Mr. RpiTon:—As the rumor has been in
dustr ously circulated in the Beetown pre
cinct, and has undoubtedly ere this found its
way to other precincts in Grant county, that
Mr. Ai.ex. D. Ramsay, one of the Whig
candidates for the Convention from this
county, is an Abolitionist, I deemed it prop
er to make an inquiry of Mr. Ramsay re
specting his views in regard to political Abw-
Unionism, believing that the success of the
Whig ticket in thia county demanded th«
undivided rapport of the Whigs, and that
these rumors, if false, should be promptly
deuied.
I am happy, therefore, in being aide to
state, that Mr. Ramsay unqualifiedly dis
claims any synq>athy with the Abolitionists
in any of their queatkuw or movements, ami
that he has never said or done any thing that
would justify , in the least degree, the s»p
poMtraa that he was an Abolitiomst. He also
gave me the liberty of thus publicly refuting
the charge, if 1 thought the occasion re
quin-d. ' R. C. BIERCE.
Beetown, Nov. 17, 1847.
[The time is past when such stale charges'
avail any thing to the injury of an hinest
man.] —Er>. Her.
