Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1876 — TO THE RENTLAND GAZETTE [ARTICLE]

TO THE RENTLAND GAZETTE

Maa. ARte Wdtetals the tast awb» *** wimtefe partly ofcharacter above jtarte <nrl 1 JfW|TUßawwov » afford Ittfte their Wta party ticket, and iadate in the luxury es en epprortat coaMtaM* te having cart a ballot for Chi banten.*43dtester Mon. We— RB-* ** a.*— aj FITj ■- <• / rtf AaIW ♦hl# uitaf «ki, ,< uMonntamlTVilvA , i thia “tetetodr Wteott was Goa.fteehtecw a charge of attending emugglo goods to the enemy during th« war ejosmew. PrObably there w not s£antleiM| ID thOw <»f Kentland Wliose paridtrtl eMperiance better gnaHM him to dbtingmah the Rfflbrenof between being averted for effenaes and taring them proven upon Bta than the litari<ing editor pf tta 6WH; |bare ia probably not info other fan tell tatter than be wtat Kit of tntotaony i» require# to enatiet, or the character of tta evidence which will, ordinarily, quit Tta police recorda of tha; town aad county where be reaidea amply aooNnfi thia proportion ta both etoMRA Bat let M haste# to drop tta YeU which was Ufte# only to remind onr brother that hi to be charitable, at leant, not conclude that a neighbor ia fl| scoundrel aimply on the statement thm taM taoßanrmted. Another matter, JMond 'tikuete, before wu eondndMif yoo please. Yon have a UgprtV to charge others with foniU Which you ootaeOHb ,M which you are notorious for prae-j udh|| ttartby mekiht youraulf appuer R bjrpocriteand wanton de* To illusirtte acauaedtaßUjiwx of gtrbMng one of your articbe,? whUk aecnention is fate, mid theta in another column quote a part of M Writ from the Indianapolis HtrM in order to make a point 4» tbisensi you very much resemble. Howcvwj yon do not sort ot meanneee. There if n ©ratio paper st .Valparitiro,galled tta which is pefriy M bad. But yon> Brother tfaaetta, have -overreached yourself thia tuna, as people ot yonr stripe of foHy are apt b?do. It ban established rulp in court practice that s party mayjiot-impeacb the witness whom he introduces upon the stand. Yon have introduced the IndianapoUs Jfrrrid, which claims to tavo been “properly quoted as “ ‘the leading republican paper of mony whiah io that Mr. Orth whom you urge people to vote for is smirched all over with corruption, .and thix|oo, w'as said in the Satne breaUt-dhe same paragraph—which insinuated against Mr. Wolcott. If people must believe the vague unsubstantial suspicion your witness would cast upon Mr. Wei-, cott, how much more damning in their minde the positive, reiterated and corroborated statement that Mr. Orth is a corrupt, bad, dishonorable man. The Indianapolis la not alone in making these chargee, Friend Oosrtit, tatie supported by such sUUBoh repubtaan party journals aa the Fort Wayne Geteto and, the Evansville Jtewu/. Then how honorable is it in you to ask your neighbors aad friends that look upon you as their guide and oracle in political matters to vote for this man Orth, whom you believe dishonest? Because you must believe this if you believe your own witness, and you must believe your M AWlttafo else yon would not eu» dorse bis character (unless quite reckless yourself,) by introducing him to testify against others. Mr. K- Qattttiy for party’a sake you Haye placed yoarself in an awkward predicament before the public. You are guilty either of attempting to iHjure the reputation of a gentleman by publishing the innuendo of an irresponsible witness, or you deliberately become accessory after the fact to dishonest practices and endeavor to persuade others to participate in jour moral shame. In

Conclusion, Brother Gorattv, permit Libia kindly meant advice to have his due weight of influence with in your future political aotton: BBc honest, be honorable, permit no forty convention to compel you to disreputable men for office, '•vote for Hon. Anson Wolcott for (governor, and elevate the tone and Conduct of your editorial oelamne; rthen may grace, mercy, peace, troth tad prosperity tai and abide with boa forever and ever. Ewen io.