Year: 1873

my constituents desired me to be more
liberal in that regard, than other mem
bers. No one so far as / know has COM
planned except yourself and judging from
the past, I have no doubt little of the
| OakeS AmeS medicine administered in time
would have set you all right. If you had
said, took what lawfully belonged to me,
you would have told the truth; but you
are not in the habit of telling the truth,
where party is concerned against whom
you have private pique, and for want of
brains, to look up facts and argue points,
you descend to the lowest and meanest
ribaldry.


! In a recent paragraph you referred to
| the seat Of my pants with an air and in Ian
guage adapted only to the meanest and
| lowest haunts of vice. and yet you claim
to be respectable, and expect decent
men, and refined ladies to read your pa
| per. To reply in merited terms would
! only tend to bring me on q level with
loathsome creature hence, l refrain.
! Hou commenced a series of misrepresen-
| tatlons, prior to my nomination in 1870
and after l had been nominated despite
! your opposition you wrote me a letter
saying you honestly believed the contest
would be doubtful one, not only in
your county, but also in the district; that
! your paper had the largest circulation it
ever had and much influence; that you
had never held but one small office, and
that if | would give you FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS, you would go into the fight in
good faith" You did not want me to
think you were trying to ectorf money from
me- you would Just as soon rest during
the campaign as not" After reading
your letter covering three pages and in
volying names which / do not care to
bring into this controversy. came to
the conclusion that you belonged to the
sitnly tribe and have had no occasion to
change my mind since OF course | mod
estly declined to accept your proposal,
and there the trouble commenced. If l
had submitted to this black mailing opera
ton, all would have been we'll and the
goose aCould haze hung high at least for
time, and | would have been compelled
to submit to a few fulsome puffs in your
paper. But | refused to buy you even at
the low price of $500. Oakes Ames would
have managed the thing better. He says
the way to make a man attend to bust
ness, is to interest him, and Oalles, you
know, is wise on this subject and under
stands just how to reach the vulnerable
points in such men as you. Suppose you
deny having ever wrote me such letter
and tell your readers the whole thing is
a sheer fabrication. You must either
own up, deny, or be mum; which course
do you propose. Now for a display of in
genuity or abuse, or both, as the case
may be with your new FairhaVen press to
aid you.


Then again during the contest for the
Post-office in jackson for which your
son in-law was an applicant you wrote
to me in his interest, saying hard things
of some of your neighbors, and after the
the present incumbent was apappointed
in obedience to the wishes of large ma
jority of the people, you wrote ME a most
bitter and upbraiding letter making this
emphatic, threatning remark, THANK
God there is a hereafter" Well | sup
pose the hereafter" has come and hope
you will make the most of it, as you seem
to be actuated by that undying spirit of
revenge, characteristic only of the sava-
ges of the wilderness.


Now in view Of the foregoing facts, can
any man fail to see what is wrong with
the editor Of the STANDARD. / think not.
In as much as you profess to be in favor
of equal. rights, and fair play. 1 hope
you will print this communication in
your paper, but I venture the prediction
that you will not.


Lest you become weary in reading this
long letter. l shall now take my leave
trusting you may lead quiet and happy
life in future, and allow your neighbors
to abide in peace, and when l go to Con
gress again, will make it a leading
feature in my duties to get offices for you
and your sons and sons-in-law and all
that pertains to you. Then you will
have good time, and we will be friends
again.


Respectfully,


IT WuSoN