Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1874 — A CARD. [ARTICLE]

A CARD.

To my many friends who defended me and supported joe in the late campaign against the misrepresentations and calumnies thrown upon me in such continuous “showers," I return my sincere thanks. And while many have been deceived and misguided by the persistent, and determined course of the designing men who have condescended to such corrupt means to influence a credulous public, it is a great souroe of pleasure and consolation to know that those who best know me have not credited these political hobbies, but hawe stood by me with a fidelity which places me under obligations that can never be forgotten and leaves an impression on my mind which no time or circumstances can ever efface. And although I have been defeated, I can congratulate my self and friends that the statements made in contradiction of the false charges of my political enemies will stand good for a XI time to come. — We have told nothing but the truth.— We have nothing to retract. Defeated by misrepresentation and calumny, we have no regret for the principles upon which we acted and the motives by which we were influenced in the late campaign. And now that the confusion and smoke of the fight has pass 3d away we ask an intelligent people to look for the facts and judge all parties concerned accordingly. Again I thank my kind friends for their support in the time of need and for their expression of sympathy since so warmly bestowed.

F RANK W. BABCOCK.

Rensselaer, Ind., Oct 16th, 1874.