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FROM r.l R LINCOLN COITTV (oRRESHlSbKNT.Itiu PumI. Lixan.s Oi , S. M.. i Sept C. 1ST*, iKui tmil- IroKPEXDtjn.jiu*».—!u -jurirtfr I_7-»iit. you puhlMted it ! lU'T signed by DO Andrew Butte, rr--ricc'tri .• uponthrchoRirter of JohnS t'hhum, tif tvliiil; hr liKih no notic •. and mi one, !•» «;ir V now ledge, ha- taken pain* to cnntrsdirt■ •r ri tvilo. t!;r lt;ilumnimaad faU.-lio.-l* which •J contained, rro.pt one tu tu which impli-rat.sl M:tj. Win. Brady, onr dwrilT Tile M»ji» promptly an.I emphatkaliy denied tliat r’i'.n Of Boyle's statement, leaving a li . tween him an.I Lewis Paxton to swal-•-. flti.l digest, The whole Irtirr. in spirit and in fart. it at devoid uf truth at :hr ills 1 ir(i ha* bom nailedThe t»m of the h'ttrrnn.t the impression whteh it i» intended tn convey. it that fliiMim wiaiies to monnpoHae two nr three hundred miles of the Prcoa river for hi* (tuck rantrr. oji|*.-ing immigration. |cr«ernting newcomers atxi using every eo.Ie.iTnr tn drive them from the country. TVi* stnadrr. wr 8n.l, i* being tariustrioasi y rirmtnteri «»y tliWnm's enrtniee. most of wham are in •k lit«d to him for their subatawe. ami art u uk. llwwe subtile means tn prejudice public —tinlit •train** him lor ao other reason tluui that hi: object* to tlieir longer preying upon' him. ksttiog. driving off and nil tog hi* stork.We, the undersigned. arrived at CKfnm's rinchi'. South Sprins; river, about tlic lui JvlIt u- Uarrht iast. and camp-d at iu moutii. at^ut four utilra ilistaot. We hod Mock. wu§ou». fanning imptetuewti. seeria, etc . tail were ont nf mooey and provisions. We were 1 f.tteil tn gn to work and pat in a crop u supply ouraelve* with provisions Car the cimiiif; year. We found that we wen- on t 'M*utn hog ranche. and fvarcd that we bold fntcrfcrv with him. We visited tha ranch and c.msuitwl with Mr. ChUum, who r corned iu cordially. welcomed tts cheer . i.Hy, and toid us to go on with our planting, that his liojfs should not interfere with o*. i and nuiveil tliem to It»,ue lirc.ndc Wc vojn found that we t-uuld not take out our | a.'ti|ciaa in lime to gel in crop*, and again I consulted Cltisnm. lie irar.i -liately oSetvl i n- all the land we wanted mi hia aeelt;|uia, pl.-nty of water, all the brcadsbiffsand other po ■vision* wc required, in short, free acee« to hb store and mpplin, on our own titn*: rcslt;btti*l u- to pnrchu** land ucd house*, and■ to hulld new dwell jog*, remarking that hard ■mwHng. hbneat men wen- the class of people1 he liked to see cottn to this -.i tion. and . hen he saw such people, wlio wen* honed j fr -truggling to do for tftrnwlres he ion : si.lertd it his duty to a.-*ist them, not with I alone. Im5 with means. And this hr1 'wlily .lone, nolwilhibuntiag^even families of u«. eon»itino of r ; four |wrsons to feel and clothe, parmer.^ , Dlt;J inducement held out to him SU ,rTlr-‘ lt;v'’ par him w hat we owedrjj.'v-e'-uoii a- we cieil.l produce it and no 'ie. urity hut our word, ofTere.1 or requireil.We ask you, Messrs. Editora, what we rmtW do l.ss than to defend Mr. Chlsum r.i^iinst tlu*«e foul a»jHT?ioiu U|»jn hi* character and liupoeition, wlwn we are twenty four living «itu-.-tses that he i* hiwral, gen croui and kind hearted to all limirst dm, aa we kuott lie i» ant.igonisiical and unrelent-tdp toward* tide. • He Imre utocr heard | a single pcrwm witii t ri.lt;utiUioii lorlimwwiy I in our luiil.t. *|K»k tu Ihitiuii \lt;-ejrt in• .tn. ,.r ... ' t -r ,. . I.Immigrit.'in u constantly increasing in thi- ricimtj. No Us- than three farmer* fr-.m Ses.u River* have taken up ranches here within the pa t thret week*, and a half dorm others. Americans, ar- negotiating fo* ian*±* Eik-h and every one of them have either come at the1 -olkitatiou of John Chismm. or hare le*-n encouraged by him to settle here, hy olfrr* of mlthntt.No, Chiinm want? hi monopolize no more land than the law allow* him. Ha invite* h/mest men to settle about him; hut he doea *tTenuon*Iy ohjivt to living in the neighbor homl of thieve*Jacob HaaBta,Gzoiuir H*n*i*.Ezba T. Lkk Kcprraenting twenty four pcnou. luring in the immeiliaic vicinity of John r1 ChBnm*s rancbc.We, the nndmngned, have read the above communication, and take pleasure in an dotting it* sentiment* We have known John S. CliMtm for » year*; (ever since he hoi lived in New Memcn.) U6I know him to lie, a good neighbor; ever ready to aaaist th.,~- who honestly try to help thcmaelve*. ami we know of tlioee who came here ^sitli not • dollar nor a heed of stock, who are bow In good circumstances, with house*, land*, cattle aid horses, ind whom John Ch.«nm lifted from the mire, Imt who «r. now vilifyim; him. ae a small-mimkd raacal will e*w rrp^r act* of kftidnesa, or u id ^•ratefnl dogtiRe the hand whteh feeds him Mlt;rv than taie, that we know', licvc preyed open John rtiianm until they are in easy eirrom*tancr-*. and now uphold and sustain a l**nd of thfeve* who are robbing him.IllBSSKLI. JoSCS,MaitTnt Sannncr
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The Mesilla Valley Independent
Mesilla, New Mexico, US
Sat, Sep 22, 1877
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