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vAjji»uouuu V* iuc ^uviioucu vuni^co a^aiuabTamer; and matters had not sufficiently developed to make a statement of the case without, possibly, defeating the ends of justice. That article, however, when closely analyzed, makes no defence of Tomer,but what is conscienciously due him. ■ TFor the days intervening between the Oth and the 14th—the day of his arrest—nothing of special note transpired, only that he visited my office almost daily, and made it his special business to try to bribe me to be silent.Many people attribute self-interest, revenge, malice, the money of rebels, and every thing else that is mean, to me, as' the motive which actuated me in this matter. May I not have a little credit for common honesty? Is it not plain that if I had been grovelling I could have jingled rebel gold for such a service? Mr. Turner offered me everything he had, or expected to have. When will these revilers of mine learn that I am not to be bought ? Rogues will learn, after a while, to give me a wide berth, for the only use I have for them is to bring them to justice. J. Clarke Swatze.
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Macon Weekly Georgia Telegraph
Macon, Georgia, US
Fri, Jul 30, 1869
Page 6
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