That such general public mind has
strengthened in favor tow ard us each
year, during the more than
years of our public service in Grant
County, we more than feel. We
know it. and know that no man who
dodged his country during the war,
that no man whoever left himself for !
bribing and corrupting legislatures,
that no man who, during the war j
stayed at home and demoralised the ♦
wives of soldiers and took away the i
soldiers’ widows’ mites by- cramming
them with counterfeit money, can ev
cr destroy our good name for in teg
rity, for patriotism, and for Republi
can party fidelity. We defy a world
of such !
Mr. Brooks parades in print a cer<«
tificate of recommendation which we
gave him at a time when we suppos
ed him a worthy young man and
scholar. »\ e have said before that,
to a late date, we took much stock in
Mr. Brooks; but, for reasons satis
factory to our mind, oflate we look
upon him asof doubtful integrity and
as ot deficient learning, and now also
as bavi-g an exceeding bad record
early in the war.
It is to be hoped therefore that his
First Grade Scholar Certificates were
obtained and are now used with less
intent to defraud than is the paper
which lie got from us and now uses
fraudulently, for our injury. The pa
per alluded to being no longer our
recommendation, ought to be return
ed to us at once. Should he ever
leave the country with it we shall ad.
vertise him as an imposter, as anv
use be may make of it to give him
name or fame for learning would be
fraudulent.
Mr. T. -J. Brooks' Remarkable Army
Record.
