Year: 1863

CAUGHT UP and MADE to do justice ou


of fear of the law. So l am not at al
surprised that nine~tenths of YOUR as
sociates land of course every MAJ
thinks his associates are all the com
munity) shouldagree with YOUin think.
ing that l am the "meanest man" they
ever knew.


You next apologize to the public
for having supported so bad man as
me for an important Office. You once
before in your slanderous article:
against me, alluded to this matter, and
thought it UNGRATEFUL in me to ex-
pose your "frauds." 1t is now neal
five years since you had the HONOR Of
bringing me forward for the Office of
=, Auditor of State. | want to refresh
your recollection a little about that
matter. You will doubtless recollect
that before doing so, you talked with
me several times about it, and that
uniformly declined being candidate.
You, Notwithstanding, brought me out
in your paper. l applied to you and
requested you to withdraw my name.
You refused to oft and persisted in
forcing me into the contest. You
doubtless had a MOTIVE for this which
I think | understand. But NJ matter
about that. Now | never could see
why l owed you debt of gratitude.
Can you? Possibly | may be wrong.
But tits now, if your paper is to be
believed, about two and a half years
since undiscovered I was a bad man,
and one year since you saw very plain.
| ly that l was VERY bad man, and
besides "UNGRATGFUL," and you now
say if you had EVER THOUGHT Twas so
BAD A MAN you never would have sup
ported me. No, NOT YOU. Why, what
"a disintcrested patriot. But pray,
having received so much important
light, how did it happen that YOU, last
June, ONLY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS
AGO, sent mutual friend to me to in
duce me to become q candidate for
the same office, saying to him that |
'Ewould make first rate officer" and
authorizing him to say to me that YOU
would SUPPORT me? That is "pHUNNY"
and rather guess you are "PHUNNY
FELLER.'


You complain that I wanted to "dic-
tate to you politically" Well, let us
see how this was. When the war broke
out you and | differed as to what has
since proved a very important matter
You wanted to keep up the old Repub-
lican party. | wanted to break up
ALL old parties until the war was over,
and on the ruins build up ONE GRAND
UNION PARTY. This was a mere diff
ference of opinion as to what was best
for the country about which there was
no need Of quarrel, even if there
was danger as you then feared, that a
portion of the PUBLIC PRINTING would
be thrown to the Sentinel. All, my
old (some time) friend, there was the
rub. You, however, took the matter
so much to heart that you attacked
me in your paper, and have been pitch


ing in ever since, though have never
replied. I allowed the matter to pass,
trusting to time and the good sense Of
the people to demonstrate what was


best. You persisted in your course


for year and half, and the result


has been that Bingham was defeated


(for this you and l know YoU were
not sorry, though you "shed tears,
} copious, gushing (hypocriticaD tears
over his burial, and men all around


over the State, who were true to the
Union, were defeated by the like course
of like pot-house politicians. But not,
} withstanding all this you still persis-
! ted in your stubbornness; but thank
: God, the real Union men of all par
ties got the control of our Conventions
and q real, HONEST Union party has
been organized, and you, and mer
: like you all over TIE State have beer


whipped into the traces. The resul
is that real, glorious Union victor,
, has been achieved, and our brave sol
diers in the field have been sustained
and backed up by popular majorit,
at home so large that it will take u
! the next three months to count it,
, This is the second time you have hat
1 to be "wHIppED IN" since you came t,
: Harrison county, as all will doubtlcs
$ recollect it had to be done when tn
Z Republican party was formed; and al
5 low me to hazard the prediction tina
. it will have to be done AGAIN within