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Mr. Editor - I cannot  refrain  from giving you a little more information, in regard to the scandalous  operations of the low lived Radical S---kunks that infest this  portion of South Western Virginia.  By the way,another of the sweet scented Charles Agustus crew has evaporated for  parts  unknown.  One Lt. Mackay, a full fledged angel of the flock of choice spirits,  that held communion with, would-be Senator Smith, white niggers, and murdering deserters of Carroll Co, a few months since, has become so careless of the niggers welfare, and the general good of the Radical party, not to mention, the private interests of Smith as to beg, borrow, pocket and steal a considerable amount of funds and move to parts not mentioned. 

Watch them close, if there is any truth in Physiology, they will all steal, and as the election draws nigh they will naturally follow their leader and Butlerize anything movable.  They begin to feel like a cat in a corner, no way of escape but to bolt in any direction - Mr. Dawson, -- I beg your pardon, Dawson yellow haired, sweet scented hypocritical, loving lying Dawson has gone to Washington to get his character cleared up, a good idea, I know of no place in the world more suitable to cleanse so filthy an article, and no better men to do it than the Radical crew now in Congress.  If they will turn and scrape, and he can find a negro so lost to all respect as to whitewash it, I think it might be used for a Hotel spittoon.  Dawson with the assistance of some kindred spirit published a communication in the Marion Record, claiming that he was innocent of charges made against him, and that he had offered to me all the money which he had received.  This he knows to be false. -- He, and many persons in this community know that after the charges were made, and after his dismissal from office, and after a peremptory demand from me, for all public monies in his hands, he through counsel, paid me $74, this in excess of any amounts offered to me previously.  I can  also prove that he (Dawson) attempted to collect a larger amount, and his  eagerness alone, excited the suspicion of the gentleman, that it was not proper to pay it to him.  Dawson  made  the  remark before he left, that he had  satisfied Mr. Smith of his innocence.  Is it not strange!  How  difficult  it  must have been, for him to have convinced [[/newspaper clipping]]

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This transcription is of the news paper clipping. page 84 is also the same as this, but the news paper clipping is moved out of the way so that the page can be seen fully. I have not transcribed the paper that the newspaper clipping is attached to.