motives as well as member of any
other party? Your desire is the IA
Their of such thoughts and assertions,
and remember that such thoughts and
assertions are like chickens-they will
come home to roost, and you will be
lucky if such Judgment as you have
melted to us shall not be melted to you
some day. But / hope that no one
shall ever judge you wrongfully.
VIM. HICKsoN.
The MefropOlis wants Mr. ono for