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Show Tlllv TRI'TH ABOIT ALT A r.LKCTlOX. Ai-TA, Aug. 21, lS7;i. Editors uf thr N. ,. Ikrahl: Since the result of the late election in this precinct has been known, Mr. A. W. Adams has made the Trihmie and .hivrnnl the channels of vile abuse of and bitter invective against myself and others; and for no other reason than that he was defeated, by aji over-; over-; whelming majority, in his ambition ' to obtain an honorable office, which i his late conduct has shown he was : totally unworthy of, and incapable to j I fill. 1 overlooked his first attack j upon "Archibald," the Hkkai.d's , ' correspondent, and myself, in their I j columns, knowing that he allowed j ! his sensitiveness toovereotne the little . J judgment he possessed, and I could : j allbrd to hear his snarl calmly, as I ; could that of the poodle dog that barks j at me as I pass adi-tancc from it in the ' street. When his mean, vulgar and I "witless ellusion was uttered in the dy-I dy-I ing gasp of the Journal, I looked l upon him with the veriest contempt, and considered him beneath the notice j of an honest man. But his renewed attack on me. in the Tribune of tiie j 1'Jth, breathing as it does with Ibu ' slander and reckless assertions, I am compelled, in justice to myself and others here, to condescend to . notice his persistent abuse, as 1 would a cur that continues to run after my heels, and take a " roil to the fool's back." The de-j de-j feat at the polls would have been I enough for a wise man; but this fel- low is troubled with a disease known ! as the rar-.cthrx sryihrndi, mid he will run it, and irritate u aim matte it worse, to the annoyance of people who are free from such a pest. Not seeing him appear fur a long time over liis cognomen of "Cbing Foo" I thought he was cure I of the foul disease, dis-ease, but it has broken out again. Well. 1 will try to treat it, by giving him some strong medicine. When men rush into the public-gaze, public-gaze, as the unthinking horse rashes into the battle, they should at least have some ability, talent and knowledge knowl-edge t their own tonuue, to commend com-mend them tu ilie notice of intelligent intelli-gent peoi ile. J have bud the honor lo be acquainted ami a.ociau-d with many literary pcrwm?, Ivlh in Eul rope and America, since I was fifteen years of age, and received much benefit ben-efit from that association, but I must cunf'Sv-that so incompetent, unwise and rcckhss-a coiresjrondent. or ;is-pnant ;is-pnant li r literary honors 1 never knew as Mr. Adams. In reading hU attempts at .-.imposition the veriest school! joy can delect his jumbling sentences. l'iu.uleringexjires.-ions and un grammatical phrases: yes, even the most '"casual plebeian," to use blown bl-own wunls. whatever they may mean, can exclaim Hia senseless blunders would disgrace a school Uyof :hc meanest race. I will n-jt. however, annoy your readers "showing up" hv classic sentences, sen-tences, sueh as "that's what's the matter with"' Adams, but let any nc-rson read his slang ctliisions care fully, and he will be convinced of the truthfulness, of this. hint. In his letter of the luth. referred to, he utiotca irom "Archibald" largely, large-ly, and then says, in his very gc-ntlo-maniy way. "Tiie above it.-temem zi Rjxd or Mills, vhk"Ue"tr it U. ia lie from beginning to end.''" ie. Now 1 say. and eon bring tiie proof, that 'Archibald" wmte the truth, and 'm n marks are strictly correct. Mr. Adams present.- no maiinT of prc- .f, ins ' -( '-..- is ail he giv'-s. We give pr" 'f which canm 't .-ucces.-fuily ; Ojl.Ua.lici.il, Mr .Yihim, pu-llbeiv ..t;';s-il. f.r gu'. 1 ' r- .W'ii-. t- run 'aii-. n ir- name n.is ni -led at li.e eaueus me. ting. S-.-wral gentlemen came lo me ni t day ri.uu. -:ing me tu itm. t tuok ii:.ic i.. iui;.-it- i ih.. .'natter d in a few !j e;-5. 'nn L found it was the d.siie of the !t and in. -I substantial ejii.'.-ns. I p. d'--id hiv wop t.. run a- -v:. : . I'l. ollie,.. ai.-i I- i;: fiep tniT t:-i!-. -L- tin re w..s i:. time. iu'i"sc. A:'t-r I c-ii- mn. and it w.l- g. n- r.d-tt- k:!"Wn. Ir. Adam- iame lu me U:-c.:f in the p:ee:ice ui te-Vciid lca- pectable witm-s.- tth.nn 1 could name, and. nn-d.-sl man that ; lie i-, l-e-.u. st.-l me to with- draw in hi, fivur. He want.1 ! the othi-r ticket to be Watcn. I and said j.l.dniv ih.it be on id run' streni.ei ...oi ". niuic p.. pil lar than I. and laikM .f id.- election elec-tion a a !'-!.-,, ;:e . . .m-lu-i n. 1 dif- 1 fenil from -;. ..aeaai. and liavin-j plolg-il inv ,,;d wuu'.d run at ail hazard-, lb- said lie d:.l nut want tiie o:!ice, ii.t ..:!y wantitl to beat tile uth, r eandloam'. and he eould do it Utter than 1 rulild. lie ev. n -aid lu a per-eial liin.d ul" mine, that when he was el,-, i., , .v-t !ik--; he would not u-' :',; . bui if I w iiinlrew. i lie Would i. .'..i,, jii. -mi :i,e lo ;!,e . omi-i omi-i ly o.iu;. aii.i ii- n:.- umiien-'c witii j lii.it bt:y iu icivr- me app-ntil in his piacel w.ioi! !..t wumtraw at his modi-st reoue-l, even lliuiigh be weie 1h (pular and a man uf gieat.-r aliilitie.- and aciuii-cuients than myself; my-self; hence rumor savs, tor the truth of which 1 cannot ' vouch, that he would recommend a friend uf his, who ! '-worked hard" Ibr lain, to be app. tinted. Mr. Adams did st.Ue to me that certain gentlemen had no influence in Alia, liit his (Adams') friends had great iniluencc. The gentlemen referred re-ferred to are men of standing, much resjicctcd, and had as much or more 1 iniluencc than any equal number in this vicinity, which the sequel proved. Thev were h.-re long be lore him. When J a.-kiil ' Mr. Adams what objections his friends ur any in Alia held against me, he replied: iNone as lo my ability, integrity or honesty, but I 'was not poj.ular. 1 remarked that 1 had been in Alia lor two years in public business, held the olliee for eighteen months, and if 1 had anythinglikc a fault some people could not only see it, but magnify it for certain p'urpies; and I did not expect to ever please every Uly, and woul.t not try to do so, and the man that had no enemies was no man. Set far as conducting the election was concerned, I consulted fully the law in every jiartieular, and was do terminal to obey it to the very letter, , so that no Haw could be made or seen in my coin-so. He requested me, in a future interview, iu his modest election. He believed that 1 was ! senior justice, and had the right to do so, but it would not well. I re- 1 plied that when I was in the lawful dis- charge of my duty, I did not care much "how it looked;" and I would show him and his friends that 1 could do my duty honestly. He had no doubt of my honesty, but the principal men of the place would rather me not to sit. He could not give the nunc of one principal man when pressed on the matter. 1 found one, and the real principal man, and that was Mr. Adams. It is true that Justice Varncs did ' receive a telegram stating that Judge Elias Smith said he (Varncs) was senior Justice. But Mr. Adams, in his characteristic way, does not tell the whole story, and withholds the truth, if he does not tell a falschiHtd direct. A certain doctor, well-known here. telegraphed to Mr. Yarnes as staled; . but the Judge told me, in the presence pre-sence of others, when he showed me the telegram, ''the doctor is such a Hat-that Hat-that I cannot believe him;'' and laughing afterwards about it, remarked, re-marked, "'it is a rough joke on me for I have lo pay the telegraph operator opera-tor for the lie." Mr. Adams had too many such men about him, and al-knval al-knval hifcisclf to be deceived by them. In the meantime I had received evi-idenee evi-idenee fully, and it showal that I was the senior. Judge Yarnes and all others were well convincal that I was senior Justice, Jus-tice, and therefore I was compelled to sit, as aJl Justices do under sueh circumstances. cir-cumstances. I repel all sueh ex pressions made by such men as Adams that I had the box in my "charge lor several days," and, therefore there-fore "the truth could never be known." They arc worthy only of such suspicious, evil-minded men. It is false that I "acted as .bulge of election in violation of law, justice, decency and the most common rights awarded to mankind under the most despotic government in the world." I was and am careful to do as the law requires in such matters, I sit as Judge of election for two years in California, by appointment under the Kegistra-tion Kegistra-tion law, and wascandidate for office, helped to count the tickets, and no person chavgal me with inconsistency, inconsisten-cy, or 1'raud; and my character Is too well-known tor honesty and justice lor such a man as Mr. Adams to injure. in-jure. Wicked men suspect all others as wicked as themselves. Besides, Mr. Adams gave notice to the County Court that he would contest the election, elec-tion, on the grounds he mentions, "and for votes having been cast by residents of Big Cottonw ood, and for other reasons." I was acconlingly duly informed of that fact and went to meet my opponent, but before the hour arrived lie had not the manliness I or honor to appearand therefore withdrew with-drew the objections, sending at the same time an impudent letter tc Judge K. Smith, which none but a j rabid, blind, and ignorant "sorehead" "sore-head" would have written, llismod- ! csty and conceit always cron out, and show that "conceit is as good for a , fool as a physic if it works him.'' He says, "so far as being beat on nij i merit is concerned, that is simply , absunl, of course it isj for it is pretty I well estabhsluil, that the result would have been in my favor had nut then been so many false reports sprung, and had I been personable present -and somelixlv else judge of election." jlle should have added, "had Mills not run against inc. and had J received all the votes, my election would have been sure." Boor fellow, thai is all. Now, Mr. Editor, having been com-pcllal com-pcllal by the repeated and persistent attacks uf this, ail-but Justice to defend de-fend myself ami friejids, and to inform in-form tiie jiublic correctly, I must apologize fur my long letter. I will ' only injustice add that "Archibald" j ha: acliil like a gentleman in all j respects is a sober, truthful, indus-j indus-j trious man, and I conceive has done : nothing to merit the torrent of abuse I poured on him by Mr. Adams; and if : the latter, who is so dictatorial as to 1 give his gratuitous advice in even" letter lie wrote em the matter, would : take that advice himself, he would be a wiser, better and mure respectable i man. and he would have been saved : this flagellation which I bestow on him. I have a tvw more shafts lie idle. And if his tongue be docs not bridle He'll get the rest. Permit me to ask the eliior of the ; 7', ii.,ii,r if he thinks the liberty of the 1 press will warrant him in publishing letters from c-b-enrc. iiTespun-iblc. . ignorant corrc-.-pondcjiis, writing ; der d- ilat at a public ejection. , which call men liars, in-'i in-'i discriminate!", heap the vilest cpi-, cpi-, ihets and lowest billingsgate slang i that filthy minds can draw from the 1 moat degraded voc;-binary known ic. , the retailers or scandal? Will such a j course give tone to his paper, and gain it Wider circulation ? It the ed-: ed-: Uor Liniac-lf was actuated by the fecl- ings of renned human nature, he j would not only correct ?ueh wri'f , as Mr. Adams, bui wo,-;!d ajioi jgi-ic for his great oversight in permitting inch It iters to nvocar. "ti this s"ju !je,.L ' Your- trmv, W.m. Cn.i. Mn.is. |