The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-10-31

my intended resignation two weeks
before the election. At that time 1t was
my purpose to send my resignation to
Harrisburg on the succeeding day. and
the governor was so informed. l was
persuaded. however, to withhold my
action until after the election, but dur.
Ing all this time and up to the time Of
the appointment Of my successor. a
period Of full month, the governor
and his cabinet knew of my firm re.
solve. as did a score of other gentle
men Of prominence with whom l had
consulted. BY resigning, merely con-
summated the desire Of many years.
The malicious falsehoods which
were circulated. attributing other rea.
sons for my act, and insinuating that
1t had been coerced or induced by
fear. or that I apprehended impeach.
ment In the next legislature by the
friends Of Senator Quay, because Of
some supposed relation Of mine to that
gentleman's arrest and prosecution.
are all inventions, pure and simple,
without shadow or color Of truth, and
had their origin in one quarter. name.
ly. The Philadelphia Times and its ed.
itor, Alexander X. Mcclure. What
stings me is that you, my friend.
should apparently join him In casting
doubt upon the truthfulness Of the
reasons which assigned for my re-
signatiOn. The last man in the world
whom | expect to see hunting in
couples with A. X. Mcclure is Mr.. Jus:
tice Williams.
It Is but a few years ago that you
were the subject Of the most villain.
GUS defamation at the hands OF this
man and his journal. l very much
doubt whether history records more
vindictive assaults upon the probity Of
a judge than then appeared against
you In the columns OF McClure's pa.
per. You were called a lobbyist. and
were charged with acting In concert
with public plunderers In legislative
matters, and corruptly deciding in
their favor in your judicial office. He
loudly and persistently demanded your
impeachment, and day after day the
coarse and reeking rhetoric of a de-
PRAYED mind was exhausted in heap
ing upon you epithets Of abuse and
charging you with most degrading
prostitution Of your ONCE. All this
was done because you had decided a
case differently from what he de.
sired.
"A BASE AND DESPERATE MAN"
Your long life Of righteous living,
your splendid judicial record, your
position as an elder In the church.
and as man Of generally exemplary
citizenship. served nothing to shield
you from the vituperative libels OF this
base and desperate man. l we'll re-
member that my heart was wrung
with sympathy for you. 30 that wrote
you letter earnestly expressing my
feelings with protestations Of my
warm friendship and unfailing admira.
tion. and at the same time offered to
way l could. Sometime afterward I
met you upon the street. when you
were good enough to thank me, for
my letter. and with manly reserve,
but touching pathos, told me how bit
terly you had suffered from the per-
/ tion Of which you had been the silent
victim.
You surely must yet remember all
this with keenness. and though your
Christian ethics may have taught you
to forgive or ignore your malicious
defamer. still you cannot have forgot
ten altogether the smart OF the
wounds he inflicted upon your sensi'
tive nature. Why. then, do you per-
NIT yourself to Join him against me by
casting doubt upon my frankness, II
not veracity?
Don't you know the habit of this
man to assail all judges who do not
decide his own cases or those OF his
fellow slanderers to suit his interests
Have you forgotten the gentle, patient
and pure minded Allison-how he was
DETAINED by this same Mcclure in the
most approbrious terms for like or
fense with yours and mine,' namely
; the failure to decide in accordance
with his views and wishes? Do you
not remember Pierce, the benevolent
unsophistictted and pious Pierce, upor
/ whom was showered the most degrad
ing epithets by this man, and for the
same reason? Do you not recall how
they were both accused OF being th'
tools OF the Pilgrim Club. and OF pub
lie thieves, and controlled by Wiz
forces-these men who were the IDOL
Of the bar and OF the public In thei
! day for high minded judicial rectltude
And there is Thayer-facile princep
|, of the judges Of this generation-d
you not remember how he. too, wa
assailed with venomous and bastard
; ly malice, day after day, by McChr
in his servile organ, because the judg
presided impartially in trial TO
criminal libel, where M. Mcclure wa
;, defendant-a trial where the jur
stood eleven for conviction to one TO
. acquittal, and that one an employe
or close kinsman of an emplOye i